Romantic comedies to spark love and joy this Valentine
With February comes the urge to read romance novels. Romances have many subgenres and one of the most popular ones is romantic comedy. The comedy in no way lessens the intensity of love in the books but only adds to the whole joyous experience of love. Here are the romantic comedies shortlisted for the 2021 Romantic Novel Award's Romantic Comedy Novel Award category:
The Garden of Forgotten Wishes by Trisha Ashley
The book follows Marnie who moves to a rural west Lancashire village after a failed marriage for a fresh start. She takes on a job as a gardener and moves into an idyllic cottage and finds an old friend is her neighbour.
Photo: Bantam Press
Someday at Christmas by Lizzie Byron
This book is a great winter read. It follows a popular make-up artist at a beautiful but old-fashioned department store Shell Smith. Though she already has a boyfriend Nick, her life gets complicated when the store allows a production company to film a romcom after hours.
Photo: Coronet
Christmas at the Island Hotel by Jenny Colgan
Set in a hotel in Mure, an island halfway between Scotland and Norway, this book follows a host of characters from different backgrounds. It is the fourth book of the Mure books. Though one doesn't need to read the earlier instalments to follow this one, it would be more enjoyable to see the development of the relationships between the characters.
Photo: William Morrow Paperbacks
One Winter’s Night by Kiley Dunbar
Kelsey Anderson is living in Stratford-Upon-Avon and is setting up her own photography studio. Her best friend Mirren Imrie moves down from Scotland and discovers a long-buried scandal about Kelsey's boyfriend while working at the local newspaper. Can their relationship survive the revelations?
Photo: Hera Books
Sunny Days and Sea Breezes by Carole Matthews
Jodie Jackson needs a fresh start. She's leaving a husband, a career and her whole London life behind as she goes to find some peace on her brother's beautifully houseboat: Summer Days. However with neighbours and forced adventures, her trip isn't what she hoped it would be but it does make her think about her future.
Photo: Sphere
The Switch by Beth O’Leary
Leena blows an important presentation at work and needs to take an extended leave from her life in London. Her grandmother Eileen is single and close to eighty, so she needs to hurry to fulfill her second chance at love. Unfortunately her village doesn't have enough men.
Both of them swap houses and somehow find what they were looking for and more.
Photo: Quercus
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