Sunday, August 16, 2026

Five top romance novels with teacher leads

Alison Doherty is a writing teacher and part time assistant professor living in Brooklyn, New York. She has an MFA from The New School in writing for children and teenagers. She loves
writing about books on the Internet, listening to audiobooks on the subway, and reading anything with a twisty plot or a happily ever after.

At Book Riot she tagged five "favorite teacher romance novels featuring flirty banter over the school copy machine, longing glances over finger painting, happily ever afters for the people who deserve them most…and absolutely NO romances with students." One title on the list:
Vision in White by Nora Roberts

I couldn’t resist putting one of my favorite Nora Roberts novels on the list. Mackenzie is a photographer who works with her three best friends to make brides’ dream weddings become a reality. Ironically, Mac is also a commitment-phobe who doesn’t believe in a happily ever after for herself. Carter is a nerdy, earnest English teacher who had a desperate crush on Mac when they were both in high school. She agrees to a fling, nothing more. But Carter is determined to break down the walls she’s had up since her parents’ divorce in childhood and develop a real, head-over-heels in love, forever kind of relationship with her. Swoon!
Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue