romance fiction

Chinese immigrant Ivy Lin comes to America and deeply wants to assimilate, especially when she meets golden boy Gideon Speyer and starts crushing on him. In order to get ahead in life and out from under the thumb of her stereotypical "Tiger Mom," Ivy Lin's grandmother, Meifeng, helps her learn the art of shoplifting, and she becomes proficient and addicted to winning and wealth. Years later, Ivy begins dating Gideon, but just as things start going well, another man from Ivy's past shows up, one with his own set of rules and from a completely different and equally alluring world. Ivy must choose.

In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.

Told from alternating perspectives, seventeen-year-old frenemies Jonah and Dylan pretend to date after a homecoming disaster, but their plan begins to crumble when they unexpectedly start falling for each other.

After giving up her dreams of becoming a professional photographer, high school senior Kenzie Reed tries to appease her parents by taking an interest in the family optometry business and making up a fake boyfriend named Jacob Miller. She learns on their family's trip to Hawaii that her parents have invited her "boyfriend" Jacob along. Playing along with the ruse, Kenzie gets to know the stranger they've invited while exploring the sights and allure of Hawaii, soon realizing their lie may be true love.

In a small southern town with a secret world hidden in plain sight, sixteen-year-old Lena, who possesses supernatural powers and faces a life-altering decision, draws away from her true love, Ethan, a mortal with frightening visions.

Having been friends since childhood, when Eve and Andrew make it to eighth grade, suddenly everyone, crush-obsessed, assumes they will start dating each other. Feeling pressured to it, Eve asks Andrew to take her to the school dance, and everyone loses their minds--but for the childhood friends it is nothing but overwhelming awkwardness. It becomes so awkward that both of them, independently, decide to be the worst boyfriend/girlfriend ever, so that neither of them has to be the one to make things even more awkward--and potentially end their friendship--and break up with the other.

Delilah is the lead singer of her friends' punk band, and Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master, who spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a pseudonym. When Delilah and Reggie meet on New Year's Eve and then run into each other on Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and subsequent holidays, it seems like the universe is trying to send them a message. Even though it appears they have nothing in common, the two try to find ways to hang out and find themselves falling for one another. But Delilah wishes she were more like the seemingly self-assured Reggie, while Reggie worries that Delilah will realize his confidence is just a front to impress her. Delilah and Reggie must find a way to be honest with themselves and embrace the parts they feel they must hide from others in order to truly be there for each other.

"Catriona Daly is no stranger to the business of love--even though personally she has yet to find it. Eager for a match of her own and a fresh start away from her sleepy village, she makes grand plans for the annual Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival. She never expects a shy, widowed sheep farmer to distract her from her goal"--.

"Victorian socialite Clara Stanton strives to protect her eccentric family's reputation, but that proves to be difficult when her grandfather takes off on a flight of fancy. Thrown together with vagabond tinker Theodore Kingsley, Clara sets off to follow her grandfather's whimsical adventure and finds love along the way"--.

"Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan in store for her. Ever since she was young, whenever she met a new guy, Daphne would find a slip of paper with exactly how long they'd spend together--4 months, two weeks, one night. That's how she met her ex-boyfriend and current best friend, Hugo, the only person in Daphne's life who knows of her secret. Followed by a string of men and countless dates, Daphne resigned herself to the fact that she was never meant to find the one, to be in love, until one night when she receives a paper on her way to a blind date, except this time, the paper is blank. Jake is everything you want in a guy--kind, hard-working, and perfectly handsome. But as they get to know each other and their relationship becomes increasingly more serious, Daphne wonders if this is the right path for her, and worries about the secrets she's hiding from Jake. When part of Daphne's past becomes a part of her present, she is forced to confront everything she's been hiding from the those she loves most and must make a pivotal decision to choose whether to live her life according to others, or herself. This story is about being single and searching for love, but it's also a story about destiny and what people mean to us."--.