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Romance Fiction and Romance Books

Chapter is an independent bookshop. We specialise in the romance fiction genre. Our romance books include contemporary romance, fantasy (including futuristic, magic, paranormal, time travel, vampires, werewolves, etc) romance, historical romance, hot romance, regency romance, romantic comedy and romantic suspense.

We have around 3,000 titles in stock and can special order in books from the USA (including publishers such as Ellora's Cave and Red Sage Publishing). We also source out-of-print books from the USA.

Crime and Mystery Fiction, Chick Lit and Mainstream Fiction

In addition to romance books, we also offer selections of crime and mystery fiction, chick lit and mainstream fiction.

This Month's Books and Catalogue

This month's top book titles are shown on the right.  Please view this month's catalogue (335K PDF file) for more details as well as the full list of book releases (including new hardcovers, trade paperbacks and paperback releases).

For your convenience, we also have links to this month's book categories as well as the catalogues for prior months stored on this website. Please contact us if you wish to receive the monthly catalogue by mail or email (contact by Phone 09-623 2319, Toll free 0508-CHAPTER or 0508-242 783, or Email: info@chapter.co.nz).

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Archive of Book Catalogues

A Beginners Guide to Romance Fiction

We are often asked for book recommendations, which can be difficult to do - because of the importance of individual taste. But, that issue aside, there are a number of single-title books or series that have achieved both widespread popularity as well as critical acclaim.

We have put together an indicative listing of such titles, restricting the list to just one entry per author per genre. In doing so, the listing does not include classic greats such as Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice), Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre), Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights) and Georgette Heyer (These Old Shades) - as we have focussed on books published in the last twenty-five or so years. However, most of the books shown should be in print.

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Latest Books

This month's top titles are:

Contemporary Romance & Romantic Suspense

  • Robyn Carr - Moonlight Road - Virgin River Series
  • Lora Leigh - Black Jack - Elite Ops Series

Crime & Mystery

  • J.D. Robb - Big Jack - In Death Series (Reissue)

Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

  • Kresley Cole - Pleasure of a Dark Prince - Immortals After Dark Series
  • Angela Knight - Master of Fire - Mageverse Series
  • Rachel Vincent - Shift - Shifters Series
  • Christine Warren - Born to be Wild - Others Series

Historical Romance & Historical Fiction 

  • Mary Balogh - Dark Angel/Lord Carew's Bride - Dark Angel Series (Reissue)
  • Christina Dodd - In Bed With the Duke - Governess Brides Series
  • Madeline Hunter - Provocative in Pearls - Rarest Blooms Series
  • Cathy Maxwell - The Marriage Ring - Scandals and Seductions Series

Mainstream & Chick Lit

  • Susan Wiggs - The Summer Hideaway - Lakeshore Chronicles (Paperback Release)

Coming Soon

  • Jo Beverley - The Secret Duke
  • Shayla Black - Delicious (Trade Paperback)
  • Celeste Bradley - Rogue in My Arms
  • Patricia Briggs - Silver Borne (Hardcover/Paperback)
  • Janet Evanovich - Hero at Large (Reissue)
  • Charlaine Harris - Dead and Gone (Paperback Release)
  • Alexandra Ivy - Beyond the Darkness
  • Sherrilyn Kenyon - Bad Moon Rising (Paperback Release)
  • Lora Leigh - Lion's Heat
  • Fern Michaels - Deadly Deals (Paperback Release)
  • Amanda Quick - The Perfect Poison (Paperback Release)
  • Kerrelyn Sparks - The Vampire and the Virgin

Please contact us if you wish to check availability or would like to reserve a book.

Web site updated 1 March 2010.