34 Books like Birthday Girl

Older

by Jennifer Hartmann

After a lake kiss, she flees to her friend's home. That stranger: her best friend's father.

3.96

92k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Best Friend's Father 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Healing From Trauma

Older 94%

After a lake kiss, she flees to her friend's home. That stranger: her best friend's father.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024

3.96

92k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Best Friend's Father 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Healing From Trauma

Torn

by Carian Cole • 2016

He's been her godfather since birth, but at eighteen, she wants a different kind of forever.

4.00

44k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 👨 Father's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Mutual Pining

Torn 95%

He's been her godfather since birth, but at eighteen, she wants a different kind of forever.

by Carian Cole 2016

4.00

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 👨 Father's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Mutual Pining

The Rules of Dating

by Penelope Ward • 2022

A betrayed tattoo artist swears off men, then meets her new landlord: a single dad.

4.06

14k+

🧒 Single Dad Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Rules of Dating 94%

A betrayed tattoo artist swears off men, then meets her new landlord: a single dad.

by Penelope Ward 2022

4.06

14k+ ratings

🧒 Single Dad Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Lunamare

by Pepper Winters • 2023

She rescued a Turkish boy from the sea. Now loving him could get him deported.

4.36

3k+

🚫❤️ Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😔 Tortured Hero

Lunamare 94%

She rescued a Turkish boy from the sea. Now loving him could get him deported.

by Pepper Winters 2023

4.36

3k+ ratings

🚫❤️ Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😔 Tortured Hero

Enzo

by K. Webster • 2019

A foster teen's forbidden love for her caseworker jeopardizes her adoption of the baby she raised.

3.79

3k+

🏠 Foster Care 🕰️ Age Gap 🚫💘 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Emotional Healing

Enzo 94%

A foster teen's forbidden love for her caseworker jeopardizes her adoption of the baby she raised.

by K. Webster 2019

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🕰️ Age Gap 🚫💘 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Emotional Healing

Eighteen

by J.A. Huss • 2015

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

3.88

11k+

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

Eighteen 94%

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

by J.A. Huss 2015

3.88

11k+ ratings

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

The Girl I Once Loved

by C.R. Jane • 2023

Returning home for her sister's wedding, a woman must face the stepbrother who broke her heart.

4.15

3k+

🔁 Second Chance 🖤 Stepsibling Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Small Coastal Town 😩 Angsty

The Girl I Once Loved 94%

Returning home for her sister's wedding, a woman must face the stepbrother who broke her heart.

by C.R. Jane 2023

4.15

3k+ ratings

🔁 Second Chance 🖤 Stepsibling Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Small Coastal Town 😩 Angsty

Purity

by Skyler Mason • 2022

Breaking free from a purity ring childhood, she asks her best friend to be her first.

3.12

17k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine 😶‍🌫️ Mutual Pining ☀️ Summer Romance 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Purity 94%

Breaking free from a purity ring childhood, she asks her best friend to be her first.

by Skyler Mason 2022

3.12

17k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine 😶‍🌫️ Mutual Pining ☀️ Summer Romance 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Intoxication

by Charlene Namdhari • 2020

She spent one passionate night with a stranger. Now she is falling for his son.

4.21

3k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🌙 One Night Stand 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 High Angst

Intoxication 94%

She spent one passionate night with a stranger. Now she is falling for his son.

by Charlene Namdhari 2020

4.21

3k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🌙 One Night Stand 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 High Angst

What Was Meant to Be

by Q.B. Tyler • 2022

Her godfather returns to stop her wedding, and the secret they buried could destroy her family.

3.88

21k+

🔥 Forbidden Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨 Dad's Best Friend

What Was Meant to Be 94%

Her godfather returns to stop her wedding, and the secret they buried could destroy her family.

by Q.B. Tyler 2022

3.88

21k+ ratings

🔥 Forbidden Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨 Dad's Best Friend

Beautiful Monster

by Sara Cate • 2020

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

3.77

10k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Beautiful Monster 94%

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

by Sara Cate 2020

3.77

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Five Brothers

by Penelope Douglas

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

3.80

95k+

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town

Five Brothers 94%

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

by Penelope Douglas 2024

3.80

95k+ ratings

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town

The Silent Patient / The Maidens

by Alex Michaelides • 2023

Dumping her toxic ex backfires when a waitress discovers true passion in his wealthy father's bed.

