50 Books like Not in the Cards

Flawless

by Elsie Silver

A disgraced bull rider must share his ranch with his agent's forbidden daughter.

4.01

694k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Body Worship

Flawless 93%

A disgraced bull rider must share his ranch with his agent's forbidden daughter.

by Elsie Silver 2022

4.01

694k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Body Worship

The Re-Do List

by Denise Williams • 2026

Viral shame sends her to Iowa. Her brother's best friend helps reclaim every lost first.

3.67

10k+

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 💕 Mutual Healing 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🗣️ Banter Heavy 🏘️ Small Town Romance

The Re-Do List 95%

Viral shame sends her to Iowa. Her brother's best friend helps reclaim every lost first.

by Denise Williams 2026

3.67

10k+ ratings

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 💕 Mutual Healing 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🗣️ Banter Heavy 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Full Measures

by Rebecca Yarros • 2014

She lost her soldier father. The hockey coach who knew him won't let her grieve alone.

4.14

97k+

🪖 Military Romance 🏒 Hockey Hero 💔 Love After Loss 💐 Grief And Healing 🌧️ Angsty New Adult

Full Measures 95%

She lost her soldier father. The hockey coach who knew him won't let her grieve alone.

by Rebecca Yarros 2014

4.14

97k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 🏒 Hockey Hero 💔 Love After Loss 💐 Grief And Healing 🌧️ Angsty New Adult

Easy

by Tammara Webber • 2012

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

4.07

230k+

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Easy 94%

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

by Tammara Webber 2012

4.07

230k+ ratings

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Until the Storm Breaks

by Nate Wilder • 2025

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

4.07

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Until the Storm Breaks 94%

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

by Nate Wilder 2025

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

When the Stars Fall

by Emery Rose • 2020

A boy promised her forever. War returned a stranger who could not bear her love.

4.11

11k+

🎖️ Military Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💢 Wounded Warrior 🏘️ Small Town Romance

When the Stars Fall 94%

A boy promised her forever. War returned a stranger who could not bear her love.

by Emery Rose 2020

4.11

11k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💢 Wounded Warrior 🏘️ Small Town Romance

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 94%

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 Girl in the Love Song

by Emma Scott • 2020

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

4.12

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

The Girl in the Love Song 94%

A homeless boy, a birthday cake, and songs she never realizes are for her.

by Emma Scott 2020

4.12

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏥 Illness Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Music And Fame

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 94%

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

June First

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2022

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

4.11

40k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

June First 94%

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2022

4.11

40k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

The Echo on the Water

by J.A. Huss • 2024

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

4.44

523

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Echo on the Water 94%

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.44

523 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 94%

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

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

Bossy Hero

by Jackie Walker • 2025

A Ranger meets his soldier's abused mother. One night, one connection. He waits sixteen years.

4.54

225

🕯️ Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 💪 Protector Hero

Bossy Hero 94%

A Ranger meets his soldier's abused mother. One night, one connection. He waits sixteen years.

by Jackie Walker 2025

4.54

225 ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 💪 Protector Hero

See You Soon

by Lexie Axelson • 2023

Her SEAL brother died. She swore off military men. Then his best friend walked in.

3.70

11k+

🔥 Brother's Best Friend 🪖 Military Trauma 💔 Wounded Hero 🖤 Shared Grief 🌪️ Forced Proximity

See You Soon 94%

Her SEAL brother died. She swore off military men. Then his best friend walked in.

by Lexie Axelson 2023

3.70

11k+ ratings

🔥 Brother's Best Friend 🪖 Military Trauma 💔 Wounded Hero 🖤 Shared Grief 🌪️ Forced Proximity

Let It Be Me

by Kait Nolan • 2021

With her nest empty, a single guardian stops running from the firefighter next door.

4.22

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance

Let It Be Me 94%

With her nest empty, a single guardian stops running from the firefighter next door.

by Kait Nolan 2021

4.22

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance

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

After the Shut Up Ring

by Cate C. Wells • 2024

She refuses her groom at the altar. Her best friend's brother has quietly loved her for years.

3.69

4k+

🫂 Best Friend's Brother 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Mother Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🤍 Hurt Comfort

After the Shut Up Ring 93%

She refuses her groom at the altar. Her best friend's brother has quietly loved her for years.

by Cate C. Wells 2024

3.69

4k+ ratings

🫂 Best Friend's Brother 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Mother Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🤍 Hurt Comfort

Some Kind of Famous

by Ava Wilder • 2025

A faded singer and a guarded handyman's renovation sparks a love neither expected.

3.53

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing 🎨 Artist Hero

Some Kind of Famous 93%

A faded singer and a guarded handyman's renovation sparks a love neither expected.

by Ava Wilder 2025

3.53

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing 🎨 Artist Hero

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

The Trouble With Love

by Kat T. Masen • 2021

A college freshman and her father's protégé begin a secret affair that could destroy a family.

4.31

7k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Emotional Angst

The Trouble With Love 93%

A college freshman and her father's protégé begin a secret affair that could destroy a family.

by Kat T. Masen 2021

4.31

7k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Emotional Angst

A Sudden Response

by R.L. Mathewson • 2011

EMT partners, best friends, never lovers. Until she takes the hit meant for him.

