2025 is going to be a tough year for all of us. But we have each other to rely on and we have romance novels with their happily ever afters to comfort us, and we'll get through it together. I wish you kindness and love and joy in the new year, despite it all. And I hope you find lots of amazing books to read and lose yourself in. Some of my favorites of 2024 are below.
A Power Unbound by Freya Marske
Death in the Spires by KJ Charles
Dionysus in Wisconsin by EH Lupton
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace and SO Callahan
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Shabti by Megaera C Lorenz
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White
Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore