20 Steamy Romance Novels That Will Light Up Your World

This Schitt’s Creek–inspired romcom will take you on a ride all the way to a small fishing town where one It Girl and one crab fisherman meet for the very first time.

After partying too hard, Piper’s stepdad decides that enough is enough and he sends her to learn some responsibility at her late father’s dive bar in Washington. She butts heads with grumpy sea captain Brendan immediately, but their simmering attraction is clear to every single person in the town.

Kal and Elena’s love story starts with a murder. For his plan to work, Kal must marry Elena, but unfortunately for him, Elena is about to get married to another man. This does not slow Kal down and he poisons Elena’s fiancé quickly, marrying her minutes after. Their tale is dark, alluring, and intense, and you won’t be able to stop reading since the very first page.

Content warning for blood play, knife play, kidnapping, grooming, and attempted sexual assault.

Hibbert closes the Brown Sisters trilogy with the youngest of the family, Eve Brown. It’s a bittersweet feeling, but so happy how the whole series ends and excited to see what Talia Hibbert has for us in the future.

Eve is a mess. When her personal brand of chaos ruins a very expensive wedding, her parents draw the line. Because of this, she decides to take a drive and ends up finding a cute Bed and Breakfast that is looking to fill up the chef position. But the owner Jacob and Eve don’t hit it off too well! This is before she accidentally hits him with her car…*oops*

When I think about steamy romance books, I think about Birthday Shot. One cannot talk about steam in romance without mentioning Rilzy Adams, and this one is one of her hottest!

Shae’s birthday is getting close and her older brother’s best friend, Kofi, is back in Antigua for her brother’s engagement party. Will this be the start of something new?

Have you seen the “FBI agent who is assigned to watch me through my webcam is laughing at my Google searches” meme? This is Private Eye, but instead, we have a sexy spy who is assigned to watch this beautiful camgirl, but suddenly falls for her.

Every Thursday night Kenny logs into Maya’s camroom. And Maya, excitedly, waits for the notification to come up. Their online relationship is definitely complicated, but it complicates further when they finally meet face-to-face, realizing that they have more secrets than they previously thought.

If you still haven’t read Drag Me Up, the first book in the series, go and do it. It’s also quite steamy. But today let’s talk about Aphrodite and Hephaestus in this book!

When Aphrodite’s life is in danger, she is assigned a bodyguard. Unfortunately for her, her new bodyguard is her ex’s older brother, Hephaestus, who she hates with so much fervor.

If you want spicy books, you definitely need to have Katee Robert on your list!

Each of the A Touch of Taboo books is hot as hell. This one is her latest one and probably my favorite of the bunch (but I cannot choose, don’t make me choose!). When her parents pass away, Hazel gets a guardian. Soon after, he ships her off to a boarding school and only sees her one day of the year — on her birthday. But now Hazel is turning 25 and that means getting full control of her trust fund. That also means that Devan’s work as her guardian is coming to a close.

Probably my very first erotic horror romance book, but it won’t be my last! Harley Laroux created the most enticing, dangerous story with a love story that will live through the ages.

Rae moves back home to finish her college degree. Unbeknown to her, there’s a bigger plot in the works and it happens to involve her. After summoning a sexy demon, her life rapidly gets more dangerous. Will Leon be able to help her out before she ends up being sacrificed to a god?

Set against the sultry backdrop of New Orleans, The King of Bourbon Street will rapidly enchant you with Sol and Rain’s love story.

When Rain’s family arranges a marriage to cement a business merger, she runs away. To Sol’s hotel in New Orleans. Their lives will be forever changed after their first meeting.

When Brooklyn meets Vaughn and Shaw, it’s under very complicated circumstances. Because the thing is that both of their partners cheated on them with each other. And then, they were murdered, together in bed.

After the tragedy, the three realize that they are not alone in it, so they lean into each other. Though the grief of the events is still very present in their lives. But it’s clear they feel attraction and want to see if this has a happy ending. (It totally does!).

Content warning for the death of a romantic partner before the start of the story, discussions of death, a sexually fluid adult with unsupportive parents, and conversations with the police.

This Valentine’s Day, they’re about to find each other.

Tattoo artist Whitney loves Valentine’s Day. But this long weekend, she has no plans at all. On her way to get some adorable, pink cupcakes, she meets Vic on her Uber drive. They hit it off and decide to see where this goes.

This neighbors to lovers romance is *chef’s kiss*

Jerusha is about to have her very first kiss, but with a shitty date, so she is not really looking forward to it. Luckily, her next-door neighbor saves her from that happening. Then, she asks Karl, the neighbor, for a kiss. Their story quickly develops from that point into a majestic, beautiful romance.

Christina needs to pay the bills and she has no way how. Patrick, the icy king of her college, makes her a deal: we have sex, I give you money for every encounter. So they agree this is only sex and nothing more. Until, of course, they catch feelings!

Best friends Trace and Des suddenly wake up married in Vegas! Des has never really thought about Trace in a romantic way, but little did she know, Trace has. And for many, many years.

Brinkley is a professional Heartbreaker who gets hired to get revenge on men who have wronged women. But her latest assignment is not what she imagined. She truly thinks that they will never see each other again after that night, but then Brinkley’s boss announces that she is going to incorporate a new male Heartbreakers branch. And who walks through the door? Her target, Mark.

I know there are sports romance fans in here, so you bet I’m not forgetting you! This hockey steamy romance book will not disappoint.

Pro hockey star Shane and Boston Bears captain Ilya have made a career on their legendary rivalry, but when the skates come off, it’s another story entirely! The heat between them is undeniable, and as their relationship intensifies, they struggle to maintain it out of the public eye.

Tomás has had a crush on his best friend’s mother, Darcy, for ages. He’s finally decided to take that next step during his best friend’s wedding events. It’s clear as water that they both feel something for each other, so a few days of wild sex is the perfect solution!

For the monster romance fans, Feed is the perfect book to pick up immediately. Don’t even doubt it, just go and get it!

A succubus and a death’s head hawkmoth fairy take you on an epic ride of smutty goodness. Avirin is arranging for someone to come and…let her feed on them. But the last person she thought would appear on her door is Pye, the coworker she hates the most.

Opening her door to her best friend’s younger sister is probably not the greatest idea Kiki had. One, because she’s giving up on some solitude. And two, because her new roommate is a temptation she didn’t see coming at all.

Ebonée gets a call from her little brother, asking her to meet up with his best friend and give him a little tour. Show him around while he’s not there. When they meet after years of not seeing each other, Ebonée never really expected this huge attraction. But Floyd is ready to give Ebonée everything she deserves.