34 Books like My Killer Vacation

The Love Haters

by Katherine Center

A producer can't swim. Her assignment: film a rescue swimmer. His brother says she's his girlfriend.

3.79

155k+

🏖️ Beach Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Forbidden Crush 🚁 Rescue Worker Hero

The Love Haters 94%

A producer can't swim. Her assignment: film a rescue swimmer. His brother says she's his girlfriend.

by Katherine Center 2025

3.79

155k+ ratings

🏖️ Beach Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Forbidden Crush 🚁 Rescue Worker Hero

Summer People

by Brittanee Nicole • 2025

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

4.07

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Summer People 95%

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

by Brittanee Nicole 2025

4.07

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

It Happened One Summer

by Tessa Bailey • 2021

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

3.90

724k+

🎣 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero

It Happened One Summer 94%

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

by Tessa Bailey 2021

3.90

724k+ ratings

🎣 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero

Beach Read

by Emily Henry • 2020

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

3.97

1.7M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Beach Read 94%

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

by Emily Henry 2020

3.97

1.7M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist

When in Rome

by Sarah Adams • 2022

Stranded in Rome, Kentucky, a pop star finds herself at the mercy of a guarded baker.

3.87

225k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎵 Music Industry

When in Rome 94%

Stranded in Rome, Kentucky, a pop star finds herself at the mercy of a guarded baker.

by Sarah Adams 2022

3.87

225k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎵 Music Industry

Things We Never Got Over

by Lucy Score • 2022

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

4.12

1.1M+

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

Things We Never Got Over 93%

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

by Lucy Score 2022

4.12

1.1M+ ratings

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

Well Met

by Jen DeLuca • 2019

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

3.82

78k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Small Town America

Well Met 93%

Reluctant tavern wench. Rigid Faire organizer. Their fake handfasting feels anything but pretend.

by Jen DeLuca 2019

3.82

78k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌤️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🏡 Small Town America

Mountain Boss

by S.J. Tilly • 2025

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

4.05

27k+

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

Mountain Boss 93%

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

by S.J. Tilly 2025

4.05

27k+ ratings

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

That Kind of Guy

by Stephanie Archer • 2021

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

3.74

45k+

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

That Kind of Guy 93%

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

by Stephanie Archer 2021

3.74

45k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

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

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

577k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Pumpkin Spice Café 93%

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023

3.36

577k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Loving Romeo

by Laura Pavlov • 2024

A former boxer's grudge collides with the heiress who opens a coffee shop beside his gym.

4.03

37k+

🏡 Small Town 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🥊 Boxing Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Wrong Side Of The Tracks

Loving Romeo 94%

A former boxer's grudge collides with the heiress who opens a coffee shop beside his gym.

by Laura Pavlov 2024

4.03

37k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🥊 Boxing Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Wrong Side Of The Tracks

Passenger Princess

by Morgan Elizabeth • 2024

A pageant outsider wins a crown and a road trip with the bodyguard she can't have.

3.84

24k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🚗 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine 🛣️ Road Trip Romance 👑 Pageant World

Passenger Princess 94%

A pageant outsider wins a crown and a road trip with the bodyguard she can't have.

by Morgan Elizabeth 2024

3.84

24k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🚗 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine 🛣️ Road Trip Romance 👑 Pageant World

Bourbon & Lies

by Victoria Wilder

An ex-cop distrusts the witness hiding on his bourbon farm but can't stop wanting her.

4.04

66k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔍 Romantic Suspense ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💪 Protective Hero

Bourbon & Lies 94%

An ex-cop distrusts the witness hiding on his bourbon farm but can't stop wanting her.

by Victoria Wilder 2024

4.04

66k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔍 Romantic Suspense ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💪 Protective Hero

And One Last Thing ...

by Molly Harper • 2010

A scorned wife's tell-all email exiles her to a lake cabin and a grumpy neighbor.

4.05

8k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🎯 Revenge Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏚️ Forced Proximity

And One Last Thing ... 93%

A scorned wife's tell-all email exiles her to a lake cabin and a grumpy neighbor.

by Molly Harper 2010

4.05

8k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🎯 Revenge Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏚️ Forced Proximity

Instant Karma

by Marissa Meyer • 2020

The universe delivers poetic justice at her command, but her lab partner alone is immune.

3.74

25k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦭 Animal Rescue 🌊 Coastal Town

Instant Karma 93%

The universe delivers poetic justice at her command, but her lab partner alone is immune.

by Marissa Meyer 2020

3.74

25k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦭 Animal Rescue 🌊 Coastal Town

My Favorite Kidnapper

by Melanie Moreland • 2023

Kidnapped to Italy for sixty cakes, a baker learns her grumpy billionaire wants more than dessert.

3.94

8k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Romance 🇮🇹 Italian Setting

My Favorite Kidnapper 93%

Kidnapped to Italy for sixty cakes, a baker learns her grumpy billionaire wants more than dessert.

by Melanie Moreland 2023

3.94

8k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Romance 🇮🇹 Italian Setting

One Bossy Date

by Nicole Snow • 2022

A Hawaii hookup becomes her billionaire boss, and keeping it professional was never the plan.

