50 Books like Sisterhood Everlasting

My Return to the Walter Boys

by Ali Novak

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

3.73

23k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

My Return to the Walter Boys 93%

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

by Ali Novak 2025

3.73

23k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

Message in a Bottle

by Nicholas Sparks • 1998

His bottled love letter led her to him. Now she must compete with a ghost.

3.98

249k+

🕯️ Grieving Widower 🖤 Tragic Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 📝 Found Letters 🏘️ Coastal Small Town

Message in a Bottle 95%

His bottled love letter led her to him. Now she must compete with a ghost.

by Nicholas Sparks 1998

3.98

249k+ ratings

🕯️ Grieving Widower 🖤 Tragic Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 📝 Found Letters 🏘️ Coastal Small Town

Every Breath

by Nicholas Sparks • 2018

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

4.07

122k+

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Every Breath 95%

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

by Nicholas Sparks 2018

4.07

122k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

The Dinner List

by Rebecca Serle • 2018

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

3.54

59k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

The Dinner List 94%

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

by Rebecca Serle 2018

3.54

59k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing 🌊 Drifting Friendships 😢 Tearjerker

I Wanted You To Know

by Laura Pearson • 2019

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

4.32

6k+

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

I Wanted You To Know 94%

Given a terminal diagnosis at twenty-one, a new mother writes her baby a lifetime of letters.

by Laura Pearson 2019

4.32

6k+ ratings

🏥 Cancer Fiction 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond ✍️ Letters To A Child 👯 Best Friend Soulmate 🤱 Single Mother

Fractured

by Dani Atkins • 2013

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

3.80

17k+

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

Fractured 94%

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

by Dani Atkins 2013

3.80

17k+ ratings

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

The Light We Lost

by Jill Santopolo • 2017

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

3.84

201k+

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

The Light We Lost 94%

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

by Jill Santopolo 2017

3.84

201k+ ratings

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City

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 94%

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

The Best of Me

by Nicholas Sparks • 2010

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

3.99

195k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

The Best of Me 94%

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

by Nicholas Sparks 2010

3.99

195k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice

The Collected Regrets of Clover

by Mikki Brammer • 2023

A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.

4.16

126k+

🔒 Emotionally Guarded 🫂 Found Family 👯 Unlikely Friendship ☠️ Death Positive 💌 Lost Love Letters

The Collected Regrets of Clover 94%

A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.

by Mikki Brammer 2023

4.16

126k+ ratings

🔒 Emotionally Guarded 🫂 Found Family 👯 Unlikely Friendship ☠️ Death Positive 💌 Lost Love Letters

Someone I Used to Know

by Paige Toon • 2021

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

4.16

11k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Someone I Used to Know 94%

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

by Paige Toon 2021

4.16

11k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle

When I Awake

by Dani Atkins • 2023

She lost ten years. Her fiancé married her best friend. Her daughter calls someone else Mom.

4.30

1k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🏠 Blended Family 🥲 Bittersweet Love Story

When I Awake 94%

She lost ten years. Her fiancé married her best friend. Her daughter calls someone else Mom.

by Dani Atkins 2023

4.30

1k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🏠 Blended Family 🥲 Bittersweet Love Story

Just The Way You Are

by Aimee Brown • 2019

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

4.22

389

👫 Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Just The Way You Are 94%

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

by Aimee Brown 2019

4.22

389 ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Always You and Me

by Dani Atkins • 2025

Her husband's dying wish: track down the first love she never got over.

4.30

32k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌳 Childhood Sweethearts 🤞 Deathbed Promise 🏚️ Forced Proximity

Always You and Me 95%

Her husband's dying wish: track down the first love she never got over.

by Dani Atkins 2025

4.30

32k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌳 Childhood Sweethearts 🤞 Deathbed Promise 🏚️ Forced Proximity

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

4.03

468k+

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

A Thousand Boy Kisses 95%

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

by Tillie Cole 2016

4.03

468k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

This Book Made Me Think of You

by Libby Page

Her husband died, but his books keep arriving, each one daring her to live.

4.32

98k+

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookshop Fiction 🕯️ Grief Journey ✉️ Posthumous Letters 💕 Slow Burn Romance

This Book Made Me Think of You 93%

Her husband died, but his books keep arriving, each one daring her to live.

by Libby Page 2026

4.32

98k+ ratings

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookshop Fiction 🕯️ Grief Journey ✉️ Posthumous Letters 💕 Slow Burn Romance

All Those Things We Never Said

by Marc Levy • 2008

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

3.87

15k+

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

All Those Things We Never Said 94%

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

by Marc Levy 2008

3.87

15k+ ratings

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

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 94%

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

The Infinity Between Us

by N.S. Perkins • 2021

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

3.82

29k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief

The Infinity Between Us 94%

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

by N.S. Perkins 2021

3.82

29k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

If He Had Been With Me 93%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

Forever, Interrupted

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2013

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

3.64

220k+

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

Forever, Interrupted 93%

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013

3.64

220k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

Me Before You

by Jojo Moyes • 2012

A caregiver falls for her quadriplegic client, only to discover he has a plan to end his life.

