I'm looking for a really good romance that has come out within the past six months maybe. I want romance to be the focus. Preferably contemporary. I don't particularly care for too much angst, and I have to want to like the characters. I'm in such a slump! I need a happy ending.

If you don't mind explicit content and cheating in marriage, try Whisper of Desire. Imo it had the balance of romance, conflict, and angst. And plot twist, oh how I love plot twist. And quick retribution, yes.

And for me the best romance drama that comes out in 2026 (but it depends on preference, to each their own) was Yumi's Cells Season 3 as it's actually (imo) love at first sight turned to dislike turned to lasting love. So cute.

Shine on Me started airing on 22 Dec 2025. Plot wise, it's really a great one. A little bit different from the novel (the novel was the best) because that annoying first love with so much prejudice towards FL kept appearing. But maybe it's so just FL could saw that person's regret and speculative outcome. He's a calculating one, that man. Love shouldn't be calculated.

Thank you for the recommendations. I don't like cheating or explicit content. I didn't care for the Yumi's Cells series at all. I did watch Shine on Me and it was kind of middle of the road for me. But I do appreciate you getting back to me.

It's lower budget but A Thousand Miles to Your Heart was very funny and sweet, very likeable characters and little angst.

My Page in the 90s was pretty light as well.

Thank you for the ideas, emeraldarrows, I'll try them.