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Books
about Love and Romance for Teens
Beauty
by Robin McKinley
Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to
stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned
him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast. (YA FIC MCKINLEY)
Blood
and Chocolate by
Annette Curtis Klaus
Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle
both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she
belongs and with whom. (YA FIC KLAUSE)
The
Blue Lawn by William Taylor
A
fifteen-year-old boy acknowledges his attraction to an older rugby
teammate, as he also begins to break out of the preconceived notions his
family and others have about him. (YA FIC TAYLOR)
Bridal
Favors by Connie Brockway
To
save her aunt's wedding planning business, Evelyn Whyte decides to call
in the debt owed to her by Justin Powell, a military hero, by asking him
to use his ancestral home for a client's wedding, but she never expects
to find herself falling in love.
(ADULT FIC BROCKWAY)
Change
of Heart by Marcia King-Gamble
When
he suffers a horrible fall that breaks his back and leaves him with no
will to live, Beaumont Hill, the only Black skier on the U.S. Olympic
team, goes up against physical therapist Shayna DaCosta, a spirited
woman who is determined to heal both his body and soul with love.
(ADULT FIC KING-GAMBLE)
Cosmos
Coyote and William the Nice by Jim Heynen
When
sent to live on a farm in Iowa as an alternative to juvenile detention,
seventeen-year-old Cosmos falls in love with a religious girl and
reconsiders his values and beliefs. (YA FIC HEYNEN)
Crush
by Ellen Conford
A series of nine romantic episodes in the lives of B.J. and other
students at Cutter's Forge High as they plan for the Valentine's Day
Sweetheart Stomp. (YA FIC CONFORD)
Dancing
With An Alien by Mary Logue
Tonia’s new boyfriend Branko has a strange secret and an even
stranger request. It turns
out he’s an alien from another planet.
On his planet, all the females have been killed by a plague.
They need females in order to survive.
Branko wants Tonia to return with him.
Should she trust him? Would
you? (YA FIC LOGUE)
Empress
of the World by Sara Ryan
While
attending a summer institute, fifteen-year-old Nic meetsanother girl
named Battle, falls in love with her, and finds the relationship to be
difficult and confusing. (YA FIC RYAN)
For
the Roses by Julie Garwood
Discovered
as a baby and raised by four urchin boys, Mary Rose Clayborne remains
fiercely loyal to her misfit family until an English lord reveals a
shocking secret that sends her into a confrontation with her past.
(ADULT FIC GARWOOD)
From
This Moment On by Lynn Kurland
Two years after fleeing
both her stepmother and an unwanted marriage to Colin of Berkhamshire,
Aliâenore of Solonge finds herself disguised as a knight, escorting
Colin's new, frequently-fainting betrothed to England.
(ADULT FIC KURLAND)
Gingerbread
by Rachel Cohn
After
being expelled from a fancy boarding school, Cyd Charisse's problems
with her mother escalate after Cyd
falls in love with a sensitive surfer and is subsequently sent
from San Francisco to New York City to spend time with her biological
father. (YA FIC COHN)
Girls
In Love by Jacqueline Wilson
Ellie
is determined to get it together now that she is in ninth grade and so
is planning to recreate herself in everyway, yet in order to get a
boyfriend, Ellie realizes that she may have to settle for just about
anyone if she wants to get one quickly.
(YA FIC WILSON)
Hard
Love by Ellen Wittlinger
After
starting to publish a zine in which he writes his secret feelings about
his lonely life and his parents' divorce, sixteen-year-old John falls in
love with an unusual girl and begins to develop a healthier personality.
(YA FIC WITTLINGER)
If
You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
After
meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah,
who is Black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white
and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to
cope with people's reactions.
(JRHI WOODSON)
Johnny
Voodoo by Dakota Lane
When
her father moves her and her younger brother from Manhattan to Louisiana
after the death of her mother, fifteen-year-old Deirdre is desolate
until she meets a strange young man known as Johnny Voodoo, who helps
her learn about love. (YA FIC LANE)
Lady
In Waiting by Nicole Byrd
A talented artist,
Circe Hill is playing a dangerous game in Regency-era England when
David, Earl of Westbury, the man she has secretly loved for years,
pretends to court her to silence his own matchmaking mother.
(ADULT FIC BYRD)
The
Oasis by Petru Popescu
This is the powerful, poignant and true story of Mirek, a freedom
fighter in the Czech underground, and Blanka, who first met during World
War II in a Nazi concentration camp.
Their love became a symbol of hope during a time of war. (ADULT
92 FRIEDMAN)
One
Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney
After shocking news forces him
to flee his estate and wander the countryside as a yeoman, the Duke of
Ashburton falls in love with the daughter of a theatrical family, to
whom he is unable to reveal his true identity.
(ADULT FIC PUTNEY)
Postcards
from NoMan’s Land by Aidan Chambers
Alternates
between two stories--comtemporarily, seventeen-year-old Jacob visits a
daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother--and
historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of
British soldiers' attempts to liberate Holland from its German
occupation. (YA FIC CHAMBERS)
Pride
and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Mr.
