50 Books like Letters to the Lost

Yo te inventé

by Francesca Zappia

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

4.02

31k+

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Yo te inventé 93%

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

by Francesca Zappia 2015

4.02

31k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead 93%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

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

In the Wild Light

by Jeff Zentner • 2021

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

4.44

12k+

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

In the Wild Light 93%

A grieving Tennessee boy follows his best friend to boarding school and discovers poetry and love.

by Jeff Zentner 2021

4.44

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 💞 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💸 Class Divide

Pushing the Limits

by Katie McGarry • 2012

A scarred girl and a foster kid collide in therapy, where healing means risking everything.

4.04

123k+

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov 🧠 Repressed Memory 🏠 Foster Care 💕 Found Family

Pushing the Limits 93%

A scarred girl and a foster kid collide in therapy, where healing means risking everything.

by Katie McGarry 2012

4.04

123k+ ratings

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov 🧠 Repressed Memory 🏠 Foster Care 💕 Found Family

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 93%

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

One Small Thing

by Erin Watt • 2018

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

3.80

11k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents

One Small Thing 93%

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

by Erin Watt 2018

3.80

11k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents

My Heart and Other Black Holes

by Jasmine Warga • 2015

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

3.95

63k+

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

My Heart and Other Black Holes 93%

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

by Jasmine Warga 2015

3.95

63k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

Guitar Notes

by Mary Amato • 2012

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

4.04

6k+

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

Guitar Notes 93%

A cellist and guitarist trade notes in a practice room that become their only honest conversations.

by Mary Amato 2012

4.04

6k+ ratings

🎵 Musical Coming Of Age 🎻 Opposites Attract 📝 Secret Friendship 😰 Parental Pressure 🎶 Music As Healing

All Our Broken Pieces

by L.D. Crichton • 2019

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

4.10

3k+

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🩹 Scarred Hero 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

All Our Broken Pieces 93%

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

by L.D. Crichton 2019

4.10

3k+ ratings

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🩹 Scarred Hero 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Sea of Tranquility

by Katja Millay • 2012

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

4.28

89k+

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

The Sea of Tranquility 92%

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

by Katja Millay 2012

4.28

89k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

Playlist for the Dead

by Michelle Falkoff • 2015

A grieving teen follows a suicide playlist into a web of bullying, secret identities, and revenge.

3.28

15k+

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🎵 Music As Solace 💌 Online Secret Crush ⚔️ Avenging A Friend 🛋️ Grief Counseling

Playlist for the Dead 92%

A grieving teen follows a suicide playlist into a web of bullying, secret identities, and revenge.

by Michelle Falkoff 2015

3.28

15k+ ratings

💔 Suicide Aftermath 🎵 Music As Solace 💌 Online Secret Crush ⚔️ Avenging A Friend 🛋️ Grief Counseling

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven • 2015

A grieving girl meets a troubled boy on a ledge. Wandering Indiana, they fall in love.

4.11

633k+

🖤 Tragic Teen Love 💔 Mental Health Romance 🧠 Bipolar Representation 💧 Grief And Guilt 🏘️ Midwest Small Town

All the Bright Places 93%

A grieving girl meets a troubled boy on a ledge. Wandering Indiana, they fall in love.

by Jennifer Niven 2015

4.11

633k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Teen Love 💔 Mental Health Romance 🧠 Bipolar Representation 💧 Grief And Guilt 🏘️ Midwest Small Town

If There's No Tomorrow

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

4.02

21k+

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

If There's No Tomorrow 93%

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

Punk 57

by Penelope Douglas

Seven years, one rule: never meet. He enrolled at her school anyway, hiding who he is.

3.76

510k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Pen Pal Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 😈 Bad Boy Hero 👑 Mean Girl Heroine

Punk 57 93%

Seven years, one rule: never meet. He enrolled at her school anyway, hiding who he is.

by Penelope Douglas 2016

3.76

510k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Pen Pal Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 😈 Bad Boy Hero 👑 Mean Girl Heroine

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

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback

by Simone Elkeles • 2007

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

3.99

44k+

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback Summary

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback 92%

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

by Simone Elkeles 2007

3.99

44k+ ratings

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

If He Had Been With Me 92%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

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

Everything We Never Said

by Sloan Harlow • 2024

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

3.84

25k+

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Everything We Never Said 92%

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

by Sloan Harlow 2024

3.84

25k+ ratings

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

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 92%

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

Call It What You Want

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2019

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

4.01

18k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst

Call It What You Want 92%

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2019

4.01

18k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst

Notes from the Midnight Driver

by Jordan Sonnenblick • 2006

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

4.05

10k+

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

Notes from the Midnight Driver 92%

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

by Jordan Sonnenblick 2006

4.05

10k+ ratings

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 💕 Friends To Lovers

You've Reached Sam

by Dustin Thao • 2021

After Sam dies, Julie calls his phone just to hear his voicemail. He picks up.

3.61

178k+

🥀 First Love 💔 Teen Grief 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance 📞 Unfinished Conversations ☕ Cozy Bookstore Setting

You've Reached Sam 92%

After Sam dies, Julie calls his phone just to hear his voicemail. He picks up.

by Dustin Thao 2021

3.61

178k+ ratings

🥀 First Love 💔 Teen Grief 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance 📞 Unfinished Conversations ☕ Cozy Bookstore Setting

Heartache and Hope

by Jay McLean • 2019

A mother broken by war. A basketball dream. Two teens collide, knowing love cannot save them.

4.07

10k+

🏫 High School Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 💔 Bittersweet Ending 👥 Dual Pov 🩺 Young Caregiver

Heartache and Hope 92%

A mother broken by war. A basketball dream. Two teens collide, knowing love cannot save them.

by Jay McLean 2019

4.07

10k+ ratings

🏫 High School Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 💔 Bittersweet Ending 👥 Dual Pov 🩺 Young Caregiver

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 92%

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

P.S. I Like You

by Kasie West • 2016

Her anonymous pen pal is perfect. He's also the one guy she swore she'd never date.

4.04

66k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎵 Songwriter Protagonist 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Secret Identity

P.S. I Like You 93%

Her anonymous pen pal is perfect. He's also the one guy she swore she'd never date.

by Kasie West 2016

4.04

66k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎵 Songwriter Protagonist 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Secret Identity

All We Lost Was Everything

by Sloan Harlow • 2025

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

3.78

4k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

All We Lost Was Everything 93%

After a fatal fire and an anonymous fortune, a teen learns everyone she trusts is lying.

by Sloan Harlow 2025

3.78

4k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 💔 Love Triangle 😢 Grieving Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Bad Boy With Secrets

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia • 2017

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

4.14

65k+

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

Eliza and Her Monsters 92%

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

by Francesca Zappia 2017

4.14

65k+ ratings

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

by Ann Brashares • 2001

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

3.85

736k+

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Summary

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 92%

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

by Ann Brashares 2001

3.85

736k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

Looking for Alaska

by John Green • 2005

A boarding school boy obsessed with last words meets a brilliant girl already writing hers.

3.96

1.8M+

🏫 Boarding School Fiction 💔 Tragic First Love 🌪️ Manic Pixie Dream Girl 👥 Found Family 😞 Survivor Guilt

Looking for Alaska 92%

A boarding school boy obsessed with last words meets a brilliant girl already writing hers.

by John Green 2005

3.96

1.8M+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Fiction 💔 Tragic First Love 🌪️ Manic Pixie Dream Girl 👥 Found Family 😞 Survivor Guilt

Little Pieces of Light

by Emma Scott • 2025

They reunite at prep school, but lost promises and class divides threaten their second chance.

4.12

2k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔒 Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker

Little Pieces of Light 92%

They reunite at prep school, but lost promises and class divides threaten their second chance.

by Emma Scott 2025

4.12

2k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔒 Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker

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 92%

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

When Haru Was Here

by Dustin Thao • 2024

After losing his sister, Eric meets Haru in Tokyo, a boy who understands him, then vanishes.

3.78

12k+

👻 Ghostly Romance ✨ Magical Realism 🌈 Queer Grief 🤫 Unspoken Feelings 💌 Letters From The Dead

When Haru Was Here 92%

After losing his sister, Eric meets Haru in Tokyo, a boy who understands him, then vanishes.

by Dustin Thao 2024

3.78

12k+ ratings

👻 Ghostly Romance ✨ Magical Realism 🌈 Queer Grief 🤫 Unspoken Feelings 💌 Letters From The Dead

Beverly

by Laura J. Robert • 2025

A broken foster boy, the cop's daughter who saves him, and a love that undoes them.

