If you’ve spent any time on BookTok in the last few years, you already know that the romance genre is having an undeniable moment, and Hollywood has absolutely taken notice. From friends-to-lovers tearjerkers to grumpy-sunshine cowboy romances, the stories that have been living rent-free in readers’ heads are finally making their way to our screens. Whether you’re a die-hard fan who has already dog-eared every page or a newcomer who wants to know what all the fuss is about before watching, this is your ultimate guide to every major romance book-to-screen adaptation currently in the works, in production, or headed your way soon.
Off Campus by Elle Kennedy
Elle Kennedy’s beloved five-book series is set at the fictional Briar University. It follows the star players of the college hockey team, and the women who completely upend their carefully controlled lives. Beginning with The Deal, the series kicks off with the opposites-attract romance between Hannah Wells. A quietly determined music major with a painful past, and Garrett Graham, the charming, cocky hockey captain who needs more than just good grades to succeed. What starts as a fake-dating tutoring arrangement quickly becomes something neither of them expected. Funny, steamy, and deeply emotional, the Off Campus series has been a BookTok staple for years.
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Prime Video ordered the series adaptation in October 2024, and filming wrapped in Vancouver. Ella Bright (The Crown) stars as Hannah and Belmont Cameli (Until Dawn) as Garrett, with Antonio Cipriano, Stephen Kalyn, and Jalen Thomas Brooks already cast as Logan, Dean, and Tucker , setting up future seasons based on the subsequent books. In a show of confidence from the streamer, the series has already been renewed for Season 2 ahead of its premiere. Season 1 is based on The Deal.
Release Date & Where to Watch: Premiering in May 2026 on Prime Video.
Boys of Tommen by Chloe Walsh
Irish author Chloe Walsh originally self-published this emotionally sweeping six-book series in 2018. And it exploded across BookTok before being traditionally published years later and climbing the New York Times bestseller list. Set at the prestigious Tommen College in Ballylaggin, Cork, Ireland, the series begins with Binding 13. Which follows Shannon Lynch, a painfully shy new student with a turbulent home life, and Johnny Kavanagh, the school’s golden rugby star hiding a potentially career-ending injury. Their connection is electric, forbidden, and devastating in equal measure. The series explores love alongside unflinching themes of abuse, mental health, and resilience, making it far more than your average YA romance.
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Prime Video commissioned a TV adaptation in February 2026, just weeks ago, making this one of the freshest announcements on this list. The eight-episode first season will cover the first two books, Binding 13 and Keeping 13. The show is being produced by the same team behind The Summer I Turned Pretty, One Day, and Twilight, a seriously impressive pedigree for fans to hold onto. Poppy Cogan (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder) is writing the scripts, and Chloe Walsh herself is on board as an executive producer. Production is expected to begin later in 2026.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No official release date yet. A 2027 premiere on Prime Video is widely anticipated.
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Ali Hazelwood’s debut novel started life as Star Wars fan fiction shipping Rey and Kylo Ren before being transformed into a standalone romance that took BookTok by storm. The Love Hypothesis follows Olive Smith, a third-year biology PhD student who kisses a brooding professor, Adam Carlsen, to convince her best friend she’s moved on, only for the two of them to agree to fake-date for mutually beneficial reasons. Of course, the feelings become anything but fake. Smart, nerdy, and wonderfully swoony, it’s the kind of book that makes science feel sexy.
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A film adaptation is heading to the big screen with Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) starring as Olive and Tom Bateman as Adam. The casting has generated major buzz, particularly because Tom Bateman is married to Daisy Ridley, the actress who played Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, adding a meta layer that fans cannot get enough of. Director Claire Scanlon is at the helm.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No official release date has been set yet.
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Canadian author Carley Fortune’s debut novel spent 14 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and sold over a million copies, and it’s easy to see why. Every Summer After is a dual-timeline story told over six summers and one emotionally charged week at Barry’s Bay, a lake town in Ontario. It follows Percy Fraser and Sam Florek, childhood friends whose bond was shattered by a single devastating decision. Years later, when Percy returns to the lake for the first time, old feelings resurface and unfinished business demands to be confronted. It’s the kind of nostalgic, aching romance that feels like a memory even the first time you read it.
