50 Books like Butterfly in Frost

Where There's a Will

by Jessie Walker

A drifter returns home to find the boy he kissed at eleven behind the bar, all ink and hostility.

4.25

9k+

💞 Reunited First Loves 💔 Conversion Therapy Survivor 🎸 Musician Hero 💀 Self-Destructive Hero 🖤 Angsty Romance

Where There's a Will 93%

A drifter returns home to find the boy he kissed at eleven behind the bar, all ink and hostility.

by Jessie Walker 2021

4.25

9k+ ratings

💞 Reunited First Loves 💔 Conversion Therapy Survivor 🎸 Musician Hero 💀 Self-Destructive Hero 🖤 Angsty Romance

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

Sad Girls

by Lang Leav • 2017

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

3.33

12k+

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Sad Girls 93%

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

by Lang Leav 2017

3.33

12k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Coldest Winter

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2023

After one reckless night, a student teacher finds her stranger sitting in her new classroom.

4.01

12k+

📝 Student Teacher 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌸 Good Girl 💔 Shared Grief 😩 Angsty Romance

The Coldest Winter 92%

After one reckless night, a student teacher finds her stranger sitting in her new classroom.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2023

4.01

12k+ ratings

📝 Student Teacher 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌸 Good Girl 💔 Shared Grief 😩 Angsty Romance

Passion Project

by London Sperry • 2025

To find joy after loss, she agrees to weekly adventures with a bartender. One rule: friendship only.

3.77

40k+

🖤 Grief Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn 🍸 Bartender Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💬 Banter And Wit

Passion Project 92%

To find joy after loss, she agrees to weekly adventures with a bartender. One rule: friendship only.

by London Sperry 2025

3.77

40k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn 🍸 Bartender Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💬 Banter And Wit

Full Measures

by Rebecca Yarros • 2014

She lost her soldier father. The hockey coach who knew him won't let her grieve alone.

4.14

97k+

🪖 Military Romance 🏒 Hockey Hero 💔 Love After Loss 💐 Grief And Healing 🌧️ Angsty New Adult

Full Measures 92%

She lost her soldier father. The hockey coach who knew him won't let her grieve alone.

by Rebecca Yarros 2014

4.14

97k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 🏒 Hockey Hero 💔 Love After Loss 💐 Grief And Healing 🌧️ Angsty New Adult

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren • 2018

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

4.21

831k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

Love and Other Words 92%

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

by Christina Lauren 2018

4.21

831k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

The House Guest

by Penelope Ward • 2025

An artist lost in grief. An heir trapped by legacy. One mansion, and a love neither expected.

3.90

5k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The House Guest 92%

An artist lost in grief. An heir trapped by legacy. One mansion, and a love neither expected.

by Penelope Ward 2025

3.90

5k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

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

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

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 93%

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

The Infinity Between Us

by N.S. Perkins • 2021

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

3.82

29k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief

The Infinity Between Us 92%

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

by N.S. Perkins 2021

3.82

29k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief

Into the Blue

by Emma Brodie • 2026

An aspiring writer and an acting heir ignite in summer acting, threatened by a genetic secret.

4.06

68k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Actor Writer Romance 🏡 Forced Proximity 💎 Class Difference 💊 Chronic Illness

Into the Blue 92%

An aspiring writer and an acting heir ignite in summer acting, threatened by a genetic secret.

by Emma Brodie 2026

4.06

68k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Actor Writer Romance 🏡 Forced Proximity 💎 Class Difference 💊 Chronic Illness

Next of Kin

by Hannah Bonam-Young • 2022

To adopt her newborn sister, she lives with a gruff mechanic raising his deaf brother.

3.74

62k+

🔑 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🧏 Deaf Representation

Next of Kin 92%

To adopt her newborn sister, she lives with a gruff mechanic raising his deaf brother.

by Hannah Bonam-Young 2022

3.74

62k+ ratings

🔑 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🧏 Deaf Representation

Slammed

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

4.14

454k+

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

Slammed 92%

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.14

454k+ ratings

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

When You Got a Good Thing

by Kait Nolan • 2017

A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.

4.21

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds 🩹 Emotional Healing

When You Got a Good Thing 92%

A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.

by Kait Nolan 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds 🩹 Emotional Healing

Beautiful Graves

by L.J. Shen • 2022

Ever's one great love was a stranger in Spain. Now she's engaged to his brother.

3.90

40k+

💔 Sibling Love Triangle 🕊️ Second Chance Love 🖤 Grief And Healing 😢 Angsty Atmosphere 🙏 Guilt And Redemption

Beautiful Graves 92%

Ever's one great love was a stranger in Spain. Now she's engaged to his brother.

by L.J. Shen 2022

3.90

40k+ ratings

💔 Sibling Love Triangle 🕊️ Second Chance Love 🖤 Grief And Healing 😢 Angsty Atmosphere 🙏 Guilt And Redemption

Catch the Sun

by Jennifer Hartmann

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

4.24

39k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

Catch the Sun 93%

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024

4.24

39k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

Rekindling the Flame

by Madison Myers • 2024

A lawyer returns to her dying mother, and the mechanic she left. No strings, no risk.

