Swooon’s Top 5 Romance Best Sellers of March 2025: ‘Deep End’ & More
Spring has arrived, and romance is in full bloom.
Swooon has collaborated with independent booksellers all across North America to reveal the highest-selling romance novels from romance bookstores. For the month of March, there’s a wide range of romance, from Ali Hazelwood’s sexy swimming romance to Lucy Score’s newest small-town love story.
This month’s list features the best sellers from All the Tropes, The Ivy Bookshop, Pages of Passion, Under the Cover, Steamy Lit, Heart Bound Bookshop, Burning Pages Bookstore, Trope Bookshop, The Last Chapter, Bedpost Books, Love’s Sweet Arrow, Blush & Bashful Romance Bookshop, Smitten Bookstore, The Romance Era Bookshop, and Grump & Sunshine Bookshop.
Scroll down to see the top five romance book best sellers of March 2025, and see more must-reads from independent romance bookstores across the country.
Kiss of the Basilisk
Lindsay Straube
Lindsay Straube kicks off her Split or Swallow series with Kiss of the Basilisk. Temperance Verus has never been kissed, but that’s all about to chance. Along with 13 other contestants, she must train with a basilisk to learn the power of seduction and win the prince’s hand in marriage. Tem winds up matched with Caspen, the Serpent King, but her connection to the prince also develops as well. Tem soon finds herself torn between two worlds.
Scythe & Sparrow
Brynne Weaver
The final book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy, Doctor Fionn Kane leaves Boston behind and seeks out a low-key life in small-town Nebraska. He hopes to avoid almost-fiancé and mend his broken heart. He crosses paths with motorcycle performer Rose Evans, who’s enjoyed her life on the road with the Silveria Circus. Out of the spotlight, she likes to dabble in some murder every now and then. But when a kill goes bad, she finds herself stuck in Fionn’s world.
Story of My Life
Lucy Stone
In this small-town love story, romance novelist Hazel Hart is searching for inspiration. With her career on the line, Hazel takes a chance by buying a historic home online and moving from Manhattan to Story Lake, Pennsylvania. When she meets grumpy contractor Campbell Bishop, she finds the literary motivation (and love) she’s needed all along.
Wild Side
Elsie Silver
Elsie Silver’s Rose Hill series continues to with Wild Side. Tabitha is still mourning the death of her sister, but she’s ready to take care of her nephew. When the guardianship is called into question, Tabitha decides to marry the secretive Rhys Dupris to protect her nephew. Tabitha thought she hated Rhys, but slowly but surely her feelings begin to change and evolve into a deep love.
Deep End
Ali Hazelwood
Ready to take a dive into nothing but spice? Scarlett Vandermeer is a swimmer at Stanford with her eyes on the Olympics. She turns up the heat in her life by getting involved in a no-strings-attached fling with fellow swimmer Lukas Blomqvist. Ali Hazelwood goes from the lab to the pool for her latest romance, and she does not disappoint.
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