50 Books like Next of Kin

Close to You

by Nissa Renzo

A mute girl loves her adoptive brother. Their secret could destroy the family that saved her.

3.74

9k+

🫂 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🖤 High Angst 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Trauma Recovery

Close to You 94%

A mute girl loves her adoptive brother. Their secret could destroy the family that saved her.

by Nissa Renzo 2026

3.74

9k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🖤 High Angst 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Trauma Recovery

Quiet Beautiful Things

by Samantha Christy • 2024

A playboy gains a deaf daughter and falls for her teacher, who doesn't date hearing men.

4.43

10k+

🦻 Deaf Representation 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Quiet Beautiful Things 96%

A playboy gains a deaf daughter and falls for her teacher, who doesn't date hearing men.

by Samantha Christy 2024

4.43

10k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Representation 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Maple & Moonlight

by Daphne Elliot • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

4.09

6k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Maple & Moonlight 95%

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

by Daphne Elliot 2026

4.09

6k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Downpour

by Maggie C. Gates • 2024

His bull-riding career ended in a wheelchair. Her job is to help him live again.

4.02

25k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

Downpour 94%

His bull-riding career ended in a wheelchair. Her job is to help him live again.

by Maggie C. Gates 2024

4.02

25k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

Huckleberry Lake

by Catherine Anderson • 2019

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

4.05

1k+

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Huckleberry Lake 94%

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

by Catherine Anderson 2019

4.05

1k+ ratings

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Luna and the Lie

by Mariana Zapata • 2018

She lied for her boss. Now his debt forces him into the family she barely survived.

4.06

71k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👔 Grumpy Boss Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

Luna and the Lie 94%

She lied for her boss. Now his debt forces him into the family she barely survived.

by Mariana Zapata 2018

4.06

71k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👔 Grumpy Boss Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing

The Wreckage of Us

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2020

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

4.05

17k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

The Wreckage of Us 93%

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2020

4.05

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

by Talia Hibbert • 2019

After a brush with death, a web designer hands a thrill list to her grumpy superintendent.

3.78

210k+

☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🇬🇧 British Romcom 💊 Chronic Illness Rep 🔥 Steamy Romcom

Get a Life, Chloe Brown 93%

After a brush with death, a web designer hands a thrill list to her grumpy superintendent.

by Talia Hibbert 2019

3.78

210k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🇬🇧 British Romcom 💊 Chronic Illness Rep 🔥 Steamy Romcom

Don't Kiss the Bride

by Carian Cole • 2021

Trapped by her mother's hoard, a sick teen marries a gruff older man for health insurance.

4.03

35k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Don't Kiss the Bride 93%

Trapped by her mother's hoard, a sick teen marries a gruff older man for health insurance.

by Carian Cole 2021

4.03

35k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

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

Unperfect

by Susie Tate • 2021

Desperate and homeless, she hides her past from a gruff boss who makes vanishing impossible.

4.05

31k+

🏢 Grumpy Boss Romance 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🚫 Surviving Abuse

Unperfect 93%

Desperate and homeless, she hides her past from a gruff boss who makes vanishing impossible.

by Susie Tate 2021

4.05

31k+ ratings

🏢 Grumpy Boss Romance 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🚫 Surviving Abuse

Wildfire

by Garrett Leigh • 2022

Kai can't sleep. Joss can't stay. A shared apartment becomes an experiment in staying.

4.16

2k+

🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Rep 💔 Ptsd Rep ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine

Wildfire 93%

Kai can't sleep. Joss can't stay. A shared apartment becomes an experiment in staying.

by Garrett Leigh 2022

4.16

2k+ ratings

🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Rep 💔 Ptsd Rep ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine

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

Archer's Voice

by Mia Sheridan • 2016

A grieving woman falls for a mute loner whose silence shelters a small town's darkest sin.

4.16

704k+

🏡 Small-Town Romance 🤫 Mute Hero 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🕯️ Slow Burn 💔 Emotional Scars

Archer's Voice 95%

A grieving woman falls for a mute loner whose silence shelters a small town's darkest sin.

by Mia Sheridan 2016

4.16

704k+ ratings

🏡 Small-Town Romance 🤫 Mute Hero 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🕯️ Slow Burn 💔 Emotional Scars

Daydreamer

by Susie Tate • 2024

A dreamy office misfit and her grumpy billionaire boss clash over ambition and a family promise.

3.93

31k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Billionaire Boss 📎 Office Romance ✍️ Secret Writer 🙇 Groveling Hero

Daydreamer 94%

A dreamy office misfit and her grumpy billionaire boss clash over ambition and a family promise.

by Susie Tate 2024

3.93

31k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Billionaire Boss 📎 Office Romance ✍️ Secret Writer 🙇 Groveling Hero

Between Commitment and Betrayal

by Shain Rose

Forced to marry her father's cold protégé, she gives him one year. He demands everything.

