For this month’s reading challenge, we’re falling in love with a great book! February’s genre is Swoon-Worthy Romance! This month’s raffle prize is 2x $40 gift cards to Turning Point in Pier Village! Find some recommendations below, and if you like these reads as much as we do, make sure to scroll to the bottom and put the 4 NEW romances coming out this month on your holds list.
To participate, simply read any romance book this month and submit your name at the circulation desk to be given your hard-earned bookmark and to be entered into our raffle. Don’t forget each month will be a new genre and a new prize to your favorite Long Branch local businesses. So curl up, start reading, and let the pages sweep you off your feet!
Swoon-Worthy Romance Recommendations
Optimistic writer Alice Scott and Pulitzer winner Hayden Anderson are rivals competing to write the biography of a legendary, elusive heiress.
Romance radio host Aiden Valentine goes viral after a child calls in seeking dating advice for her mom, Lucie Stone.
After a devastating loss, Clementine guards her heart until she meets a man in her aunt’s apartment who exists seven years in the past.
British painter Cleo moves to NY and impulsively marries the older, successful Frank, a choice that forever changes their lives.
Returning to her grandmother’s lakeside cottage, Alice is drawn back into the magic of Barry’s Bay and to Charlie, the boy from a photo that once changed her life.
Legendary Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo entrusts unknown reporter Monique Grant with the story of her glamorous, scandal-filled life.
Pro hockey stars Shane and Ilya are fierce rivals on the ice, but off the rink, their undeniable attraction threatens everything they’ve built.
4 years after her husband’s death eerily mirrored her debut novel, Thea Packer has stopped writing. That is until a new story about a long-lost astronaut brings inspiration and enters her life.
Eight authors reimagine the lives of Jane Austen’s minor characters, from Caroline Bingley to modern descendants of Eliza Williams.
Event planner Mira Erdman returns to Brush Hill Camp, a playground for NY’s young Jewish singles, hoping to humor her matchmaking bubbie.
Rennie King struggles to heal after losing her newborn son while trapped in a marriage growing increasingly violent.
Emily seems to have it all but her past heartbreak resurfaces when she reunites with her high school best friend, Gen, now a celebrated Olympic athlete.
Alice invites a warehouse worker on a trip to Rome, while her best friend Eileen reconnects with a longtime friend in Dublin.
Delphie dies in the most embarrassing way possible only to meet the hottest man she’s ever seen in the afterlife. She is then offered a chance to return to Earth to find him.
On a July morning at her family’s summer home, Elle must confront a buried desire when a night with her childhood love forces her to choose him or the life she’s built.
Percy loves talking about music, but when she meets songwriter Joe Morrow, their collab sparks passion and rivalry.
4 New Romances Coming Soon in February
Former hockey star Tate Ward is a beloved coach and single dad, except to Jordan, who’s forced to work with him when her father threatens to sell the team.
Coming February 3rd
Skylar agrees to fake-date Pike, a thoughtful stranger from her online chronic pain group, only to discover he’s a famous snowboarder hiding from his own trauma.
Coming February 10th
After surviving a deadly crash, Leigh, who is haunted by the loss of her family, finds refuge on a secluded Alabama flower farm and begins to heal among an unexpected love.
Coming February 17th
Opposites Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart are forced to team up to cover a record-breaking snowstorm.
Coming February 24th
