Summers here and the time is right for romance novels that take you on all manner of emotional journeys.
This month EW reviews titles that range from historical feminist slow burn to squee-inducing rom-coms to intoxicating adventure.
Its as if Nora Ephron suddenly became your best friend and then spun your heart-to-hearts into a novel.

Credit: Berkley; Sourcebooks Casablanca; Avon Impulse
as one of her irresistible characters.Heat: ?
She makes use of a tried-and-true romance trope the siblings best friend romance.
Now, hes come home to nurse his wounds and figure out whats next.

Berkley
When Georgie proposes the two embark on a fake relationship to mutually achieve their goals, sparks fly.
Bailey knows just how to push all the right buttons on these plot points readers adore.
Jaluddin writes with a third-person omniscient point of view, which can feel scattered.

Avon Impulse
But there are few romances of late that take such an extreme left turn as this does.

Sourcebooks Casablanca

Avon

Berkley

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