4.17

192

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Ex's Father 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 💪 Working Class Heroine 🏘️ Small Town Scandal

The Silent Patient / The Maidens Summary

The Silent Patient / The Maidens 94%

Dumping her toxic ex backfires when a waitress discovers true passion in his wealthy father's bed.

by Alex Michaelides 2023

4.17

192 ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Ex's Father 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 💪 Working Class Heroine 🏘️ Small Town Scandal

The Muse

by L.M. Halloran • 2017

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

4.00

2k+

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty Romance

The Muse 94%

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

by L.M. Halloran 2017

4.00

2k+ ratings

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty Romance

In Good Company

by Kat Singleton • 2025

A broke chef's summer gig has one catch: her billionaire boss is her ex's older brother.

3.73

31k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 😬 Ex's Brother 🏠 Forced Proximity 😍 He Falls First ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

In Good Company 94%

A broke chef's summer gig has one catch: her billionaire boss is her ex's older brother.

by Kat Singleton 2025

3.73

31k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 😬 Ex's Brother 🏠 Forced Proximity 😍 He Falls First ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Undeniably Convenient

by J. Saman • 2024

A trauma surgeon's baby pact with her ex-flame boss comes with one rule: no romance.

4.09

11k+

🩺 Medical Romance 👶 Co-Parenting Pact 💔 Second Chance 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity

Undeniably Convenient 94%

A trauma surgeon's baby pact with her ex-flame boss comes with one rule: no romance.

by J. Saman 2024

4.09

11k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Romance 👶 Co-Parenting Pact 💔 Second Chance 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity

If This Is Love

by Jewel E. Ann • 2023

A purchased daughter and the ranch hand bound to her tyrant father cannot afford to fall.

4.02

8k+

⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔒 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🤠 Texas Ranch 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

If This Is Love 94%

A purchased daughter and the ranch hand bound to her tyrant father cannot afford to fall.

by Jewel E. Ann 2023

4.02

8k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔒 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🤠 Texas Ranch 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

All Grown Up

by Vi Keeland • 2019

A dating app matches a divorced woman with a man twelve years younger: her son's childhood friend.

4.13

17k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

All Grown Up 94%

A dating app matches a divorced woman with a man twelve years younger: her son's childhood friend.

by Vi Keeland 2019

4.13

17k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Tearsmith

by Erin Doom

A dream adoption turns dark when the cruel orphan who shadows her is taken in too.

3.58

71k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Taboo Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🥀 He Falls First

The Tearsmith 94%

A dream adoption turns dark when the cruel orphan who shadows her is taken in too.

by Erin Doom 2020

3.58

71k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Taboo Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🥀 He Falls First

Smoky Darling

by S.J. Tilly • 2023

A teacher's camping trip with her childhood crush turns dangerous when a stalker closes in.

3.94

25k+

💌 Childhood Crush 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🏡 Small Town ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Smoky Darling 94%

A teacher's camping trip with her childhood crush turns dangerous when a stalker closes in.

by S.J. Tilly 2023

3.94

25k+ ratings

💌 Childhood Crush 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🏡 Small Town ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Don't Kiss the Bride

by Carian Cole • 2021

Trapped by her mother's hoard, a sick teen marries a gruff older man for health insurance.

4.03

35k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Don't Kiss the Bride 94%

Trapped by her mother's hoard, a sick teen marries a gruff older man for health insurance.

by Carian Cole 2021

4.03

35k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Wrath of an Exile

by Monty Jay

An arsonist and the exile she once hunted are drawn together in a deadly town rivalry.

