36 Books like La casa en el mar más azul

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

by Sangu Mandanna

An internet witch is hired to teach three magical orphans before the outside world discovers them.

4.03

390k+

🏡 Cozy Witch Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 English Seaside

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Summary

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches 94%

An internet witch is hired to teach three magical orphans before the outside world discovers them.

by Sangu Mandanna 2022

4.03

390k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Witch Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 English Seaside

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

by Elizabeth Everett • 2026

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

3.53

1k+

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel Summary

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel 94%

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

by Elizabeth Everett 2026

3.53

1k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

by Sangu Mandanna • 2025

An exiled witch's enchanted inn shelters the lost, until a historian arrives with a forbidden spell.

3.93

117k+

🧹 Witchy Romance ✨ Cozy Fantasy 🦊 Magical Inn 💀 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Summary

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping 93%

An exiled witch's enchanted inn shelters the lost, until a historian arrives with a forbidden spell.

by Sangu Mandanna 2025

3.93

117k+ ratings

🧹 Witchy Romance ✨ Cozy Fantasy 🦊 Magical Inn 💀 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Demons Do It Better

by Louisa Masters • 2020

His one-night stand is now his demon coworker, and their office hunts a shifter-kidnapping ring.

4.10

7k+

🏢 Supernatural Workplace 💘 One Night Stand To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 👤 Human In Supernatural World

Demons Do It Better 92%

His one-night stand is now his demon coworker, and their office hunts a shifter-kidnapping ring.

by Louisa Masters 2020

4.10

7k+ ratings

🏢 Supernatural Workplace 💘 One Night Stand To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 👤 Human In Supernatural World

Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune • 2021

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

4.11

327k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

Under the Whispering Door 92%

A cold lawyer dies and falls for the kind ferryman at a tea shop between worlds.

by T.J. Klune 2021

4.11

327k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grief Processing 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 👻 Ghost Romance

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

by Sara Raasch • 2025

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

4.18

17k+

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards Summary

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards 92%

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

by Sara Raasch 2025

4.18

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

by Rebecca Thorne • 2022

Two women, one bookshop, and a Queen who calls their happiness an act of treason.

3.70

34k+

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 📚 Bookshop Setting 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Domestic Fantasy

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea 92%

Two women, one bookshop, and a Queen who calls their happiness an act of treason.

by Rebecca Thorne 2022

3.70

34k+ ratings

🍵 Cozy Fantasy 💕 Sapphic Romance 📚 Bookshop Setting 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Domestic Fantasy

Paladin's Grace

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

4.05

56k+

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

Paladin's Grace 92%

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

4.05

56k+ ratings

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

Bookshops & Bonedust

by Travis Baldree • 2023

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

4.11

117k+

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

Bookshops & Bonedust 92%

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

by Travis Baldree 2023

4.11

117k+ ratings

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

Sorcery and Small Magics

by Maiga Doocy • 2024

A forbidden spell binds rival mages together. The only cure lies deep in an enchanted forest.

4.28

15k+

🖤 Rivals To Lovers 📚 Magical Academy 🔗 Forced Proximity 🌲 Enchanted Forest 💬 Snarky Narrator

Sorcery and Small Magics 91%

A forbidden spell binds rival mages together. The only cure lies deep in an enchanted forest.

by Maiga Doocy 2024

4.28

15k+ ratings

🖤 Rivals To Lovers 📚 Magical Academy 🔗 Forced Proximity 🌲 Enchanted Forest 💬 Snarky Narrator

A Novel Love Story

by Ashley Poston • 2024

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

3.61

134k+

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

A Novel Love Story 91%

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

by Ashley Poston 2024

3.61

134k+ ratings

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

Dragon Ever After

by Louisa Masters • 2021

A dragon's crash ends a shifter's retirement, delivering an irresistible wing leader to his door.

4.20

4k+

🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy And Sunshine 💕 Interspecies Romance 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy

Dragon Ever After 91%

A dragon's crash ends a shifter's retirement, delivering an irresistible wing leader to his door.

by Louisa Masters 2021

4.20

4k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy And Sunshine 💕 Interspecies Romance 🫖 Cozy Fantasy Energy

The Spellshop

by Sarah Beth Durst • 2024

Fleeing revolution, a librarian's island jam shop hides forbidden magic and a chance to start over.

4.00

170k+

🏡 Small Town Fantasy 📚 Librarian Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🪄 Secret Magic Shop

The Spellshop 91%

Fleeing revolution, a librarian's island jam shop hides forbidden magic and a chance to start over.

by Sarah Beth Durst 2024

4.00

170k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Fantasy 📚 Librarian Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🪄 Secret Magic Shop

The Hands of the Emperor

by Victoria Goddard • 2019

A bureaucrat invites his lonely god-emperor on holiday, and the mask of divinity begins to slip.

