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Looking for love? You'll find it in 2024 in these 10 romance novels

While many of us are thinking of love this Valentine's Day, here are some of the best romance novels hitting shelves in the first half of the year to help plan your reading tour de romance in 2024.
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It's Valentine's Day – a holiday literally designed for swooning and yearning. For some, that means a romantic candlelit dinner with a loved one. For others, it's quality time with a romance novel and a box of premium chocolate.

But reading romance is actually a delicious treat you can enjoy all year round. To give you a head start in planning your reading tour de romance in 2024, here's a list of 10 excellent romance novels (I've read them all!) publishing from now into early summer.

Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Feb. 6)

Bride is Ali Hazelwood as you've always known and loved her – with a paranormal twist. The story follows Misery Lark (iconic name, I know) a vampyre who is suddenly married to the ruthless, probably brutish but also kind of hot werewolf Lowe Moreland in a peacekeeping alliance. Misery must make a life in a hostile territory while trying not to make out with her new husband – who may not trust her but can't seem to keep his eyes off her.

This book is as sexy as it is fun. It's a departure from Hazelwood's more conventional contemporary romances but brings in all the staples of her best work. There's found family, a love interest that's gruff yet obsessed, and most crucially a slow burning tension thatunconventional. You may want to brace yourself for some of the knotty, ahem, I mean naughty elements to the romance once the steam really gets going.

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