4.04

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Steamy Romance 💋 No Strings Attached 🕊️ Grief And Healing

Rekindling the Flame 93%

A lawyer returns to her dying mother, and the mechanic she left. No strings, no risk.

by Madison Myers 2024

4.04

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Steamy Romance 💋 No Strings Attached 🕊️ Grief And Healing

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

Out on a Limb

by Hannah Bonam-Young • 2023

One night. Two pink lines. A spare room. Co-parenting was the deal; love broke every rule.

4.24

187k+

🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 👶 Co-Parents To Lovers 🦿 Disabled Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌸 Low Angst

Out on a Limb 92%

One night. Two pink lines. A spare room. Co-parenting was the deal; love broke every rule.

by Hannah Bonam-Young 2023

4.24

187k+ ratings

🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 👶 Co-Parents To Lovers 🦿 Disabled Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌸 Low Angst

Easy

by Tammara Webber • 2012

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

4.07

230k+

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Easy 92%

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

by Tammara Webber 2012

4.07

230k+ ratings

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes • 2019

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

3.82

158k+

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

Evvie Drake Starts Over 92%

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

by Linda Holmes 2019

3.82

158k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

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 93%

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

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

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 93%

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

Be Here Now

by Julia Goda • 2015

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

3.77

251

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

Be Here Now 92%

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

by Julia Goda 2015

3.77

251 ratings

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

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 92%

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

Hopeless

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

4.22

690k+

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕵️ Dark Secrets 🌧️ Sexual Abuse Survivor

Hopeless 92%

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.22

690k+ ratings

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕵️ Dark Secrets 🌧️ Sexual Abuse Survivor

No Tomorrow

by Carian Cole • 2018

When a shy woman falls for a homeless street musician, his addiction keeps tearing them apart.

4.15

22k+

💫 Second Chance Love 🎸 Wounded Musician Hero 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 🏠 Found Family

No Tomorrow 92%

When a shy woman falls for a homeless street musician, his addiction keeps tearing them apart.

by Carian Cole 2018

4.15

22k+ ratings

💫 Second Chance Love 🎸 Wounded Musician Hero 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 🏠 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 92%

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

The Sweet Gum Tree

by Katherine Allred • 2005

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

4.25

31k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The Sweet Gum Tree 92%

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

by Katherine Allred 2005

4.25

31k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Please Don't Go

by E. Salvador

A baseball star saves a grieving swimmer from a cliff, then finds her grief mirrors his.

4.14

34k+

🏟️ College Sports Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Grief And Healing 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Please Don't Go 92%

A baseball star saves a grieving swimmer from a cliff, then finds her grief mirrors his.

by E. Salvador 2025

4.14

34k+ ratings

🏟️ College Sports Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Grief And Healing 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

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

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

Forever Right Now

by Emma Scott • 2017

A recovering addict and a single dad become neighbors. Their walls are there for a reason.

4.19

14k+

👶 Single Parent Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️ Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Forever Right Now 92%

A recovering addict and a single dad become neighbors. Their walls are there for a reason.

by Emma Scott 2017

4.19

14k+ ratings

👶 Single Parent Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️ Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Stay with Me

by Nicole Fiorina • 2019

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

4.01

19k+

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Setting 😶 Emotional Numbness

Stay with Me 92%

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

by Nicole Fiorina 2019

4.01

19k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Setting 😶 Emotional Numbness

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 92%

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

Priest

by Sierra Simone • 2015

His vows held firm until she walked into his church, awakening a forbidden hunger.

3.53

268k+

✝️ Priest Hero 😔 Religious Guilt 💘 Forbidden Desire 💔 Angsty Romance 🙏 Crisis Of Faith

Priest 92%

His vows held firm until she walked into his church, awakening a forbidden hunger.

by Sierra Simone 2015

3.53

268k+ ratings

✝️ Priest Hero 😔 Religious Guilt 💘 Forbidden Desire 💔 Angsty Romance 🙏 Crisis Of Faith

Falling Like Stars

by Emma Scott • 2024

A grieving assistant and a wounded actor collide on set, risking hearts scarred by loss.

4.06

3k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💖 Healing Romance 💔 Grief And Guilt 🩹 Abuse Recovery 😢 Angsty Romance

Falling Like Stars 93%

A grieving assistant and a wounded actor collide on set, risking hearts scarred by loss.

by Emma Scott 2024

4.06

3k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💖 Healing Romance 💔 Grief And Guilt 🩹 Abuse Recovery 😢 Angsty Romance

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 93%

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 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 92%

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

Without the Moon

by Larissa C. Moyer • 2024

A burlesque dancer's childhood love reappears seven years after the trauma that shattered them both.

4.38

374

💔 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Sweethearts 🪢 Trauma Bond 💫 Mutual Pining 🌧️ Melancholy

Without the Moon 92%

A burlesque dancer's childhood love reappears seven years after the trauma that shattered them both.

by Larissa C. Moyer 2024

4.38

374 ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Sweethearts 🪢 Trauma Bond 💫 Mutual Pining 🌧️ Melancholy

El tiempo que tuvimos

by Cherry Chic • 2023

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

4.31

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

El tiempo que tuvimos 92%

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

by Cherry Chic 2023

4.31

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 92%

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

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+

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Every Breath 92%

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

by Nicholas Sparks 2018

4.07

122k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

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