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Five Brothers

by Penelope Douglas

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

3.80

95k+

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town

Five Brothers 94%

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

by Penelope Douglas 2024

3.80

95k+ ratings

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town

Torn

by Carian Cole • 2016

He's been her godfather since birth, but at eighteen, she wants a different kind of forever.

4.00

44k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 👨 Father's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Mutual Pining

Torn 96%

He's been her godfather since birth, but at eighteen, she wants a different kind of forever.

by Carian Cole 2016

4.00

44k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 👨 Father's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Mutual Pining

What Was Meant to Be

by Q.B. Tyler • 2022

Her godfather returns to stop her wedding, and the secret they buried could destroy her family.

3.88

21k+

🔥 Forbidden Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨 Dad's Best Friend

What Was Meant to Be 95%

Her godfather returns to stop her wedding, and the secret they buried could destroy her family.

by Q.B. Tyler 2022

3.88

21k+ ratings

🔥 Forbidden Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨 Dad's Best Friend

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 94%

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

Eighteen

by J.A. Huss • 2015

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

3.88

11k+

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

Eighteen 94%

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

by J.A. Huss 2015

3.88

11k+ ratings

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

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

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 94%

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

Losing Traction

by Amo Jones • 2016

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

4.25

2k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero

Losing Traction 94%

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

by Amo Jones 2016

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero

Enzo

by K. Webster • 2019

A foster teen's forbidden love for her caseworker jeopardizes her adoption of the baby she raised.

3.79

3k+

🏠 Foster Care 🕰️ Age Gap 🚫💘 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Emotional Healing

Enzo 93%

A foster teen's forbidden love for her caseworker jeopardizes her adoption of the baby she raised.

by K. Webster 2019

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🕰️ Age Gap 🚫💘 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Emotional Healing

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

Beautiful Monster

by Sara Cate • 2020

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

3.77

10k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Beautiful Monster 93%

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

by Sara Cate 2020

3.77

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Purity

by Skyler Mason • 2022

Breaking free from a purity ring childhood, she asks her best friend to be her first.

3.12

17k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine 😶‍🌫️ Mutual Pining ☀️ Summer Romance 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Purity 93%

Breaking free from a purity ring childhood, she asks her best friend to be her first.

by Skyler Mason 2022

3.12

17k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine 😶‍🌫️ Mutual Pining ☀️ Summer Romance 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Kiss the Sky

by Krista Ritchie • 2014

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

4.19

94k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Kiss the Sky 95%

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

by Krista Ritchie 2014

4.19

94k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

If This Is Love

by Jewel E. Ann • 2023

A purchased daughter and the ranch hand bound to her tyrant father cannot afford to fall.

4.02

8k+

⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔒 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🤠 Texas Ranch 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

If This Is Love 94%

A purchased daughter and the ranch hand bound to her tyrant father cannot afford to fall.

by Jewel E. Ann 2023

4.02

8k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔒 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn 🤠 Texas Ranch 🖤 Dark Family Secrets

Birthday Girl

by Penelope Douglas

She moved in with her boyfriend and his estranged father. The wrong man felt like home.

3.92

501k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Angsty Romance

Birthday Girl 94%

She moved in with her boyfriend and his estranged father. The wrong man felt like home.

by Penelope Douglas 2018

3.92

501k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Angsty 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 93%

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

Empire of Desire

by Rina Kent • 2021

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

3.70

44k+

🚫 Father's Best Friend 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Possessive Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😩 Angsty Romance

Empire of Desire 93%

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

by Rina Kent 2021

3.70

44k+ ratings

🚫 Father's Best Friend 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Possessive Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😩 Angsty Romance

Detour

by A. Marie • 2020

Fleeing her mother's abuse, she moves next door to a man who won't let her hide.

3.76

10k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

Detour 93%

Fleeing her mother's abuse, she moves next door to a man who won't let her hide.

by A. Marie 2020

3.76

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

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 93%

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

Written with Regret

by Aly Martinez • 2019

His world implodes when the woman who abandoned his baby returns, demanding a second chance.

4.34

14k+

👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🖤 Trauma Bonded 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

Written with Regret 93%

His world implodes when the woman who abandoned his baby returns, demanding a second chance.

by Aly Martinez 2019

4.34

14k+ ratings

👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🖤 Trauma Bonded 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Until You

by Catharina Maura • 2021

A tech CEO returns to his best friend's sister, not knowing she's his anonymous online vigilante.

3.86

38k+

💼 Workplace Romance 💖 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Until You 93%

A tech CEO returns to his best friend's sister, not knowing she's his anonymous online vigilante.

by Catharina Maura 2021

3.86

38k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 💖 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Torment

by Dylan Page

Her biker stepbrother called it protection. She called it a cage. Now he demands everything.

3.95

25k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 🕸️ Grooming ⚔️ Rival Gangs

Torment 93%

Her biker stepbrother called it protection. She called it a cage. Now he demands everything.

by Dylan Page 2021

3.95

25k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 🕸️ Grooming ⚔️ Rival Gangs

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

by Bryn Greenwood • 2016

A silent eight-year-old and a wounded ex-con form a bond the law cannot abide.

3.97

214k+

🚫 Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Morally Complex

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Summary

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things 94%

A silent eight-year-old and a wounded ex-con form a bond the law cannot abide.

by Bryn Greenwood 2016

3.97

214k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Morally Complex

Gratify

by Katelyn Taylor • 2023

She loses her parents and falls for the one man forbidden to her: her ex's father.

3.83

7k+

💔 Ex's Father 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance

Gratify 94%

She loses her parents and falls for the one man forbidden to her: her ex's father.

by Katelyn Taylor 2023

3.83

7k+ ratings

💔 Ex's Father 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance

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 93%

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

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

Lotus

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Twenty-two years captive, he returns to his best friend. His memories could destroy them both.

4.17

83k+

🧒 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Missing Person Returns 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lotus 93%

Twenty-two years captive, he returns to his best friend. His memories could destroy them both.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.17

83k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Missing Person Returns 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💔 Damaged Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Undeniably Convenient

by J. Saman • 2024

A trauma surgeon's baby pact with her ex-flame boss comes with one rule: no romance.

4.09

11k+

🩺 Medical Romance 👶 Co-Parenting Pact 💔 Second Chance 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity

Undeniably Convenient 93%

A trauma surgeon's baby pact with her ex-flame boss comes with one rule: no romance.

by J. Saman 2024

4.09

11k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Romance 👶 Co-Parenting Pact 💔 Second Chance 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity

The Muse

by L.M. Halloran • 2017

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

4.00

2k+

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty Romance

The Muse 93%

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

by L.M. Halloran 2017

4.00

2k+ ratings

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty 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

His Darling Freckles

by Alecsa Kayser

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

3.83

395

🔄 Second Chance Romance ➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn

His Darling Freckles 93%

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

by Alecsa Kayser

3.83

395 ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn

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 93%

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

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