The reading list
Romance picks from our own shelves, each with a spice rating out of five.
Book boyfriends we'd never date (and why we love them anyway)
Possessive, dangerous, impossible. We adore them on the page. Here's who they are, why they work, and the one we'd actually say yes to.
Funny romances for when dating is exhausting
Deleted the apps? Good. Five laugh-out-loud love stories where somebody else does the embarrassing part.
Romance tropes, explained (and the one book to start each)
Fake dating, enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience: what each one means, why we can't resist it, and the book from our shelves to start with.
Classic romances that still hold up (and why they're spicier than you remember)
No phones, no apps, barely a kiss, and still more tension than most modern books. Four classics for readers who think "classic" means boring.
Every book we've picked
Spice out of five
Inconvenient Wife
Natasha Boyd · Charleston #2
Marriage of convenience · friends to lovers
SPICE ●●○○○ 2/5
Accidentally Married
Victorine E. Lieske · Married #1
Fake relationship · clean romcom
SPICE ○○○○○ none
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