Landing – Emma Donoghue (2007)
A grounded museum curator and a globe-trotting flight attendant meet midair, sparking a tender, witty, and quietly radical love story across oceans and opposites.
Romance
Restart Reading
Classics
Psychological
Romance
The Virgin and the Gipsy – DH Lawrence (1930)
The Virgin and the Gipsy by D.H. Lawrence explores Yvette’s attraction to a gypsy man, questioning repression, desire, and societal expectations in rural England.
Romance
Supernatural
Desperate Remedies – Thomas Hardy (1871)
Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy is a mystery novel blending romance, deception, and suspense, marking his foray into gothic and sensational fiction.
Historical
Mystery
Romance
Next of Kin – John Boyne (2006)
A gripping tale of inheritance, deceit, and moral reckoning unfolds in 1930s England, where ambition turns deadly and secrets buried with the dead refuse to stay silent.
Adventure
Historical
Romance
Cleopatra – H Rider Haggard (1851)
Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard follows Harmachis, an Egyptian prince destined to overthrow Cleopatra, but entangled in her allure and Egypt’s political turmoil.
Historical
Romance
Hood – Emma Donoghue (1995)
Grief, memory, and forbidden love intertwine in a quietly devastating tale of one woman’s journey through loss, longing, and the echoes of a hidden life.
Classics
Historical
Romance
The Blythes Are Quoted – Lucy Maud Montgomery (2009)
Through poetry, mystery, and war’s shadow, the final chapter in Anne’s journey reveals a haunting, poignant meditation on memory, loss, and the quiet endurance of love.
Classics
Romance
Satire
Eve’s Diary – Mark Twain (1905)
A tender, witty reflection on creation, love, and loss - where the first woman explores a new world with wonder, naming beauty and finding meaning in companionship.
Psychological
Romance
Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart – Alice Walker (2004)
A woman journeys through memory, loss, and the wild unknown, seeking the river within that might restore her spirit and awaken her to life’s deepest truths.
Historical
Romance
Life Mask – Emma Donoghue (2004)
A dazzling tale of art, ambition, and hidden desires set in 18th-century London, where love and reputation balance precariously on society’s gilded stage.