Our inability to find love the more we age is a long-standing stereotype, making romance novels that aren't encapsulated in age gaps a rare sight. As both writers and readers gradually begin to appreciate romance featuring older couples, here are a few romance novels with main characters who find love in their 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. After all, who said romance is just for young twentysomethings?
1. Gray Hair Don't Care by Karen Booth
2. Late Fall by Noelle Adams
3. The Switch by Beth O'Leary
4. Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition by Tee Franklin, Gail Simone, Marguerite Bennett, and Alyssa Cole
5. Second Wind by Ceillie Simkiss
6. Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan
7. Midlife Crisis by Audra North
8. John & Jackie by T.J. Klune
9. Frosted by Katy Regnery
10. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
11. Twice In A Lifetime by Jodie Griffin
12. After Care by L.B. Dunbar
13. Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
14. Sex and the Widow Miles by Nan Reinhardt
15. Only Beloved by Mary Balogh
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