The theme for this month’s list is “romantic comedies.”
Listen, I try to read widely as a whole, sampling many different genres and authors. But sometimes a girl has to stick with her favorites. And right now, during a particularly busy and stressful season, I’m unapologetically reading almost exclusively sweet, clean romantic comedies.
If you want to hop on my rom-com train, welcome aboard! Keep reading for a list of eight really good romantic comedy books to add to your TBR. If not, I’ll see you next month when my list will (hopefully) be more diverse.
If you’re still here, I have a question: what is your go-to comfort genre? Let me know in the comments!
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Just Finished:
Cooper Bailey Is a Cinnamon Roll
This is an enemies to more story if I ever saw one. Leah is definitely not over the pain and embarrassement that teenage Cooper stupidly caused her in high school, and she’s quick to let him know it when they reconnect by accident on a blind date. Cooper never realized the extent to which his stunt impacted her and wants to make it up to her, even if he has to do it one cinnamon roll at a time with daily visits to her new roll bakery, Sweet Swirls. But when Leah finds herself being sued by her lousy ex-boyfriend, Cooper has the chance to save the day and doesn’t hesitate to take her case pro bono even as his law career is floundering. I’ve loved the whole Another Bailey Brother series and this one was no exception. The romance is sweet/clean and the Bailey family is so funny and relatable.
I love me a good hockey romance and Leah Brunner always delivers swoony heroes and heroines you want to be friends with. This reverse age-gap, he-falls-first romance shows Bruce pursuing Farrah relentlessly and reassuring her that while her ex-husband might care that he PCOS affects her fertility, he thinks she’s enough just the way she is. It was fun revisiting the DC Eagles hockey teammembers along with their wives and girlfriends, but I felt like the cursing in this book was a couple notches up from her previous books. I would have enjoyed the story a little more if the language had been a little cleaner as it has been in the past.
When a delayed flight debacle results in Annie being forced to share a hotel room with a hot but grumpy stranger, she thinks things can’t get worse—until she reports for work at her new job Monday morning and finds out he’s her boss. This was such a fun and funny read with lots of lovable, hilarious characters. Liam is the best cinnamon roll who hides a tender heart beneath a stern exterior, and I loved his niece and Annie’s mom for their outrageous shenanigans. This one is clean in terms of kisses only but does have a few swear words.
In Progress:
I just love Jenny Proctor’s writing style and characters. In this story we have Alec, who agrees to help his little sister’s best friend move into her rental house when she moves to his town for a new job. Evie is sick and tired of relying on people, but with a baby daughter to care for and an absent ex-husband, what choice does she have? Luckily, Alec doesn’t seem to mind helping her out even when that means she has to stay with him while a problem with her rental gets resolved, although him being even more handsome than she remembers from when they were kids complicates things. Alec knows that she’s off-limits for so many reasons, but he still finds himself attracted to her. Will they be able to work through their individual issues and realize they’re perfect for each other? (My money is on yes).
Gracie Ruth Mitchell is one of my favorite rom-com authors. She is so witty and yet her prose is often unexpectedly beautiful. I’m really enjoying this cozy mystery/romcom mashup about a young woman who wakes up in the hospital with a head wound and no memory of the past twenty-four hours. Luckily, her frenemy Soren (whom she sarcastically refers to as Man Bun) is there to help her figure out what happened—starting with a strange voicemail she left for him right before he found her bleeding on the floor of her bookshop/cafe. I love me some amnesia in a romance and I’ve never read another author who is able to combine the mystery and romantic comedy genres in this way. Such a fun read!
Up Next:
Alice Taylor Is More Than a Princess
The last book in the Another Bailey Brother series, this one skips forward to tell Alice’s story. In all the other books, Alice is just a kid, the sassy, precocious, beloved niece of the brothers. So I’m excited to see what grown-up Alice is like. Plus this is a soccer book and I’ve been in the mood for that lately since I’m in my soccer mom era. Looking forward to starting this one soon!
I’ve never met an Annah Conwell book I didn’t like and I’m excited for the next installement in the More Than a Game series. According to the description this is a grumpy/sunshine, single parent/nanny, baseball romance—sold! I’m here for it.
A third hockey rom-com on my list? Yes, indeed. I like what I like, and I like Emma St. Clair and her contributions to the Appies Hockey Romance collection. This one appears to be a second chance, single parent romance with some crossover between the Appies collection and another series. Can’t wait to start reading!
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