The Trade

The Trade is one of Meghan Quinn’s contemporary romance novels, possibly part of her sports romance catalogue or one of her standalone projects. The trade title in sports romance often refers to a player trade between teams that disrupts the central characters’ lives in ways that the wider novel works through. The trade as a romantic plot device gives the central characters the kind of forced relocation or reconfiguration that contemporary romance has used in many variations.

Meghan Quinn writes contemporary romance with sharp dialogue and a real ear for the way friends and family members actually talk to each other. Her supporting casts often steal scenes, and the family or team dynamics in her novels add weight to the central romance beyond just the chemistry between two people.

For readers who enjoy Lauren Layne, Christina Lauren, Helena Hunting, or Tessa Bailey, Meghan Quinn is squarely in the same neighborhood. The Trade is a comfortable entry into her catalogue.