It’s astonishing to me there are just two months left in 2024. That adage about parenting–the days are long but the years are short–gets truer for me every year. Time is just a great WHOOSH racing by–I feel as though I’ll look around tomorrow and it will be Christmas Eve.

I woke up this morning and, for no discernable reason I can credit, asked myself “What’s the best book you read this years?” (Hands down, The Light Pirate, followed by The Guns of August.) Then, “What’s the best romance you’ve read this year?”* (The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch, published in 2023.)

But, despite my best romance read being from last year, I have read several 2024 romances/romance adjacent reads I thoroughly enjoyed! They are: The Deer and the Dragon, Under Your Spell, Look on the Bright Side, Funny Story, Compass and Blade, Never Blow a Kiss, Listen for the Lie, First Lie Wins, Viscount in Love, Molly Malloy and the Angel of Death, and Bride. Of these, six are straight up romances and of those, my favorite is probably Bride followed by Molly Malloy and the Angel of Death. I’m rather shocked my two top romances are paranormals but there you go. 

How about you? What’s the best romance you’ve read this year? Best one published in 2024? 

*I am discounting re-reads here. I’ve done a lot of re-reading this year–my love for Bench Player continues as does my adoration of just about everything Meredith Duran has written.