Best Romance Books of 2023
95 Best New Romance Novels That'll Make You Swoon
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"Not That Kind of Ever After" by Luci Adams follows a romance hopeful named Bella Marble, whose life is nowhere near a fairy tale. Instead of becoming a successful writer, she's a receptionist at a press. Her best friend Ellie is getting married while she's grown weary of love after attending a series of uninspired dates. Off the advice of Ellie's frustratingly attractive brother Marty, Bella stops looking for her happily ever after and instead uses dating for fun and liberation. When she distorts a particularly terrible date in a story, suddenly she's gone viral, and people are craving more perfect date-night stories, but to tell them, Bella will have to find a way to actually have them first.
Release date: March 14