Genre: Fantasy Fairytale YA You’ll like this if you like: Sympathetic, Multi-Dimensional Villains, Evil Queens, a Heart-Breaking Backstory, or Tragedies. Cleanliness: Catherine, the future Queen of Heart, kisses a man while she’s being courted by the King, but she makes it explicitly clear to her cat, Cheshire, that should she ever get married, she intends…
Genre: YA Romantic Fantasy You’ll like this if you like: Stories Where Imperfections Become Strengths, an Unexpected Love Interest, or Addictive YA Novels. Cleanliness: It’s mentioned that Eliyana (the protagonist) was born outside of wedlock. Eliyana kisses two guys in the story—each once. But… for good reason (at least the second time). In fact, the reasons…
Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance You’ll like this if you like: A Romantic Interest with a Complicated, Mysterious History, Love Triangles (Where Both Love Interests Have Hidden Motivations), or Finding Love Again. Cleanliness: Bridget kisses J.C. a time or two, and she kisses Caleb once. After one kiss, her mom notes that it’s been a while since…
Genre: Contemporary Christian Romance You’ll like this if you like: Characters with a Complicated Past, a Brooding Hero with an Artistic Streak, or a Comical Hunt for DNA (without alerting the subjects that they’re being tested, of course). Cleanliness: The hero and heroine kiss once or twice (shocking, I know). Aside from that, the heroine’s promiscuous…
Genre: Speculative You’ll like this if you like: Stories of Romance and Redemption. Favorite Profound Quote: “The battle over flesh and blood cannot compare to the battle for the heart.” Favorite Descriptive Quote: “Her eyes were as white as the moon, but today the moon was on fire.” From Amazon Time Is Running Out In Two…
Genre: Self Help on Dating and Relationships Favorite Quote: “When negative feelings are suppressed positive feelings become suppressed as well…” You’ll like this if you like: Psychology, Understanding Differences in Gender, or Improving Relationships. From Book Jacket Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because…
Genre: Self Help on Dating and Relationships Favorite Quote: “Freedom and responsibility are necessary for love to develop in dating. When two individuals allow each other freedom and take ownership of the relationship, they are creating an environment for love to grow and mature.” You’ll like this if you like: Cultivating Healthy Relationships, Boundaries by Henry…
Genre: Speculative You’ll like this if you like: Time Travel, Dreams, or Races Against Time to Stop a World-Threatening Virus. Favorite Profound Quote: “How is it that Elyon [or God] can allow evil to exist in the black forest? Why doesn’t he just destroy the Shataiki?” “Because evil provides his creation with a choice,” the…
Genre: Medieval Time Travel Romance You’ll like this if you like: Time Travel, Enemy Turned Lover Stories, or Second-Chance Stories. Cleanliness: After the hero and heroine are married (Oh, yeah. Predictable Spoiler Alert!) they make love several times, but the scenes are breezed over. It might be uncomfortable for some readers. Hero Type: Semi-Virtuous Hero At…
Genre: Contemporary Romance You’ll like this if you like: Sizzling Romance, a Charming, Playboy Hero, or Assassination Attempts. Cleanliness: The hero, Bo, contemplates taking the heroine up to his room. Eventually, there’s involvement with the slums of the city, so there are mentions of rape, drug use, etc. Hero Type: Bad Boy Favorite Profound Quote: “You’re…