A brilliantly funny, scorchingly sexy romance, available in audio first. The hero is ready to win back the love of his life with a boom box and a very big grand gesture. It rates 4.5 stars from about 10,000 ratings on Audible.

The first book in the Hot Jocks series, available in audio first. A hockey star takes his teammate’s sweet younger sister to bed after the championship, even though she should have been off-limits. It rates 4.5 stars from about 8,900 ratings on Audible.

Alex Volkov is a ruthless man with a heart of ice, until he is forced to look after his best friend’s sister. Ana Huang’s steamy, much-loved series starter rates 4.2 stars from about 12,100 ratings on Audible.

Andi Arndt takes the wheel for this fun audiobook full of twists and steam. As a no-sex escort, Max is known as Mister Romance to his New York socialite clients, and journalist Eden is determined to expose him, but he is betting she will fall in love with him. It rates 4.6 stars from about 550 ratings on Audible.

Figure skater Anastasia Allen and hockey captain Nate Hawkins are forced to share a rink, and soon a lot more than that. The college hockey romance that took off on TikTok, with 4.5 stars from about 5,500 listeners on Audible.

Stella Lane is brilliant with data and has little dating experience, so she hires escort Michael Phan to teach her. Their lesson plan soon turns into something neither of them expected. Helen Hoang’s debut has 4.4 stars from about 9,800 listeners.

Nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods and is dragged to a treacherous magical land to pay for it. It is the global phenomenon that blends romance, adventure and faerie lore, and it rates 4.6 stars from nearly 80,000 ratings on Audible.

Book one in Armentrout’s fantasy series is addictive and unexpected, and fans have given it plenty of praise. Poppy is a Maiden who is never to be touched, and the golden-eyed Hawke is supposed to be guarding her, but he angers and tempts her instead. It rates 4.7 stars from about 24,600 ratings on Audible.

Lara, a princess trained from childhood as a lethal spy, marries the king of the Bridge Kingdom with one goal: to bring his kingdom to its knees. Then she falls for the one person she swore to destroy. It rates 4.6 stars from about 15,600 ratings on Audible.

The start of Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series, in which an innocent young half-vampire, half-Valkyrie and a powerful werewolf king are drawn together by an unexpected soul bond. It rates 4.5 stars from about 5,600 ratings on Audible.

Violet Sorrengail is forced into a brutal war college for dragon riders, where Xaden Riorson has every reason to want her dead. The romantasy phenomenon has 4.7 stars from about 58,000 listeners, and a full-cast dramatized version is also available.

Abducted by aliens, a heroine is left with other human women on an ice planet, where the only native inhabitant she meets is big, horned, blue and very interested in her. It contains mature themes, and it rates 4.5 stars from about 4,900 ratings on Audible.

The first Crossfire novel, a provocative story of abandon and obsession that became a global phenomenon, about a heroine drawn to the beautiful, brilliant and jagged Gideon Cross. It rates 4.3 stars from about 14,000 ratings on Audible.

Grad student Hanna Bergstrom asks her brother’s friend Will Sumner, a venture capitalist with a reputation, to teach her how to date. It is the third Beautiful book but has its own couple, so you can start here. 4.6 stars from about 3,200 listeners.

The enemies-to-lovers hockey romance now streaming as a TV show, with a new audio edition read by Cooper North. It rates 4.9 stars on Audible.

Content note: the emotional backstory involves the abuse of a young boy by a priest, so please be forewarned if that is a trigger. Best friends Jason and Dean have always treated each other like brothers, but when one walks in on the other with another man, lies are exposed and hearts are re-broken. It is a steamy, unflinching journey, and it rates 4.3 stars from about 600 ratings on Audible.

Four years after one drunken night at hockey camp, Jamie Canning and his old best friend Ryan Wesley meet again at the college championship, then spend a summer coaching side by side. 4.8 stars from about 7,500 listeners.

The first Bridgerton novel: the Duke of Hastings pretends to be engaged to Daphne Bridgerton to keep marriage-minded mothers away, and the arrangement starts to feel less pretend. It rates 4.6 stars from about 17,200 ratings on Audible.

Lisa Kleypas is an absolute favorite of many historical romance fans, with period settings and heart-pounding steam. Devon inherits a debt-burdened earldom and unwillingly falls in love with a troublesome widow named Kathleen. It rates 4.5 stars from about 3,000 ratings on Audible.

Book two in the Brides of Karadok series, set in a fictional medieval kingdom. Lenora loses her beauty to the red pox and offers a bargain to Garman Orde, a knight everyone loves to hate. Love here is never just skin deep. It rates 4.6 stars from about 300 ratings on Audible.