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Prime Video ordered a series adaptation titled Every Year After, a title change the author explained was meant to open the story beyond a single season’s framing. The show filmed in Vancouver and Bowen Island through 2025. Sadie Soverall (Saltburn) plays Percy and Matt Cornett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series) plays Sam. Amy B. Harris (Sex and the City) serves as showrunner and executive producer. The series consists of eight hour-long episodes.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No official premiere date yet, but a 2026 release on Prime Video is widely expected.
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Written by the author duo Christina Lauren (pen name for Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings), Beautiful Bastard began as a wildly popular piece of Twilight fan fiction before being published in 2013 and riding the wave of erotic office romance sparked by Fifty Shades of Grey. The story follows Chloe Mills, a sharp and ambitious junior executive who finds herself in a sizzling, complicated push-pull with her demanding boss Bennett Ryan. He’s brilliant, controlling, and utterly infuriating. Their tension is combustible from the very first page, and the enemies-to-lovers dynamic is deliciously executed.
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On February 19, 2026, literally days before this guide was written, production company Fifth Season acquired the rights to develop Beautiful Bastard as a TV series. This is actually the second time someone has attempted to adapt the book, as a film option from 2013 never made it to screen. This time, the original authors themselves will co-write the TV version. Bill Dubuque and Kristen Campo, who recently collaborated on the Fifth Season-Netflix series His & Hers, are also producing.
Release Date & Where to Watch: Very early in development. No network, release date, or cast has been announced yet.
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Beach Read was Emily Henry’s breakthrough novel. The book that made her a household name in contemporary romance. Published in 2020, it follows January Andrews. A successful romance novelist who has lost her faith in love after discovering her father’s secret life. Seeking solace and a way to sell her late father’s beach house, she ends up next door to her college rival. A literary author named Gus Everett. Both creatively stuck, they make a bet: swap genres for the summer. No romance allowed. Naturally, that goes about as well as you’d expect. The book balances humor, grief, and genuine heat in a way that feels entirely its own.
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Phoebe Dynevor, Daphne Bridgerton herself, was officially cast as January Andrews on February 19, 2026. The announcement set the internet ablaze, and fans are already rabidly debating who should play Gus. Yulin Kuang, who co-wrote the Netflix adaptation of Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation, is both writing and directing this one for 20th Century Studios. Kuang has gone on record saying she wants this one in theaters, not streaming.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No official release date yet. Filming is expected to begin in 2026, with a likely theatrical release — possibly 2027.
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Henry’s 2024 novel is a sparkling, slow-burn romance about Daphne. Daphne has just been dumped by her fiancé Peter , who immediately got together with his childhood best friend Petra. Forced out of their shared apartment, Daphne ends up as an unlikely roommate with Miles, Petra’s ex-boyfriend. What starts as a fake-dating scheme to make their exes jealous at an upcoming wedding quickly evolves into something neither of them planned for. It’s witty, warm, and full of the kind of heart-on-your-sleeve emotion that Emily Henry does so well.
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Netflix announced on January 8, 2026, that Funny Story is in development as a feature film, with Emily Henry writing the screenplay herself. No director or cast has been attached yet. The announcement came on the eve of Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation premiere on the platform.
Release Date & Where to Watch: In development at Netflix. No release date set.
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Happy Place (2023) follows Harriet and Wyn, a couple who secretly broke off their engagement five months ago, but haven’t told their closest friends yet. When their friend group calls an emergency last vacation at the Maine beach house they’ve spent their summers in for years, both Harriet and Wyn show up, and they agree to pretend everything is fine just for this one last trip. Living in close quarters with someone you’re still very much in love with while pretending to be okay is not as simple as it sounds. The book is deeply funny and quietly devastating all at once.
