50 Books like Someone I Used to Know

It Ends with Us

by Colleen Hoover

A florist falls for a neurosurgeon and slowly recognizes the violence her mother never escaped.

4.08

4.7M+

🖤 Toxic Relationship 💌 First Love Returns 💍 Marriage In Crisis ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Heartbreaking Romance

It Ends with Us 93%

A florist falls for a neurosurgeon and slowly recognizes the violence her mother never escaped.

by Colleen Hoover 2016

4.08

4.7M+ ratings

🖤 Toxic Relationship 💌 First Love Returns 💍 Marriage In Crisis ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Heartbreaking Romance

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 95%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

by Ann Brashares • 2001

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

3.85

736k+

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Summary

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 94%

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

by Ann Brashares 2001

3.85

736k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

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 94%

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

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

Our Song

by Dani Atkins • 2016

Two women loved the same man. Now both their husbands lie dying in the same hospital.

4.29

6k+

🏥 Medical Romance 💔 Love Triangle 👶 Hidden Parentage 🏠 Blended Family 🛌 Hospital Vigil

Our Song 93%

Two women loved the same man. Now both their husbands lie dying in the same hospital.

by Dani Atkins 2016

4.29

6k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Romance 💔 Love Triangle 👶 Hidden Parentage 🏠 Blended Family 🛌 Hospital Vigil

The Second Time Around

by Mary Beesley • 2023

A widow nannies for a wealthy widower but can't resist his thirty-year-old son.

3.96

647

🖤 Widow Finds Love 💕 Reverse Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle

The Second Time Around 93%

A widow nannies for a wealthy widower but can't resist his thirty-year-old son.

by Mary Beesley 2023

3.96

647 ratings

🖤 Widow Finds Love 💕 Reverse Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 💔 Love Triangle

The Love We Found

by Jill Santopolo • 2025

A Rome address pulls a mother into her late love's secret life and a second chance.

3.90

14k+

💞 Second-Chance Romance 🤫 Hidden Paternity 🕊️ Love After Loss 🏠 Blended Family Ties 👵 Intergenerational Bond

The Love We Found 93%

A Rome address pulls a mother into her late love's secret life and a second chance.

by Jill Santopolo 2025

3.90

14k+ ratings

💞 Second-Chance Romance 🤫 Hidden Paternity 🕊️ Love After Loss 🏠 Blended Family Ties 👵 Intergenerational Bond

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

The Promise of Tomorrow

by Mary Ellen Taylor • 2024

She returned to Virginia for a divorce. A mysterious stone and an old flame changed everything.

4.29

18k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Grief And Healing ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Estranged Spouses

The Promise of Tomorrow 93%

She returned to Virginia for a divorce. A mysterious stone and an old flame changed everything.

by Mary Ellen Taylor 2024

4.29

18k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Grief And Healing ⏳ Dual Timelines 💔 Estranged Spouses

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks • 1996

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

4.16

1.9M+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 💰 Rich Girl Poor Boy 💔 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet Love Story

The Notebook 93%

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

by Nicholas Sparks 1996

4.16

1.9M+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 💰 Rich Girl Poor Boy 💔 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet Love Story

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

The Woman in the Middle

by Milly Johnson • 2021

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

4.31

5k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

The Woman in the Middle 93%

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

by Milly Johnson 2021

4.31

5k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

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

The Promise

by Emma Heatherington • 2021

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

3.97

449

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing 💫 Second Chance Love 🩹 Survivor's Guilt

The Promise 93%

After a bombing, a Catholic nurse and Protestant minister's son vow to find each other again.

by Emma Heatherington 2021

3.97

449 ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love 🇮🇪 The Troubles 💔 Trauma Healing 💫 Second Chance Love 🩹 Survivor's Guilt

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

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 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 93%

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 Library of Borrowed Hearts

by Lucy Gilmore • 2024

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

3.85

19k+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

The Library of Borrowed Hearts 93%

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

by Lucy Gilmore 2024

3.85

19k+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

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 93%

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

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

Her first love wants a second chance, but her abusive ex still controls her life.

