36 Books like Beg, Borrow, or Steal

The Heartbreak Hotel

by Ellen O'Clover

Broke and betrayed, Lou opens a heartbreak retreat in her home, falling for her grieving landlord.

3.76

32k+

🏔️ Small Town Romance 🍂 Cozy Romance Energy 🩹 Healing Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Heartbreak Hotel 95%

Broke and betrayed, Lou opens a heartbreak retreat in her home, falling for her grieving landlord.

by Ellen O'Clover 2025

3.76

32k+ ratings

🏔️ Small Town Romance 🍂 Cozy Romance Energy 🩹 Healing Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

He Falls First

by Jill Shalvis • 2025

When a wary woman returns home to heal, the town's most guarded bachelor falls first.

4.10

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Wounded Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Healing Romance

He Falls First 96%

When a wary woman returns home to heal, the town's most guarded bachelor falls first.

by Jill Shalvis 2025

4.10

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Wounded Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Healing Romance

Funny Story

by Emily Henry • 2024

Daphne's fiancé left her for his best friend. Her new roommate is the best friend's ex.

4.18

1.4M+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔑 Roommates To Lovers 📚 Librarian Protagonist 💔 Healing After Heartbreak 🫂 Found Family

Funny Story 96%

Daphne's fiancé left her for his best friend. Her new roommate is the best friend's ex.

by Emily Henry 2024

4.18

1.4M+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔑 Roommates To Lovers 📚 Librarian Protagonist 💔 Healing After Heartbreak 🫂 Found Family

Loving Romeo

by Laura Pavlov • 2024

A former boxer's grudge collides with the heiress who opens a coffee shop beside his gym.

4.03

37k+

🏡 Small Town 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🥊 Boxing Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Wrong Side Of The Tracks

Loving Romeo 95%

A former boxer's grudge collides with the heiress who opens a coffee shop beside his gym.

by Laura Pavlov 2024

4.03

37k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🥊 Boxing Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Wrong Side Of The Tracks

British Bedmate

by Penelope Ward • 2017

A widow rents her apartment to a British doctor. Their banter has rules. Their chemistry doesn't.

4.11

24k+

🧸 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Widowed Heroine

British Bedmate 95%

A widow rents her apartment to a British doctor. Their banter has rules. Their chemistry doesn't.

by Penelope Ward 2017

4.11

24k+ ratings

🧸 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter 🖤 Widowed Heroine

Pride & Puppies

by Lizzie Shane • 2022

A doctor gives up dating for a puppy, while her neighbor sees his chance at last.

3.62

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💕 Unrequited Crush 😊 Lighthearted Romance

Pride & Puppies 95%

A doctor gives up dating for a puppy, while her neighbor sees his chance at last.

by Lizzie Shane 2022

3.62

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💕 Unrequited Crush 😊 Lighthearted Romance

Beach Read

by Emily Henry • 2020

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

3.97

1.7M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Beach Read 95%

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

by Emily Henry 2020

3.97

1.7M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary • 2019

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

3.98

463k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

The Flatshare 94%

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

by Beth O'Leary 2019

3.98

463k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

Happily Never After

by Lynn Painter • 2024

A stranger objects at her wedding; she joins his sabotage scheme, their fake romance becoming real.

3.68

84k+

🎬 Romantic Comedy 🔥 Slow Burn 💞 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💬 Banter-Filled Romance

Happily Never After 94%

A stranger objects at her wedding; she joins his sabotage scheme, their fake romance becoming real.

by Lynn Painter 2024

3.68

84k+ ratings

🎬 Romantic Comedy 🔥 Slow Burn 💞 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💬 Banter-Filled Romance

My Favorite Kidnapper

by Melanie Moreland • 2023

Kidnapped to Italy for sixty cakes, a baker learns her grumpy billionaire wants more than dessert.

3.94

8k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Romance 🇮🇹 Italian Setting

My Favorite Kidnapper 95%

Kidnapped to Italy for sixty cakes, a baker learns her grumpy billionaire wants more than dessert.

by Melanie Moreland 2023

3.94

8k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Romance 🇮🇹 Italian Setting

Wait for It

by Mariana Zapata • 2016

Raising her orphaned nephews, she never planned on the stoic neighbor who keeps showing up.

