30 Books like Bourbon & Lies

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

Things We Never Got Over

by Lucy Score • 2022

Stranded with an abandoned niece, a runaway bride clashes with a gruff local who hates drama.

4.12

1.1M+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👧 Reluctant Guardian 👯 Mistaken Identity 💪 Protective Hero

Things We Never Got Over 95%

Stranded with an abandoned niece, a runaway bride clashes with a gruff local who hates drama.

by Lucy Score 2022

4.12

1.1M+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👧 Reluctant Guardian 👯 Mistaken Identity 💪 Protective Hero

Fragile Sanctuary

by Catherine Cowles • 2024

She survived the fire that killed her family. Now someone is determined to finish the job.

4.16

78k+

🏘️ Small Town Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🛡️ Grumpy Protector 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Threat

Fragile Sanctuary 95%

She survived the fire that killed her family. Now someone is determined to finish the job.

by Catherine Cowles 2024

4.16

78k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🛡️ Grumpy Protector 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔪 Serial Killer Threat

Unnatural

by Mia Sheridan • 2025

She was raised to die. He was raised to kill. A secret program made them. It never planned on love.

3.94

6k+

🖤 Romantic Suspense 💔 Shared Trauma 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty

Unnatural 94%

She was raised to die. He was raised to kill. A secret program made them. It never planned on love.

by Mia Sheridan 2025

3.94

6k+ ratings

🖤 Romantic Suspense 💔 Shared Trauma 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty

More of You

by A.L. Jackson • 2018

Threats invade her crumbling plantation. Her only hope is the man who broke her heart.

4.06

7k+

💫 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🛡️ Protective Hero

More of You 94%

Threats invade her crumbling plantation. Her only hope is the man who broke her heart.

by A.L. Jackson 2018

4.06

7k+ ratings

💫 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🛡️ Protective Hero

The Rumble and the Glory

by J.A. Huss • 2024

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

4.25

988

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Rumble and the Glory 94%

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.25

988 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Mountain Boss

by S.J. Tilly • 2025

A woman handyman arrives at a remote lodge; the boss expected a man, not a temptation.

4.05

27k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Forced Proximity 😤 Grumpy Boss 🕯️ Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Mountain Boss 94%

A woman handyman arrives at a remote lodge; the boss expected a man, not a temptation.

by S.J. Tilly 2025

4.05

27k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Forced Proximity 😤 Grumpy Boss 🕯️ Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

My Killer Vacation

by Tessa Bailey • 2022

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

3.58

144k+

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town

My Killer Vacation 94%

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

by Tessa Bailey 2022

3.58

144k+ ratings

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town

Juniper Hill

by Devney Perry • 2022

A single mom with a secret moves above a guarded small-town chef's garage.

4.12

128k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero 🫂 Found Family

Juniper Hill 94%

A single mom with a secret moves above a guarded small-town chef's garage.

by Devney Perry 2022

4.12

128k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero 🫂 Found Family

Pretend You're Mine

by Lucy Score • 2015

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

4.22

110k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance

Pretend You're Mine 94%

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

by Lucy Score 2015

4.22

110k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance

Alive and Wells

by Bailey Hannah • 2023

She escaped a violent marriage. She didn't plan to fall for the cowboy who wants her gone.

3.93

47k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity

Alive and Wells 94%

She escaped a violent marriage. She didn't plan to fall for the cowboy who wants her gone.

by Bailey Hannah 2023

3.93

47k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity

Finding Home

by Lauren Rowe • 2025

A rockstar father and his daughter's guardian share a house, their distrust giving way to desire.

4.16

3k+

🎸 Rockstar Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Co-Parenting

Finding Home 94%

A rockstar father and his daughter's guardian share a house, their distrust giving way to desire.

by Lauren Rowe 2025

4.16

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rockstar Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Co-Parenting

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 93%

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

The Return

by Nicholas Sparks • 2020

Returning home scarred, a Navy doctor falls for a deputy bound to her comatose husband.

3.90

107k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet Romance

The Return 93%

Returning home scarred, a Navy doctor falls for a deputy bound to her comatose husband.

by Nicholas Sparks 2020

3.90

107k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet Romance

Maple & Moonlight

by Daphne Elliot • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

4.07

7k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Maple & Moonlight 93%

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

by Daphne Elliot 2026

4.07

7k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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

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

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 93%

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

Ruin

by Jolie Vines • 2022

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

3.92

7k+

💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

Ruin 93%

She owns the island that cages him. He's the captive she was never supposed to touch.

by Jolie Vines 2022

3.92

7k+ ratings

💢 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family ⛓️ Captive Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏚️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 93%

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

Sap & Secrets

by Daphne Elliot • 2026

An emergency delivery makes a paramedic a father, but the guarded mother won't let him in.

3.63

14k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Sap & Secrets 93%

An emergency delivery makes a paramedic a father, but the guarded mother won't let him in.

by Daphne Elliot 2026

3.63

14k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Forever Never

by Lucy Score • 2021

A hunted artist on frozen Mackinac Island hides across from the cop who always loved her.

3.96

100k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👫 Ex's Brother ⛓️ Light BDSM

Forever Never 93%

A hunted artist on frozen Mackinac Island hides across from the cop who always loved her.

by Lucy Score 2021

3.96

100k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👫 Ex's Brother ⛓️ Light BDSM

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 93%

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

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell • 2023

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

3.99

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder 93%

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell 2023

3.99

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Just My Luck

by Lena Hendrix • 2024

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

4.17

16k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee

Just My Luck 93%

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

by Lena Hendrix 2024

4.17

16k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee

Wood You Rather?

by Daphne Elliot • 2023

A PI must fake-date the lumber exec who destroyed her career to solve his father's murder.

4.15

2k+

🎭 Fake Dating ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

Wood You Rather? 93%

A PI must fake-date the lumber exec who destroyed her career to solve his father's murder.

by Daphne Elliot 2023

4.15

2k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Once Upon A Kiss

by Danielle Baker • 2026

A party princess falls for the single-dad firefighter next door. His custody war demands he choose.

4.11

559

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

Once Upon A Kiss 93%

A party princess falls for the single-dad firefighter next door. His custody war demands he choose.

by Danielle Baker 2026

4.11

559 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

Because of Her

by Jewel E. Ann • 2023

A letter drove her nephew to suicide. Revenge draws her to the dangerous stranger next door.

4.33

3k+

🗡️ Revenge Romance 🔪 Assassin Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Because of Her 93%

A letter drove her nephew to suicide. Revenge draws her to the dangerous stranger next door.

by Jewel E. Ann 2023

4.33

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Romance 🔪 Assassin Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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