3.73

51k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing

Between Commitment and Betrayal 93%

Forced to marry her father's cold protégé, she gives him one year. He demands everything.

by Shain Rose 2023

3.73

51k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing

Unwritten Law

by Eden Finley • 2018

A man falls in love while impersonating his twin, and the truth would destroy everything.

3.86

7k+

🎭 Mistaken Identity 💖 Bisexual Awakening 👯 Twin Dynamics 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💔 Angsty Romance

Unwritten Law 93%

A man falls in love while impersonating his twin, and the truth would destroy everything.

by Eden Finley 2018

3.86

7k+ ratings

🎭 Mistaken Identity 💖 Bisexual Awakening 👯 Twin Dynamics 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💔 Angsty Romance

Bright Side

by Kim Holden • 2014

A college freshman hides a terminal diagnosis from the single father she is falling for.

4.29

63k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Father Hero 🥲 Bittersweet

Bright Side 93%

A college freshman hides a terminal diagnosis from the single father she is falling for.

by Kim Holden 2014

4.29

63k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👧 Single Father Hero 🥲 Bittersweet

Fresh Meet

by Jasmin Miller • 2020

An Olympic swimmer becomes an instant single dad. The nanny he hires is about to upend his world.

3.77

11k+

👶 Single Dad 👩‍👦 Nanny Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity

Fresh Meet 93%

An Olympic swimmer becomes an instant single dad. The nanny he hires is about to upend his world.

by Jasmin Miller 2020

3.77

11k+ ratings

👶 Single Dad 👩‍👦 Nanny Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity

Give Me Butterflies

by Jillian Meadows • 2023

A museum entomologist faces her dream interview and the grumpy astronomer who just wore her coffee.

3.94

16k+

🔬 Stem Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧 Single Guardian Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Healing From Abuse

Give Me Butterflies 93%

A museum entomologist faces her dream interview and the grumpy astronomer who just wore her coffee.

by Jillian Meadows 2023

3.94

16k+ ratings

🔬 Stem Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧 Single Guardian Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Healing From Abuse

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 93%

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

Someone Else's Ocean

by Kate Stewart • 2018

Childhood friends become neighbors on a Caribbean island. Two broken hearts, nowhere to hide.

4.18

13k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🧠 Anxiety Rep 🤟 Sign Language

Someone Else's Ocean 93%

Childhood friends become neighbors on a Caribbean island. Two broken hearts, nowhere to hide.

by Kate Stewart 2018

4.18

13k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🧠 Anxiety Rep 🤟 Sign Language

Smart, Sexy and Secretive

by Tammy Falkner • 2013

Three months gone. One deaf artist waiting. She's back, but her father already chose her husband.

4.21

17k+

🤟 Deaf Love Interest 💞 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 💝 Sacrifice For Love 🎵 Music School

Smart, Sexy and Secretive 93%

Three months gone. One deaf artist waiting. She's back, but her father already chose her husband.

by Tammy Falkner 2013

4.21

17k+ ratings

🤟 Deaf Love Interest 💞 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 💝 Sacrifice For Love 🎵 Music School

Finding Home

by Lauren Rowe • 2025

A rockstar father and his daughter's guardian share a house, their distrust giving way to desire.

4.16

3k+

🎸 Rockstar Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Co-Parenting

Finding Home 93%

A rockstar father and his daughter's guardian share a house, their distrust giving way to desire.

by Lauren Rowe 2025

4.16

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rockstar Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Co-Parenting

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary • 2019

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

3.98

463k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

The Flatshare 93%

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

by Beth O'Leary 2019

3.98

463k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛏️ Only One Bed

The Canary Cowards

by Jescie Hall • 2023

A therapist's feud with a wounded NFL star ignites a forbidden attraction that risks her career.

4.36

7k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏈 Football 🔥 Slow Burn ♾️ Autism Representation

The Canary Cowards 93%

A therapist's feud with a wounded NFL star ignites a forbidden attraction that risks her career.

by Jescie Hall 2023

4.36

7k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏈 Football 🔥 Slow Burn ♾️ Autism Representation

The Tearsmith

by Erin Doom

A dream adoption turns dark when the cruel orphan who shadows her is taken in too.

3.58

71k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Taboo Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🥀 He Falls First

The Tearsmith 93%

A dream adoption turns dark when the cruel orphan who shadows her is taken in too.

by Erin Doom 2020

3.58

71k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Taboo Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🥀 He Falls First

Pieces of the Night

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2026

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.17

8k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Pieces of the Night 94%

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.17

8k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Burnout

by Rebecca Jenshak • 2024

When a motocross racer enlists a gymnast to train him, their friction sparks an attraction.

