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CHPL Gift Guide 2024: For the Hopeless Romantic

Some gift ideas for the hopeless romantic in your life!

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  • "Alexander accomplishes a masterful juggling act: the banter is snappy, the chemistry between Simone and Ray sings, the commentary on social media fame is poignant without ever verging on precious, and the exploration of Ray's nonbinary identity…
    Book, 2022New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2022 — ROM Alex
  • Budding photographer Delilah returns home to photograph her estranged step-sister’s wedding, only to fall head-over-heels for her sister’s best friend. All Delilah can think about is getting paid, and getting out of there, but when something feels…
    Book, 2022New York : Jove, 2022 — ROM Blak
  • Super fun holiday friends -> lovers story with a tree farm, cozy drinks, and intriguing family situations.
    eBook, 2021New York : Berkley, 2021 — eBook
  • This book fizzes with sex, betrayal, lies, and family drama — but the good news is, it comes without an actual telenovela's requisite cliffhangers and tragedies.-Kamrun Nesa, NPR
    Book, 2020New York : Avon Books, 2020 — ROM Dari
  • Political activism is one way to update and refresh the romance genre. Dunmore's strong, ambitious lead, Lady Lucie, is a suffragist intent on a plan to bring down the Married Women’s Property Act. The struggle Lucie finds herself in between time…
    Book, 2020New York : Jove, 2020 — ROM Dunm
  • An artist grieves a major loss while trying to throw herself back into the dating scene. Exotic locations, curators trying to launch her career, and lots of self reflection make this a great story about life, love, grief, and how we endure.
    Book, 2022New York : Atria Books, 2022 — FIC Emez
  • Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024 — ROM East
  • "A popcorny delight that launches readers into the Uncharted Hearts series where steamy romance meets spacefaring action, the story follows Temperance “Temper” Reed, an exiled member of a wealthy family hoping to make her own way in the galaxy.…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Bramble/Tor Publishing Group, 2023 — SF Fay
  • "Jasmine Guillory’s romances are sure to be breezy, fun reads with lots of delicious food and characters whom you genuinely wish to befriend. I am thrilled by all the ways romance is diversifying, and this one featuring a romance between characters…
    Book, 2019New York : Berkley, 2019 — ROM Guil
  • "A delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who's betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other."-from the publisher
    Book, 2022Seattle : Montlake, [2022] — ROM Hall
  • Fun supernatural romance. In this world vampyres and werewolves are forming an uneasy alliance. Sookie Stackhouse meets Mercy Briggs.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, [2024] — SF Haze
  • "Chloe is a kick-butt female character who speaks her mind and doesn’t rely on anyone – even though she suffers from a chronic illness. Her strength and humor shine throughout the novel..."-from SheReads.com
    Book, 2019New York : Avon Books, 2019 — ROM Hibb
  • Ambitious, neuro-diverse heroine seeks some help in the dating department. This is the first in a series, but they can be read in any order.
    Book, 2018New York : JOVE / Berkley, 2018 — ROM Hoan
  • “Jalaluddin updates Jane Austen’s Persuasion to Toronto’s Muslim community, where software engineer Nada , still stinging from a professional disappointment, is unexpectedly reunited with a former flame. Switching between past and present, this…
    Book, 2023New York : Berkley Romance, 2023 — ROM Jala
  • "Sheltering the injured Galen Vachon, a notorious runaway known as Black Daniel, former slave Hester Wyatt learns that Galen's work with the Underground Railroad may have been sabotaged by a traitor."-Novelist
    eBook, 2012San Francisco : NYLA, 2012 — eBook
  • "Two years after the tragic death of her fiance, an artist begins to heal thanks to a rock star and his dog...author Jimenez has written Sloan's story with elegant, compassionate success, showcasing a romance that navigates deep grief and healing…
    Book, 2020New York : Forever, 2020 — ROM Jime
  • "An arranged meeting leads to a fake engagement leads to love for an Indian American couple...A delightful, layered book that addresses the frequent disconnect between what a person does, says, thinks they want, and actually wants—as individuals and…
    Book, 2024New York : Dell, [2024] — ROM Kuma
  • A marriage of convenience meets Succession meets tropical islands. A perfect rom com to read at the beach.
    Book, 2024New York : Gallery Books, 2024 — ROM Laur
  • "Hiding her career as the bestselling author of Christmas romance novels from her family, chronically ill Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt, a "nice Jewish girl," needing inspiration for her Hanukkah romance, must attend a high-end Jewish music…
    Book, 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Mira Books, 2021 — ROM Melt
  • "Oliveras shines in this powerful sequel to West Side Love Story and loose riff on Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate...Oliveras makes the couple's explosive chemistry palpable and she has a sure hand with the complex family dynamics. Meanwhile, an…
    Book, 2022Seattle : Montlake, [2022] — ROM Oliv