Secret Crush Romances Destined to Sweep You Away

Everly Plum is a bridesmaid for hire, and she's just been approached with a unique job. Hardy Hopper, billionaire investor in the Magical Moments program, wants Everly to go undercover as a bridesmaid at his best friend's wedding so she can check in on his ex-girlfriend, the maid of honor, and help him win her back. Sure, Everly will have to put aside her crush on Hardy, but a job's a job. Being a fake bridesmaid and secret matchmaker, however, only brings her closer to Hardy and how can she resist that?

Elsie Silver has been one of the leading authors in the modern boom of cowboy romances, thanks to her tales of small rural towns, sensitive heroes, and feisty heroines who suffer no fools. In Wild Love, the first book in the Rose Hill series, billionaire Ford Grant returns home to come face to face with a girl who claims he's her father. As if that wasn't dramatic enough, he's reunited with Rosie Belmont, his best friend's sister, who he knows he shouldn't want, but the chemistry between them is just too good to ignore!

If you love lived-in historical romances with a hefty dose of sweetness and longing, Lisa Kleypas is the author for you.

Her Wallflowers series, about four young ladies eager to find husbands, concluded with the tale of Daisy Bowman, an American heiress still looking for the one. Her father has decided that, should she not find a match by the end of her third season, she will be forced to marry the ruthless businessman Matthew Swift. She wants to get out of this arrangement, but unbeknownst to her, Matthew has adored her from afar for years, and he doesn't want to let her go.

The world of Bridgerton needs no introduction. The Netflix series has made it one of the most iconic romance series of all time, and with the fourth season just around the corner, you’ve got an excuse to check out (or re-read) Julia Quinn’s beloved saga of a family’s many romantic dramas.

The fourth book in the series focuses on third son Colin and Miss Penelope Featherington, the perennial wallflower who has loved Colin for most of her life. Will he ever notice her, and will her double life as the enigmatic gossip maven Lady Whistledown put her future in jeopardy? 

Before the world became obsessed with The Summer I Turned Pretty, it was Jenny Han’s other YA romance series that beguiled us, both on the page and the big screen.

Lara Jean has had many crushes, but rather than reveal them, she writes each boy a letter then locks it away in a box under her bed. When someone steals her box and mails the letters to all her crushes, she's stuck in a world of cringe, especially since one of them is her sister's ex-boyfriend! Fortunately, one of her crushes, Peter Kavinsky, offers to help her out of this awkwardness with a fake relationship.

Hockey romances are everywhere right now, and we couldn’t be more excited! Sabrina left her cheating fiancé at the altar and is now working for Tyler Falcon, a hockey star and objectively the hottest man alive. It's a bad idea. The sexy single dad has been in her thoughts for too long, and pursuing her boss would be disastrous for her future and that of the hockey star. But one night, they give into the unbearable tension, and now, they have an arrangement. It's just physical. Emotions won't ruin anything, right?