4.04

12k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends 🚑 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero

A Sudden Response 93%

EMT partners, best friends, never lovers. Until she takes the hit meant for him.

by R.L. Mathewson 2011

4.04

12k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends 🚑 Workplace Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective 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 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

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 95%

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

The Lucky One

by Nicholas Sparks • 2008

A Marine searches for the woman in a photograph and enters a single mother's dangerous orbit.

4.13

376k+

🏡 Small-Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🎖️ Military Romance ⏳ Slow Burn Romance ✨ Fated Love

The Lucky One 95%

A Marine searches for the woman in a photograph and enters a single mother's dangerous orbit.

by Nicholas Sparks 2008

4.13

376k+ ratings

🏡 Small-Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🎖️ Military Romance ⏳ Slow Burn Romance ✨ Fated Love

Wild Love

by Elsie Silver

Fired, she comes home to work for her brother's billionaire best friend, newly a single dad.

3.98

485k+

🌄 Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💼 Workplace Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers

Wild Love 93%

Fired, she comes home to work for her brother's billionaire best friend, newly a single dad.

by Elsie Silver 2024

3.98

485k+ ratings

🌄 Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💼 Workplace Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers

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

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

Slow Dance

by Rainbow Rowell • 2024

A wedding reunites best friends who never confessed: a divorced mother and a naval officer.

3.66

74k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist ⚓ Naval Officer Hero

Slow Dance 93%

A wedding reunites best friends who never confessed: a divorced mother and a naval officer.

by Rainbow Rowell 2024

3.66

74k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist ⚓ Naval Officer Hero

Returning Home

by Kelly Elliott • 2022

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

4.16

1k+

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town

Returning Home 93%

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

by Kelly Elliott 2022

4.16

1k+ ratings

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town

Honor

by Danielle Baker • 2026

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

4.10

24k+

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing

Honor 93%

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

by Danielle Baker 2026

4.10

24k+ ratings

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing

Show Me How

by Hannah Cowan • 2025

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

3.88

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride

Show Me How 93%

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

by Hannah Cowan 2025

3.88

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride

Protect

by Paisley Hope • 2025

A divorced nurse returns home to the firefighter who broke her heart, her brother's best friend.

4.15

15k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 First Love

Protect 93%

A divorced nurse returns home to the firefighter who broke her heart, her brother's best friend.

by Paisley Hope 2025

4.15

15k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 First Love

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

Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes • 2019

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

3.82

158k+

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

Evvie Drake Starts Over 93%

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

by Linda Holmes 2019

3.82

158k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

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

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by Burton Raffel • 1375

Sir Gawain beheads a green knight who rides away holding his head. One year later, the axe returns.

3.76

79k+

🏰 Arthurian Legend ⚔️ Medieval Romance 🛡️ Chivalric Quest ⚡ Honor Tested 🌹 Courtly Temptation

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 93%

Sir Gawain beheads a green knight who rides away holding his head. One year later, the axe returns.

by Burton Raffel 1375

3.76

79k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Legend ⚔️ Medieval Romance 🛡️ Chivalric Quest ⚡ Honor Tested 🌹 Courtly Temptation

Lunamare

by Pepper Winters • 2023

She rescued a Turkish boy from the sea. Now loving him could get him deported.

4.36

3k+

🚫❤️ Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😔 Tortured Hero

Lunamare 93%

She rescued a Turkish boy from the sea. Now loving him could get him deported.

by Pepper Winters 2023

4.36

3k+ ratings

🚫❤️ Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😔 Tortured Hero

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 93%

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

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

Safe Haven

by Nicholas Sparks • 2010

Fleeing abuse, she hides in a coastal town where a widower's kindness makes invisibility impossible.

4.22

403k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 💔 Widowed Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Domestic Suspense

Safe Haven 93%

Fleeing abuse, she hides in a coastal town where a widower's kindness makes invisibility impossible.

by Nicholas Sparks 2010

4.22

403k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 💔 Widowed Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Domestic Suspense

Forever Never

by Lucy Score • 2021

A hunted artist on frozen Mackinac Island hides across from the cop who always loved her.

3.96

100k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👫 Ex's Brother ⛓️ Light BDSM

Forever Never 93%

A hunted artist on frozen Mackinac Island hides across from the cop who always loved her.

by Lucy Score 2021

3.96

100k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👫 Ex's Brother ⛓️ Light BDSM

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 93%

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

Defy

by L.J. Shen • 2016

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

3.84

49k+

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Defy 93%

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.84

49k+ ratings

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

The Rumble and the Glory

by J.A. Huss • 2024

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

4.25

988

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Rumble and the Glory 93%

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.25

988 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 93%

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

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

A Girl Like Her

by Talia Hibbert • 2018

The town outcast never thought the man next door would cook her dinner and see the truth.

3.84

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🥧 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🏠 Recluse And Newcomer ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

A Girl Like Her 93%

The town outcast never thought the man next door would cook her dinner and see the truth.

by Talia Hibbert 2018

3.84

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🥧 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🏠 Recluse And Newcomer ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

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