Love in Bloom: Romances for Plant and Garden Lovers

This gorgeous story straddles the line between romance and modern novel, but includes a love story and floral setting perfect for plant-loving romance readers. When Van Ree, a prison transport, is involved in an accident, she sees it as a chance to break free from her traumatic past and make a new start. She flees the scene of an accident and finds an unlikely wildflower garden in rural Alabama. But she found more than a safe hiding place. Confidence in his ability to grow things, an unexpected family, and new love with the gentle and kind owner of the farm. This is a powerful story of overcoming tragedy and finding new ways to grow.

Having realized his dream of owning a farm, Emerson happily offers the farm as the venue for a friend’s wedding. However, the farm is facing financial difficulties and preparing for the wedding requires a lot of effort. Emerson meets Luca, a fisherman and aspiring writer. Luca thinks working on a farm might be just what he needs to figure out what he wants to do with his life. As Emerson and Luca rummage through the farm’s overgrown but vibrant wildflower fields, they notice something new blooming among them. Anita Kelly has an amazing way of weaving the natural world into their dreamy queer romances, and their latest book is sure to delight plant and garden lovers.

Have you ever dreamed of quitting your job and starting over by opening a plant store? Felicity thinks that dream will come true when she takes over her aunt’s store in a small town in Kansas. However, a handsome and extremely annoying chef who runs a popular macaroni and cheese restaurant next door threatens to turn Felicity’s dream into a real-life nightmare. When a developer plans to build an eyesore that towers over her block, Felicity must learn how to work with Chef Nicholas to stop it. Like Andy Burke’s other books, this lovely romance is balanced with poignant conversations about mental health, queerness, trauma, and healing. It is a beautiful story about flowers blooming where they are placed.

Nothing beats the golden glow of a field of sunflowers. June hopes that magic can cure her burnout from her tech job. But when she buys a dilapidated sunflower farm in her hometown in rural Oklahoma, she quickly realizes it’s not as easy a job growing it as she thought. Luckily, June gets another chance for a fresh start when she meets her first love, Noah, who wants to know what they did wrong. This is an upbeat story about healing and planting new roots in the places that nurture you.