50 Books like The House Beneath the Cliffs

Seven Summers

by Paige Toon

After a crash kills her parents, a sculptor spends six summers loving the musician who held her.

4.07

40k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Love Triangle ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💫 Bittersweet

Seven Summers 92%

After a crash kills her parents, a sculptor spends six summers loving the musician who held her.

by Paige Toon 2024

4.07

40k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Love Triangle ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💫 Bittersweet

The House of New Beginnings

by Lucy Diamond • 2017

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

3.90

6k+

🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 👭 Female Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍳 Healing Through Food

The House of New Beginnings 96%

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

by Lucy Diamond 2017

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 👭 Female Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍳 Healing Through Food

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

by Jenny Colgan • 2012

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

3.92

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams Summary

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams 93%

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

by Jenny Colgan 2012

3.92

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story

The Wedding of the Year

by Jill Mansell • 2024

At a Cornish wedding, Lottie's teenage rival Max returns, their old spark more forbidden than ever.

4.07

8k+

💞 Second Chance Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌊 Cornish Seaside 🫂 Found Family

The Wedding of the Year 93%

At a Cornish wedding, Lottie's teenage rival Max returns, their old spark more forbidden than ever.

by Jill Mansell 2024

4.07

8k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌊 Cornish Seaside 🫂 Found Family

Stay A Little Longer

by Kait Nolan • 2019

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

4.32

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 💞 Second Chance At Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

Stay A Little Longer 93%

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

by Kait Nolan 2019

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 💞 Second Chance At Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

The Bookshop on the Corner

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

Her library closed, she turns a van into a bookshop and heads for the Scottish Highlands.

3.84

105k+

📖 Bookshop Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 📚 Bookish Heroine

The Bookshop on the Corner 93%

Her library closed, she turns a van into a bookshop and heads for the Scottish Highlands.

by Jenny Colgan 2016

3.84

105k+ ratings

📖 Bookshop Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🫂 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 📚 Bookish Heroine

Tough Love

by Melanie A. Smith • 2021

A jaded lawyer caring for her dying grandmother falls for the guarded doctor next door.

4.07

194

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Grief And Healing 🌱 Starting Over 🩹 Wounded Hero

Tough Love 93%

A jaded lawyer caring for her dying grandmother falls for the guarded doctor next door.

by Melanie A. Smith 2021

4.07

194 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Grief And Healing 🌱 Starting Over 🩹 Wounded Hero

The Summer of Serendipity

by Ali McNamara • 2017

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

3.90

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Summer of Serendipity 93%

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

by Ali McNamara 2017

3.90

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

Here With Me

by Samantha Young • 2021

A Boston cop seeks her father at a Highland castle, where the laird's mistrust conceals desire.

4.12

14k+

🤝 Enemies To Lovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Stalker Mystery 👨‍👧 Estranged Parent

Here With Me 92%

A Boston cop seeks her father at a Highland castle, where the laird's mistrust conceals desire.

by Samantha Young 2021

4.12

14k+ ratings

🤝 Enemies To Lovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Stalker Mystery 👨‍👧 Estranged Parent

The Woman Who Took a Chance

by Fiona Gibson • 2022

Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.

3.96

2k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 📱 Online Dating Disasters 🥪 Sandwich Generation 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

The Woman Who Took a Chance 92%

Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.

by Fiona Gibson 2022

3.96

2k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 📱 Online Dating Disasters 🥪 Sandwich Generation 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

What Happens in Dubai

by Sophie Gravia • 2022

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

3.86

5k+

🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

What Happens in Dubai 92%

A Glasgow aesthetician flees her dating disasters for Dubai, where her past is waiting poolside.

by Sophie Gravia 2022

3.86

5k+ ratings

🫠 Dating Disasters 😬 Self-Deprecating Humor 👥 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Kilt Trip

by Alexandra Kiley • 2024

An American consultant battles a kilted Scotsman for the soul of his family's Highland tour company.

3.45

13k+

💢 Enemies To Lovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 🚐 Forced Proximity 🏠 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Kilt Trip 92%

An American consultant battles a kilted Scotsman for the soul of his family's Highland tour company.

by Alexandra Kiley 2024

3.45

13k+ ratings

💢 Enemies To Lovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 🚐 Forced Proximity 🏠 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso"

by Elliot Fletcher • 2025

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

3.85

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏔️ Scottish Highlands ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 💘 He Falls First

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso" Summary

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso" 92%

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

by Elliot Fletcher 2025

3.85

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏔️ Scottish Highlands ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 💘 He Falls First

The Highland Fling

by Meghan Quinn • 2021

Fleeing failure, she lands in a Scottish village coffee shop and collides with the grumpiest local.

3.95

67k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🖤 Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

The Highland Fling 92%

Fleeing failure, she lands in a Scottish village coffee shop and collides with the grumpiest local.

by Meghan Quinn 2021

3.95

67k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🖤 Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands 🐠 Fish Out Of Water

One Long Weekend

by Shari Low • 2024

An Instagram plea for lost rings draws four strangers into a life-changing weekend in Glasgow.

