Finally, the winter blues are out of the way! Happy spring equinox!

Are you up for a little reading challenge for the new season? I am! Here is the Spring Romance Reading Challenge!

Down below, you’ll find book hints. The books are listed only to present the ideas of the kind of book to read (but you’re free to read them too as part of the challenge).

You must read:

1. A book set in the spring

Hints:

• Once Every Spring by Lisa Logan
• A Spring Deception (Seasons #2) by Jess Michaels
• Spring Training (Bad Boys of Summer #3) by KB Winters

2. A book associated with spring break

Hints:

• Beyond Me: Sex on the Beach by Jennifer Probst
• A Night to Forget by Jessica Wood
• Spring Break (Break Series #3) by Lucy Smoke

3. A book set in a popular spring break location: Cancun, Miami, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Las Vegas, or Hawaii.

Hints:

• Conquered in Cancun (In Cancun 1.5) by KaLyn Cooper
• Hawaiian Guardian by Courtney Sheets
• Married in Vegas: A Bad Boy Romance by Claire Angel

4. An author born in March

Author hints:

• Johana Lindsey (March 10, 1952)
• Mary Balogh (March 24, 1944)
• Jayne Ann Krentz (March 28, 1948)

5. An author born in April

Author hints:

• Kristen Ashley (April 8, 1968)
• Alexandra Ivy (April 14, 1961)
• Violet Winspear (April 28, 1928 – January 1989) (Vintage author, I know!)

6. An author born in May

Author hints:

• Judith McNaught (May 10, 1944)
• Chloe Neill (May 17, 1975)
• Thea Harrison (May 29, 1962)

7. A book with flowers somewhere on the cover

Hints:

• Amongst the Wildflowers (Fleurs D’Amour #3) by Amali Rose
• Daisy Crown (The Flowers #1) by Olivia Lark
• Winning Violet (Flower Girls #1) by Becky Lower

8. A book with “spring” in the title

Hints:

• Beauty in Spring by Kati Wilde
• Spring Fling by Lila Younger
• A Stormy Spring (Ludlow Hall #2) by C.C. Mackenzie

9. A book with “flowers” or “flower” in the title

Hints:

• The Falcon and the Flower (Medieval Plantagenet #1) by Virginia Henley
• Flower in the Desert by Lavender Park
• His Flower Queen (Queen Quartette #1) by Lena Hart

10. A paranormal romance featuring a fox shapeshifter

Hints:

• Fondant Fox (Mates & Macarons #4) by Ellis Leigh
• Fox Blood (Moon Marked #3) by Aimee Easterling
• Fur Fox’s Sake (Shifters Undercover #2) by Milly Taiden

11. A paranormal romance featuring a bear shapeshifter

Hints:

• Babysitter Bear (Bear Creek Protectors #3) by Harmony Raines
• Bared to the Bear (Bears of Grayslake #6) by Celia Kyle
• Feral Passion (Love in Bear Creek) by Nicole Keller

12. A paranormal romance featuring a deer shapeshifter

Hints:

• A Deer Surprise (Wildcat Hills Pride #2) by Liza Kay
• Sex on the Hoof (Law and Supernatural Order #1) by Silvia Violet
• Wanted by the Lion (Colorado Shifters #1) by Kristen Strassel

13. A contemporary romance set on a cruise

Hints:

• The Billionaire’s Siren by K. Thomas
• River Cruise Undercover by Anna Leigh
• Take Me Now (Love and Passion on Cruises #2) by Nelly D’este

14. A book with “blossom” or “blossoms” in the title

Hints:

• Blossoms of the Heart by Khardine Gray
• Desire’s Blossom by Cassie Edwards
• Keeping Blossom by C.M. Steele

15. A book written by an author with “March” as their surname

Hints:

• Deliberately Bound by Ava March
• Matt (The Callahan Brothers #2) by Emily March
• Richer than Sin by Meghan March

16. A book written by an author named “April”

Hints:

• Marry Me (McIntyre Security Bodyguard #9) by April Wilson
• The Outlaw’s Bride (Skullbreakers #1) by April Lust
• The Untamed Duke (The Taming #2) by April Moran

17. A book by an author with May in their name

Hints:

• Lost Petal by Linnea May
• My Soul to Keep by Jackie May
• A Nerdy Holiday (Some Girls Do It #5) by May Sage

18. A book with “garden” or “gardens” in the title

Hints:

• The Dark Garden by Eden Bradley
• A Garden in the Rain (MacLeod #4) by Lynn Kurland
• Garden of Shadows (Dark Gardens #1) by Meara Platt

19. A book with “bunny” in the title

Hints:

• Badge Bunny (Romance in Rehoboth #4) by K.L. Montgomery
• Chasing His Bunny (Big Bad Bunnies #1) by Golden Angel
• The Easter Bunny’s Bear by Zoe Chant

20. A book associated with the pagan holiday Beltane

Hints:

• Beltane Bliss (Pagan Pleasures #1) by Lilliana Rose
• Beltane Fires (The Pagans #1) by Erzabeth Bishop
• The Beltane Witch (Cloudburst, Colorado #2) by Siobhan Muir

21. A book with “bloom” in the title

Hints:

• The Blood and The Bloom (Men of Blood #1) by Rosamund Winchester
• Rose in Bloom (Sex and the Season #2) by Helen Hardt
• A Week For Love to Bloom (Soul Mates 101 #1) by Scarlet Wolfe

22. A book released in March

Hints:

• In a Badger Way (The Honey Badgers Chronicles #2) by Shelly Laurenston (March 26)
• The Prophecy (Daughters of Morrigan #1) by Nina Croft (March 25)
• StormWolfe (de Wolfe Pack #13) by Kathryn Le Veque (March 21)

23. A book released in April

Hints:

• Dakota Seal (Dakota Hearts #13) by Lisa Mondello (April 18)
• Owen (Lost Breed MC #9) by Ali & Weston Parker (April 12)
• Pierce (K9 Files #2) by Dale Meyer (April 9)

24. A book released in May

Hints:

• Carrie and the Dastardly Dragons (RH Fated Alpha #9) by Ava Mason (May 8)
• One Night of Passion (Wicked Dukes Club #3) by Erica Ridley (May 14)
• Then Came You (Laws of Attraction #3) by Kate Meader (May 7)

25. A book with “green” in the title

Hints:

• Being Green (Cyborg Sizzle #5) by Cynthia Sax
• Bobby Green (Johnnies #5) by Amy Lane
• Not So Little Green Men by Celia Kyle

26. A book with a pink cover

Hints:

• Desert Rogues: The Bride Who Said No by Susan Mallery
• How to Love a Pink Demon by Sherrod Story
• Mr. Impossible (Carsington Family #2) by Loretta Chase

27. A book with a purple cover

Hints:

• Firestorm Forever (The Dragonfire Novels #14) by Deborah Cooke
• Not Just Another Romance by Lisa Suzanne
• Time to Forgive (MacNicol Clan Through Time #4) by Tricia Linden

28. A book with a green cover

Hints:

• In Bed With a Rogue (Rival Rogues #2) by Samantha Grace
• Jungle Freakn’ Bride (Freakn’ Shifters #5) by Eve Langlais
• The Prince and I (The Oxenburg Princes #2) by Karen Hawkins

29. A book with a yellow cover

Hints:

• Blame It on the Duke by Lenora Bell
• Ride a Cowboy by Jamila Jasper
• Simply Insatiable (House of Pleasures #5) by Kate Pearce

30. A book with “butterfly” or “butterflies” in the title

Hints:

• Bulletproof Butterfly by Anna Brooks
• Butterfly (Butterfly #1) by Kathryn Harvey
• Chasing Butterflies by Terri E. Laine

Let me know which books you’ve read throughout the spring season! See you then! 😉

While you’re here, check out these posts:

• The Bull’s Bride Hunt by Lola Kidd (review)
• Get Lucky With These Irish Romance Novels
• Steamy Romance Releases of March 2019