If fantasy is included and not all the books in a series have to be a big-R Romance, I'll also rec the Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire. Fun whimsical urban fantasy series about a contemporary world where cryptids are real, and there is a clash between cryptid hunters who want to kill them all, and those who want to protect the more harmless ones.
Also: Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series and spinoffs
Stephanie Burgis: Harwood Spellbook series
Outlander as recced above
Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling series
The Graceling series has some romantic bits and is terrific (Kristin Cashore)
The Captive Prince - not to everyone's taste, but a lot of people love it
Paladin's Grace by T Kingfisher
Uprooted, Naomi Novik
Tamora Pierce, pretty much everything
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Alyssa Cole's Off the Grid series
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Glamourist Histories series
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