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The Monthly Swoon Report
Issue No. 1  ·  July 2026
Grab your tea, light the candle, and settle in — this month's line-up is dangerously good. New shows to devour, movies to ugly-cry to, casting news that will make you scream into a pillow, plus the books, pods and songs keeping our hearts very occupied. Let's swoon.
The Vision of Romance
Shows We're Obsessed With
new characters, new obsessions, zero regrets
Every Year After

A love story that unfolds one year at a time — bring tissues, bring hope, bring your whole heart.

Prime Video
Ransom Canyon

The new season has landed — more slow-burn, more sweeping ranch views, more of the will-they-won't-they that had us hooked.

New Season Out Now · Netflix
My Life with the Walter Boys

The new season rides back into town.

August 6, 2026 · Netflix
The Vision of Romance
Movies to Swoon Over
popcorn optional, box of tissues not
Voicemails for Isabelle

A love story told one message at a time, building to a heartwarming ending that's well worth the happy tears.

Netflix
Your Fault: London

The second instalment in the trilogy, and honestly? Just as good as the Spanish original — some of us would even say better.

Prime Video
Heartstopper Forever

Nick and Charlie face the reality of long-distance as Nick heads to university in Leeds and Charlie gains more independence at school. Unresolved anxieties and codependency spark a brief, painful breakup — before they find their way back to each other, ready to support one another into adulthood.

Netflix
A Match Made in Melbourne

A career-driven New York travel journalist's tightly controlled life gets disrupted by her laid-back Australian tour guide during an assignment in Melbourne, where unexpected connections and detours teach her to embrace the present, trust her own pace, and discover where she truly belongs.

August 13, 2026 · Cinemas
Beauty From Pain

After a devastating heartbreak, an aspiring musician escapes to Australia for a holiday and agrees to a no-strings romance with a billionaire winemaker — but when she falls for him, she has to choose between walking away or risking her heart on a man afraid to love.

July 30, 2026 · Cinemas
Beauty From Surrender

The sequel follows six weeks later, for anyone who needs round two of the heartbreak.

September 10, 2026 · Cinemas
Breaking Swoon News
Plot Twists & Casting News
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Off Campus: New Cast Additions

India Fowler joins as Grace Ivers, the love interest for John Logan. Phillipa Soo joins as Scarlett, a college theatre artist guest-directing a play.

The Love Hypothesis

The movie adaptation, starring Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman, premieres globally on Prime Video.

September 23, 2026
Verity

The twisty psychological read comes to screen. Lock your doors.

October 1, 2026
Sense and Sensibility

The classic gets a new telling, led by Daisy Edgar-Jones.

September 25, 2026
One Night Only

One night, all the tension — starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro. In cinemas soon.

August 13, 2026
Better Than the Movies

Casting has officially begun for the adaptation of Lynn Painter's beloved novel — the group chat has already got its dream picks ready.

The Words of Romance
Page Turner of the Month
clear your evening, you won't be putting this down
Just for the Plot — Meghan Quinn

The queen of laugh-out-loud romance is back with a brand new read. Auto-buy, no notes.

July 28, 2026
Trust Fall — Lynn Painter

A small-town Nebraska girl inherits her late neighbour's fortune and relocates to New York, where she's assigned a tutor who turns out to be the deceased millionaire's grand-nephew — secretly convinced her family stole what should've been his.

September 29, 2026
The Sounds of Romance
Your Next Listen: Podcast Edition
your commute just got a lot more romantic
Fated Mates Not Your Mom's Romance Book Club Smart Women Read Romance Romancing the Pod Read Me Romance Meet Cute
The Sounds of Romance
The Soundtrack
add these straight to the playlist!
♪ You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love Olivia Rodrigo
♪ Daughter From Hell Gracie Abrams
And in case you somehow missed it — Taylor and Travis are officially married. Naturally, that means one thing for the rest of us: it's officially a Taylor Swift kind of month. Time to look back through the eras again and prepare for this new one.
Olivia Rodrigo — You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love

Her third full album, and the follow-up we've been waiting three years for since Guts. It's her pinkest, most heart-on-sleeve era yet — equal parts giddy and gutted, exactly as advertised by the title.

Gracie Abrams — Daughter From Hell

Her third studio album, made with longtime collaborator Aaron Dessner, and by far her most confident outing — sixteen tracks about messy, adult, and still figuring it out. There's plenty for us romance lovers too, from the falling-too-hard highs to the situationship spirals. This one rewards a full front-to-back listen.

Got Romance News of Your Own?

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