Fall Reading Recommendation - Cozy Romances
Laura: [00:00:00] Hello everyone so excited to be back and today we're talking all things fall romances. You think about it, it's autumn, it's Gilmore Girls time, the small town romances, it's just a little bit of cozy it up. So I have a list of eight titles that are a mix of closed door romances or as I call sweep romances and open door romances.
So it's a little bit of everything for if you want some spice, there's some spice. If they want closed door, there's some closed door. If you These are awesome references that I'm excited to share with you. So let's get to the list.
The first title is Fall I Want by Lyra Parrish. In Fall I Want billionaire Zane Alexander escapes to a small town, Cozy Creek, to recover from a broken heart. He soon crosses paths with the heroine. While their first interactions are less than ideal, they quickly grow up from the familiar strangers to flirtative friends.
When her ex turnate returns, Zane steps in and acts as her fake boyfriend, and their chemistry is so convincing that it blurs the lines between pretense and reality. [00:01:00] As they agree to continue to fake relationships, through their holidays, their connection deepens into something real. But complications arises when both of their exes reappear.
This is a small town romantic comedy full of humor, warmth, and spice, with a fake dating trope and a billionaire who falls first. This story is perfect for readers who are looking for feel good, cozy romances with autumnal charms and a cozy creak. Each book is part of a series, and each book is a series.
standalone with a guarantee happily. We're after these is a great series to get started. If you're looking for a little bit of spice, there's a couple of series that I'm featuring that are closer, but this is a spicy one. So I hope you enjoy the cozy Creek series. I think there's another book in this year and the series that I'm sharing, but this is just all about the fall vibes.
The next title is falling slowly, but Enni Amanda in Falling Slowly, the heroine, a single mom, secures the dream of opportunity. A non expense paid luxury art retreat in the mountains. However, her peaceful escape is [00:02:00] interrupted when Charlie, her boss's charming but chaotic son, crashes her retreat. Charlie, the company's rock star creative director, has both a source of irritation and hidden attraction for two years.
As they spend time together exploring art classes and enjoy the beauty of the small town setting, their professional tensions return, turns into something more. Fake dating soon gives away to real feelings, but Charlie's hiding a secret that could threaten their budding romances. This is a bust to loverish romance featuring golden retriever hero with a blend of humor, emotional depth, and animal charge.
This is a steamy standalone romantic comedy and it has an ATA. All right, the next title, I'm actually a huge fan of Julia Olivia title. I think it features some of her summer some of her titles for the Summer of Romance. One of them is a theme park title and it's just fun. So this title, It Makes You Happy by Julia Olivia, it's a title that she actually talked about, like, wanting to write this a couple years ago.
And finally, she's Publishing. So this title should be published [00:03:00] soon if it's not available. So if it makes you happy by do Olivia, the her Returns to a small town. Cooper Run Vermont to take over her mother's bed and breakfast after a difficult divorce, she helps to place, will be a place to heal, but running A BMB.
Proves more challenging than expected, especially with her lacking baking skills. Cliff, her annoying, charming, inescapable next door neighbor, is a single dad with a knack of her making everything from pastries to people she'll care for. As they become friends, a heroine fights growing feelings for him.
Knowing her time coupon run is limited, she plans to leave in three months to pursue a career opportunity in Seattle. This is a small town romance that blends romance and lovers dynamic with plenty of heart, humor, and warmth. The fraternus is now getting a new life and emotions while healing from her past.
So this is like the perfect Hallmark movie. You go to a small town in Vermont, which is beautiful college, and you're just taking over the bed and breakfast, like, what else? And you also have this exploration timeline, like, in the new year, I'm going to go move [00:04:00] to a bigger city. And like, lo and behold, you realize, like, you're meant to be living in a small town, and you have this wonderful love with your next door neighbor.
So I would definitely encourage you to read if it makes you happy by Julie Olivia. The next one is from a pumpkin spice lovers. It is pumpkin spice love by Gemma Evans. And this, in this book, well, the blue, I don't know how to say her last name. Willa, I'm a cleaner, which is on a quest to find her familiar, expecting something here with little kinder, buddy.
And so she finds James Humphrey, a girlfriend, broody law student who wants to do nothing with her, despite their differences. As long as. Willa is drawn to him and tries to win his heart with her magical baking, particularly her pumpkin pies. James, baffled by his growing feelings with Fort Willa, tries to resist her charms to find himself tempted with her sweet nature and culinary delights.
