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Favorite Modern Romance Novels

Description: For romance novels (and standalone novellas and novelettes) published in the 20th and 21st centuries; however, the books can be set during any time period. To qualify for this list, books should focus on a developing romantic relationship and have an optimistic ending. Straight and LGBT romances are both very welcome.

Rank Title Author Added

1

220 members

20 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

2

94 members

14 reviews

4

Member: jain

3

A Death at the Dionysus Club

by Melissa Scott

85 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: jain

4

115 members

13 reviews

4

Member: jain

5

by Thea Hayworth

9 members

½ 4.3

Member: jain

6

The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh

129 members

11 reviews

4

Member: jain

7

The Ruin of a Rake

by Cat Sebastian

282 members

20 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

8

Death by Silver

by Melissa Scott

192 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

9

Think of England

302 members

24 reviews

4.2

Member: jain

10

The Suffragette Scandal

by Courtney Milan

405 members

35 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

11

A Taste of Honey

29 members

4.1

Member: jain

12

162 members

12 reviews

4

Member: jain

13

A Gentleman's Position

189 members

15 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: jain

14

158 members

11 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

15

Slippery Creatures

408 members

21 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

16

An Unnatural Vice

176 members

16 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

17

by Joanna Chambers

128 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

18

by Joanna Chambers

92 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

19

by Joanna Chambers

78 members

7 reviews

4

Member: jain

20

by Jordan L. Hawk

69 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

21

by Peale McDaniel

2 members

½ 3.5

Member: jain

22

by Kim Fielding

108 members

16 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

23

Desert World Rebirth

10 members

4.2

Member: jain

24

Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts

130 members

19 reviews

4

Member: jain

25

An Unseen Attraction

225 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

26

by Jordan L. Hawk

70 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

27

Any Old Diamonds

204 members

11 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

28

by Jordan L. Hawk

55 members

4 reviews

4

Member: jain

29

Wanted, a Gentleman

129 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

30

6 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: jain

31

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting

212 members

21 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

32

The Last Thing He Needs

79 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

33

Muscling Through

169 members

28 reviews

4

Member: jain

34

The Magpie Lord

721 members

59 reviews

4

Member: jain

35

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows

by Olivia Waite

182 members

10 reviews

4

Member: jain

36

Daughter of Mystery

by Heather Rose Jones

159 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

37

259 members

27 reviews

4.2

Member: jain

38

18 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: jain

39

Blue Eyed Stranger: Trowchester Series, Book 2

by Alex Beecroft

18 members

1 review

3.9

Member: jain

40

Mark of the Gladiator

by Heidi Belleau

27 members

2 reviews

4.8

Member: jain

41

by Cat Sebastian

223 members

17 reviews

4

Member: jain

42

False Colors: An M/M Romance

by Alex Beecroft

179 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: jain

43

by Diana Gabaldon

23,940 members

989 reviews

4.2

Member: jain

44

The Rogue's Conquest

12 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: jain

45

A Scot's Surrender

22 members

1 review

3.9

Member: jain

46

The Duchess War

by Courtney Milan

956 members

67 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

47

161 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: jain

48

The Countess Conspiracy

by Courtney Milan

479 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

49

114 members

4 reviews

4

Member: jain

50

15 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: jain

51

44 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: jain

52

A Seditious Affair

228 members

27 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: jain

53

by Talia Hibbert

87 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

54

Blue Steel Chain: A Contemporary MM Romance

by Alex Beecroft

23 members

3.9

Member: jain

55

by Joanna Chambers

37 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: jain

56

by Joanna Chambers

18 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: jain

57

Two Rogues Make a Right

by Cat Sebastian

206 members

14 reviews

4

Member: jain

58

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb

by Cat Sebastian

363 members

24 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

59

The Remaking of Corbin Wale

by Roan Parrish

134 members

10 reviews

4

Member: jain

60

by Iona Datt Sharma

17 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: jain

61

Boyfriend Material

1,534 members

82 reviews

4.1

Member: jain

62

The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

by Olivia Waite

486 members

24 reviews

4

Member: jain

63

by Olivia Atwater

691 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: jain

64

A Little Light Mischief

by Cat Sebastian

159 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: jain

About This List

Started: jain
June 2016
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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