Romances Ranked by Spice Level
Who doesn’t love a good spicy romance to keep the pages turning in a book?! *Sizzling* chemistry is just what you need sometimes, but if you are a romance aficionado you know that there are LEVELS to how hot things get;) Whether you are someone who likes a quaint, soft romance and gentle kisses or more, um, lets call them *explicit* scenes below we have all you could want/need ranked for your reading pleasure. Enjoy 😇
Turning on the Heat 🔥
Here’s a modern paranormal romance with a relationship that’s sweet and filled with tension. I would say it’s more dreamy than steamy as it’s mostly just very passionate kissing (which is also fine with me!), but the romance heats up as the series goes on. The love interests, Lena and Ethan, have a long history and a lot at stake if they choose to love each other and that bit of a danger adds just enough spice to keep you sucked in.
If this isn’t the mother of all of enemies to lovers romances, I don’t know what is! The Cruel Prince starts out with some extreme distain between Jude and Cardan, but after a shared goal forces them to spend a lot more time together… tensions of a different variety start to form between the two. Aside from some dangerously passionate kissing, I’ll say the first book might be a little tame. But there are two more books in the Folk of the Air trilogy that allow them to explore that chemistry, and it only gets more intensely juicy up to the very end.
A juicy action-packed tennis rom com through the POV of three different players… ugh the DRAMA, so good! I really don’t even have go on after that, but I love this book so I will! We have a tennis superstar on the rise—she is fierce, determined, and *record scratch* reunited with her ex? The bad boy champ who broke her heart oh so many years ago is now on the court with her… Though this book is only a 2 spice level, don’t be fooled the competition and chemistry between them is HOT.
It’s getting hot in here 🔥🔥🔥
Ok moving up the ranks here we have a spice level 3! This book seriously is the perfect read to get you excited for summer. It had me daydreaming about the beach, the sun, and the sexy millionaire bosses we all encounter in the sunny season… LOL a girl can dream… butttt my dream is Isabel’s reality! While completing her late sisters bucket list she stumbles into the gaze of an old family friend/ her hot boss Cristiano. Though the list says to “fall in love” will their passion last, or will it be left as a summer fling?
Okay, I was genuinely shocked by how hot and heavy this YA contemporary set at a summer camp gets! When Randy, or Del as he has decided to rename himself, returns to Camp Outland for another summer, he’s determined to get the guy (Hudson) by any means necessary. And that includes reinventing himself to be a more masculine gay. Del’s only rule is that he cannot let Hudson get his clothes off, refusing to be another summer fling for this gorgeous boy. Let’s just say that Hudson tends to make following that rule VERY difficult, and I am here for all the spice!
This is another contemporary I was surprised to find had A LOT of steamy content in it. Judging the book by the cover, I would have definitely assumed I was in for some mild, fade-to-black romance scenes. But that’s why you should never judge a book by its cover! For being considered the “Designated Ugly Fat Friend,” main character Bianca sure does get into a lot of spicy situations. Which just goes to show that there really is no such thing as a DUFF because everyone feels like the DUFF sometimes. It might take Bianca a while to come to that realization, but I sure did enjoy the steamy journey she takes to get there.
Spice Galore 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Dark sultry romantasy with MERMAIDSSSSS!! You guys have no idea how excited I was for this book. There is a sore lack of mermaid adult romantasy books, and I have not a clue why because they are my personal fav mythical creature. This one is especially for my enemies-to-lovers fans as it centers around a mermaid battling her hatred—and lust;)—for the wretched warlock who saved her life.
Last but not least, the spiciest on our list we have, Dire Bound. Some would describe this book as a cross between The Hunger Games and Fourth Wing but super spicy sexy;) Meryn Cooper throws herself in to the world of the Bonding trials in a valiant attempt to save her stolen sister. With no other choice she risks her life, and her heart to get her back by becoming one of the survivors of the bonding trials. Bound to a direwolf with terrible communication, and seemingly everyone out to get her—everyone except the absolutely stunning crown prince—her journey is intense. This book is rough and steamy with secrets around every corner get ready for jaw dropping reveals, you must read this NOW!!!
Please note: Beautiful Creatures, The Cruel Prince, Camp, and The DUFF are Young Adult titles. Game, Set, Match; Our Secret Summer; The Wicked Sea; and Dire Bound are New Adult titles.