4.26

1.8M+

🖤 Tragic Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚖️ Right To Die 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🌿 English Village Life

Me Before You 93%

A caregiver falls for her quadriplegic client, only to discover he has a plan to end his life.

by Jojo Moyes 2012

4.26

1.8M+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚖️ Right To Die 💔 Bittersweet Ending 🌿 English Village Life

Un amigo gratis

by Inma Rubiales • 2019

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

4.16

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

Un amigo gratis 93%

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

by Inma Rubiales 2019

4.16

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

This Love

by Dani Atkins • 2017

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

4.14

3k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

This Love 93%

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

by Dani Atkins 2017

4.14

3k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

Just Friends

by Haley Pham • 2026

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

3.52

46k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 💌 Lost Letter

Just Friends 93%

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

by Haley Pham 2026

3.52

46k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 💌 Lost Letter

The Story of Us

by Lesley Jones • 2014

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

4.15

19k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters

The Story of Us 93%

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

by Lesley Jones 2014

4.15

19k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

by Marianne Cronin

One hundred years between them: a dying girl and an octogenarian paint every year of it.

4.28

135k+

🏥 Terminal Illness 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎨 Art As Therapy 💜 Sapphic Love

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Summary

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot 93%

One hundred years between them: a dying girl and an octogenarian paint every year of it.

by Marianne Cronin 2021

4.28

135k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎨 Art As Therapy 💜 Sapphic Love

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren • 2018

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

4.21

831k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

Love and Other Words 94%

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

by Christina Lauren 2018

4.21

831k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

Wish You Were Here

by Renee Carlino • 2017

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

3.92

18k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Wish You Were Here 94%

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

by Renee Carlino 2017

3.92

18k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Promise Me Sunshine

by Cara Bastone • 2025

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

4.07

95k+

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Promise Me Sunshine 93%

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

by Cara Bastone 2025

4.07

95k+ ratings

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

One True Loves

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2016

On their first anniversary, her husband vanished. Now she's engaged again. Then he comes back.

4.02

747k+

📖 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🏡 Small Town Return 🍂 Bittersweet

One True Loves 93%

On their first anniversary, her husband vanished. Now she's engaged again. Then he comes back.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2016

4.02

747k+ ratings

📖 Book Club Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🎓 High School Sweethearts 🏡 Small Town Return 🍂 Bittersweet

Humor Me

by Cat Shook • 2024

A late-night PA juggles an office crush, her grief, and a family friend's charming son.

3.59

2k+

🎭 Workplace Comedy 💼 Office Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Humor Me 93%

A late-night PA juggles an office crush, her grief, and a family friend's charming son.

by Cat Shook 2024

3.59

2k+ ratings

🎭 Workplace Comedy 💼 Office Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Firefly Lane

by Kristin Hannah • 2008

Best friends since fourteen, Kate and Tully navigate thirty years of love, ambition, and loss.

4.20

486k+

🤝 Opposite Best Friends 🦋 Friendship Saga ⚖️ Ambition Vs Family 😢 Tearjerker Ending 💔 Mother Wounds

Firefly Lane 93%

Best friends since fourteen, Kate and Tully navigate thirty years of love, ambition, and loss.

by Kristin Hannah 2008

4.20

486k+ ratings

🤝 Opposite Best Friends 🦋 Friendship Saga ⚖️ Ambition Vs Family 😢 Tearjerker Ending 💔 Mother Wounds

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

The Lies That Bind

by Emily Giffin • 2020

A journalist loses her new love on 9/11, then discovers the wife he never mentioned.

3.76

82k+

💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏙️ Post 9/11 🤫 Secrets And Lies 🌱 Starting Over

The Lies That Bind 93%

A journalist loses her new love on 9/11, then discovers the wife he never mentioned.

by Emily Giffin 2020

3.76

82k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏙️ Post 9/11 🤫 Secrets And Lies 🌱 Starting Over

The Gift

by Danielle Steel • 1986

When death steals his sister, a pregnant stranger becomes his family's only hope.