4.44

15k+

🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 🕸️ Interwoven Lives 🖤 Grieving Widow 💔 Marriage In Crisis

One Long Weekend 92%

An Instagram plea for lost rings draws four strangers into a life-changing weekend in Glasgow.

by Shari Low 2024

4.44

15k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 🕸️ Interwoven Lives 🖤 Grieving Widow 💔 Marriage In Crisis

The Wedding Menu

by Letizia Lorini • 2023

Her father's rival's son is charming, cynical, and hates the one thing she dreams of: marriage.

4.07

6k+

💕 Romantic Comedy 🍳 Culinary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚔️ Rival Families

The Wedding Menu 92%

Her father's rival's son is charming, cynical, and hates the one thing she dreams of: marriage.

by Letizia Lorini 2023

4.07

6k+ ratings

💕 Romantic Comedy 🍳 Culinary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚔️ Rival Families

If Tomorrow Never Comes

by Allison Ashley • 2025

Before her transplant, one night with a stranger. A year later, he is her donor's boyfriend.

3.99

18k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏥 Illness And Love 🌸 Tender Romance 🍂 Bittersweet

If Tomorrow Never Comes 92%

Before her transplant, one night with a stranger. A year later, he is her donor's boyfriend.

by Allison Ashley 2025

3.99

18k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏥 Illness And Love 🌸 Tender Romance 🍂 Bittersweet

Red Mountain

by Boo Walker • 2016

On a Washington wine mountain, lost souls find family, love, and a reason to start over.

4.05

19k+

🍇 Vineyard Life 🏠 Found Family 💕 Second Chance At Love 🏘️ Small Town Community 🦋 Divorce Recovery

Red Mountain 92%

On a Washington wine mountain, lost souls find family, love, and a reason to start over.

by Boo Walker 2016

4.05

19k+ ratings

🍇 Vineyard Life 🏠 Found Family 💕 Second Chance At Love 🏘️ Small Town Community 🦋 Divorce Recovery

Just the Way You Are

by Beth Moran • 2022

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

4.26

16k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 📝 Bucket List

Just the Way You Are 92%

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

by Beth Moran 2022

4.26

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 📝 Bucket List

Six Little Words

by Sally Page • 2026

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

4.06

4k+

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Six Little Words 92%

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

by Sally Page 2026

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake

by Rachel Linden • 2025

A grieving cooking-show host flees to Italy, where her family's magical cookbook stays blank.

4.04

3k+

🪄 Magical Realism Lite 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Generations ✨ Whimsical Warmth

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake Summary

The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake 92%

A grieving cooking-show host flees to Italy, where her family's magical cookbook stays blank.

by Rachel Linden 2025

4.04

3k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism Lite 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Generations ✨ Whimsical Warmth

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh • 2024

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

3.97

21k+

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

The Summer of Yes 92%

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

by Courtney Walsh 2024

3.97

21k+ ratings

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

Darling Daffodils Farm

by Brittanee Nicole • 2026

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

3.90

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

Darling Daffodils Farm 92%

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

by Brittanee Nicole 2026

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

Alternate Endings

by Ali Rosen • 2024

A single mom's new boss is her high school ex, and an Irish castle traps them together.

3.81

7k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🏰 Castle Setting

Alternate Endings 92%

A single mom's new boss is her high school ex, and an Irish castle traps them together.

by Ali Rosen 2024

3.81

7k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🏰 Castle Setting

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

3.68

22k+

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 🫂 Found Family 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery Summary

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery 91%

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

by Jenny Colgan 2016

3.68

22k+ ratings

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 🫂 Found Family 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village

The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

by Claire Swinarski • 2024

Esther fed mourners for decades. Now the funeral ladies must save her home.

3.69

9k+

🍽️ Food-Centered Fiction 👵 Aging And Independence 🏘️ Small Town Community 👯‍♀️ Lifelong Female Friends 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County Summary

The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County 91%

Esther fed mourners for decades. Now the funeral ladies must save her home.

by Claire Swinarski 2024

3.69

9k+ ratings

🍽️ Food-Centered Fiction 👵 Aging And Independence 🏘️ Small Town Community 👯‍♀️ Lifelong Female Friends 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Colton Gentry's Third Act

by Jeff Zentner • 2024

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

4.12

7k+

🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

Colton Gentry's Third Act 91%

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

by Jeff Zentner 2024

4.12

7k+ ratings

🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

It's Different This Time

by Joss Richard • 2025

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

3.97

38k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

It's Different This Time 91%

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

by Joss Richard 2025

3.97

38k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

by Olivia Ford • 2024

A 77-year-old secretly enters a baking show. The spotlight could expose the baby she surrendered.

