If You Like Romance, You Might Want to Read...

The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs

While transforming Bella Vista, her childhood home, into a destination cooking school, celebrated chef Isabel Johansen finds her plans interrupted by war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill who has arrived to dig up old history. (Publisher Summary)

The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand

A touching novel from bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand in which a dying woman sets out to find love for those closest to her - before it's too late. (Publisher Summary)

The Wanderer by Robyn Carr

When newcomer Hank Cooper inherits beachfront property in Thunder Point, Oregon, he holds the fate of an entire community in his hands as he decides whether this small town of rocky beaches and rugged charm is the place he can finally call home. (Publisher Summary)

Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux

Best friends Elijah J. Harcourt and Chelsea Hamilton, who were separated when they were teenagers, are reunited in Edilean, Virginia, where they overcome the distance that has grown between them by investigating a tragic story together. (Publisher Summary)

The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks

After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves in this new romance from the New York Times best-selling author. (Publisher Summary)

Country by Danielle Steele

Struggling to achieve an independent life when her stale marriage abruptly ends, Stephanie Adams embarks on an impulsive road trip and discovers herself in the course of a whirlwind relationship with a famous country music star. (Publisher Summary)

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Warm up with these selections from the Romantic Novelists' Association shortlist for The RoNAs (Romantic Novel Awards) 2015!

A Hundred Pieces of Me by Lucy Dillon

Determined to make a fresh start following her divorce, Gina Bellamy is left to figure out how to live on her own, beginning with throwing away all her possessions except the one hundred that mean the most to her. (Publisher Summary)

Under the Jewelled Sky by Alison McQueen

Ten years after being forbidden to socialize with--let alone fall in love with--Jag, the son of a palace servant, Sophie returns to India with her British husband and finds that the memories of her first love have never truly left her. (Publisher Summary)

The Girl Who Came Home by William Morrow

After the death of her father, Grace Butler, struggling with what comes next, unexpectedly finds a new direction in life when her Great Nana Maggie shares a painful secret she has harbored for almost a lifetime about the RMS Titanic. (Publisher Summary)

The Gentleman Rouge by Margaret McPhee

In a Mayfair ballroom, beautiful Emma Northcote stands in amazement. For gazing at her, with eyes she'd know anywhere, is Ned Stratham, a man whose roguish charm once held her captivated. (Publisher Summary)

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Romance Novels

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I can't think of a more perfect time to curl up with a steamy romance novel. Check out the Community Library's newest selections below. Already read these? Ask a librarian for help!

The Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs

Isabel Johansen is a celebrated chef, who grew up in the sleepy Sonoma town of Archangel. Isabel is transforming her childhood home into a destination cooking school - a unique place for other dreamers to come and learn the culinary arts. Surveying Bella Vista's lush vineyards and abundant orchards, she decides that the only thing she's lacking is organic honey. The beekeeper, when he arrives, is a bit of a surprise. Isabel wasn't expecting someone so ruggedly handsome; or someone so allergic to bee stings. (Publisher Summary)

Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux

Eli and Chelsea lost touch with each other over the years, until Eli bought a house in his father's hometown of Edilean, Virginia, and invited Chelsea for a visit. She had her own life and was certain that a childhood friendship couldn't be anything more, but she went nonetheless and found herself quite unprepared for the changes she saw in Eli. And neither of them were prepared to run into a mystery with a family that needs to be rescued. (Publisher Summary)

Surrender by June Gray

Julie Keaton had everything; she had a new career in a new city and, more importantly, a bright future with fiance, Jason Sherman. That is, until the day she discovered that he had been killed in Afghanistan. In one moment, her life changed, as everything she’d hoped for died along with him. Years later and Julie still feels the aftershocks of Jason’s death. She is no longer the same adventurous, open girl; now she wears armor around her heart in order to protect the most important thing in her life, her son. But when Julie meets the mysterious Neal, she starts to feel the smallest flicker of hope, as what began as a fling quickly becomes something more. (Publisher Summary)