sugar, spice & everything you need in a fall read 🍂 [read that give fall vibes by black authors]
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warm hearts♥️
lowkey fall vibes 🍁🍃
leaves🍂laugh😆love🧡
cozy fall romcoms
tropes: time spell, slow burn, romcom, opposites attract
description: an ex celebrity chef gets a magical due over when she repeats October finding romance with Gus, while trying to fix her cooking powers and decode, mysterious cookbook
Deja Brew by Celestine Martin
tropes: sports romance, good girls x bad boy, opposites attract, workplace
description: a sweet romance where an MMA fighter takes a job at a dog grooming business & falls for the ambitious owner in a cozy small town
The Wrong Kind of Falling by Whitney Amazeen
tropes: romcom, autism rep, grumpy farmer x party planner
description: Given the chance to plan her bestie's 30th birthday bash, Wren Southwick is determined to create an experience so big and so bold that the name of her party planning business spr...
There's Pumpkin about You by Athena Carstairs
tropes: roommates, brother’s best friend, grumpy MMC
description: when Gwen seeks professional matchmaking help, her brother’s bestie Anthony moves onto her couch. despite his grumpy exterior, unexpected sparks fly as they grow closer
What a Match by Mimi Grace
tropes: college, fake dating, dislike to love
description: a young woman who avoids love gets into a fake relationship with a playboy to save her reputation but finds herself drawn to him
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
tropes: writer & jazz singer, small town, roommates
description: When Rowan Hunter begins to suffer from a bout of the proverbial writer's block, his editor offers up his beach cottage in Martha's Vineyard. Prepared to relax, unwind and pray tha...
Autumn Kisses by Té Russ
tropes: ex’s cousin, thanksgiving, forbidden, novella
description: during thanksgiving dinner at her ex’s mother‘s house, a woman has a steamy encounter with his attractive gold grill wearing cousin
Sinnamon & Golds by Lady Marie
tropes: friends with benefits, insta love, past hurt & healing, suppressed feelings
description: Jordana avoids love, but Genesis sparks a passion she can’t ignore, forcing them to confront past pain and family ties.
I Got You by Miss Jenesequa
tropes: fwb, hot girl fall
description: a young man & woman strive for independence & success at university but face unexpected challenges that test their resolve & force them to confront their deepest fears & desires
So This Is College by Darlene Cunningham
tropes: reverse age gap, bestie’s younger brother, romcom, cinnamon roll
description: a woman leaves her cheating husband & moves into a townhouse owned by her best friend’s brother
Ella Gets the D by Tanvier Peart
tropes: grumpy/sunshine, boss x assistant, forbidden
description: opposites attract when a soon to be divorced woman becomes the assistant to an arrogant ceo
The Replacements by Shae Sanders
tropes: forced proximity, tension, HEA
description: a feminist photographer is captivated by her classmate’s large package 🍆 testing her values and desires
Sweatpants Season by Danielle Allen
warm hearts♥️
heartfelt fall romances 🫶
tropes: healing, childhood trauma, childhood friends to lovers
description: a girl who lost her mother at a young age & was abused by her uncle finds love & support from the boy across the street as she navigates her traumatic past & st...
fast by Millie Belizaire
tropes: urban, sports romance, found family, mental health 🖤
description: a couple’s love is tested by their past, present & future as they navigate the challenges of greed, bitterness & the streets
All In by Zee Reneé
tropes: fwb, hot girl fall
description: a young man & woman strive for independence & success at university but face unexpected challenges that test their resolve & force them to confront their deepest fears & desires
So This Is College by Darlene Cunningham
tropes: fiancé’s brother, forbidden, roommates, deaf FMC
description: Nakyra thought she had forever with her long term fiancé until a forbidden attraction forces her to choose between loyalty and desire
Hear My Heart by Tay Mo’Nae
lowkey fall vibes 🍁🍃
books that feel like comfort without trying too hard 🫶
tropes: urban, sports romance, found family, mental health 🖤
description: a couple’s love is tested by their past, present & future as they navigate the challenges of greed, bitterness & the streets
All In by Zee Reneé
tropes: rom com, kidnapped, dragon shifter
description: a young woman with a penchant for adventure finds herself locked away in a dragon’s tower, only to discover that fate has a peculiar sense of humor when it comes to her dating life
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming
tropes: afterlife, mystery, forced proximity
description: a dead lawyer must represent a grumpy grim reaper in court to avoid an eternity in hell
tropes: healing, childhood trauma, childhood friends to lovers
description: a girl who lost her mother at a young age & was abused by her uncle finds love & support from the boy across the street as she navigates her traumatic past & st...
fast by Millie Belizaire
tropes: dislike to lovers, slow burn, morally grey MC, touch her & die
description: a human woman is transported to a violent fantasy world, forming an intense bond with its brooding ruler, despite the dangers they face
Vicious Bonds by Shanora Williams
tropes: romcom dark romance, masked MMC, stalker, mafia princess, cat & mouse, plus size FMC