4.09

22k+

🧁 Baking Competition 👵 Later In Life 👶 Adoption Reunion 💕 Long Marriage 🤫 Family Secrets

Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame 91%

A 77-year-old secretly enters a baking show. The spotlight could expose the baby she surrendered.

by Olivia Ford 2024

4.09

22k+ ratings

🧁 Baking Competition 👵 Later In Life 👶 Adoption Reunion 💕 Long Marriage 🤫 Family Secrets

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage

by Ali McNamara • 2016

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

4.02

2k+

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage 91%

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

by Ali McNamara 2016

4.02

2k+ ratings

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

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 91%

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

Truly Madly Deeply

by L.J. Shen • 2024

One night with her best friend's brother sent her running. Five years on, he's her boss.

3.93

73k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

Truly Madly Deeply 91%

One night with her best friend's brother sent her running. Five years on, he's her boss.

by L.J. Shen 2024

3.93

73k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

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 91%

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

The Authenticity Project

by Clare Pooley • 2020

An artist's notebook confession sparks a chain of honesty among six lonely strangers in London.

3.93

107k+

🫂 Found Family 📓 Anonymous Confessions 💔 Hidden Loneliness 🩹 Addiction Recovery ☕ Cozy Café Setting

The Authenticity Project 91%

An artist's notebook confession sparks a chain of honesty among six lonely strangers in London.

by Clare Pooley 2020

3.93

107k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 📓 Anonymous Confessions 💔 Hidden Loneliness 🩹 Addiction Recovery ☕ Cozy Café Setting

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

577k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Pumpkin Spice Café 91%

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023

3.36

577k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Savor It

by Tarah DeWitt • 2024

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

3.82

45k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance

Savor It 91%

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

by Tarah DeWitt 2024

3.82

45k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance

Mad About You

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2022

A wedding photographer starts over with a runaway groom, then her abusive ex smears her online.

3.82

39k+

🖤 Coercive Control 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Female Solidarity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

Mad About You 91%

A wedding photographer starts over with a runaway groom, then her abusive ex smears her online.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2022

3.82

39k+ ratings

🖤 Coercive Control 🏠 Forced Proximity 👭 Female Solidarity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

Promise Me

by Jill Mansell • 2023

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

4.14

13k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village

Promise Me 91%

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

by Jill Mansell 2023

4.14

13k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village

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 91%

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

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé

by Jennifer Peel • 2019

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

4.15

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé 91%

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

by Jennifer Peel 2019

4.15

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad

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 91%

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

In Your Dreams

by Sarah Adams • 2025

A struggling chef takes over a restaurant her brother's best friend invented during one phone call.

3.98

90k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🤫 Secret Pining Hero 🧁 Cinnamon Roll Hero

In Your Dreams 91%

A struggling chef takes over a restaurant her brother's best friend invented during one phone call.

by Sarah Adams 2025

3.98

90k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🤫 Secret Pining Hero 🧁 Cinnamon Roll 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 91%

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 Christmas Bookshop

by Jenny Colgan • 2021

Jobless at thirty, she must rescue an Edinburgh bookshop by Christmas to prove her family wrong.

3.68

95k+

📚 Bookshop Setting 👭 Sister Rivalry 🌱 Starting Over 💕 Found Family 🏪 Small Shop Revival

The Christmas Bookshop 91%

Jobless at thirty, she must rescue an Edinburgh bookshop by Christmas to prove her family wrong.

by Jenny Colgan 2021

3.68

95k+ ratings

📚 Bookshop Setting 👭 Sister Rivalry 🌱 Starting Over 💕 Found Family 🏪 Small Shop Revival

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

by Jenny Colgan • 2013

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

3.81

18k+

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💘 Second Chance Romance

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris Summary

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris 91%

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

by Jenny Colgan 2013

3.81

18k+ ratings

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💘 Second Chance Romance

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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 91%

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

Happy Place

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An ex-couple fakes their engagement for one last week with friends at a Maine summer cottage.

3.94

1.5M+

💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Fake Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌊 Summer Cottage Setting

Happy Place 91%

An ex-couple fakes their engagement for one last week with friends at a Maine summer cottage.

by Emily Henry 2023

3.94

1.5M+ ratings

💕 Second Chance Romance 🤝 Fake Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌊 Summer Cottage Setting

Juniper Hill

by Devney Perry • 2022

A single mom with a secret moves above a guarded small-town chef's garage.

4.12

128k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero 🫂 Found Family

Juniper Hill 91%

A single mom with a secret moves above a guarded small-town chef's garage.

by Devney Perry 2022

4.12

128k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mom ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero 🫂 Found Family

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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 91%

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 View From Lake Como

by Adriana Trigiani • 2025

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

3.80

36k+

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Italian Countryside

The View From Lake Como 91%

A divorced woman inherits a marble business, its secrets, and a second chance in Italy.

by Adriana Trigiani 2025

3.80

36k+ ratings

🇮🇹 Italian American 💫 Starting Over 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Italian Countryside

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