The Best No-Spice Romance Books I Read in 2025, Part 1

This list contains books that I read in January through June of 2025. All of them are no-spice romance (clean to closed door, nothing fade to black or spicy). It is organized by subgenre and what order I read them in. They’re not ranked, although a handful have an extra * which signals that I extra super-duper loved them. (Just being on this list means I loved them.) (And as always, it should be noted that reading is subjective, and what I loved or didn’t might be the opposite of your preferences. But hopefully this list helps you find a new favorite book.)

For part 2 of my no-spice romance reads, click here.

Romcom

Romancing the Grump—Jenny Proctor

Runaway Bride and Prejudice—Emma St. Clair

*A Make Out to Remember—Dulcie Dameron

What Happens In The Archive Room (novella)—Marion De Re

Isabelle and the Beast—Marie Soleil

When Alec Met Evie—Jenny Proctor

The Backpack Bride—Dulcie Dameron

The Serendipity—Emma St. Clair

The Cupid Chronicles—Courtney Walsh

Petals and Plot Twists—Jenny Proctor

Misfortune and Mr. Right—Savannah Scott

The Spy Who Ghosted Me—Jennifer Peel

Clean Out of Luck—Carina Taylor

Off The Wall—Julie Christianson

Signed, Sealed, and Smitten—Melanie Jacobson

When You Renovate a Grump—Lia Huni

*Never With You—Kortney Keisel

Her Runaway Vacay (novella)— Jen Atkinson

The Overdue Kiss—Callie Thomas

Selling Out—Martha Keyes

Her Hot Hockey Date (novella)—Dulcie Dameron

The Run Option—Annah Conwell

The White Chocolate Christmas Wish (novella)—Jess Mastorakos

Somebody to Lean On—Jess Mastorakos

As The Crow Flies—Jess Mastorakos

Write What You Know—Jess Mastorakos

Better Late Than Never—Jess Mastorakos

How I Love You—Jess Mastorakos

Sweet Romance

Falling for His Fake Girlfriend—Gabrielle Landi

Resisting Rose—Tara Grace Ericson

Love is a Dance Step—Michelle MacQueen

Historical Romance

An Inconvenient Mail-Order Bride—Charlotte Dearing

Fantasy Romance

The Dancer and the Dragon Speaker—Laurie Lucking

Love and a Bit of Disorder (short novella)—Elaine Canyon

A Vow of Honor—Ashley Willingham

Unbetrothed—Candice Pedraza Yamnitz

Rescuing A Supervillain—H.L. Burke

Once Upon a Pumpkin—Gabrielle Landi

Tress of the Emerald Sea—Brandon Sanderson

Callista and the Elf—Anabelle Raven

A Season of Magic—Sarah Courtney

Frey and the Icy Orchard—Scarlett Luna Strange

*Arrows and Gems—Erin Halbmaier

*A Dragon Inside—Anabelle Raven

The Clockwork Fae Lord—Kimberly A. Rogers

*What Comes of Attending the Commoners Ball—Elisabeth Aimee Brown

Voice of a Siren—Kassidy Kameron

*Rapunzel’s Gambit—Mary Mecham

A Curse for Christmas (novella)—Anna Christine

*The Frost Gate—Hanna Sandvig

Prince of Frogs—Amberlyn Holland

I hope you find some you love! Happy reading!

-Eliza

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