10 of the Greatest Romance Books Coming Out in Might 2023

When Serena Khan unexpectedly meets a good-looking stranger named Julian at a Mardi Gras bachelorette social gathering, it’s one of the best a part of an in any other case annoying night. Though she’s by no means been one for believing in serendipity, Serena is decided by the subsequent day to depart her boring, reliable life behind and discover Julian once more.

After Max Moody’s finest pal Web page publicizes her engagement, he’s shortly thrust right into a world of marriage ceremony planning and existential questions on his personal romantic future. As he grows nearer with the groom’s brother Chasten, the extrovert to Max’s introvert, Max wonders if his personal probability at love is nearer than he thinks.

Annie Walker is content material operating her small city flower store, however she worries she lacks flirting abilities and that she’s too “boring” to discover a accomplice. Courting classes with bodyguard Will Griffin seems like the right answer at first. However when their follow turns to one thing extra, each wonder if their friendship can survive the transition to romance.

Jana Suleiman can’t anticipate her pal’s vacation spot marriage ceremony, even when it means spending time along with her ex Anil Malik. Their previous romance was difficult, and whereas he’s an ideal dad, she doubts there’s extra for his or her relationship to go than co-parenting.

However within the days main as much as the occasion and in between bridesmaid actions that push Jana out of her consolation zone, she and Anil uncover that maybe the sparks between them haven’t all gone out.

When her roommate’s cousin Choi Jihoon visits for a number of weeks following a tough break-up, Ariadne Hui worries that he’ll current problems to her rigorously curated day by day routine. Spending time round Jihoon leads her to extra spontaneity, nevertheless, and he or she finds herself falling in love regardless of her reservations. However when Ariadne discovers that Jihoon is a Okay-pop star, she finds herself thrust into the limelight in methods she wasn’t ready for.

Initially launched as an audiobook solely final summer season, this romantic comedy will now be obtainable in print.

After Millie Watts-Cohen’s aged pal Mrs. Nash passes away, she units off on a highway journey. She’s decided to deliver the stays to a lady with whom Mrs. Nash shared a passionate relationship many years in the past.

The journey takes an sudden flip, nevertheless, when Millie is stranded in Florida. As if by destiny, she runs into an outdated acquaintance, Hollis Hollenbeck, on a highway journey of his personal. When he reluctantly agrees to assist her end her journey, Millie finds herself unexpectedly falling for him.

When El’s finest buddies give you a plan to reside in a farmhouse collectively within the outdated English countryside, she agrees instantly. Who wouldn’t? However her lingering crush on her finest pal Ray complicates issues, and El wonders whether or not an opportunity at love is well worth the danger of dropping her if issues don’t work out.

Typically, it takes the potential finish of the world to deliver what you need your future to appear like (and who you need to spend it with) into readability. This brief story assortment follows six would-be {couples} who, when a false emergency message makes them assume a cataclysmic occasion is imminent, danger every little thing to make their love for one another identified.

Manuela del Carmen Caceres Galvan plans to spend her final months earlier than an organized marriage in Paris, showcasing her artwork on the 1889 Exposition Universelle. What she doesn’t count on is a proposal from Cora Kempf Bristol, the Duchess of Sundridge, that entails an unforgettable summer season spent collectively.

Whereas visiting her roommate’s TV studio, Luna O’Shea finds herself in a predicament with Jean-Pierre, the French inheritor to a culinary empire. Throughout a video name to his movie star chef grandfather, Jean-Pierre introduces Luna as his girlfriend though they’d by no means met till then.

Jean-Pierre’s grandfather may be very harsh to him, partially as a result of he’s transgender. And securing his inheritance is determined by passing a frightening cooking abilities take a look at. Luna, who can be trans, empathizes together with his state of affairs and — regardless of her misgivings about being a faux girlfriend — agrees to assist him put together for the take a look at and fake to be his girlfriend round household. However because the take a look at date attracts nearer, actual emotions develop between Luna and Jean-Pierre.