It’s the most wonderful time of the year! In addition to all the fun holiday festivities filling everyone’s calendar, hopefully, all of you readers are finding some downtime to dive into a few books as a way to escape the busyness of the season that can overwhelm. Curling up by a cozy fire with a book and a warm drink is one of my favorite ways to relax. And a romcom, that perfect blend of romance and comedy, is just the ticket for a fun, carefree story when you’ve got a little downtime. In case you’ve got time to read but don’t know where to start, today I’m suggesting seven sweet romcom series that are good for laughs and guaranteed to give you all the feels.
The Love Clichés, Emma St. Clair
Five best friends experience all the ups and downs of dating in hilarious ways on their journeys to happily ever after. Expect to lol and be charmed by this sweet series.
Falling for Your Best Friend’s Twin—a best friend’s brother (twin!), opposites attract, forced proximity, grumpy-sunshine romcom
Falling for Your Boss—romcom featuring age-gap, workplace romance, single parent tropes
Falling for Your Fake Fiancé—enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, forced proximity, marriage of convenience romcom
Falling for Your Best Friend—romcom featuring friends-to-lovers, slow burn, and neurodivergent mc
Falling for Your Enemy—enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, road trip, slow burn romcom
The Twelve Holidates (Christmas novella)—friends-to-lovers, childhood crush, holiday romcom novella
Sweet Peach, Annah Conwell
Four housemates and best friends enjoy found family, love, and laughter in Atlanta.
The Love Audit—workplace, grumpy-sunshine, enemies-to-lovers romcom
One More Song—second-chance romcom featuring best friend’s brother, celebrity romance, first loves, he falls first tropes, and a killer grand gesture
Just One Taste—swoony romcom featuring childhood friends-to-lovers, he falls first, fake dating tropes
One Last Play—reverse grumpy-sunshine, he falls first, age gap, single parent, sports romcom
Out of Office (road trip novella)—workplace romance, he falls first, age gap, road trip romcom
Getting Shipped!, Savannah Scott
Seven standalone stories set in corn-centric Bordeaux, Ohio, where love is in the air, and hilarious animals, nutty dates, and nosy seniors provide lots of laughs.
Friendshipped—slow-burn, lifelong next-door neighbors, best friends-to-lovers romcom featuring a cinnamon roll hero and spunky heroine
Battleshipped—second chance romcom with enemies-to-lovers vibes; pares a sexy scientist with an audacious hairdresser
Townshipped—swoony romcom with an amnesiac bride-on-the-run, white-knight hero, and insta-family
Censorshipped—forbidden romance, brother’s best friend romcom with so much pining
Doctorshipped—romcom featuring grumpy-sunshine, single dad tropes
Cruiseshipped—vacation romance, forced proximity romcom between firefighter with a heart of gold and a sassy, fun-loving Puerto Rican event planner with lots of witty banter and flirting
Ripped & Shipped—romcom featuring fake dating, opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers tropes
Love Stories in Sheet Cake, Emma St. Clair
A family of former pro football players buy a small town and a war with residents, hijinks, and love ensue.
The Buy-In—second-chance romcom with marriage of convenience and single-parent tropes
The Bluff—romcom featuring enemies-to-lovers and grumpy boss tropes, along with a single-bed scenario
The Pocket Pair—best friend’s brother, friends-to-lovers, slow-burn romcom
The Wild Card (due out May 2024)—fake-dating romcom
A Holly Jilly Christmas (holiday novella)—forced proximity, grumpy-sunshine, workplace road trip holiday romcom
But He’s a Carter Brother, Annah Conwell
This Sweet Peach spin-off series features the hunky Carter brothers on their journeys to find love in a small town.
But He’s My Grumpy Neighbor—grumpy-sunshine, slow-burn romcom with cozy vibes
But He’s My One Regret—romcom with second-chance, forbidden love and fall vibes
But He’s My Fake Fiancé (due out April 2024)—fake engagement summertime romcom between shy, romantic author and outgoing, golden retriever hero
Donovan Family, Katie Bailey
Two-book series featuring plenty of lol awkward moments and sweet tension for two Donovan siblings and their romantic interests.
So That Happened—grumpy-sunshine, off-limits workplace romcom with secret cinnamon roll hero and single bed trope
I Think He Knows—longtime best friends-to-lovers, fake engagement, romcom featuring single parent-celebrity romance
Sweater Weather, multi-authored
Series of standalone but interconnected romcoms, all set in a quaint North Carolina town with cozy fall vibes by seven authors.
Just Don’t Fall, Emma St. Clair—brother’s best friend, fake dating, hockey romcom
The Fall Back Plan, Melanie Jacobson—enemies-to-lovers, small-town/fall-vibes romcom where the bad boy and golden girl trade places
Can’t Help Falling, Courtney Walsh—best friend’s brother, childhood crush, opposites attract romcom
Faking the Fall, Julie Christianson—fake dating, celebrity, second-chance, friends-to-lovers romcom
Easy as Pie, Carina Taylor—friends-to-lovers, small-town romcom featuring strong, quirky heroine
A Not So Fictional Fall, Savannah Scott—marriage of convenience romcom featuring French beta hero
Absolutely Not in Love, Jenny Proctor—forced proximity, opposites-attract, hockey romcom featuring a swoony hero who falls first
Your turn
How much do you plan to read this holiday season? Which books will you pick up? What are your favorite romcom tropes?