50 Books like New Hope, Old Grudges

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 92%

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

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 95%

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

Holiday Ever After

by Hannah Grace • 2025

At Christmas, a corporate fixer and the craftsman who exposed her company can't stop colliding.

3.66

48k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🌨️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Holiday Ever After 95%

At Christmas, a corporate fixer and the craftsman who exposed her company can't stop colliding.

by Hannah Grace 2025

3.66

48k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🌨️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

by Meghan Quinn • 2024

Her grumpy neighbor enters the holiday contest to beat her. Their fake romance turns real.

3.69

201k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏘️ Small-Town Christmas ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💕 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas 95%

Her grumpy neighbor enters the holiday contest to beat her. Their fake romance turns real.

by Meghan Quinn 2024

3.69

201k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏘️ Small-Town Christmas ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💕 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

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 95%

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

Wrapped Up in You

by Nikki Ash • 2023

She survived a fire. Now a firefighter's kindness threatens to burn down her guarded heart.

3.73

4k+

🎄 Small Town Christmas 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Slow Burn

Wrapped Up in You 94%

She survived a fire. Now a firefighter's kindness threatens to burn down her guarded heart.

by Nikki Ash 2023

3.73

4k+ ratings

🎄 Small Town Christmas 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Slow Burn

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

Mr. Fixer Upper

by Lucy Score • 2023

A producer and a renovation star clash on camera, but their chemistry is the real headline.

4.04

60k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📺 Reality Tv Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💼 Workplace Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Mr. Fixer Upper 94%

A producer and a renovation star clash on camera, but their chemistry is the real headline.

by Lucy Score 2023

4.04

60k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📺 Reality Tv Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💼 Workplace Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Cruel Winter with You

by Ali Hazelwood • 2024

A blizzard traps a doctor with her best friend's brother, the man whose lifelong love she rejected.

3.68

214k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🌱 Childhood Friends 📞 Missed Connection 💘 He Falls First

Cruel Winter with You 94%

A blizzard traps a doctor with her best friend's brother, the man whose lifelong love she rejected.

by Ali Hazelwood 2024

3.68

214k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🌱 Childhood Friends 📞 Missed Connection 💘 He Falls First

25 Reasons to Hate Christmas and Cowboys

by Elle Thorpe • 2019

A holiday-hating Australian and a Wyoming cowboy bet he can mend her Christmas scars.

3.82

5k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎄 Holiday Healing 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🎲 Romantic Wager

25 Reasons to Hate Christmas and Cowboys Summary

25 Reasons to Hate Christmas and Cowboys 94%

A holiday-hating Australian and a Wyoming cowboy bet he can mend her Christmas scars.

by Elle Thorpe 2019

3.82

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎄 Holiday Healing 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🎲 Romantic Wager

Every Silent Lie

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2025

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

4.58

2k+

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

Every Silent Lie 94%

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

Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal

by Meghan Quinn • 2025

A Christmas farmer schemes to charm his new rival neighbor. The distraction becomes too real.

3.87

85k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Rival Small Businesses ❄️ Forced Proximity 😂 Comedy Of Errors 👯 Meddling Matchmakers

Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal Summary

Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal 94%

A Christmas farmer schemes to charm his new rival neighbor. The distraction becomes too real.

by Meghan Quinn 2025

3.87

85k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Rival Small Businesses ❄️ Forced Proximity 😂 Comedy Of Errors 👯 Meddling Matchmakers

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 93%

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

Truly Madly Deeply

by L.J. Shen • 2024

One night with her best friend's brother sent her running. Five years on, he's her boss.

3.93

73k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

Truly Madly Deeply 93%

One night with her best friend's brother sent her running. Five years on, he's her boss.

by L.J. Shen 2024

3.93

73k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

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 93%

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

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

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 93%

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

My December Darling

by Lauren Asher • 2024

Her sister's marrying her ex, and the best man won't stop making her smile.

3.67

75k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First

My December Darling 93%

Her sister's marrying her ex, and the best man won't stop making her smile.

by Lauren Asher 2024

3.67

75k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First

Butterfly Bayou

by Lexi Blake • 2020

A nurse fleeing violence crashes into a bayou sheriff whose scarred heart and daughter need her.

4.20

3k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 👪 Found Family

Butterfly Bayou 93%

A nurse fleeing violence crashes into a bayou sheriff whose scarred heart and daughter need her.

by Lexi Blake 2020

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 👪 Found Family

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

Baggage Claim

by Juliana Smith • 2022

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

3.67

13k+

🎄 Christmas Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town

Baggage Claim 93%

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

by Juliana Smith 2022

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎄 Christmas Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town

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

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

Show Me You Remember

by Hannah Cowan • 2026

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

3.96

3k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity

Show Me You Remember 93%

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

by Hannah Cowan 2026

3.96

3k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Disgrace

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2018

A pastor's daughter returns home divorced and collides with the town outcast over a broken car.