4.40

11k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 First Love Reunion 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🏠 Found Family 💔 Breaking The Cycle

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection Summary

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection 93%

Her first love wants a second chance, but her abusive ex still controls her life.

by Colleen Hoover 2022

4.40

11k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 First Love Reunion 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🏠 Found Family 💔 Breaking The Cycle

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+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Nanny 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Grief And Healing

Eleanor & Grey 93%

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

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2019

4.32

40k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Nanny 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Grief And Healing

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

The Wedding Dress

by Dani Atkins • 2021

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

4.15

1k+

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Wedding Dress 94%

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

by Dani Atkins 2021

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

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

Counting Miracles

by Nicholas Sparks • 2024

A veteran chasing his father's trail meets a divorced doctor who locked her heart for good.

4.15

89k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mother Romance 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Family Secrets

Counting Miracles 93%

A veteran chasing his father's trail meets a divorced doctor who locked her heart for good.

by Nicholas Sparks 2024

4.15

89k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mother Romance 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Family Secrets

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

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

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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

Angel Falls

by Kristin Hannah • 2000

To wake his comatose wife, a doctor must summon the movie star she secretly married first.

3.89

79k+

🖤 Women's Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Amnesia 🗝️ Family Secrets 😢 Tearjerker

Angel Falls 93%

To wake his comatose wife, a doctor must summon the movie star she secretly married first.

by Kristin Hannah 2000

3.89

79k+ ratings

🖤 Women's Fiction 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Amnesia 🗝️ Family Secrets 😢 Tearjerker

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 92%

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

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

Only Love Can Hurt Like This

by Paige Toon • 2023

An architect flees her broken engagement for Indiana, where a farmer's secret makes love impossible.

3.96

45k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding

Only Love Can Hurt Like This 92%

An architect flees her broken engagement for Indiana, where a farmer's secret makes love impossible.

by Paige Toon 2023

3.96

45k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding

Same Time Next Summer

by Annabel Monaghan • 2023

An engaged woman returns to her family's beach house and finds her first love next door.

3.73

149k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🏖️ Small Beach Town 🌊 Summer House

Same Time Next Summer 92%

An engaged woman returns to her family's beach house and finds her first love next door.

by Annabel Monaghan 2023

3.73

149k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🏖️ Small Beach Town 🌊 Summer House

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? 92%

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

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 92%

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

The Wednesday Letters

by Jason F. Wright • 2007

When both parents die overnight, three siblings find decades of weekly letters and a hidden truth.

3.62

22k+

🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Hidden Paternity 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Sibling Reunion 😢 Tearjerker

The Wednesday Letters 92%

When both parents die overnight, three siblings find decades of weekly letters and a hidden truth.

by Jason F. Wright 2007

3.62

22k+ ratings

🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Hidden Paternity 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Sibling Reunion 😢 Tearjerker

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 92%

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

The Memory of Us

by Dani Atkins • 2024

She hires a stranger to play her sister's imagined husband, and the staged romance turns real.

4.18

3k+

🖤 Sisterhood Drama 💔 Medical Romance 💕 Fake Dating Real Love 🏠 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Fate

The Memory of Us 92%

She hires a stranger to play her sister's imagined husband, and the staged romance turns real.

by Dani Atkins 2024

4.18

3k+ ratings

🖤 Sisterhood Drama 💔 Medical Romance 💕 Fake Dating Real Love 🏠 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Fate

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 92%

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

The Fine Print

by Lauren Asher • 2021

A billionaire falls for the theme park employee deciding his inheritance, while hiding his identity.

3.80

672k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎭 Secret Identity ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

The Fine Print 92%

A billionaire falls for the theme park employee deciding his inheritance, while hiding his identity.

by Lauren Asher 2021

3.80

672k+ ratings

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Finding Grace 92%

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