Darcy has the pride. He
seems arrogant and stuck on himself, and he says whatever he thinks. He’s also very handsome and very rich, and actually, deep
down inside, he’s a pretty nice guy.
However, Elizabeth Bennet has the prejudice. She thinks Mr. Darcy is the biggest, stupidest, most arrogant
jerk on earth! Will she see
past his pride or allow her prejudice and first opinions get in the way
of true love? (ADULT FIC AUSTEN)
Rainbow
Boys by Alex Sanchez
Three
high school seniors, a jock with a girlfriend and an alcoholic father, a
closeted gay, and a flamboyant gay rights advocate, struggle with family
issues, gay bashers, first sex, and conflicting feelings about each
other. (YA FIC SANCHEZ)
Rebecca
by Daphne duMaurier
A classic novel of romantic
suspense finds the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter entering the home of her
mysterious and enigmatic new husband and learning the story of the
house's first mistress, to whom the sinister housekeeper is unnaturally
devoted. (ADULT FIC DUMAURIER)
Rhythms
of Love by Doris Johnson
After surviving a brutal
attack that shattered her self-worth, modern dancer Brynn Halsted
accepts jazz club owner Simeon Storey's invitation to recover at his
club retreat, but when desire flares between them, Brynn must choose
between her career and true love. (ADULT FIC JOHNSON)
Riddle
of the Shipwrecked Spinster by Patricia Veryan
Rescued from her supposed
recent shipwrecking, Cordelia returns to her home town, where she
exchanges identities with a local girl, befriends a handsome pair of
aristocratic twins, and embarks on a new life. (ADULT FIC VERYAN)
Romiette
and Julio by Sharon Draper
Romiette,
an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they
attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but
are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial
dating. (YA FIC DRAPER)
A
Room With A View by E.M. Forster
A
kiss between Lucy and George on a beautiful Italian hillside overlooking
Florence begins a fateful romance.
(YA PAPERBACKS F)
The
Rose Arch by Linda Sole
Jenny’s
mother finds out about her first kiss and whisks her off to a French
boarding school. But even
at boarding school, love is still possible…
(ADULT FIC SOLE)
Scribbler
of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Despite
her family's long feud with the Crutchfields, seventeen-year-old Kaitlin
falls in love with Bram Crutchfield and weaves a tangled web of
deception to conceal her identity from him. (YA FIC PEARSON)
Snowfall
by K. M. Peyton
Desperate
to see the world beyond her grandfather's vicarage, sixteen-year-old
Charlotte convinces her older brother to take her along on a
mountain-climbing trip to Switzerland, where her life becomes
intertwined with an assortment of people in Victorian society. (YA FIC
PEYTON)
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of
nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named
Stargirl changes Mica High School forever. (YA FIC SPINELLI)
Stoner
and Spaz by Ron Koertge
A
troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with
the help of a drug-addicted young woman. (YA FIC KOERTGE)
Tea
Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Her family and dreams
shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea
baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes
herself at the head of the tea trade in New York. (ADULT FIC DONNELLY)
Teen
Love: On Relationships edited by Kimberly Kirberger
Combines personal advice with poetry and stories about teenage love and
relationships. (YA 306.70835 KIR)
This
Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
Raised
by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in
short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock
band musician. (YA FIC DESSEN)
Thwonk
by Joan Bauer
A
cupid doll comes to life and offers romantic assistance to A.J., a
teenage photographer suffering from unrequited love. (JRHI BAUER)
To
JaeKae: Life Stinx by Jean Davies Okimoto
Sixteen-year-old
Jason feels alone and misunderstood when his best friend moves away, his
father plans to remarry, and his step-brother-to-be is a high school
basketball star, until he starts an online relationship with a girl from
Hawaii. (YA FIC OKIMOTO)
True
Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Fifteen-year-old Verna
LaVaughn's life is turned upside-down when Jody, a childhood friend,
returns to her housing project and rekindles their old relationship, but
Verna may be feeling more emotions for Jody than he is for her. Reader's
Guide available. (YA FIC WOLFF)
Truth
or Dairy by Catherine Clark
When her boyfriend suddenly dumps her because he is going away to
college, high school senior Courtney Von Dragen Smith is determined to
stay single for her final year in order to concentrate on school,
friends, and her cool job at the local vegetarian cafe, Truth or Dairy.
(YA PAPERBACKS C)
What My Mother Doesn’t
Know by Sonya Sones
Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she
searches for Mr. Right. (YA 811.54 SONES)
When
I Fall In Love by Tamara Sneed
Sean
Weston is an FBI agent who has always felt like the Ugly Duckling.
No case she’s ever faced scares her more than her sister’s
upcoming wedding. Sean
would rather admire a new gun than a new dress.
She has to find a date to the wedding.
She asks her handsome next door neighbor Logan – and the sparks
begin to fly! (ADULT FIC SNEED)
13 April 2006
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