Gift Guide
Gift Ideas for the Romance Reader
Six romance novels you can gift confidently. Rita Mae Brown when they want comic Virginia, Elizabeth Adler when they want Paris in winter, Warren Adler when they want morally complicated, Janet Evanovich pre-Plum when they want forced proximity on a sailboat.
6 books on this list.
Rubyfruit Jungleby Rita Mae Brown
5.0“Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown 1973 review. The landmark coming-of-age novel about Molly Bolt, a smart, queer Florida kid who refuses every social script she is handed.”
Venus Envyby Rita Mae Brown
4.0“Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown 1993 review. A Virginia gallery owner mistakenly told she has weeks to live writes the truth to every important person in her life. Then she does not die.”
The Last Time I Saw Parisby Elizabeth Adler
4.0“The Last Time I Saw Paris by Elizabeth Adler 2001 review. A widow inherits a Paris apartment, a chateau, and a daughter she did not know about in this gentle expat romance.”
Mourning Gloryby Warren Adler
4.0“Mourning Glory by Warren Adler 1996 review. A broke single mother in Palm Beach starts trolling funerals for wealthy grieving widowers. Then she actually falls for one.”
Love Overboardby Janet Evanovich
3.0“Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich review. A 1989 contemporary romance about a Vermont woodworker booked onto a schooner cruise with a captain who is not what she expected.”
Alma Materby Rita Mae Brown
4.0“Alma Mater by Rita Mae Brown 2001 review. A coming-of-age novel set at a small Virginia women’s college about a senior who falls in love with her best friend during her last spring semester.”