50 Books like Bright Side

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

by Jennifer Hartmann

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

4.16

16k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak Summary

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak 95%

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2023

4.16

16k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

A Wish for Us

by Tillie Cole • 2018

She needs his music to live. He needs her to teach him how to feel.

4.32

26k+

🎓 College Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎵 Music And Healing 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

A Wish for Us 97%

She needs his music to live. He needs her to teach him how to feel.

by Tillie Cole 2018

4.32

26k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎵 Music And Healing 💔 Tragic Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

The Wreckage of Us

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2020

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

4.05

17k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

The Wreckage of Us 96%

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2020

4.05

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

Maybe Someday

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

Betrayed and homeless, a college student falls for her neighbor, a deaf guitarist already taken.

3.96

675k+

💔 Emotional Cheating 🎓 College Romance 🤟 Deaf Hero 🎸 Musician Hero 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers

Maybe Someday 95%

Betrayed and homeless, a college student falls for her neighbor, a deaf guitarist already taken.

by Colleen Hoover 2022

3.96

675k+ ratings

💔 Emotional Cheating 🎓 College Romance 🤟 Deaf Hero 🎸 Musician Hero 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers

Pieces of the Night

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2026

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.17

8k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Pieces of the Night 94%

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.17

8k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Air He Breathes

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A widow and a grieving recluse use each other as stand-ins for their dead spouses.

4.12

75k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 😢 Tearjerker Romance

The Air He Breathes 94%

A widow and a grieving recluse use each other as stand-ins for their dead spouses.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.12

75k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 😢 Tearjerker Romance

The Girl in the Love Song

by Emma Scott • 2020

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

4.12

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

The Girl in the Love Song 94%

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

by Emma Scott 2020

4.12

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

4.03

468k+

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

A Thousand Boy Kisses 94%

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

by Tillie Cole 2016

4.03

468k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Boy & His Ribbon

by Pepper Winters • 2018

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

4.40

11k+

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

The Boy & His Ribbon 94%

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.40

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

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

Somewhere in the Sunset

by Estelle Maskame • 2024

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

3.52

2k+

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family

Somewhere in the Sunset 94%

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

by Estelle Maskame 2024

3.52

2k+ ratings

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family

Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

4.33

1.7M+

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

Reminders of Him 94%

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

by Colleen Hoover 2022

4.33

1.7M+ ratings

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

Un amigo gratis

by Inma Rubiales • 2019

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

4.16

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

Un amigo gratis 94%

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

by Inma Rubiales 2019

4.16

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

The Map That Leads to You

by J.P. Monninger • 2017

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

3.56

14k+

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

The Map That Leads to You 94%

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

by J.P. Monninger 2017

3.56

14k+ ratings

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

For You

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2023

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

4.61

2k+

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

For You 93%

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2023

4.61

2k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

So Much More

by Kim Holden • 2016

Betrayed and battling MS, a single dad risks opening his heart to the mysterious woman downstairs.

4.10

6k+

🧔 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🏥 Chronic Illness 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

So Much More 93%

Betrayed and battling MS, a single dad risks opening his heart to the mysterious woman downstairs.

by Kim Holden 2016

4.10

6k+ ratings

🧔 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🏥 Chronic Illness 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Cruel and Beautiful

by A.M. Hargrove • 2015

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

4.25

5k+

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

Cruel and Beautiful 93%

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

by A.M. Hargrove 2015

4.25

5k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

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 93%

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

I Dreamt That You Loved Me

by Emery Rose • 2025

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

4.24

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

I Dreamt That You Loved Me 93%

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

by Emery Rose 2025

4.24

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Muse

by Jewel E. Ann • 2026

An ex-con muse to a grieving heiress falls for a bike guide hiding her cello fame.

4.24

2k+

💰 Class Difference 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💘 He Falls First 🥀 Bittersweet

The Muse 93%

An ex-con muse to a grieving heiress falls for a bike guide hiding her cello fame.

by Jewel E. Ann 2026

4.24

2k+ ratings

💰 Class Difference 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💘 He Falls First 🥀 Bittersweet

Every Silent Lie

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2025

Every December she hides in hotel bars. This year, a stranger named Dec finds her.

4.58

2k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Every Silent Lie 93%

Every December she hides in hotel bars. This year, a stranger named Dec finds her.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2025

4.58

2k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Whispered Prayers of a Girl

by Alex Grayson • 2017

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

4.35

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists

Whispered Prayers of a Girl 93%

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

by Alex Grayson 2017

4.35

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists

Eleanor & Grey

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2019

His new nanny is his first love. His grief won't let her reach him.

4.32

40k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Nanny 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Grief And Healing

Eleanor & Grey 93%

His new nanny is his first love. His grief won't let her reach him.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2019

4.32

40k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Nanny 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Grief And Healing

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 93%

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

The Friend Zone

by Abby Jimenez • 2019

She's facing infertility. He wants a big family. Their no-strings arrangement was a terrible idea.

3.90

455k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🛌 Friends With Benefits 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🚒 Firefighter Hero 💬 Witty Banter

The Friend Zone 93%

She's facing infertility. He wants a big family. Their no-strings arrangement was a terrible idea.

by Abby Jimenez 2019

3.90

455k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🛌 Friends With Benefits 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🚒 Firefighter Hero 💬 Witty Banter

Wish You Were Here

by Renee Carlino • 2017

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

3.92

18k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Wish You Were Here 95%

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

by Renee Carlino 2017

3.92

18k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Full Tilt

by Emma Scott • 2016

A glass artist with a borrowed heart gives a blackout-drunk guitarist a ride home.