4.28

116k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 👩‍👦‍👦 Single Guardian 🫂 Found Family 😤 Grumpy Neighbor

Wait for It 95%

Raising her orphaned nephews, she never planned on the stoic neighbor who keeps showing up.

by Mariana Zapata 2016

4.28

116k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 👩‍👦‍👦 Single Guardian 🫂 Found Family 😤 Grumpy Neighbor

Story of My Life

by Lucy Score

Broke and blocked, a novelist buys a wreck for its scowling contractor. Now she's his problem.

4.16

143k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 📚 Meta Romance 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 📄 No Strings Arrangement ✍️ Writer Heroine

Story of My Life 94%

Broke and blocked, a novelist buys a wreck for its scowling contractor. Now she's his problem.

by Lucy Score 2025

4.16

143k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 📚 Meta Romance 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 📄 No Strings Arrangement ✍️ Writer Heroine

A Novel Love Story

by Ashley Poston • 2024

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

3.61

134k+

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

A Novel Love Story 94%

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

by Ashley Poston 2024

3.61

134k+ ratings

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

Book Lovers

by Emily Henry • 2022

Two publishing rivals collide in a small town, where a bet turns friction into dangerous attraction.

4.09

1.6M+

📚 Bookish Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 👯 Sisterly Bond 💬 Witty Banter

Book Lovers 94%

Two publishing rivals collide in a small town, where a bet turns friction into dangerous attraction.

by Emily Henry 2022

4.09

1.6M+ ratings

📚 Bookish Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 👯 Sisterly Bond 💬 Witty Banter

Darling Daffodils Farm

by Brittanee Nicole • 2026

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

3.90

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

Darling Daffodils Farm 94%

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

by Brittanee Nicole 2026

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

Fix Her Up

by Tessa Bailey • 2019

A party clown and a fallen baseball star fake romance: the act might heal their hearts.

3.58

189k+

🎭 Fake Relationship 💕 Brother's Best Friend ⚾️ Sports Romance 🏡 Small Town 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship

Fix Her Up 94%

A party clown and a fallen baseball star fake romance: the act might heal their hearts.

by Tessa Bailey 2019

3.58

189k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Relationship 💕 Brother's Best Friend ⚾️ Sports Romance 🏡 Small Town 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship

Wallbanger

by Alice Clayton • 2012

A sleepless designer's showdown with her noisy neighbor leads to a truce neither can keep.

3.97

212k+

😂 Romantic Comedy ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers ⏳ Slow Burn 💞 Sexual Healing

Wallbanger 94%

A sleepless designer's showdown with her noisy neighbor leads to a truce neither can keep.

by Alice Clayton 2012

3.97

212k+ ratings

😂 Romantic Comedy ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers ⏳ Slow Burn 💞 Sexual Healing

If Only You

by Chloe Liese • 2023

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

4.02

21k+

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine 🤝 Fake Dating ⚽ Sports Romance 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy

If Only You 94%

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

by Chloe Liese 2023

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine 🤝 Fake Dating ⚽ Sports Romance 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy

The Love Haters

by Katherine Center

A producer can't swim. Her assignment: film a rescue swimmer. His brother says she's his girlfriend.

3.79

155k+

🏖️ Beach Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Forbidden Crush 🚁 Rescue Worker Hero

The Love Haters 94%

A producer can't swim. Her assignment: film a rescue swimmer. His brother says she's his girlfriend.

by Katherine Center 2025

3.79

155k+ ratings

🏖️ Beach Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Forbidden Crush 🚁 Rescue Worker Hero

Poker Face

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

A pastry chef's anonymous gym crush is also the celebrity judge of her baking competition.

4.00

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chef 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Poker Face 95%

A pastry chef's anonymous gym crush is also the celebrity judge of her baking competition.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021

4.00

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chef 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Denim & Diamonds

by Penelope Ward • 2025

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

4.16

5k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

Denim & Diamonds 95%

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

by Penelope Ward 2025

4.16

5k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

Cash

by Jessica Peterson • 2024

She inherits a Texas ranch and its surly cowboy foreman. The catch: she must stay a year.

