What is Romance?
“Soul meets soul on lovers lips.” Said the famous poet and writer PB Shelley. Romance is the essence of life. Romance is when the waves come to the shore again and again when the moon shyly appears in the night sky when the lovers die for love. Romance makes the sun flirt with the flowers; it is all around us and inside us. 2022 was the year of romance, we had some of the best works. Here are the top 10 romance novels of 2022.
Top 10 romance novels (2022)
- The Dead Romantics- Ashley Poston
A young ghostwriter of romance novels, Florence Day struggles to finish her final book in the contract. Her recent breakup has led her to give up on romance and her new editor Benji Andor is bugging her constantly. A day before her deadline the young writer shares a kiss with her editor and receives some unfortunate news. This novel leads up to the romance between the two and Florence’s revived interest in romance.
- D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding- Chencia C. Higgins
This beautiful lesbian romance follows Kris and D’Vaughn who fake their relationship for a TV show called ‘Instant I do’. Kris and D’Vaughn have personal reasons for wanting to win this show. Faking their relationship on camera is just as easy as doing it in real. We see how their fake love turns into a real one.
- You Made a Food of Death with your Beauty- Akwaeke Emezi
Coping with the death of the love of her life, Feyi Adekola wants to regain her happiness. Convinced by her best friend she goes back into the dating scene and even meets the perfect guy. But we will find out if she can let go of her past.
- Even though I knew the end- C.L. Polk
Helen Brandt investigates a murder even though she didn’t want to. We find out how she sold her soul a decade ago. She evokes the private eye narratives of the 1940s and 50s and finds out how women who loved women were mistreated and how women were generally oppressed by men. Despite all this, the women still loved, lived, and laughed.
- Ocean’s echo- Everina Maxwell
Rich, spoiled Tennalhin Halkana was a big flirt and a disaster. He had the ability to read minds and was placed under Lieutenant Surit Yehi. Surit was able to influence minds, and both form a fake bond for Tennalhin’s escape.
- The Secret Society of Irregular Witches- Sanghu Mandanna
Mika Moon who lived alone all her life carried a secret with her. She was a secret witch and was in contact with others. One day she finds herself teaching similar orphaned children how to control magic and comes dangerously close to being attached to a girl she was teaching.
- Red Blossom in Snow- Jeannie Lin
Magistrate Li Chen and courtesan Song Yi ally to investigate a murder near the pleasure house. In the past, they developed feelings for each other but had to stop because of differences. But now they had no choice but to work together and start falling in the same love.
- Something Fabulous- Alexis Hall
This historical romance tells the story of Valentine Layton the Duke of Malver. When he proposes to betroth Miss Arabella upon his later father’s wishes, she runs away. Arabella’s brother Bonny and Valentine go on a trip trying to find her while developing a bond of friendship and romance.
- Tanked- Mia Hopkins
The third book of the series, Tanked continues the story of Angel who in the present still struggles to find his place in the family business. He crossed paths with Deanna again after she ghosted him post their private night. This is a book where the global pandemic and its effects on the characters are mentioned.
- Fire Season- KD Casey
This beautiful story revolves around Charlie Braxton, a baseball player with a seemingly perfect life with all the fame and a beautiful wife. In a nuanced look, we see that his life is not so perfect, and his wife was soon to divorce him. We follow Charlie as he finds a new love interest Reid Giordano who was also his teammate. We see the beautiful love between Charlie and Reid blossom and their dealing with the problems that come with dating a teammate that too of the same sex.
- To Sum Up
The year 2022 was very fulfilling for a romance reader. The books that turned up this year were exceptional and no short of spectacular. The range of stories were very broad from historical to thriller romances these writers have given some masterpieces.
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