4.31

33k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Broken Hero 🐢 Slow Burn 😇😈 Good Girl X Bad Boy

Disgrace 93%

A pastor's daughter returns home divorced and collides with the town outcast over a broken car.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2018

4.31

33k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Broken Hero 🐢 Slow Burn 😇😈 Good Girl X Bad Boy

Bouquets & Buckles

by Elliott Rose • 2024

Snowed in with her best friend's dad: a cowboy she's secretly wanted for years.

3.90

20k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💕 Age Gap Romance ❄️ Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Affair ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Bouquets & Buckles 93%

Snowed in with her best friend's dad: a cowboy she's secretly wanted for years.

by Elliott Rose 2024

3.90

20k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💕 Age Gap Romance ❄️ Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Affair ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Honeyed Fables

by Whitney Dean • 2025

A guarded bookseller hires a stranger, unaware he's a corporate heir spying on her shop.

3.62

181

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Bookish Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Grieving Heroine

Honeyed Fables 93%

A guarded bookseller hires a stranger, unaware he's a corporate heir spying on her shop.

by Whitney Dean 2025

3.62

181 ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Bookish Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Grieving Heroine

Lovelight Farms

by B.K. Borison • 2021

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

3.80

178k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday

Lovelight Farms 93%

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

by B.K. Borison 2021

3.80

178k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday

Great and Precious Things

by Rebecca Yarros • 2020

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

4.04

77k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero

Great and Precious Things 93%

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

by Rebecca Yarros 2020

4.04

77k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero

Let It Snow

by John Green • 2008

A Christmas Eve snowstorm diverts a train, fills a Waffle House, and sparks three romances.

3.66

160k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🔗 Interconnected Stories ❄️ Snowed In Together 💕 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance

Let It Snow 93%

A Christmas Eve snowstorm diverts a train, fills a Waffle House, and sparks three romances.

by John Green 2008

3.66

160k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🔗 Interconnected Stories ❄️ Snowed In Together 💕 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance

Holiday Romance

by Catherine Walsh • 2022

Nine years of platonic Christmas flights. One travel nightmare. A kiss that rewrites the rules.

3.96

92k+

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🕯️ Cozy Holiday Vibes

Holiday Romance 93%

Nine years of platonic Christmas flights. One travel nightmare. A kiss that rewrites the rules.

by Catherine Walsh 2022

3.96

92k+ ratings

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ✈️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🕯️ Cozy Holiday Vibes

Fall into Temptation

by Lucy Score • 2016

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

4.13

52k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

Fall into Temptation 93%

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

by Lucy Score 2016

4.13

52k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

He Falls First

by Jill Shalvis • 2025

When a wary woman returns home to heal, the town's most guarded bachelor falls first.

4.10

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Wounded Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Healing Romance

He Falls First 93%

When a wary woman returns home to heal, the town's most guarded bachelor falls first.

by Jill Shalvis 2025

4.10

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Wounded Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Healing Romance

Snowed In

by Navessa Allen • 2017

A small-town artist falls for her snow-bound neighbor, an ex-athlete haunted by illness and secrecy.

3.84

7k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💖 Friends To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero

Snowed In 93%

A small-town artist falls for her snow-bound neighbor, an ex-athlete haunted by illness and secrecy.

by Navessa Allen 2017

3.84

7k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💖 Friends To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero

You Deserve Each Other

by Sarah Hogle • 2020

Engaged and miserable, Naomi and Nicholas wage a petty war, daring each other to end it.

3.86

145k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👿 Meddling In-Laws 💬 Witty Banter

You Deserve Each Other 93%

Engaged and miserable, Naomi and Nicholas wage a petty war, daring each other to end it.

by Sarah Hogle 2020

3.86

145k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👿 Meddling In-Laws 💬 Witty Banter

Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

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

4.33

1.7M+

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

Reminders of Him 93%

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

by Colleen Hoover 2022

4.33

1.7M+ ratings

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

Whiskey Lies

by Brittanee Nicole • 2022

A matchmaker's weekend fling with a stranger ends with her next assignment: finding him a wife.

3.99

9k+

🔥 Billionaire Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 💋 One Night Stand 🎭 Secret Identity

Whiskey Lies 93%

A matchmaker's weekend fling with a stranger ends with her next assignment: finding him a wife.

by Brittanee Nicole 2022

3.99

9k+ ratings

🔥 Billionaire Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 💋 One Night Stand 🎭 Secret Identity

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

Sloppy Seconds

by Jessi Hansen • 2024

Her father's heart attack forces her home. The man who left her five years ago waits.

4.02

482

💞 Second Chance Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🖤 Wounded Hero

Sloppy Seconds 92%

Her father's heart attack forces her home. The man who left her five years ago waits.

by Jessi Hansen 2024

4.02

482 ratings

💞 Second Chance Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🖤 Wounded Hero

Second Down Scrooge

by Lisa Suzanne • 2024

Co-parenting with her NFL ex was the plan. Falling for him again over Christmas wasn't.

4.07

2k+

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