4.40

4k+

🍵 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 📜 Bureaucratic Hero ✨ God And Mortal Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Friendship

The Hands of the Emperor 93%

A bureaucrat invites his lonely god-emperor on holiday, and the mask of divinity begins to slip.

by Victoria Goddard 2019

4.40

4k+ ratings

🍵 Cozy Fantasy Energy 🏛️ Political Fantasy 📜 Bureaucratic Hero ✨ God And Mortal Bond 🔥 Slow Burn Friendship

The Faraway Inn

by Sarah Beth Durst • 2026

Reeling from heartbreak, she flees to her great-aunt's inn where closet doors open to other realms.

4.17

15k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🏡 Magical Small Town

The Faraway Inn 93%

Reeling from heartbreak, she flees to her great-aunt's inn where closet doors open to other realms.

by Sarah Beth Durst 2026

4.17

15k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 🧙 Grumpy Mentor 🏡 Magical Small Town

The Enchanted Greenhouse

by Sarah Beth Durst

Turned to wood for creating life, a librarian wakes to a greenhouse of sleeping plants.

4.10

53k+

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💚 Healing From Trauma

The Enchanted Greenhouse 91%

Turned to wood for creating life, a librarian wakes to a greenhouse of sleeping plants.

by Sarah Beth Durst 2025

4.10

53k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💚 Healing From Trauma

The Lord of Stariel

by A.J. Lancaster • 2018

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

3.93

10k+

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Lord of Stariel 91%

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

by A.J. Lancaster 2018

3.93

10k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The House Witch

by Delemhach • 2022

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

4.10

36k+

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

The House Witch 91%

A royal cook with a secret kitchen magic falls for a viscountess trapped in a political marriage.

by Delemhach 2022

4.10

36k+ ratings

☕ Cozy Fantasy 🍳 Kitchen Magic 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Court Intrigue 🐈 Cat Familiar

DallerGut Dream Department Store

by Miye Lee • 2020

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

3.64

44k+

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic 🎪 Whimsical

DallerGut Dream Department Store Summary

DallerGut Dream Department Store 91%

At a dream department store, a self-doubting clerk learns the price of the dreams she sells.

by Miye Lee 2020

3.64

44k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Workplace 💛 Found Family ✨ Everyday Magic 🎪 Whimsical

Way of the Argosi

by Sebastien de Castell • 2021

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

4.25

2k+

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

Way of the Argosi 91%

Cursed to spoil every kindness, an orphan thief steals toward a freedom no mage controls.

by Sebastien de Castell 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧙 Mage Society 🪢 Magical Curse 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Thief Crew 💔 Trauma Healing

The Wishing Game

by Meg Shaffer • 2023

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

4.02

192k+

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey ✍️ Reclusive Author 👯 Estranged Sisters

The Wishing Game 91%

A teacher's aide must win a reclusive author's island contest to adopt the boy she loves.

by Meg Shaffer 2023

4.02

192k+ ratings

📚 Bookish Contest 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Adoption Journey ✍️ Reclusive Author 👯 Estranged Sisters

The Other Ones

by Fran Hart • 2022

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

3.85

2k+

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Other Ones 91%

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

by Fran Hart 2022

3.85

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

by Lily Morton • 2018

Hired to revive a Cornwall estate, Irishman Oz Gallagher falls for his boss, an off-limits earl.

4.33

6k+

💼 Workplace Romance 🎩 Class Gap 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🌊 English Coast

Oz 91%

Hired to revive a Cornwall estate, Irishman Oz Gallagher falls for his boss, an off-limits earl.

by Lily Morton 2018

4.33

6k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 🎩 Class Gap 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🌊 English Coast

Forging Silver into Stars

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2022

A blacksmith's rebel secret collides with his heart when the king's gentle courier rides into town.

4.11

12k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance ♿ Disabled Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Royal Conspiracy 👯‍♀️ Sister Bond

Forging Silver into Stars 91%

A blacksmith's rebel secret collides with his heart when the king's gentle courier rides into town.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2022

4.11

12k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance ♿ Disabled Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Royal Conspiracy 👯‍♀️ Sister Bond

Assistant to the Villain

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

She works for a villain. He's kind, handsome, and someone is planting bombs in his manor.

3.93

355k+

🖤 Villain Romance 🏰 Workplace Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Fantasy

Assistant to the Villain 91%

She works for a villain. He's kind, handsome, and someone is planting bombs in his manor.

