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the weekend romance 2025

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Natalie T.

Every weekend I read a romance novel. Here's a running list of them, plus the books for next month, so you can join along 💖

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january

A gut-wrenching second chance novel about Yasmin and Josiah, who find their way back to one another after a tragedy separates them.

❤️ BIPOC romance
🥵 Open Door

Before I Let Go, Kennedy Ryan

A fast-paced engrossing romantasy about Saeris, an alchemist who discovers she's about to call quicksilver, the element that allows for cross realm travel. She is almost killed, but is rescued by Kingfisher, who takes her to a fae realm, where she ho...

🥵 Open door

Quicksilver, Callie Hart

Evan wants to date his coworker Dalisay and is willing to jump through the hurdles of the five stages–a traditional Filipino courtship–in order to do so. I don't recommend this novel, but to each their own, lol.

❤️ BIPOC Romance
🥵 Open Door

The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos, Melissa de la Cruz

Two strangers become roommates after Isabel saves Mira from an abusive ex-boyfriend outside a club. Recommended for those who like their romances a bit more dense with external issues and characters who work hard at growing.

❤️ BIPOC Romance
🌈 Queer Romance
🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rep
🥵 Open Door

Make Room for Love, Darcy Liao

february

Meena and Nikhil are a couple who got married and separated in their 20's. Now, Meena wants to run for office with her ex (who she wants to get back with), but the one condition is that she must get Nikhil to sign the divorce papers he's been ignorin...

❤️ BIPOC Romance
👀 Close Proximity
🌶 Mild Spice

Flirting With Disaster, Naima Kumar

Laniah runs a natural hair store with her mom, but they have to close up shop due to poor sales. After not allowing her childhood best friend Isaac–a famous influencer and model–help them financially, he decides to take matter into his own hands and ...

❤️ BIPOC Romance
📸 Celebrity Romance
💍 Fake Dating
💖 Chronic Illness Rep
🥵 Open Door

A Love Like the Sun, Riss M. Neilson

Mason (an actor and loverboy) enlists the help of Sawyer (a romance author) to complete a list of romantic activities with the aim of ruining romance for him so he can never get his heartbroken again. AW!

📸 Celebrity Romance
💻 Writer
📋 A List Leads to Love
🌈 Queer Rep
🥵 Open Door

Unromance, Erin Connor

An alternative 2024 Summer Olympics through the eyes of a group of young, attractive people. Ezekiel, a runner for Team GB, collides into Olivia, a volunteer, and they can't seem to shake their attraction to one another.

❤️ BIPOC Romance
⚽️ Sports Romance(ish)
🚪 Closed Door

Let the Games Begin, Rufaro Faith Mazarura

Alejandro and Kenny, childhood best friends and roommates, agree to a fake marriage to help Alejandro become an American citizen.

❤️ BIPOC Romance
💍 Fake Engagement
🥵 Open Door

The Broposal, Sonora Reyes

march

Lucie's daughter secretly calls in to Heartstrings in order to help her mom who is unlucky in love. After Lucie's confession to the host, Aiden Valentine, that she's close to giving up on finding magic, she goes viral and is invited to co-host the sh...

This book was so good, I entered a three-day reading slump after I was done.

💻 Workplace Setting
👀 Close Proximity
✨ He Falls First
🏘 Found Family
🥵 Open Door

First-Time Caller, B.K. Borison

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Not in My Book, Katie Holt

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Just Our Luck, Denise Williams

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Someplace Generous: An Inclusive Romance Anthology

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Drag Me Up: A Gods of Hunger Novel