3.49

2k+

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Love 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Unsent Love Letters

Beverly 92%

A broken foster boy, the cop's daughter who saves him, and a love that undoes them.

by Laura J. Robert 2025

3.49

2k+ ratings

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Love 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Unsent Love Letters

Loving Mr. Daniels

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2014

Grieving her twin, Ashlyn falls for a stranger on the train. He's her new English teacher.

4.17

40k+

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing 💛 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 📜 Bucket List Journey

Loving Mr. Daniels 92%

Grieving her twin, Ashlyn falls for a stranger on the train. He's her new English teacher.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2014

4.17

40k+ ratings

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing 💛 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 📜 Bucket List Journey

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

My Wattpad Love

by Ariana Godoy • 2012

A shy teen clashes with a brooding poet online, sparking an obsession she can't shake.

3.54

23k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance ✍️ Writing Community

My Wattpad Love 93%

A shy teen clashes with a brooding poet online, sparking an obsession she can't shake.

by Ariana Godoy 2012

3.54

23k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💻 Online Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance ✍️ Writing Community

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her

by Laura Nowlin

Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.

3.86

74k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😭 Tearjerker

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her Summary

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her 93%

Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.

by Laura Nowlin

3.86

74k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😭 Tearjerker

Boulevard

by Flor M. Salvador

A clumsy senior falls for a drug-using outcast. Her best friend forbids it. His demons agree.

3.64

107k+

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Tragic Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 🎵 Music And Love

Boulevard 92%

A clumsy senior falls for a drug-using outcast. Her best friend forbids it. His demons agree.

by Flor M. Salvador 2020

3.64

107k+ ratings

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Tragic Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 🎵 Music And Love

The Sun Is Also a Star

by Nicola Yoon • 2016

Her immune system keeps her prisoner. The new boy next door makes her want to escape.

3.95

360k+

🏥 Illness Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Bittersweet Romance 💕 Tender First Love

The Sun Is Also a Star 92%

Her immune system keeps her prisoner. The new boy next door makes her want to escape.

by Nicola Yoon 2016

3.95

360k+ ratings

🏥 Illness Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🌅 Bittersweet Romance 💕 Tender First Love

The Hollow

by Jessica Verday • 2009

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

3.74

21k+

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

The Hollow 92%

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

by Jessica Verday 2009

3.74

21k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend 📖 Best Friend's Secret 🍂 Autumnal Atmosphere

Love Me Tomorrow

by Emiko Jean • 2026

A cynical teen wishes for proof that love endures. Letters from the future start arriving.

3.76

2k+

💌 Anonymous Love Letters 🫶 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family Drama 🪄 Magical Realism 🍂 Bittersweet

Love Me Tomorrow 92%

A cynical teen wishes for proof that love endures. Letters from the future start arriving.

by Emiko Jean 2026

3.76

2k+ ratings

💌 Anonymous Love Letters 🫶 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family Drama 🪄 Magical Realism 🍂 Bittersweet

The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

4.41

28k+

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Wrong Heart 92%

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.41

28k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

This Is What Happy Looks Like

by Jennifer E. Smith • 2013

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

3.67

52k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage

This Is What Happy Looks Like 91%

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

by Jennifer E. Smith 2013

3.67

52k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage

My Life with the Walter Boys

by Ali Novak • 2012

A grieving perfectionist lands among twelve wild boys, torn between two brothers who both want her.

3.76

95k+

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Protagonist 💘 Brother Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👩‍👦 Large Family Antics

My Life with the Walter Boys 91%

A grieving perfectionist lands among twelve wild boys, torn between two brothers who both want her.

by Ali Novak 2012

3.76

95k+ ratings

🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Protagonist 💘 Brother Love Triangle 🏠 Found Family 👨‍👩‍👦 Large Family Antics

The Truth About Forever

by Sarah Dessen • 2004

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

4.12

227k+

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

The Truth About Forever 91%

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

by Sarah Dessen 2004

4.12

227k+ ratings

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Ashes of Life 91%

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

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