Six romances about creatives in love

Catriona Silvey was born in Glasgow and grew up in Scotland and England. After collecting an unreasonable number of degrees from various universities in the UK and the US, she moved to Edinburgh where she lives with her husband and children. She is the author of Meet Me in Another Life (2021) and the newly released time-travel romantic comedy Love and Other Paradoxes (2025).

At The Nerd Daily Silvey tagged "six romances where both partners are creatively inclined, and where the romantic resolution is tied up with each of the characters finding creative fulfilment." One title on the list:

Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola

Kiki is a student radio host with big ambitions and a no-dating rule. Malakai is the new boy on campus, an aspiring filmmaker Kiki initially writes off as a womaniser. When an impulsive kiss between them leads to drama, Kiki and Malakai embark on a staged relationship to salvage her reputation with the university’s close-knit Black community.

Employing romance tropes (fake dating, anyone?) with knowing panache, Babalola’s funny, charming debut novel excels at showing its loveable characters finding their creative voices as they find each other. And if you haven’t read it yet, now’s the perfect time — the followup, a second-chance romance titled Sweet Heat, is coming this summer!

Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue