Top Ten Contemporary Travel Romances

Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic is a genre freebie, which means you get to pick any genre you’d like and build a list around it. You can even narrow the topic if you’d like, such as: thrillers with unreliable narrators, fantasy romance with fae characters, or historical romance with suspense elements. I decided to share my favorite contemporary romances with travel elements. These characters are all on vacation!

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Olive’s sister and Ethan’s best friend get sick during their wedding reception and can’t go on their honeymoon, so Olive and Ethan decide to assume their identities and pose as a married couple so the Hawaiian honeymoon doesn’t go to waste.

Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh

Molly and Andrew have been airplane friends for years, somehow always ending up on the same flight home for Christmas. This year, a snowstorm has grounded their flight so they decide to work together to travel home by any means necessary.

Well Traveled by Jen DeLuca

Lulu tags along with a band as they tour Renaissance Faires for the summer and falls in love with one of the band members, Dex.

The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler

Zoey is finally checking Alaska off her bucket list and travels to the cutest little Alaskan town with a moose who licks windows and loves the smell of baking bread. Oh, and Graham is there, too (don’t get my wrong, I adore Graham, but the moose is my favorite.).

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Lily is a guide who takes people on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. Leo just so happens to be on one of her tours and when danger strikes, they have to survive together.

Enemies Abroad by R.S. Grey

OK, so this is technically a work trip but they get to have a lot of fun! Audrey and Noah are chaperoning a bunch of 8th graders on a trip to Rome, and it’s amazing.

One Last Shot by Betty Cayouette

Ok… another work trip. But oh well! Emerson and Theo were best friends as teens and even made a marriage pact. Ten years later and after a falling out, they meet again at a photoshoot in Cinque Terre, Italy. She’s the model and he’s the photographer.

The Gem Thief by Sian Ann Bessey

Romance and mystery abound in this fake engagement story set on a cruise in the Mediterranean.

Eighty Days to Elsewhere by K.C. Dyer

I had to steal part of the book synopsis because it’s perfect. “The Amazing Race” meets Around the World in 80 Days as a woman desperate to save her family bookstore falls for her competition.

Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard

This is the book that started my love of travel romance. 18-year-old Bria signs up for a guided tour of Central America, but ends up off the beaten path with Rowan, a backpacker and dive instructor. He shows her places the tour would never take her, she makes some great friends, and she falls in love! Perfection.

What topic did you decide on for this week’s prompt?

Contemporary travel romance is probably my favorite genre so, as always, if you have any recommendations for me please share them in the comments below!