Contemporary Romance

Contemporary romance is broadly described as the time period for romance set after World War II, and is sometimes referred to as "modern romance". It is the most popular classification in the Romance genre, with Historical coming in at a close second. One of the most popular forms in Contemporary is Category Romance.

The themes and sub-genres are varied with a wide range. Popular Contemporary sub-genres include Christian Romance, Erotica, Fantasy Romance, Romantic Suspense, and Paranormal Romance. Romances also have sub-division types such as Young Adult Contemporary, M/M Contemporary, Lesbian
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Once, Again, Always
The Museum of Modern Love
The Best Christmas Ever
The Christmas Yes List
Snow This is Love: Meant to Be Holiday Tales
His Guilty Pleasure (Montgomery Ink Legacy, #11)
Midnight Mooring (Scottish Isles #4)
Falling Into Us
Eight Ways to Say I Love You
The Santa Claus Con
Light Up My Life
Break the Ice
Win Me Back (Blue Crescent Harbor, #3)
Reckless Skye (Hunt Ranch #3)
Legally Yours, Violet Lopez
The Love Hypothesis
Dolly All the Time
The Keeper (Gods of the Game, #3)
Reminders of Him
Happy Place
Sunflower Season
Crash into You (Lights Out)
Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor, #3)
The Gingerbread Bakery (Dream Harbor, #5)
Beneath a Midnight Moon (Starlight Grove, #3)
Wild Wicked Mate (Maple Hollow, #2)
Every Version of You
Meet Me at the Lake
The Summer of Broken Rules
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The Love Hypothesis
Beach Read
The Hating Game
Book Lovers
People We Meet on Vacation
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
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Love, Theoretically
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