Picture this: a storm and a stranded couple. They’re safe, but there’s only one bed. Enemies forced to share a single room. Or perhaps a couple in a marriage of convenience, forced to share a bed.
Whatever the case, we love the tension when two people are forced to share a bed (usually long before they admit there are sparks between them).
Christian and Clean Romances With Only One Bed
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If you love the tension of a couple being forced to share one bed but prefer to keep it clean, here are eight recommendations of only one bed romances.
Cole and Laila Are Just Friends, by Bethany Turner
Cole and Laila have been inseparable since they could crawl. And they’ve never thought about each other that way. Except for when they have. Rarely. Once in a while, sure. But seriously . . . hardly ever.
Cole Kimball and Laila Olivet have been best friends their entire lives. Cole is the only person (apart from blood relatives) who’s seen Laila in her oversized, pink, plastic, Sophia Loren glasses. Laila is always the first person to taste test any new dish Cole creates in his family’s restaurant . . . even though she has the refined palate of a kindergartener. Most importantly, Cole and Laila are always talking. About everything.
When Cole discovers a betrayal from his recently deceased grandfather that shatters his world, staying in Adelaide Springs, Colorado, is suddenly unfathomable. But Laila loves her life in their small mountain town and can’t imagine ever living anywhere else. She loves serving customers who tip her with a dozen fresh eggs. She loves living within walking distance of all her favorite people. And she’s very much not okay with the idea of not being able to walk to her very favorite person.
Still, when Cole toys with moving across the country to New York City, she decides to support her best friend–even as she secretly hopes she can convince him to stay home. And not just for his killer chocolate chip pancakes. Because she loves him. As a friend. Just as a friend. Right?
When You Renovate a Grump, by Lia Huni
Royalty, Renovations, and a Roadmap for Love
Life as a princess had its perks—but Andi Feltz gave them up when she walked away from the Freiberg royal family. Determined to succeed on her own, she heads to the quirky little town of Rotheberg, Oregon, to start over. She takes a job as an assistant to a high-strung interior designer. Then she finds out their new client is the man who saved her from an embarrassing situation in London—and her brother’s newest pal.
Reece Turner has one goal: renovate his fixer-upper and flip it fast. But when his best friend’s spirited, strong-willed sister shows up as part of the design team, his plans—and his peace of mind—take a hit. Andi’s charm might be impossible to resist, but crossing the line with her could spell disaster for both his business and his friendships.
The Relationtrip, by Elana Johnson
Question: What do a reclusive author and an outgoing real estate agent have in common?
Answer: Nothing.
But fate brought them together on a vacation five years ago, and as Logan and Sloane prepare for their annual get-together, there are sparks flying between them.
Sloane:
When Logan Murphy, my accidental best friend, calls to say our annual mid-winter trip has to be “redone,” he’s already got the solution.
Belize. An adults-only resort, and we leave in two days.
I’m giddy with excitement, because I need this trip more than I can express. When I see Murph standing in the airport, my heart twitches to a beat it hasn’t since my fiancé left me to tell our friends and family that he couldn’t make it to the wedding.
The Bluff, by Emma St. Clair
I won’t be winning any employee of the year awards. But only because my boss is the grumpy boss to end all grumpy bosses. Did I mention he doesn’t trust me to do my job?
Challenge accepted.
Not only am I going to help James launch a successful brewery, but I’m going to find out what makes him tick … and what makes him go boom.
All this has nothing to do with the fact that the man is unbearably, unfairly, unignorably (is that a word?) attractive. Or that he lost his mom when he was young, same as me.
The more he pushes me away, the more I’m pulled into his orbit. It’s a battle of stubborn wills, and I don’t plan to concede anytime soon.
Except the more time I spend around James Graham, the more I start to lose the one thing I refuse to give to any man … my heart.
The Wedding Jinx, by Becky Monson
They say some people are unlucky in love. Mila is just… unlucky at weddings.
Hi, I’m Mila—and I have a gift for unintentionally destroying weddings. I’ve spilled wine on a bride, knocked over a cake, and once sent a groom to the emergency room. And that’s just the highlight reel. I’ve ruined seven weddings total. It’s not on purpose, I swear.
So when my best friend asks me to be her maid of honor at her dreamy destination wedding, I know exactly what I have to do: stay far, far away.
Too bad my boss—Grayson Manning, tech genius and walking temptation—is the best man. And he’s got other plans. He wants us to use the wedding weekend to beta-test our new travel app. Together. In paradise.
The Designated Friend by Drew Taylor
A romantic road trip with my best friend? What could go… right?
Braxton
I’ve always been the designated friend to Hadley Dawson, and I’d do myself good to remember that. Heck, I’m only on this road trip because she broke up with her boyfriend.
But can I confess something?
I’m in love with my best friend, and I have been for twenty years.
This romantic road trip to her friend’s destination wedding is the perfect opportunity to make her see me as more than her loyal Labrador and more like the type of lover she swoons over in those romantic suspense books she reads.
Helen of Castleford, by Blue Huxley& Jade Behr
Take one surly duke and a resourceful heiress, throw them together in an inconvenient marriage, and add a hearty dash of Yuletide magic…
Helen Paxton is a clever young woman who must marry in order to save her birthright from her father. Enter Piers de Roquefort, a surly duke with his own agenda, who proposes a marriage of convenience. As they learn how to navigate their new relationship, Helen is also trying to keep a secret—one that could unlock an old family scandal.
Can a winter storm, a kissing bough, and all twelve days of Christmastide convince these guarded newlyweds that they already have the ingredients for a perfect, life-changing holiday season?
Remembering the Rancher, by Liwen Y. Ho
Will her forgotten memories of the past be the key to healing their future?
Annabella Knight would be the first to admit that her marriage has been on the rocks for a while, but she never expected to be served divorce papers at work. Already feeling like a disappointment to God and to her family, there’s plenty that she would like to change about her past. But for now, she needs to find a way to salvage her relationship with her high school sweetheart for the sake of their son.
Since giving up his football dream to support his young family, Maverick Knight has tried his best to be the husband and father they deserve. Poor money decisions, however, have gotten him mixed up with dangerous men. When Annabella’s life is threatened, the only way he sees to protect his wife and son is to distance himself, even if it means breaking up their home.
A Little Extra
Finding Love in Orange Valley, by Aminata Coote
When Nate shows up as the head coach at their alma mater, Kelsey is not amused. He broke her heart, and she’s not interested in giving him the chance to do it again.
But when they’re forced to work together at basketball camp, Kelsey finds it more difficult than she expected to keep Nate at arm’s length.
Read Finding Love in Orange Valley.