4.21

13k+

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Wrath of an Exile 94%

An arsonist and the exile she once hunted are drawn together in a deadly town rivalry.

by Monty Jay

4.21

13k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

June First

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2022

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

4.11

40k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

June First 94%

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2022

4.11

40k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

The Love of My Next Life

by Brit Benson • 2022

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

4.12

20k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst

The Love of My Next Life 93%

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

by Brit Benson 2022

4.12

20k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst

Kiss the Sky

by Krista Ritchie • 2014

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

4.19

94k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Kiss the Sky 93%

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

by Krista Ritchie 2014

4.19

94k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Defy

by L.J. Shen • 2016

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

3.84

49k+

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Defy 93%

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.84

49k+ ratings

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Your Dad Will Do

by Katee Robert • 2020

To punish her cheating fiancé, Lily seduces his father and discovers a forbidden, genuine love.

3.59

56k+

👨‍🦳 Age Gap 🚫 Taboo Romance 😈 Revenge Plot 🥵 High Heat 🩹 Emotional Healing

Your Dad Will Do 93%

To punish her cheating fiancé, Lily seduces his father and discovers a forbidden, genuine love.

by Katee Robert 2020

3.59

56k+ ratings

👨‍🦳 Age Gap 🚫 Taboo Romance 😈 Revenge Plot 🥵 High Heat 🩹 Emotional Healing

The Summer We Fell

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2023

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

4.00

40k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine

The Summer We Fell 94%

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2023

4.00

40k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine

Dear Heart, You Screwed Me

by Ashlee Rose • 2022

She buried her fiancé, fled to New York, and accidentally married her best friend's father.

3.55

6k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💍 Accidental Marriage ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero

Dear Heart, You Screwed Me 94%

She buried her fiancé, fled to New York, and accidentally married her best friend's father.

by Ashlee Rose 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💍 Accidental Marriage ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero

Chasing the Wild

by Elliott Rose

Her ex's father is a gruff cowboy. A blizzard traps them together for two forbidden weeks.

3.85

82k+

🖤 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Taboo Romance ❄️ Snowbound Together 🤠 Grumpy Cowboy 💔 Trauma Healing

Chasing the Wild 93%

Her ex's father is a gruff cowboy. A blizzard traps them together for two forbidden weeks.

by Elliott Rose 2024

3.85

82k+ ratings

🖤 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Taboo Romance ❄️ Snowbound Together 🤠 Grumpy Cowboy 💔 Trauma Healing

Temptation

by Jenna Hartley • 2023

She's house-sitting for a stranger. He's her ex-boyfriend's father. And she can't afford to leave.

3.92

3k+

🔥 Billionaire Romance 💔 Ex's Father 🤫 Secret Affair ⏳ Age Gap 🚫 Forbidden Boss Romance

Temptation 93%

She's house-sitting for a stranger. He's her ex-boyfriend's father. And she can't afford to leave.

by Jenna Hartley 2023

3.92

3k+ ratings

🔥 Billionaire Romance 💔 Ex's Father 🤫 Secret Affair ⏳ Age Gap 🚫 Forbidden Boss Romance

Until You

by Catharina Maura • 2021

A tech CEO returns to his best friend's sister, not knowing she's his anonymous online vigilante.

3.86

38k+

💼 Workplace Romance 💖 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Until You 93%

A tech CEO returns to his best friend's sister, not knowing she's his anonymous online vigilante.

by Catharina Maura 2021

3.86

38k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 💖 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Bouquets & Buckles

by Elliott Rose • 2024

Snowed in with her best friend's dad: a cowboy she's secretly wanted for years.

3.90

20k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💕 Age Gap Romance ❄️ Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Affair ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Bouquets & Buckles 93%

Snowed in with her best friend's dad: a cowboy she's secretly wanted for years.

by Elliott Rose 2024

3.90

20k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💕 Age Gap Romance ❄️ Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Affair ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Mister Moneybags

by Vi Keeland • 2017

A reporter trapped with a stranger in an elevator never suspects he's the billionaire she despises.

3.94

28k+

🤑 Secret Billionaire 🛗 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🔐 Family Secrets 💬 Witty Banter

Mister Moneybags 93%

A reporter trapped with a stranger in an elevator never suspects he's the billionaire she despises.

by Vi Keeland 2017

3.94

28k+ ratings

🤑 Secret Billionaire 🛗 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🔐 Family Secrets 💬 Witty Banter

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