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Happy Place was originally announced as a Netflix TV series with Bridgerton co-executive producer Leila Cohan attached as showrunner. But in January 2026, Netflix and Emily Henry pivoted: it’s now being developed as a feature film, with Henry writing the screenplay herself. Jennifer Lopez’s production company Nuyorican Productions remains attached to produce.
Release Date & Where to Watch: In development at Netflix. No release date set.
Variation by Rebecca Yarros
Variation is a departure from Yarros’ beloved Empyrean fantasy series. It’s a contemporary romance set in the high-stakes world of professional ballet. It follows a ballerina and her complicated, emotionally loaded relationship with a dancer whose world collides with hers in ways neither anticipated. Yarros called it her favorite book she’s ever written, and fans have adored its emotional depth and the achingly beautiful setting.
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Amazon MGM Studios is developing Variation as a feature film, with Christy Hall, the screenwriter behind It Ends With Us, the highest-grossing romantic drama of 2024, penning the script. President Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company is producing alongside Misty Copeland’s Life in Motion Productions. Rebecca Yarros is attached as an executive producer.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No release date or cast has been announced yet. The film will be at Amazon, but details are still early.
Twisted Love by Ana Huang
The first book in Ana Huang’s four-part Twisted series. Twisted Love spent over 60 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and racked up more than two billion views on TikTok under #twistedseries. It follows Alex Volkov, brooding, protective, and dangerous, who agrees to look after his best friend’s little sister, Ava, while he’s away. Alex has exactly one rule: don’t fall for her. He breaks it spectacularly. The series as a whole follows four best friends and their equally complicated love interests through secrets, dark pasts, and slow-burn tension that pays off beautifully.
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In January 2025, Netflix acquired the rights to the entire Twisted series in a seven-figure deal. Scripts are currently being developed, in September 2025, Huang confirmed that writing was underway. Casting has not yet begun, though fans have been loudly lobbying for their dream picks online. Given the timeline, a premiere is likely in 2027 at the earliest.
Release Date & Where to Watch: In development at Netflix. No release date or cast has been set.
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
One of the most beloved grumpy/sunshine romances of the BookTok era. It Happened One Summer follows Piper Bellinger, a glamorous LA socialite who gets cancelled online and is promptly cut off by her stepfather and exiled to a small coastal Washington town to run her late father’s dive bar. There, she meets Brendan, a gruff, tattooed sea captain with zero patience for influencers. And, of course, absolutely magnetic chemistry with Piper. The novel has a BookTok hashtag with over 235 million views and has been a consistent bestseller since its release in 2021.
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A film adaptation is in production, starring Nina Dobrev and Tyler Hoechlin as Piper and Brendan, a pairing that sent Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf fans collectively into hysterics. Director Peter Hutchings (The Hating Game) is behind the camera, working from a script by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski. Filming was set to take place in early 2026.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No official release date or streaming/theatrical announcement yet. A 2026 release is possible.
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
A dual-timeline love story that alternates between World War II and the present day, The Things We Leave Unfinished follows Georgia Stanton, who returns home after a public divorce and finds herself reluctantly partnering with a bestselling author. She must complete the unfinished wartime romance novel left behind by her late great-grandmother. In piecing together a love story from the past, Georgia uncovers secrets, and begins to fall for her reluctant collaborator. Rebecca Yarros has described it as her personal favorite among her own books, and its sweeping romanticism and emotional depth have made it a fan favorite across every reader community.
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Lionsgate optioned the novel in July 2025 for a feature film. Arash Amel, known for the Golden Globe-nominated A Private War, is writing the screenplay. Todd Lieberman is producing, and Rebecca Yarros is attached as an executive producer.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No release date or cast has been announced. The film will be distributed by Lionsgate.
Rose Hill by Elsie Silver
Canadian romance author Elsie Silver’s four-book Rose Hill series is set in a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains. Where crystal-clear lakes, wide-open skies, and a cast of deeply human, fiercely lovable characters make for the kind of small-town romance that wraps around you like a warm blanket. Each book in the series follows a different couple, both lifelong locals and big-city newcomers, as they discover that love in a close-knit community is messier, more surprising, and more worth it than anything they expected.
