If you’re a falling leaves and cozy nights kind of reader, it’s the season for your best reads. Fill your TBR (and your evenings) with books that are all about falling in (and sometimes out of) love. From Los Angeles to Paris and back and from modern-day to the Regency period, there’s plenty of drama in these pages.
With Love Echo Park by Laura Taylor Namey
At 17, Clary has her future mapped out. She is going to inherit her family’s florist shop, La Rosa Blanca, and keep what remains of Echo Park’s Cuban business district alive. Unfortunately, Emilio, the boy meant to take over Avalos Bicycle Works, the only other Cuban business in the neighborhood, is less committed to the area’s legacy.
They have competing dreams, and Emilio might already have one foot out the door, but an unexpected visitor and new realizations about their home in Los Angeles might just bring them both closer than ever before.
If you like: Romance, drama, coming of age, Los Angeles
Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield
Taking a semester abroad is the perfect chance to reinvent yourself, and Whitney Curry is ready to make the most of her time in Paris, living fashionably and exploring her idol Josephine Baker’s home all while planning her future of writing and directing plays.
Turns out managing school, a new language, and a dramatic change in location aren’t as dreamy as she imagined—at first. It’s a lot to manage, and so is dealing with her handsome French tutor and soccer star Thierry Magnon. Can Paris have love to offer along with all of Whitney’s dreams?
If you like: Romance, contemporary, coming of age, travel, Paris
The Love Dare by Abiola Bello
People don’t usually fall in love over a bet. Usually. But when Eva Ojo is dared to talk to a stranger at Notting Hill Carnival, she finds that the comic-obsessed Saint Rowe-Falade is her dream guy. Too bad he doesn’t want to date her.
Eva dives headfirst into winning a bet with her friends that she can make Saint fall for her. That might be difficult when he knows at least some of her interest comes from the bet. Convincing him that there feelings are real might be the biggest challenge of all.
If you like: Contemporary, romance, drama
Witty in Pink by Erica George
Blythe has been avoiding Briggs Goswick for years. But now he’ss finding moe wand more ways to invade her life. While Blythe tries to manage her family’s name and finances, she also has to Balance Briggs’ ever-present ego at every ball she attends and the never-ending line of suitors after her attention.
They might hate each other, but both Blythe and Briggs need money fast to maintain their precarious hold on dignity and their high-class status. Can Blythe get her business started and save her family name? Will Briggs be the answer to both their problems?
If you like: Historical fiction, romance, Regency, drama
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
No one does fall like Briar Glen. The New England village is the place to be for tourists who want to get a taste of the season from falling leaves and picturesque water features to warm drinks. Everything is cool and cozy!
Everyone in Briar Glen loves fall…except Lucy Kane. The 16-year-old is over the season, especially her nemesis the PSL, but fall is when business always picks up for mom’s coffee shop Cup o’ Jo. At least it does until major coffee chain Java Junction opens across the street. Everything is getting more difficult, especially since Lucy’s secret crush Jack Harper is son of the owner to the enemy coffee shop.
Is fall ruined and with is Cup o’ Joe or will Lucy be able to turn the season and their future around?
If you like: Contemporary, fall, romance,
