When you’re single on a romance-filled day like Valentine’s Day, it isn’t always the best feeling. If you’re planning to be a homebody that day, why not curl up with a good book that offers you a form of escapism from all the lovey-dovey stuff in real life and add a little spice to your life? Here are 8 spicy romance novels that will help you do just that.
The Deal by Elle Kennedy is jam-packed with many tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, and of course, your typical F-boy being turned into a monogamous man after he meets the girl of his dreams.
Enter Garett Graham, a star hockey player and the hottest guy at Briar University who has definitely slept with almost every girl there. He starts to pester Hannah Wells to tutor him to save his GPA so that he can continue to play. Hannah tries to fend off his efforts but eventually agrees to tutor him if he helps her get with the guy she’s been crushing on. Spice ensues.
The Deal is full of many, many spicy scenes so you’re definitely in for a treat. This book became so popular thanks to #BookTok that it’s going to be turned into a TV series on Amazon Prime soon!
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According to #BookTok, Ana Huang has been crowned the queen of spicy romance. Specifically, the first book of the Twisted series, Twisted Love, is full of spice.
The novel follows protagonist Ava Chen and her brother’s best friend, Alex Volkov. Ava’s brother, Josh Chen, instructs Alex to protect Ava from being stalked by her ex-boyfriend while Josh goes away for an internship. Together with her friends, Ava comes up with a plan to get Alex to show some emotion. While she’s scheming, she realises that she’s starting to think of him romantically, and vice versa as well.
Ana isn’t the queen of spice for no reason, because this book has an abundance of explicit scenes. Besides that, Twisted Love is bound to take you on a tumultuous emotional journey once you find out about the main characters’ trauma. We promise we won’t spoil it for you!
Get Twisted Love by Ana Huang for $17.68 on Amazon.
Even though workplace romances are usually frowned upon IRL, it’s still fun to read about it. The Fine Print by Lauren Asher centres around brooding billionaire Rowan Kane, the director of the Dreamland theme park, who ends up falling for one of his employees. Meanwhile, the ever so bubbly Dreamland employee Zahra finds him extremely difficult to work with as a boss until he kisses her one day when the dynamic of their relationship changes forever.
Besides the subtle references to another famous theme park (IYKYK), this book is packed with many hot and steamy scenes, that we can guarantee will keep you glued to the book the entire time. Though The Fine Print is part of the Dreamland Billionaires series, you can choose to read it as a standalone instead if you don’t feel like reading the rest.
Get The Fine Print by Lauren Asher for $19.80 on Amazon.
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace is the latest #BookTok hit, with many readers fawning over the electric romance between figure skater Anastasia Allen and hockey player Nathan Hawkins. Both teams usually practice at separate rinks but are forced to share one when a prank is pulled on the rink the hockey team practises on. Due to the forced proximity, Anastasia and Nathan are forced to work together even more frequently when Anastasia’s skating partner gets injured.
Despite the cutesy cover, this book is said to be so spicy that you can’t open it in public, so if you’re a fan of spice, this is the book for you. Do take note that this book will also discuss topics such as disordered eating and violence so here’s a trigger warning in advance.
Get Icebreaker by Hannah Grace for $28.09 on Amazon.
Nobody can resist a fake dating story, especially if it’s done right. With The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas, we can definitely say that it was done right.
The main character, Catalina Martín desperately needs a date for her sister’s wedding, especially because she doesn’t want to seem pathetic in front of her ex and his new fiancée. While she’s struggling with that, she’s also trying to do her job but her brooding colleague Aaron Blackford is insufferable. Surprisingly once he hears about the predicament she’s in, he offers to step in and help, which she only accepts to keep up with the lie she told her family about having a boyfriend.
Despite his harsh exterior, #BookTok has deemed Aaron as one of the sexiest book boyfriends because of how his looks are described, his dominating nature, and how hopelessly in love he’s in with Catalina so you just know that those scenes will be super hot.
Get The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas for $17.50 on Amazon.
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If you loved watching Grey’s Anatomy for the romance, we guarantee that you will love Dr Resident by Lexie Woods. Cassidy, a nurse whose life gets turned upside down when her brother unfortunately passes on, accepts a job in a new city to start over. There, she meets chief surgical resident Dr Parker Winters, who coincidentally is best friends with her ex-boyfriend. They work against each other simply out of spite but that changes when he has to perform life-saving surgery on her. He oversees her recovery process and that’s when Cassidy realises he’s a lot more tolerable than she thought.
This high-heat contemporary romance is Lexie’s debut novel, and we have to say that she absolutely nailed the balance between spice and romance. The sheer amount of details packed into these scenes allows readers to be easily transported into the character’s world, so you won’t feel lonely reading it.
Get Dr Resident by Lexie Woods for $27.84 on Amazon.
What happens when you are forced to live with your sister’s baby daddy to look after her son when she unfortunately passes on? Mad Love by Willow Aster will show you.
Weston, a quarterback, learns that he has a son, Caleb when the child’s mother suddenly passes away. He asks Sadie, Caleb’s aunt, to move in and help him co-parent, which causes some tension and new dynamics in their relationship.
Mad Love uses the forced proximity trope, and when two people are attracted to each other and are always together, well, you can probably guess what happens next. This book starts as a slow burn but once it gets going, it really gets going. Have fun kicking your feet and giggling while reading this!
Get Mad Love by Willow Aster for $16.86 on Amazon.
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score is slightly milder on the spice scale but it still manages to bring on the heat. This book follows runaway bride Naomi, who gets scammed by an evil twin sister. She’s forced to restart her life in an unfamiliar town where she meets a cold bartender, Knox Martin. She eventually wears him down and he ends up falling for her hard.
It may seem like it’s all rainbows and sunshine in Things We Never Got Over, but there are plenty of plot twists to keep you hooked.
Get Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score for $18.50 on Amazon.
If you were worried about being home alone on Valentine’s Day, now you don’t have to because you have company from these spicy novels. We hope that these books live up to your expectations and you have a fun time reading them!
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