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Amazon MGM Studios announced it is developing Rose Hill as a TV series. Temple Hill (The Summer I Turned Pretty, Off Campus) is producing, with Elsie Silver attached as an executive producer. No writer was attached at the time of the announcement.
Release Date & Where to Watch: In development at Prime Video. No release date or cast has been set.
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
The Bodyguard (2022) is a gender-flipped take on the classic bodyguard premise. Hannah Brooks is a disciplined, no-nonsense executive protection agent assigned to guard Jack Stapleton, Hollywood’s biggest heartthrob, after he receives threats. She’s reeling from a breakup and her mother’s death; he’s charming, vulnerable, and absolutely off-limits. They agree it’s purely professional. They are, of course, wrong. It’s funny, tender, and surprisingly moving, Katherine Center has a gift for writing romances that feel real without sacrificing the escapism.
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Netflix optioned the novel in 2024 and cast Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) as Hannah and Jared Padalecki (Supernatural) as Jack, a pairing fans have been rhapsodizing about. Filming took place in Calgary and Vancouver between December 2025 and January 2026, meaning the film has already wrapped. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (Ginny & Georgia) directed, and Genevieve Padalecki, Jared’s wife, is also a producer.
Release Date & Where to Watch: No official release date yet, but the film has finished filming and will stream on Netflix. A 2026 premiere is likely.
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
The first book in Abby Jimenez’s beloved trilogy is Part of Your World. This book follows Dr. Alexis Montgomery, a successful, big-city physician from an elite family, who falls for Daniel Grant, a charming, salt-of-the-earth small-town carpenter a decade younger than her. Their worlds couldn’t be more different, and the stakes get higher the more serious things become. Jimenez has a gift for balancing genuine warmth and humor with heavier themes like family pressure, emotional abuse, and mental health, and the trilogy as a whole is deeply beloved by romance readers for the way it makes you feel seen.
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Sophia Stallone and Balboa Productions acquired the rights to all three books in the Part of Your World series for feature film development. Abby Jimenez confirmed the news in January 2026, when she also signed with talent agency Independent Artist Group for film and TV representation. The project is in very early development, and no further details, cast, director, or studio, have been announced yet.
Release Date & Where to Watch: In early development. No platform, release date, or cast confirmed.
Chestnut Springs by Elsie Silver
Elsie Silver’s five-book Chestnut Springs series is her most popular, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Set against the sweeping backdrop of a small-town Canadian ranch, the series follows the Eaton family, brothers Rhett, Cade, and Beau, along with their found-family members Jasper and Theo, as they each find love in messy, unexpected, deeply satisfying ways. Each book delivers on slow-burn tension, wounded heroes, witty heroines, and the kind of family loyalty that makes you want to live inside the fictional town yourself. Beginning with Flawless, the series is a masterclass in the cowboy romance subgenre.
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In September 2025, Netflix acquired the rights to develop Chestnut Springs as a TV series, making Elsie Silver the rare romance author with two simultaneous major streamer adaptations in development (the other being Rose Hill at Prime Video). Hannah Schneider is attached to write the adaptation, and Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Shadow & Bone) is executive producing through his production company 21 Laps Entertainment.
Release Date & Where to Watch: In development at Netflix. No release date or cast has been announced.
It’s genuinely a golden era for romance readers. The fact that we’re living in a moment where BookTok has enough cultural power to greenlight streaming series and push studios into seven-figure deals would have seemed impossible even a decade ago, and yet, here we are. Whether you’re counting down the days until Off Campus drops on Prime Video in May, refreshing your social media for Boys of Tommen casting news, or cautiously optimistic about whether Netflix can do justice to the Twisted series, there has never been a better time to be both a romance reader and a TV binge-watcher.
The best thing you can do right now? Read the books. Not because the adaptations will disappoint you, many of them are in wonderfully capable hands, but because there is nothing quite like experiencing a love story on the page first, and then getting to watch it come alive. Consider this your official reading list, your watch list in waiting, and your reason to clear your schedule in the months to come. Stay tuned for updates!