Set in a cozy New England college town, Willa must convince James to accept her bond and to preserve their magic and protect her heart. [00:05:00] This is a Grumpy Sunshine Romance Mix. a new adult in fall magic and there is a little bit of touch paranormal because she's a witch and she's looking for her familiar and it turns out that it was james the lost student who wants to do nothing with her this is heartwarming and steamy with an hea all right we're gonna go to one that is actually closer romance it is autumn dreams by Jessica Parker.
This story centers around Autumn, a hopeless romantic who, despite a series of dating failures, still believes in true love. Her best friend Drew is to her opposite, cynical about romance, having spent countless hours debating the law of existence with her local pumpkin patch. Each time Autumn's relations fall apart, Drew is there to pick up the pieces, convinced that the love isn't real.
But the, but when her deeds run too. But when one of her dates threatened the pumpkin patch, Drew decides to step in. He vows to help her find the perfect man on the condition that he becomes her ballroom dance partner. As they [00:06:00] take on the dance floor together, the chemistry between them grows, and Cottoms begins to wonder if the man she's been searching for has been in front of her all along.
This is a sweet romance story sharing Fred's love rush dynamic, where ballroom dancing and shared history brings the characters together. This is perfect for fans of feel good love stories and light hearted moments. This is a part of a series. There's, I think it's summer, winter, and autumn. There, it's actually centered around triplets.
And they each have their own story, their name after a season. So this is the autumn one. So obviously there's pumpkin patches. There's fun activities they get to do in the fall. fall. So Autumn Dreams by Jessica Parker is the title. The next one is another closed door romance. It's Can't Help Falling by Courtney Walsh.
In Can't Help Falling by Courtney Walsh, the story centers around love that has been brewing for years between the heroine and Owen, her best friend's older brother. After confessing her love to him on his wedding [00:07:00] day years ago, when she wasn't the bride, she swore she moved on. Now Owen has returned to a small town, Harvest Hollow, rescuing her from the house fire, reigniting old feelings.
Despite her desire to stay away from him, the protagonist begins to question her beliefs about love, especially as the pop, as the host of Hollywood Woman's Advice podcast, The Hopeful Romantic. So this is a podcast episode So god bless her and actually having a romance advice podcast and she really likes her best friend's older brother and , she feels as unrequited.
So this sweet rom com feels with breastformed brother, childhood crush, exploits opposites attract, all within a closed door romance, offering plenty of emotional tension without explicit scenes. So the title is Can't Help Falling by Courtney Walsh. The next title is also closed door, and it's a not so fictional fall by Savannah Scott.
In this one, the heroine is an avid romance reader, and it's thrilled to finally meet her [00:08:00] favorite author in person, only to discover the author is actually, the author, Amelie Dupier, is actually Pierre Toussaint, a handsome French man. With his dreamy looks, charming accent, and allure of his romance novels, Pierre quickly leaves her fluster and blushing.
But things take an expected turn when Pierre's agent contacts her with an outlandish proposal. They want her to marry Pierre. This unique mix of celebrity romance and expected marriage proposals sure to sweep readers into a whirlwind romance of humor and emotions. Disclosure of romance comes with a twist.
Combines the celebrity author and marriage convenience tropes, making it perfect for fans that would like Hardest to Unworthy stories. So if you're looking for marriage convenience, this is the book for you and it's closed door. And the final book is also closed doors. Coffee break with the billionaire by Holly Kerr
in this one, Fenella Carrington, a billionaire with a fear of making headlines first by her celebrity set lifestyle is told to step away from the spotlight or risk her family business [00:09:00] reputation. Sent to acquire retreat in small country, Alandia. She expects boredom. Instead she meets Silas, a sweet small town barista who thinks he knows her type.
A storm that will blow through and leave chaos behind. But as vanilla adjusts to her life outside of limelight, Silas might be the one to add unexpected warmth and romance to her world. This cozy romcom offers a mix of opposite small town romances with fall vibes.
So the title is Coffee Break with the Billionaire by Holly Kerr. So, if you're looking for more recommendations, for what's new on Kidnell Limited, as well as what's new on Hoopla, and all, Extended recommendations. Other than or not, they're not available on the blog.
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