Romance Books

Heated Rivalry has become a massive global hit, but can the steamy ice hockey romance, and other queer love stories, help create more inclusive spaces in the real sporting world?

250 years after Jane Austen's birth, her love of music lives on in the characters from her books and screen adaptations.

Sense and Sensibility was marketed as a "chick flick". But this 90s re-imagining of Jane Austen's novel, starring British powerhouse Emma Thompson, was more than just a bubbly romance.

After 10 years of marriage and two kids, Joseph Heath and wife Laura are still in the "honeymoon phase". He says romance novels are a large part of why.

In a "tale as old as time", author Ruby Jean Cottle lived with severe endometriosis symptoms for years before getting a diagnosis or treatment. Almost two decades on, she credits her chronic illness with helping her write her debut vampire romance novel.

From "enemies-to-lovers" to "slow burn", we've somehow got to the point where romance books are being marketed around tropes. We asked author and viral BookTokker Stacey McEwan to explain why we love them so much.

Torrey Peters' books have made history and created space for other trans authors to have a voice. And while there's plenty to battle against right now, she says trans people have more of a voice today than ever.

For many people, becoming a bestselling author with a TV adaptation in the works is little more than a pipedream. For Lauren, it became reality by the time she turned 22.

The therapeutic benefits of writing can go far beyond the stereotypical journalling exercise. These writers share their stories.

Once trivialised as a low-brow guilty pleasure, the romance novel is enjoying a renaissance.

For millions of devoted readers, romantasy is more than spicy sex scenes and towering warriors with impressive wingspans. It's escapism in its purest form.

Mikaella and Onjuli met 13 years ago: one was couch-surfing across Europe; the other was living in Bristol and had a sofa. Now they're married and write smutty books together.

Helen Scheuerer could have traditionally published her debut novel, but she decided to self-publish instead. Months later, she quit her day job and never looked back.

The third book in the bestselling Empyrean series is finally out tomorrow, but not everyone has bought into the Fourth Wing hype. What can we expect from Onyx Storm and is there anything to the criticism of the series and its author, Rebecca Yarros?

“They make you laugh … they leave you with that warm fuzzy feeling.” Why do we love rom-coms so much? We ask Leesa Ronald, the Aussie author of ‘Special Delivery’, a new enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy.

Three years ago, the author was watching Twilight and daydreaming about a world in which there were more Black vampires. Now she's written a New York Times best-selling romance novel rooted in the Ethiopian myths and culture she was raised on.

Carissa Broadbent wasn't loving her first "big-girl job in corporate America", so she decided to try writing a romantasy book. Now she's a best-selling author. 

What is the enduring appeal of the bodice-ripping genre? The answer lies in a happy ending and a heroine to cheer on.

It Ends With Us was the US's highest-selling book of 2023, and has just been adapted into a movie starring Blake Lively. We explain the controversy surrounding the book, which was originally released in 2016.

Blake Lively stars in the long-awaited movie adaptation of the 2016 New York Times bestseller (and #BookTok favourite).