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023

3.93

355k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Romance 🏰 Workplace Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Fantasy

Curses & Cocktails

by S.L. Rowland • 2023

A blood mage opens a seaside bar, trading destruction for his father's recipes, community, and love.

4.15

6k+

🍂 Cozy Fantasy ⚔️ Retired Warrior 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Curses & Cocktails 93%

A blood mage opens a seaside bar, trading destruction for his father's recipes, community, and love.

by S.L. Rowland 2023

4.15

6k+ ratings

🍂 Cozy Fantasy ⚔️ Retired Warrior 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

by Heather Fawcett • 2026

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

3.89

32k+

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Summary

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter 93%

A widow moves her cat shelter into a cursed shop where the Witch King is hiding.

by Heather Fawcett 2026

3.89

32k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Fantasy 🏪 Magical Shop Front ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

The Honey Witch

by Sydney J. Shields • 2024

Her honey magic heals the land. Its price: she can never love. A skeptic moves in.

3.54

29k+

🏡 Cottagecore Fantasy 💔 Cursed Love 🐝 Nature Magic ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

The Honey Witch 91%

Her honey magic heals the land. Its price: she can never love. A skeptic moves in.

by Sydney J. Shields 2024

3.54

29k+ ratings

🏡 Cottagecore Fantasy 💔 Cursed Love 🐝 Nature Magic ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

The Loner

by Riley Hart • 2023

His secret hookups with a famous actor had one rule: no feelings. A decade later, he's breaking it.

4.20

4k+

🩹 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Celebrity Romance 💔 Damaged Hero

The Loner 91%

His secret hookups with a famous actor had one rule: no feelings. A decade later, he's breaking it.

by Riley Hart 2023

4.20

4k+ ratings

🩹 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Celebrity Romance 💔 Damaged Hero

People Watching

by Hannah Bonam-Young • 2025

An artist who never stays returns to his small town, tangling with a poet who can't leave.

3.54

31k+

🏡 Small-Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine 👪 Found Family 🌸 Sexual Awakening

People Watching 91%

An artist who never stays returns to his small town, tangling with a poet who can't leave.

by Hannah Bonam-Young 2025

3.54

31k+ ratings

🏡 Small-Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine 👪 Found Family 🌸 Sexual Awakening

A Magical Girl Retires

by Park Seolyeon • 2022

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

3.54

12k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn ⚡ Trauma And Magic 🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful

A Magical Girl Retires 91%

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

by Park Seolyeon 2022

3.54

12k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn ⚡ Trauma And Magic 🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful

When the Tides Held the Moon

by Venessa Vida Kelley • 2025

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

4.14

14k+

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

When the Tides Held the Moon 91%

A Brooklyn blacksmith falls for the captive merman he's hired to keep in a tank.

by Venessa Vida Kelley 2025

4.14

14k+ ratings

🎪 Carnival Sideshow 🧜‍♂️ Merman Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Natural Twenty

by Charlie Novak • 2020

A florist and a heartbroken bookseller become friends over D&D and takeout, too scared to want more.

3.96

2k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌸 Florist Romance 📚 Bookshop Romance 🎲 Geeky Romance

Natural Twenty 91%

A florist and a heartbroken bookseller become friends over D&D and takeout, too scared to want more.

by Charlie Novak 2020

3.96

2k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌸 Florist Romance 📚 Bookshop Romance 🎲 Geeky Romance

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance

by Foz Meadows • 2022

A shattered nobleman is forced to wed a warrior prince whose family hides a killer.

4.01

12k+

🏛️ Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Trauma Healing 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🗡️ Political Intrigue

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance Summary

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance 91%

A shattered nobleman is forced to wed a warrior prince whose family hides a killer.

by Foz Meadows 2022

4.01

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Arranged Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Trauma Healing 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🗡️ Political Intrigue

The Baby Dragon Café

by Aamna Qureshi • 2025

Her baby dragon café is failing. His inherited dragon is chaos. A deal ties their futures.

3.24

23k+

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ☕ Magical Café 🫂 Found Family

The Baby Dragon Café 91%

Her baby dragon café is failing. His inherited dragon is chaos. A deal ties their futures.

by Aamna Qureshi 2025

3.24

23k+ ratings

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ☕ Magical Café 🫂 Found Family

Rewitched

by Lucy Jane Wood • 2024

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

3.73

32k+

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

Rewitched 91%

A bookshop witch who hid her magic must prove her worth by thirty, or lose it.

by Lucy Jane Wood 2024

3.73

32k+ ratings

🧙 Cozy Witch Fantasy 📚 Magical Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance ☺️ Feel-Good Fantasy

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