3.93

101k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family

Cash 94%

She inherits a Texas ranch and its surly cowboy foreman. The catch: she must stay a year.

by Jessica Peterson 2024

3.93

101k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family

Best Served Cold

by Angela Casella • 2025

Betrayed by her fiancé, she fake-dates his estranged brother for revenge, and finds something real.

4.02

3k+

😂 Romantic Comedy 💍 Fake Dating 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🏘️ Small Town

Best Served Cold 94%

Betrayed by her fiancé, she fake-dates his estranged brother for revenge, and finds something real.

by Angela Casella 2025

4.02

3k+ ratings

😂 Romantic Comedy 💍 Fake Dating 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🏘️ Small Town

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating

by Christina Lauren • 2018

An exuberant teacher sets her best friend's calm brother on blind dates to stay just friends.

3.92

189k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 😂 Romantic Comedy 🎪 Quirky Heroine 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating Summary

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating 94%

An exuberant teacher sets her best friend's calm brother on blind dates to stay just friends.

by Christina Lauren 2018

3.92

189k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 😂 Romantic Comedy 🎪 Quirky Heroine 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity

You Deserve Each Other

by Sarah Hogle • 2020

Engaged and miserable, Naomi and Nicholas wage a petty war, daring each other to end it.

3.86

145k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👿 Meddling In-Laws 💬 Witty Banter

You Deserve Each Other 94%

Engaged and miserable, Naomi and Nicholas wage a petty war, daring each other to end it.

by Sarah Hogle 2020

3.86

145k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👿 Meddling In-Laws 💬 Witty Banter

Well Met

by Jen DeLuca • 2019

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

3.82

78k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Small Town America

Well Met 94%

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

by Jen DeLuca 2019

3.82

78k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Small Town America

It Happened One Summer

by Tessa Bailey • 2021

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

3.90

724k+

🎣 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero

It Happened One Summer 94%

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

by Tessa Bailey 2021

3.90

724k+ ratings

🎣 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero

Until the Storm Breaks

by Nate Wilder • 2025

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

4.07

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Until the Storm Breaks 95%

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

by Nate Wilder 2025

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

That Kind of Guy

by Stephanie Archer • 2021

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

3.74

45k+

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

That Kind of Guy 95%

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

by Stephanie Archer 2021

3.74

45k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

Wild Love

by Elsie Silver

Fired, she comes home to work for her brother's billionaire best friend, newly a single dad.

3.98

485k+

🌄 Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💼 Workplace Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers

Wild Love 94%

Fired, she comes home to work for her brother's billionaire best friend, newly a single dad.

by Elsie Silver 2024

3.98

485k+ ratings

🌄 Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💼 Workplace Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers

My Rules

by T.L. Swan • 2024

His best friend's ex-wife asked for dating advice. He became the lesson she never forgot.

4.09

31k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 📚 Dating Lessons 🦋 Divorced Heroine

My Rules 94%

His best friend's ex-wife asked for dating advice. He became the lesson she never forgot.

by T.L. Swan 2024

4.09

31k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 📚 Dating Lessons 🦋 Divorced Heroine

Summer People

by Brittanee Nicole • 2025

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

4.07

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Summer People 94%

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

by Brittanee Nicole 2025

4.07

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Fall into Temptation

by Lucy Score • 2016

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

4.13

52k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

Fall into Temptation 94%

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

by Lucy Score 2016

4.13

52k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

All Rhodes Lead Here

by Mariana Zapata • 2021

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

4.21

169k+

🐌 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

All Rhodes Lead Here 94%

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

by Mariana Zapata 2021

4.21

169k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Lovelight Farms

by B.K. Borison • 2021

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

3.80

178k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday

Lovelight Farms 94%

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

by B.K. Borison 2021

3.80

178k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday

Four Weekends and a Funeral

by Ellie Palmer • 2024

Mistaken for her ex's girlfriend at his funeral, Alison falls for his grieving best friend.

3.69

24k+

💔 Grief And Healing 🎭 Fake Relationship 😤 Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Four Weekends and a Funeral 94%

Mistaken for her ex's girlfriend at his funeral, Alison falls for his grieving best friend.

by Ellie Palmer 2024

3.69

24k+ ratings

💔 Grief And Healing 🎭 Fake Relationship 😤 Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

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