In case you missed it, Bookish revealed the cover for the first book in the Beast Charmer trilogy, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, last week, and we. are. obsessed. We charmed Maxym's editor Mary into dishing all the secrets about the book!

​2018. That was a year, huh? Whether you felt good or bad about what was happening in the world at large, we know there was some amazing stuff happening in Romancelandia!
 
There are a lot of “Best of” lists out there, and Romance is no exception. We reviewed eight Best Romance of 2018 lists, 72 books in total, so you can make sure you’ve checked the most lauded books of 2018 off your list!
 
Here’s what we looked at:

• Entertainment Weekly’s The 10 Best Romance Novels of 2018
• The Washington Post’s The 5 Best Romance Novels of 2018
• Smart Bitches Trashy Books Best of 2018: Our Personal Faves
• Goodreads Reader’s Choice Best Romance
• Amazon’s Best Romance Books of 2018
• Publishers Weekly’s Best Books 2018, Romance
• Kirkus’s Best Romance Novels 2018
• Library Journal’s Best Books 2018, Romance

 
And here are the books!