5 Single Parent Romances that Will Warm Your Heart

Room for You, by Beth Ehermann
It’s hard enough to be a single mother, but when you have twins? Well, let’s just say Kacie Jensen knows she doesn’t have time for affairs of the heart. After her ex disappeared, she’s been just trying to keep her head above water, and she hopes moving to her mother’s bed-in-breakfast with her twin daughters will help her start over. Little did she know that a raging storm would drag in hockey star Brody Murphy. When he starts to show her a life she’d never even imagined, she starts to wonder if more really is possible. Room for You is the first book in Ehermann’s Cranberry Inn series, which follows the story of Kacie, Brody, and the girls.

{Worth the Fall, by Claudia Connor
Abby’s no stranger to heartbreak, and she desperately doesn’t want her four children to face the same fate. Like any good parent, she wants to protect them and give them the childhood they deserve. That’s why she takes them to the beach, despite her current pregnant state. She doesn’t expect to meet Matt, a former Navy SEAL, who’s put his desire for a family on hold in order to stay focused and dedicated. Matt’s drawn to Abby—her strength and warmth—and that’s before he gets to know her children. While they agree that they only have a week, it turns out that saying good-bye isn’t worth it. Worth the Fall is the first in Connor’s McKinney Brothers series.

Seduction and Snacks, by Tara Sivec
Claire didn’t want kids, but that didn’t stop her from getting pregnant in college after a one-night-stand. While she searched and searched for the guy she slept with (without the aid of his name), she never tracked down Carter, and instead ended up raising Gavin as a single mom. Her passion is baking, but she’s stuck selling sex toys with her best friend in order to make enough money to care for her son. Then, out of nowhere, Carter shows up in town and is shocked to find out he has a four-year-old son. Luckily, the two are determined to make sure it’s not too late for them to find their happily ever after, and as they do, hilarity ensues. Seduction and Snacks is the first in Sivec’s Chocolate Lovers series, which will keep you laughing-out-loud long into the night.

The Will, by Kristen Ashley
Single fathers deserve some appreciation too, and Jake Spear is one of the good ones. He has three children, whom he adores, and not great luck in the love department (he’s a three-time divorcee). Despite having a close relationship with Josie’s grandmother, Lydia Malone, he’s never met Josie. She’s too busy jet-setting around the world to stick around their hometown. That is, until they are called together for the reading of Lydia’s Will, following the funeral. Lydia’s odd request in her Will forces the two together, proving that it’s never too late to reach for your own happiness.

Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover, by Sarah MacLean
Single parents stories aren’t reserved for contemporary romances, though having a baby in Regency England outside of wedlock has its own hardships, which Lady Georgiana has to confront after she’s ruined by the stable boy as a young lady. To make a life for herself and daughter, Lady Georgiana develops two secret identities, either one of which could lead to further ruination if people found out. But she’s determined to marry a titled gentlemen in order to give her daughter a better life. Newspaper magnate Duncan West knows there’s more to Georgiana than there seems, and he agrees to help her with her wedding quest, as he simultaneously vows to uncover her secrets. This is the fourth and final book in MacLean’s Rules of Scoundrels series, and it will offer a wonderful payout to longtime MacLean readers. However, it can also be enjoyed as a standalone.
What are your favorite romance novels in which single parents find love?