4.24

11k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏨 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Hero

One Bossy Date 93%

A Hawaii hookup becomes her billionaire boss, and keeping it professional was never the plan.

by Nicole Snow 2022

4.24

11k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏨 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Hero

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

by Allison Brennan • 2025

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

3.58

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds 93%

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

by Allison Brennan 2025

3.58

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

Pretend You're Mine

by Lucy Score • 2015

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

4.22

110k+

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

Pretend You're Mine 93%

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

by Lucy Score 2015

4.22

110k+ ratings

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

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell • 2023

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

3.99

7k+

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

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder 93%

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

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell 2023

3.99

7k+ ratings

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

Sap & Secrets

by Daphne Elliot • 2026

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

3.64

13k+

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

Sap & Secrets 93%

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

by Daphne Elliot 2026

3.64

13k+ ratings

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

Rules for the Summer

by Meghan Quinn

She needed funding for her candy shop. He arrived with a diamond and the cottage next door.

3.88

45k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🌊 Seaside Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 📱 Online Dating Mishap

Rules for the Summer 93%

She needed funding for her candy shop. He arrived with a diamond and the cottage next door.

by Meghan Quinn 2026

3.88

45k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🌊 Seaside Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 📱 Online Dating Mishap

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 94%

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

Smoky Darling

by S.J. Tilly • 2023

A teacher's camping trip with her childhood crush turns dangerous when a stalker closes in.

3.94

25k+

💌 Childhood Crush 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🏡 Small Town ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Smoky Darling 94%

A teacher's camping trip with her childhood crush turns dangerous when a stalker closes in.

by S.J. Tilly 2023

3.94

25k+ ratings

💌 Childhood Crush 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🏡 Small Town ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Fix Her Up

by Tessa Bailey • 2019

A party clown and a fallen baseball star fake romance: the act might heal their hearts.

3.58

189k+

🎭 Fake Relationship 💕 Brother's Best Friend ⚾️ Sports Romance 🏡 Small Town 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship

Fix Her Up 93%

A party clown and a fallen baseball star fake romance: the act might heal their hearts.

by Tessa Bailey 2019

3.58

189k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Relationship 💕 Brother's Best Friend ⚾️ Sports Romance 🏡 Small Town 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship

All Grown Up

by Vi Keeland • 2019

A dating app matches a divorced woman with a man twelve years younger: her son's childhood friend.

4.13

17k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

All Grown Up 93%

A dating app matches a divorced woman with a man twelve years younger: her son's childhood friend.

by Vi Keeland 2019

4.13

17k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Worst Best Man

by Lucy Score • 2018

A Brooklyn bridesmaid's war with the billionaire best man becomes a truce when the groom vanishes.

4.07

83k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💒 Destination Wedding

The Worst Best Man 92%

A Brooklyn bridesmaid's war with the billionaire best man becomes a truce when the groom vanishes.

by Lucy Score 2018

4.07

83k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💒 Destination Wedding

Whiskey Rebellion

by Liliana Hart • 2011

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

3.94

12k+

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Whiskey Rebellion 92%

A broke teacher's stripping gig ends with a dead principal and a detective who can't look away.

by Liliana Hart 2011

3.94

12k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 😂 Comedic Mystery 💥 Disaster Protagonist ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Fragile Sanctuary

by Catherine Cowles • 2024

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

4.16

78k+

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

Fragile Sanctuary 92%

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

by Catherine Cowles 2024

4.16

78k+ ratings

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

Ranger

by Rebecca Sharp • 2023

A romance author fleeing scandal weds her shy genius landlord when a stalker tracks her down.

4.26

20k+

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏡 Forced Proximity ✍️ Author Heroine 🔄 Opposites Attract

Ranger 92%

A romance author fleeing scandal weds her shy genius landlord when a stalker tracks her down.

by Rebecca Sharp 2023

4.26

20k+ ratings

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏡 Forced Proximity ✍️ Author Heroine 🔄 Opposites Attract

My Neighbor's Secret

by Lauren Rowe • 2023

Owing a mobster, a flight attendant discovers her neighbor's masked streams and joins him on camera.

3.70

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🚪 Forced Proximity 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 👀 Dual Pov

My Neighbor's Secret 92%

Owing a mobster, a flight attendant discovers her neighbor's masked streams and joins him on camera.

by Lauren Rowe 2023

3.70

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🚪 Forced Proximity 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 👀 Dual Pov

Book Lovers

by Emily Henry • 2022

Two publishing rivals collide in a small town, where a bet turns friction into dangerous attraction.

4.09

1.6M+

📚 Bookish Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 👯 Sisterly Bond 💬 Witty Banter

Book Lovers 92%

Two publishing rivals collide in a small town, where a bet turns friction into dangerous attraction.

by Emily Henry 2022

4.09

1.6M+ ratings

📚 Bookish Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 👯 Sisterly Bond 💬 Witty Banter

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh • 2024

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

3.97

21k+

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

The Summer of Yes 92%

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

by Courtney Walsh 2024

3.97

21k+ ratings

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

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