The reasons are myriad: past trauma, chronic illness, longstanding friendship, and so much more.
Romances are not only tales of love between partners, but paeans to self-love.
These five titles are a gorgeous testament to how one only comes with the other.
Credit: Avon Books (2); Berkley (2); Entangled: Amara
Get a Life, Chloe BrownBy Talia HibbertReview:Sometimes a book can change your life.
That was my experience readingGet a Life, Chloe Brown.
Red is nursing his own wounds, rediscovering himself after surviving the trials of an abusive relationship.
Avon Books
May we all get a life, and a love, like Chloe Brown.Heat Rating:???
After discovering that his wife has been faking it their entire relationship, Gavin Scotts marriage is in trouble.
With the help ofCourting the Countessand his fellow book club members, Gavin resolves to win Thea back.
Berkley
TheBromance Book Clubis a gloriously tongue-in-cheek celebration of all the things that make romance so entertaining.
She understands the most crucial underpinnings of romance.
Move over, John Hughes.
Avon Books
), they cant fathom that its anything more than lust in the heat of the moment.
More than anything, Leigh nails Sebastians transformation.
In a way, Leigh gets to put the entire foundation of the traditional historical romance on notice.
Berkley
Graces empowerment and her commitment to claiming what she wants is softened by her innate kindness.
Similarly, Seb is a gooey cinnamon roll of a beta hero.
It doesnt help that her snooty ex-boyfriend told her precisely that.
Entangled: Amara
In contrast, Jack Nolan is a dashing gentleman with just enough cocksureness to make him sexy.
He believes himself the perfect boyfriend, in spite of being persistently unlucky in love.
Its a testament to Christophers ample skill as a writer that she largely manages to transcend that deception.
It can hit close to home for any who might have absorbed similar beliefs.
It offers up men and women able to love and be loved wholly as themselves.
EnterThe Beast of Beswick, a Regency-era take onBeauty and the Beastwith some serious heat and crackling banter.
Howard never shies away from making Astrid a tornado of emotional fortitude and ferocity and Thane a wounded animal.
Howard takes an unblinking approach to her characters, reveling in their complexities and outrageousness.
They are marvelously excessive.
?Grade: B+
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