I have a VERY specific romance niche and I'm hoping someone here gets what I mean.

I don't mind yearning, but I don't want a book where 18 out of 20 chapters are basically “I love you but I can't tell you” and then they finally get together in the last chapter 😭. I want to actually see the relationship happen. ALSO a little bit of smut never hurt anybody... 😋

I LOVE when the characters like each other, get together, and then we get to see them be in a relationship - dating, being affectionate, falling deeper in love, supporting each other, having cute/domestic moments, figuring each other out, etc. Basically, I want the “omg they're actually together and in love” serotonin.

A bit of yearning/angst is totally fine! I just don't want unnecessary miscommunication or 300 pages of them avoiding each other for no reason. I don't need the relationship getting together to be the end of the story, I want the happily-ever-after to actually be part of the story.

Some books I really loved:

• The Love Hypothesis
• Love, Theoretically
• Love on the Brain
• It Starts with Us ( it was like a nice little dessert after a weird meal [the 1st book] )

I know the first three still have quite a bit of yearning, but I loved the relationships themselves and would honestly prefer less yearning + more actual couple time.

For a TV example, Nobody Wants This is pretty much the vibe I'm looking for.

So please recommend me books where the couple gets together relatively early/mid-book and we actually get to enjoy them being together. Bonus points for lots of romance, affection and happy/domestic moments 🥹

I don't care about the trope as much as I care about this particular dynamic. Open to pretty much anything!

Please tell me if the couple gets together early enough that I get a decent amount of “they're together!!!” content. 😂