Harlequin Online ReadsĮven romance novices are often familiar with the Harlequin name, and now you can check it out for free. Of the sites below, only Harlequin is exclusively romance, but you won’t have any trouble finding romance on any of them. If your library doesn’t have what you’re looking for, you still have plenty of options. And the interface is so easy and pleasant to use, you may never visit Amazon again. It won’t take long per my personal experience, you can have the app, enter your library card number and be happily perusing your new library of books in less time than it takes a tea kettle to boil. But perhaps you should ask yourself how many of those one-click books on your Kindle you’ve actually read immediately, and give the “place a hold” button a try.īonus tip! If your library is using the Libby app, download it immediately. Libraries do sometimes involve waitlists, so if you thrive on instant gratification, you might struggle.

And those were just the first five searches I did. The free romance novels available include titles by authors you’ve read about on this very site, like Alyssa Cole, Courtney Milan, Sarah MacLean, Penny Reid, and Alisha Rai. To those readers I say this: my local library, the Washington, DC public library system, currently has over 1,800 hard copy books, over 6,000 e-books, and over 800 audiobooks sitting in the “romance” category. I know it seems silly to recommend the library as a source of free books, but given the side-eye romance gets from the literary community at large, a lot of romance readers assume their libraries won’t carry romance, or if they do, that it will only be some old copies of Danielle Steel books that someone donated. Once you’ve got your apps and emails addresses sorted out, it’s time to start. I like Gmail because you can separate out promotions, but your call. It keeps all of your deals in one place so you’ve got everything right where you want it when you need a new book but payday isn’t for another week. It might seem silly, but it’s free and it takes maybe five minutes.

Consider setting up an email address for specifically for book stuff.

There are also a few site-specific apps like Libby and Instafreebie that you may decide are worth downloading as well.

Kindle, Nook, iBooks, Google Play, and Kobo are all pretty standard. If you’ve got a smart phone or tablet, you can download a reading app and you’re set.

E-reading vastly expands your options, but you don’t need a dedicated e-reader.

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