3.99

21k+

🕰️ 1950s Setting 💔 Grieving Family 🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Bittersweet Romance 🎁 Sacrificial Love

The Gift 93%

When death steals his sister, a pregnant stranger becomes his family's only hope.

by Danielle Steel 1986

3.99

21k+ ratings

🕰️ 1950s Setting 💔 Grieving Family 🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Bittersweet Romance 🎁 Sacrificial Love

This Used to Be Us

by Renee Carlino • 2024

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

4.06

8k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

This Used to Be Us 93%

Still in love after divorce, two parents face her terminal diagnosis and a final shot at forever.

by Renee Carlino 2024

4.06

8k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👨‍👩‍👦 Divorced Co-Parents 😢 Terminal Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline Romance

The Other Side of Now

by Paige Harbison • 2025

A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.

4.17

21k+

🪞 Parallel Lives 🍀 Small Town Ireland 💔 Lost Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

The Other Side of Now 93%

A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.

by Paige Harbison 2025

4.17

21k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Lives 🍀 Small Town Ireland 💔 Lost Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

Before We Were Strangers

by Renee Carlino • 2015

When a divorced photographer spots his college love on the subway, he posts a missed connection.

4.03

169k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏰ Wrong Timing

Before We Were Strangers 93%

When a divorced photographer spots his college love on the subway, he posts a missed connection.

by Renee Carlino 2015

4.03

169k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏰ Wrong Timing

What Eden Did Next

by Sheila O'Flanagan • 2022

A widow and her childhood best friend, both raising daughters alone, reconnect. Her in-laws object.

4.04

2k+

🖤 Widow Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🇮🇪 Irish Setting

What Eden Did Next 94%

A widow and her childhood best friend, both raising daughters alone, reconnect. Her in-laws object.

by Sheila O'Flanagan 2022

4.04

2k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🇮🇪 Irish Setting

Cruel and Beautiful

by A.M. Hargrove • 2015

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

4.25

5k+

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

Cruel and Beautiful 94%

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

by A.M. Hargrove 2015

4.25

5k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

by Jennifer Hartmann

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

4.16

16k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak Summary

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak 93%

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2023

4.16

16k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

The Wish

by Nicholas Sparks • 2021

A dying photographer revisits the island where, pregnant at sixteen, she found first love.

4.33

195k+

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline Love Story 💕 First Love 👶 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Adoption Reunion

The Wish 93%

A dying photographer revisits the island where, pregnant at sixteen, she found first love.

by Nicholas Sparks 2021

4.33

195k+ ratings

🖤 Terminal Illness Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline Love Story 💕 First Love 👶 Teen Pregnancy 🤝 Adoption Reunion

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 No-Show

by Beth O'Leary • 2022

Three women. One Valentine's Day. A single man who never arrives for any of them.

3.78

117k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💔 Love After Loss 🖤 Hidden Grief 🤗 Found Family 👁️ Multiple Pov

The No-Show 93%

Three women. One Valentine's Day. A single man who never arrives for any of them.

by Beth O'Leary 2022

3.78

117k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💔 Love After Loss 🖤 Hidden Grief 🤗 Found Family 👁️ Multiple Pov

What Happened to the McCrays?

by Tracey Lange • 2025

His father's stroke forces Kyle back to the ex-wife he abandoned when their child died.

3.99

28k+

🕯️ Grieving Parents 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Community ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔑 Family Secrets

What Happened to the McCrays? 93%

His father's stroke forces Kyle back to the ex-wife he abandoned when their child died.

by Tracey Lange 2025

3.99

28k+ ratings

🕯️ Grieving Parents 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Community ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔑 Family Secrets

Eleanor & Grey

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2019

His new nanny is his first love. His grief won't let her reach him.

4.32

40k+

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Eleanor & Grey 93%

His new nanny is his first love. His grief won't let her reach him.

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4.32

40k+ ratings

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A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

3.78

659k+

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In Five Years 93%

A Manhattan lawyer's perfect plan shatters after a vision reveals a different man in her future.

by Rebecca Serle 2020

3.78

659k+ ratings

👭 Female Friendship 🎗️ Terminal Illness 💔 Bittersweet 🔮 Premonition 💫 Fated Meeting

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by Abby Jimenez • 2019

She's facing infertility. He wants a big family. Their no-strings arrangement was a terrible idea.

3.90

455k+

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The Friend Zone 93%

She's facing infertility. He wants a big family. Their no-strings arrangement was a terrible idea.

by Abby Jimenez 2019

3.90

455k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🛌 Friends With Benefits 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🚒 Firefighter Hero 💬 Witty Banter

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3.52

2k+

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Somewhere in the Sunset 93%

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

by Estelle Maskame 2024

3.52

2k+ ratings

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family

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