3.89

33k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Injury Recovery 🕯️ Slow Burn 🏅 Athlete Heroine 👨‍👦‍👦 Family Obligations

Burnout 94%

When a motocross racer enlists a gymnast to train him, their friction sparks an attraction.

by Rebecca Jenshak 2024

3.89

33k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Injury Recovery 🕯️ Slow Burn 🏅 Athlete Heroine 👨‍👦‍👦 Family Obligations

Truly Medley Deeply

by Kate Watson • 2025

A singer hires a gruff engineer, never knowing he wrote every hit her label's star stole.

4.41

2k+

💿 Musician Romance 🎧 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music Industry

Truly Medley Deeply 93%

A singer hires a gruff engineer, never knowing he wrote every hit her label's star stole.

by Kate Watson 2025

4.41

2k+ ratings

💿 Musician Romance 🎧 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music Industry

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 93%

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

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

Off to the Races

by Elsie Silver • 2021

A disgraced rancher and his sharp-tongued horse trainer can't stop fighting, or falling.

3.69

188k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Found Family 🏇 Horse Racing World

Off to the Races 93%

A disgraced rancher and his sharp-tongued horse trainer can't stop fighting, or falling.

by Elsie Silver 2021

3.69

188k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Found Family 🏇 Horse Racing World

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 93%

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

If Only You

by Chloe Liese • 2023

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

4.02

21k+

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine 🤝 Fake Dating ⚽ Sports Romance 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy

If Only You 93%

To repair their images, a soccer star fakes a friendship with her brother's notorious best friend.

by Chloe Liese 2023

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏒 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Autistic Heroine 🤝 Fake Dating ⚽ Sports Romance 🖤 Reformed Bad Boy

My Dark Romeo

by Parker S. Huntington • 2023

A scandalous kiss forces a Southern heiress to marry a cold billionaire who only wants vengeance.

3.71

128k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🧊 Ice King Hero 💰 Billionaire Revenge 🔥 Forced Proximity

My Dark Romeo 93%

A scandalous kiss forces a Southern heiress to marry a cold billionaire who only wants vengeance.

by Parker S. Huntington 2023

3.71

128k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🧊 Ice King Hero 💰 Billionaire Revenge 🔥 Forced Proximity

Leo

by Mia Sheridan • 2013

After her first love vanished, Evie falls for the stranger who claims he's dead.

3.97

43k+

🔄 Second Chance Love 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Leo 93%

After her first love vanished, Evie falls for the stranger who claims he's dead.

by Mia Sheridan 2013

3.97

43k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Love 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Playing with Fire

by L.J. Shen • 2020

Her scars are visible. His are not. Their shared food-truck job forces both into the light.

4.16

46k+

🎓 College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚚 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Heroine 😈 Bad Boy Hero

Playing with Fire 93%

Her scars are visible. His are not. Their shared food-truck job forces both into the light.

by L.J. Shen 2020

4.16

46k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚚 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Heroine 😈 Bad Boy Hero

Denim & Diamonds

by Penelope Ward • 2025

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

4.16

5k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

Denim & Diamonds 93%

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

by Penelope Ward 2025

4.16

5k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

Between Hello and Goodbye

by Emma Scott • 2022

A sprained ankle strands a Seattle exec with a Hawaiian firefighter who saves everyone but himself.

4.24

6k+

🩹 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Grief And Healing 😢 Angsty

Between Hello and Goodbye 94%

A sprained ankle strands a Seattle exec with a Hawaiian firefighter who saves everyone but himself.

by Emma Scott 2022

4.24

6k+ ratings

🩹 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Grief And Healing 😢 Angsty

The Match

by Sarah Adams • 2020

His daughter secretly picked a service-dog trainer. Now a guarded single father must let her in.

3.93

74k+

🍯 Sweet Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

The Match 94%

His daughter secretly picked a service-dog trainer. Now a guarded single father must let her in.

by Sarah Adams 2020

3.93

74k+ ratings

🍯 Sweet Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

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 93%

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

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

All Rhodes Lead Here

by Mariana Zapata • 2021

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

4.21

169k+

🐌 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

All Rhodes Lead Here 93%

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

by Mariana Zapata 2021

4.21

169k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

by Charish Reid • 2023

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

3.91

3k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up 93%

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

by Charish Reid 2023

3.91

3k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Throttled

by Lauren Asher • 2020

When Maya joins the F1 circuit to vlog, her brother’s worst enemy becomes her forbidden temptation.

3.75

264k+

🏎️ Racing Romance 🛏️ Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Steamy Romance 😩 Angsty Romance

Throttled 93%

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3.75

264k+ ratings

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4.12

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4.12

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4.13

170k+

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4.13

170k+ ratings

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Antes de diciembre 93%

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4.36

138k+ ratings

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4.19

14k+

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Forever Right Now 93%

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4.19

14k+ ratings

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