50 Books like Landline

Twice

by Mitch Albom

One do-over per moment: a man hides his flaws from love until nothing real survives.

4.30

91k+

🕰️ Time Travel Love Story 💔 Second Chances 🐘 Lifelong Devotion 🚪 Missed Chances 💍 Marriage Unraveling

Twice 92%

One do-over per moment: a man hides his flaws from love until nothing real survives.

by Mitch Albom 2025

4.30

91k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Love Story 💔 Second Chances 🐘 Lifelong Devotion 🚪 Missed Chances 💍 Marriage Unraveling

Comfort & Joy

by Kristin Hannah • 2005

After a crash, a heartbroken woman wakes at a lodge where a boy calls her mom.

3.57

97k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🌫️ Dream Or Reality

Comfort & Joy 94%

After a crash, a heartbroken woman wakes at a lodge where a boy calls her mom.

by Kristin Hannah 2005

3.57

97k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🌫️ Dream Or Reality

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan

by Beth Merlin • 2024

A magical phone booth reconnects an actress with her college ex after her fiancé's Christmas arrest.

3.85

15k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🎭 Actor Heroine 💫 Magical Realism Romance 🎬 Theater World

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan Summary

The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan 94%

A magical phone booth reconnects an actress with her college ex after her fiancé's Christmas arrest.

by Beth Merlin 2024

3.85

15k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🎭 Actor Heroine 💫 Magical Realism Romance 🎬 Theater World

The Good Part

by Sophie Cousens • 2023

Broke TV runner makes a wish, wakes at forty-two: husband, two kids, sixteen blank years.

4.01

49k+

🔮 Magical Time Slip 💔 Amnesia Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 👶 Instant Motherhood 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Good Part 92%

Broke TV runner makes a wish, wakes at forty-two: husband, two kids, sixteen blank years.

by Sophie Cousens 2023

4.01

49k+ ratings

🔮 Magical Time Slip 💔 Amnesia Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 👶 Instant Motherhood 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Time Loops & Meet Cutes

by Jackie Lau • 2025

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

3.60

7k+

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

Time Loops & Meet Cutes 92%

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

by Jackie Lau 2025

3.60

7k+ ratings

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

A Merry Little Lie

by Sarah Morgan • 2025

Becky's fake Christmas romance with her best friend fools everyone except her own heart.

3.96

11k+

🤥 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💔 Marriage In Trouble 👯 Sister Bonds

A Merry Little Lie 92%

Becky's fake Christmas romance with her best friend fools everyone except her own heart.

by Sarah Morgan 2025

3.96

11k+ ratings

🤥 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💔 Marriage In Trouble 👯 Sister Bonds

The Promise of Tomorrow

by Mary Ellen Taylor • 2024

She returned to Virginia for a divorce. A mysterious stone and an old flame changed everything.

4.29

18k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Grief And Healing ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Estranged Spouses

The Promise of Tomorrow 92%

She returned to Virginia for a divorce. A mysterious stone and an old flame changed everything.

by Mary Ellen Taylor 2024

4.29

18k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Grief And Healing ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Estranged Spouses

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

3.68

22k+

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 🫂 Found Family 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery Summary

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery 92%

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

by Jenny Colgan 2016

3.68

22k+ ratings

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 🫂 Found Family 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village

The Christmas Wish

by Lindsey Kelk • 2022

Stuck reliving Christmas Day, a London lawyer must stop fixing her family and start saving herself.

3.83

15k+

🔄 Time Loop Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Messy Family Dynamics 🎄 Cozy Holiday Vibes 👯 Sister Rivalry

The Christmas Wish 92%

Stuck reliving Christmas Day, a London lawyer must stop fixing her family and start saving herself.

by Lindsey Kelk 2022

3.83

15k+ ratings

🔄 Time Loop Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Messy Family Dynamics 🎄 Cozy Holiday Vibes 👯 Sister Rivalry

The Husbands

by Holly Gramazio • 2024

Her attic replaces every husband who enters it. The search for the right one consumes her.

3.52

149k+

🏠 Magical Dwelling 🔄 Alternate Lives ☕ Cozy Speculative 🤔 Choice Paralysis 😄 Existential Comedy

The Husbands 92%

Her attic replaces every husband who enters it. The search for the right one consumes her.

by Holly Gramazio 2024

3.52

149k+ ratings

🏠 Magical Dwelling 🔄 Alternate Lives ☕ Cozy Speculative 🤔 Choice Paralysis 😄 Existential Comedy

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks • 1996

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

4.16

1.9M+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 💰 Rich Girl Poor Boy 💔 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet Love Story

The Notebook 92%

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

by Nicholas Sparks 1996

4.16

1.9M+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 💰 Rich Girl Poor Boy 💔 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet Love Story

Good Spirits

by B.K. Borison • 2025

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

3.97

143k+

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

Good Spirits 92%

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

by B.K. Borison 2025

3.97

143k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic

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 92%

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 Gift

by Cecelia Ahern • 2009

A neglectful father accepts a stranger's gift: the power to be in two places at once.

3.7

30k+

🎄 Christmas Parable ✨ Cozy Magical Realism ⏰ Workaholic Redemption 🔮 Mysterious Mentor 💔 Neglected Family

The Gift 94%

A neglectful father accepts a stranger's gift: the power to be in two places at once.

by Cecelia Ahern 2009

3.7

30k+ ratings

🎄 Christmas Parable ✨ Cozy Magical Realism ⏰ Workaholic Redemption 🔮 Mysterious Mentor 💔 Neglected Family

Expiration Dates

by Rebecca Serle • 2024

Every romance comes with expiration. A blank note promises forever, but her heart may not last.

3.58

141k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🫀 Chronic Illness 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🔮 Love And Fate 📚 Book Club Fiction

Expiration Dates 93%

Every romance comes with expiration. A blank note promises forever, but her heart may not last.

by Rebecca Serle 2024

3.58

141k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🫀 Chronic Illness 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🔮 Love And Fate 📚 Book Club Fiction

One & Only

by Maurene Goo

A magical matchmaker finds her destined man, then falls for his younger colleague the same weekend.

3.99

36k+

🪄 Magical Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💞 Destined Love 💔 Love Triangle 💌 Matchmaker Trope

One & Only 91%

A magical matchmaker finds her destined man, then falls for his younger colleague the same weekend.

by Maurene Goo 2026

3.99

36k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💞 Destined Love 💔 Love Triangle 💌 Matchmaker Trope

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

Thanks for the Memories

by Cecelia Ahern • 2008

After a transfusion, a grieving woman inherits a stranger's memories and searches for the donor.

3.70

46k+

⚡ Memory Transfer 💞 Speculative Romance 🍃 Gentle Magic 🧑‍🧒 Father-Daughter Bond 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance

Thanks for the Memories 92%

After a transfusion, a grieving woman inherits a stranger's memories and searches for the donor.

by Cecelia Ahern 2008

3.70

46k+ ratings

⚡ Memory Transfer 💞 Speculative Romance 🍃 Gentle Magic 🧑‍🧒 Father-Daughter Bond 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance

92 Pacific Boulevard

by Debbie Macomber • 2006

Ten abandoned puppies and an ex-husband with a younger woman crash a tree farmer's Christmas.

4.15

11k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ✨ Cozy Christmas Energy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Blended Family

92 Pacific Boulevard 92%

Ten abandoned puppies and an ex-husband with a younger woman crash a tree farmer's Christmas.

by Debbie Macomber 2006

4.15

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ✨ Cozy Christmas Energy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Blended Family

One Day in December

by Josie Silver • 2018

A glance on a bus, a year of searching. He reappears as her best friend's boyfriend.

3.82

367k+

👀 Missed Connections 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔺 Love Triangle

One Day in December 92%

A glance on a bus, a year of searching. He reappears as her best friend's boyfriend.

by Josie Silver 2018

3.82

367k+ ratings

👀 Missed Connections 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔺 Love Triangle

Three Weddings and a Proposal

by Sheila O'Flanagan • 2021

After her boss dies, a Dublin executive's career implodes and her ex returns as her date.

3.81

4k+

🏙️ Single Life ☘️ Irish Setting 💼 Office Politics 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Old Flame Returns

Three Weddings and a Proposal 92%

After her boss dies, a Dublin executive's career implodes and her ex returns as her date.

by Sheila O'Flanagan 2021

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Single Life ☘️ Irish Setting 💼 Office Politics 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Old Flame Returns

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

Forever, Interrupted

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2013

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

3.64

220k+

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

Forever, Interrupted 92%

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013

3.64

220k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

The Dinner List

by Rebecca Serle • 2018

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

3.54

59k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

The Dinner List 92%

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

by Rebecca Serle 2018

3.54

59k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

What Alice Forgot

by Liane Moriarty • 2010

After a fall, Alice can't remember ten years, her three kids, or why her marriage died.

4.07

518k+

🧠 Amnesia Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💕 Second Chance Love 👯 Sister Bond 😄 Domestic Humor

What Alice Forgot 91%

After a fall, Alice can't remember ten years, her three kids, or why her marriage died.

by Liane Moriarty 2010

4.07

518k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💕 Second Chance Love 👯 Sister Bond 😄 Domestic Humor

One True Loves

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2016

On their first anniversary, her husband vanished. Now she's engaged again. Then he comes back.

4.02

747k+

📖 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🏡 Small Town Return 🍂 Bittersweet

One True Loves 91%

On their first anniversary, her husband vanished. Now she's engaged again. Then he comes back.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2016

4.02

747k+ ratings

📖 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🏡 Small Town Return 🍂 Bittersweet

Caraval

by Stephanie Garber

To find her vanished sister, Scarlett must play Caraval with a fake fiancé hiding something.

3.97

906k+

🎪 Magical Competition 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🎭 Hidden Identities 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Caraval 91%

To find her vanished sister, Scarlett must play Caraval with a fake fiancé hiding something.

by Stephanie Garber 2016

3.97

906k+ ratings

🎪 Magical Competition 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🎭 Hidden Identities 💍 Fake Engagement 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

The Book Club Hotel

by Sarah Morgan • 2023

Three friends book a Vermont inn for Christmas. The owner is a half-sister one never knew.

3.93

41k+

😊 Feel-Good Fiction 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Found Family 👭 Sisterhood 💕 Second Chance Romance

The Book Club Hotel 93%

Three friends book a Vermont inn for Christmas. The owner is a half-sister one never knew.

by Sarah Morgan 2023

3.93

41k+ ratings

😊 Feel-Good Fiction 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Found Family 👭 Sisterhood 💕 Second Chance Romance

Once and Again

by Rebecca Serle • 2026

A magical do-over tests a woman when infertility and a first love threaten her marriage.

3.57

23k+

🏠 Family Saga 📖 Book Club Fiction 🪄 Magical Do-Over 🌱 Infertility Journey 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Once and Again 93%

A magical do-over tests a woman when infertility and a first love threaten her marriage.

by Rebecca Serle 2026

3.57

23k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 📖 Book Club Fiction 🪄 Magical Do-Over 🌱 Infertility Journey 💔 Marriage In Crisis

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis • 2023

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

4.25

128k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

The Echo of Old Books 91%

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

by Barbara Davis 2023

4.25

128k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon

by Matthew Norman • 2025

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

4.26

29k+

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding ✨ Cozy Holiday Energy 🏠 Forced Proximity

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon Summary

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon 91%

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

by Matthew Norman 2025

4.26

29k+ ratings

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding ✨ Cozy Holiday Energy 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Christmas Bookshop

by Jenny Colgan • 2021

Jobless at thirty, she must rescue an Edinburgh bookshop by Christmas to prove her family wrong.

3.68

95k+

📚 Bookshop Setting 👭 Sister Rivalry 🌱 Starting Over 💕 Found Family 🏪 Small Shop Revival

The Christmas Bookshop 91%

Jobless at thirty, she must rescue an Edinburgh bookshop by Christmas to prove her family wrong.

by Jenny Colgan 2021

3.68

95k+ ratings

📚 Bookshop Setting 👭 Sister Rivalry 🌱 Starting Over 💕 Found Family 🏪 Small Shop Revival

The Sugar Queen

by Sarah Addison Allen • 2008

Josey Cirrini hides candy and dreams in a secret closet until a runaway waitress moves in.

3.99

58k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Ghostly Visitor

The Sugar Queen 91%

Josey Cirrini hides candy and dreams in a secret closet until a runaway waitress moves in.

by Sarah Addison Allen 2008

3.99

58k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Ghostly Visitor

The Holiday Cottage

by Sarah Morgan • 2024

She invented a family to survive the holidays, then finds them at a Cotswolds cottage, waiting.

4.04

18k+

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Family Estrangement 🎄 Cozy Holiday ✨ Redemptive

The Holiday Cottage 91%

She invented a family to survive the holidays, then finds them at a Cotswolds cottage, waiting.

by Sarah Morgan 2024

4.04

18k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Family Estrangement 🎄 Cozy Holiday ✨ Redemptive

The Library of Borrowed Hearts

by Lucy Gilmore • 2024

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

3.85

19k+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

The Library of Borrowed Hearts 91%

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

by Lucy Gilmore 2024

3.85

19k+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

Always, in December

by Emily Stone • 2021

She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.

3.72

34k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🥀 Tragic Love Story 💫 Chance Encounter 🤍 Secret Illness 💌 Unsent Letters

Always, in December 91%

She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.

by Emily Stone 2021

3.72

34k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🥀 Tragic Love Story 💫 Chance Encounter 🤍 Secret Illness 💌 Unsent Letters

The Time of My Life

by Cecelia Ahern • 2011

Her neglected life appears as a scruffy man, demanding she face every lie she's told.

