We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is a: Love/Valentine’s Freebie
Maybe it’s uninspired but for today’s freebie, I’m keeping it real simple and sharing 10 contemporary romances that I’m hoping to (finally) read this year. To make it a bit more fun, half are going to be backlist romances and the other half will be 2025/2026 releases that I’m keen to get to. Let’s do it!
If Only You by Chloe Liese
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Unromance by Erin Connor
The Re-Do List by Denise Williams
Have you read any of these romances or are they also on your TBR?
dinipandareads 
Keeping it simple is good, Dini. I’ve read 4 of these, Borison, Hoang, Jackson and Hazelwood and enjoyed them all. I really like the sound of the Re-do List, and my library has a copy, so I will be adding that one. Happy reading.
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The Heart Principle is on my list as well this week. If Only You is one I have to look up, because I can’t for the life of me remember what book in the Bergman Brothers series this is. I’ve read the first 3 though.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2026/02/10/top-ten-tuesday-love-is-on-the-tbr/
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Okay, so Real Men Knit is an immediate TBR add just from the title!
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The Re-Do List is on my TBR too. It sounds so good!
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I hope you love them all. This has been a popular pick for a theme this week.
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Hope you enjoy!
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I generally struggle to find contemporary romances that I enjoy, even though I often enjoy them a lot more as TV shows… maybe I just haven’t found the right ones!
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I’ve only read Love on the Brain. It was a typical Hazelwood. Entertaining of course ;D
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I love the color’s of Erin’s cover! May be one I should take another look at (I think I did read about it back when it released) because it did catch my eye. 🙂
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I’ve read and loved Love on the Brain and am currently reading and enjoying Good Spirits 🙂 Hope you’ll love all of these!
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I’ve been curious about Good Spirits and I liked Love on the Brain.
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The only one on your list that I’ve read is The Wedding Date. I enjoyed it enough to continue with the series, I only have the 6th book left to read.
Here’s my TTT: https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-romances-read-in-2025/
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