It's the most romantic day of the year! And whether you celebrate Valentine's Day or not, this list of contemporary romance authors will have you feeling all the love!

Emily Henry

Emily Henry is easily recognisable by her brightly coloured covers containing swoon-worthy rom coms. Jodi Picoult calls her 'my newest automatic-buy author.'

In Happy Place Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds perfect! Or at least they were... Every year for the past decade, they've left behind their lives to drink far too much wine and soak up the sea air with their favourite people in the world. But 6 months ago, Harriet and Wyn broke up and they can't handle breaking their best friends' hearts... So they are ready to fake it. But can you really fool the people who know you the best?

See more by Emily Henry here.

Beth O'Leary

Best known for her steamy 'there's only one bed!' story, The Flatshare, Beth O'Leary has proved herself as one of Britains favourite romance authors.

in The Wake-Up Call, sworn enemies Izzy and Lucas work at Forest Manor Hotel, a quant but failing hotel. When Izzy returns a guest's lost wedding ring, the reward gives them a glimmer of hope. With four rings still sitting in lost property, the race is on for Izzy and Lucas to save their beloved hotel - and their jobs. But their bitter rivalry turns into something much more complicated...

See more by Beth O'Leary here.

Sara Desai

Desai writes sexy romantic comedy and contemporary romance with a multicultural twist.

Things for Simi Chopra couldn't get worse. She’s lost yet another job, her student loan debt keeps growing and her apartment is barely liveable. But now her best friend has been accused of stealing a multimillion-dollar diamond necklace. But when the mysterious but charming Jack offers to help her find the missing necklace and steal it back, Simi jumps at the chance to clear her friend’s name and collect the substantial reward. Simi, Jack and a ragtag group of strangers must becomeelite heist crew, infiltrate a high-society wedding and steal the necklace from a dangerous criminal before the happy couple say I do.

See more by Sara Desai here.

Jodi McAlister

Australia's own, Jodi McAlister is a romance academic who started out her writing career writing young adult novels. Now she's used her romantic experties to give us butterfly-inducing romances set in the world of reality television.

McAlister's latest novel, Not Here to Make Friends follows TV producer Murray O’Connell and contestant of the show, Lily Fireball on the reality dating show Marry Me, Juliet. But Lily and Murray know each other in the real world, and although Lily is ready to play the biggest villain in telivision history, Murray can't let her blowing up her life. As the season unfolds, Murray tries everything in his power to protect who he thought was just a friend, but starting to feel something more than friendship with Lily?

See more by Jodi McAlister here.

Ali Hazelwood

Hazelwood is the queen of STEAM-y romance, (see what I did there?)

In the Love Hypothesis, Third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in love, not after her ex destroyed her emotionally. But her best friend Anh won't stop hasseling her to date. So when she's about to be caught out for lying about being on a date Olive panics and kisses a random man in the office... who just so happens to be Adam Carlsen, a professor and asshole. But for some reason, he agrees to be her pretend boyfriend.

See more by Ali Hazelwood here.