3.86

23k+

✨ Everyday Magic 🔄 Quarter-Life Crisis ☎️ Wrong Number Romance 🎭 Living A Lie 👪 Family Expectations

The Time of My Life 91%

Her neglected life appears as a scruffy man, demanding she face every lie she's told.

by Cecelia Ahern 2011

3.86

23k+ ratings

✨ Everyday Magic 🔄 Quarter-Life Crisis ☎️ Wrong Number Romance 🎭 Living A Lie 👪 Family Expectations

New Hope, Old Grudges

by Anne Malcom • 2023

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

3.81

2k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff

New Hope, Old Grudges 91%

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

by Anne Malcom 2023

3.81

2k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff

The Wedding Dress

by Dani Atkins • 2021

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

4.15

1k+

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Wedding Dress 91%

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

by Dani Atkins 2021

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Half Moon

by Mary Beth Keane • 2023

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

3.39

29k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

The Half Moon 92%

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

by Mary Beth Keane 2023

3.39

29k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

Bright Lights, Big Christmas

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2023

An aimless artist gets a second chance running her family's Christmas tree stand in New York.

3.74

61k+

🎄 Cozy Christmas Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🌲 Family Business 🔄 Second Chances

Bright Lights, Big Christmas 92%

An aimless artist gets a second chance running her family's Christmas tree stand in New York.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2023

3.74

61k+ ratings

🎄 Cozy Christmas Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🌲 Family Business 🔄 Second Chances

The Midnight Train

by Matt Haig

A dead bookseller boards a train that stops at every moment he failed the people he loved.

4.01

46k+

🕰️ Second Chance Life 👻 Ghost Guide 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🚂 Literary Time Travel

The Midnight Train 91%

A dead bookseller boards a train that stops at every moment he failed the people he loved.

by Matt Haig 2026

4.01

46k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Life 👻 Ghost Guide 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🚂 Literary Time Travel

The Woman in the Middle

by Milly Johnson • 2021

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

4.31

5k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

The Woman in the Middle 91%

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

by Milly Johnson 2021

4.31

5k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

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 91%

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

Three Days in June

by Anne Tyler • 2025

At her daughter's wedding, Gail faces the ex-husband she betrayed and a secret she buried.

3.59

126k+

🏡 Domestic Fiction 💒 Wedding Weekend 💕 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension 🌱 Late-Life Renewal

Three Days in June 91%

At her daughter's wedding, Gail faces the ex-husband she betrayed and a secret she buried.

by Anne Tyler 2025

3.59

126k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Fiction 💒 Wedding Weekend 💕 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension 🌱 Late-Life Renewal

The Keeper of Lost Things

by Ruth Hogan • 2017

A housekeeper with a past inherits a dead man's lost things and his last request.

3.80

167k+

🕸️ Interconnected Stories ✨ Gentle Magical Realism 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💞 Quiet Romance 📜 Inherited Quest

The Keeper of Lost Things 91%

A housekeeper with a past inherits a dead man's lost things and his last request.

by Ruth Hogan 2017

3.80

167k+ ratings

🕸️ Interconnected Stories ✨ Gentle Magical Realism 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💞 Quiet Romance 📜 Inherited Quest

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle • 2022

When a grieving woman takes her late mother's Italian trip alone, the woman reappears at thirty.

3.59

298k+

🕰️ Time Slip Narrative 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💔 Grief And Healing 👻 Meeting Younger Parent 💕 Love Triangle

One Italian Summer 91%

When a grieving woman takes her late mother's Italian trip alone, the woman reappears at thirty.

by Rebecca Serle 2022

3.59

298k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Slip Narrative 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 💔 Grief And Healing 👻 Meeting Younger Parent 💕 Love Triangle

Every Silent Lie

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2025

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

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

Every Silent Lie 91%

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

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

by Jenny Colgan • 2012

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

3.92

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams Summary

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams 91%

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

by Jenny Colgan 2012

3.92

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story

The Burning Side

by Sarah Damoff • 2026

Her husband asks for a divorce. A fire burns their house. They must now salvage what remains.

4.27

37k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🔥 Second Chance Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiver 🤠 Rural Texas

The Burning Side 91%

Her husband asks for a divorce. A fire burns their house. They must now salvage what remains.

by Sarah Damoff 2026

4.27

37k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🔥 Second Chance Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiver 🤠 Rural Texas

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