4.36

40k+

🖤 Terminal Illness Love 🌟 Rock Star Heroine 💔 Addiction Recovery ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Full Tilt 95%

A glass artist with a borrowed heart gives a blackout-drunk guitarist a ride home.

by Emma Scott 2016

4.36

40k+ ratings

🖤 Terminal Illness Love 🌟 Rock Star Heroine 💔 Addiction Recovery ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Talking at Night

by Claire Daverley

She broke his heart to save her twin. The secret outlasted a funeral.

3.90

75k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 📚 Literary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🌊 Seaside Melancholy

Talking at Night 93%

She broke his heart to save her twin. The secret outlasted a funeral.

by Claire Daverley 2023

3.90

75k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🕰️ Right Person Wrong Time 📚 Literary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Love 🌊 Seaside Melancholy

Till The Last Breath

by Durjoy Datta • 2013

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

3.97

7k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

Till The Last Breath 93%

She's dying. He's self-destructing. One hospital room makes them each other's last reason to live.

by Durjoy Datta 2013

3.97

7k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 🏨 Hospital Setting ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 💔 Self-Destructive Lead 👥 Found Family

This Used to Be Us

by Renee Carlino • 2024

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

4.06

8k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

This Used to Be Us 93%

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

by Renee Carlino 2024

4.06

8k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

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 93%

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

Protect

by Paisley Hope • 2025

A divorced nurse returns home to the firefighter who broke her heart, her brother's best friend.

4.15

15k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 First Love

Protect 93%

A divorced nurse returns home to the firefighter who broke her heart, her brother's best friend.

by Paisley Hope 2025

4.15

15k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 First Love

The Story of Us

by Lesley Jones • 2014

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

4.15

19k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters

The Story of Us 93%

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

by Lesley Jones 2014

4.15

19k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters

Write Me for You

by Tillie Cole • 2025

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

4.30

9k+

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

Write Me for You 93%

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

by Tillie Cole 2025

4.30

9k+ ratings

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

The Law of Moses

by Amy Harmon • 2014

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

4.34

39k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

The Law of Moses 93%

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

by Amy Harmon 2014

4.34

39k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

by Charish Reid • 2023

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

3.91

3k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up 93%

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

by Charish Reid 2023

3.91

3k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Art & Soul

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

4.24

9k+

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

Art & Soul 93%

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.24

9k+ ratings

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

End Game

by Riley Paige • 2026

A sidelined receiver returns to his found family. The sister he loves is losing her father.

4.15

2k+

👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Caretaker Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing

End Game 93%

A sidelined receiver returns to his found family. The sister he loves is losing her father.

by Riley Paige 2026

4.15

2k+ ratings

👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Caretaker Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing

This Love

by Dani Atkins • 2017

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

4.14

3k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

This Love 93%

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

by Dani Atkins 2017

4.14

3k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

The Assistant

by Marni Mann • 2019

A wife and mother hires an assistant, then conceals a terminal diagnosis from everyone she loves.

3.93

1k+

🩺 Terminal Illness 🎭 Hidden Illness 💔 Tearjerker 📚 Library Refuge 💞 Married Love

The Assistant 93%

A wife and mother hires an assistant, then conceals a terminal diagnosis from everyone she loves.

by Marni Mann 2019

3.93

1k+ ratings

🩺 Terminal Illness 🎭 Hidden Illness 💔 Tearjerker 📚 Library Refuge 💞 Married Love

The Theory of Second Best

by J. Bengtsson • 2017

Two outcasts fall for each other on a survival show where only one can win.

4.32

5k+

🎥 Reality Tv Romance 🎸 Rock Star Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 💪 Caretaker Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Theory of Second Best 93%

Two outcasts fall for each other on a survival show where only one can win.

by J. Bengtsson 2017

4.32

5k+ ratings

🎥 Reality Tv Romance 🎸 Rock Star Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 💪 Caretaker Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Between Hello and Goodbye

by Emma Scott • 2022

A sprained ankle strands a Seattle exec with a Hawaiian firefighter who saves everyone but himself.

4.24

6k+

🩹 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Grief And Healing 😢 Angsty

Between Hello and Goodbye 93%

A sprained ankle strands a Seattle exec with a Hawaiian firefighter who saves everyone but himself.

by Emma Scott 2022

4.24

6k+ ratings

🩹 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Grief And Healing 😢 Angsty

The Homemaker

by Jewel E. Ann • 2025

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

4.33

6k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Found Family

The Homemaker 93%

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

by Jewel E. Ann 2025

4.33

6k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Found Family

The Wish

by Nicholas Sparks • 2021

A dying photographer revisits the island where, pregnant at sixteen, she found first love.

4.33

195k+

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline Love Story 💕 First Love 👶 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Adoption Reunion

The Wish 92%

A dying photographer revisits the island where, pregnant at sixteen, she found first love.

by Nicholas Sparks 2021

4.33

195k+ ratings

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline Love Story 💕 First Love 👶 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Adoption Reunion

Darling Venom

by Parker S. Huntington • 2021

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

4.25

84k+

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

Darling Venom 92%

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

by Parker S. Huntington 2021

4.25

84k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

Every Breath

by Nicholas Sparks • 2018

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

4.07

122k+

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4.07

122k+ ratings

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4.29

5k+

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A Sky Full of Stars 92%

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by Dani Atkins 2021

4.29

5k+ ratings

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4.06

14k+

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The Rules of Dating 92%

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by Penelope Ward 2022

4.06

14k+ ratings

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4.07

95k+

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Promise Me Sunshine 92%

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4.07

95k+ ratings

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Be Here Now

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Her rock star ex returns claiming he never cheated, but her secret could destroy them both.

3.77

251

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Be Here Now 92%

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by Julia Goda 2015

3.77

251 ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 😢 Angsty Romance 🔥 Steamy Romance

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