33 Books like The Last Letter

In the Likely Event

by Rebecca Yarros

A decade of near-misses between a crash survivor and her soldier ignites in a falling Kabul.

4.21

272k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Emotionally Unavailable Hero 💰 Class Differences ⏳ Pining Across Years

In the Likely Event 93%

A decade of near-misses between a crash survivor and her soldier ignites in a falling Kabul.

by Rebecca Yarros 2023

4.21

272k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Emotionally Unavailable Hero 💰 Class Differences ⏳ Pining Across Years

The Story of Us

by Tara Sivec • 2017

A captive Marine returns home to his first love and the secrets that kept her silent.

4.08

4k+

🎖️ Military Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love 💔 Trauma Recovery ✉️ Unsent Letters 🩹 Self Sacrifice

The Story of Us 94%

A captive Marine returns home to his first love and the secrets that kept her silent.

by Tara Sivec 2017

4.08

4k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love 💔 Trauma Recovery ✉️ Unsent Letters 🩹 Self Sacrifice

Unbreak My Heart

by Nicole Jacquelyn • 2016

She loved him first. He married her best friend. Then tragedy left her raising his four children.

3.88

16k+

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Unrequited Love 🔄 Second Chance 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance

Unbreak My Heart 94%

She loved him first. He married her best friend. Then tragedy left her raising his four children.

by Nicole Jacquelyn 2016

3.88

16k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Unrequited Love 🔄 Second Chance 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance

Someday Never Came

by Autumn Lawrence-Barnette • 2024

Midnight text pulls her back to a beach town and a soldier fighting a war within.

4.03

3k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero ✉️ Love Letters

Someday Never Came 94%

Midnight text pulls her back to a beach town and a soldier fighting a war within.

by Autumn Lawrence-Barnette 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero ✉️ Love Letters

One Last Rainy Day

by Kate Stewart • 2023

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

4.53

55k+

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

One Last Rainy Day 93%

He swore an oath to destroy her father. She became the one thing he couldn't sacrifice.

by Kate Stewart 2023

4.53

55k+ ratings

✨ Forbidden Love 🖤 Found Family 💔 Tragic Romance 💫 Love Triangle 🦅 Secret Society

The Lucky One

by Nicholas Sparks • 2008

A Marine searches for the woman in a photograph and enters a single mother's dangerous orbit.

4.13

376k+

🏡 Small-Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🎖️ Military Romance ⏳ Slow Burn Romance ✨ Fated Love

The Lucky One 93%

A Marine searches for the woman in a photograph and enters a single mother's dangerous orbit.

by Nicholas Sparks 2008

4.13

376k+ ratings

🏡 Small-Town Romance 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🎖️ Military Romance ⏳ Slow Burn Romance ✨ Fated Love

When the Stars Fall

by Emery Rose • 2020

A boy promised her forever. War returned a stranger who could not bear her love.

4.11

11k+

🎖️ Military Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💢 Wounded Warrior 🏘️ Small Town Romance

When the Stars Fall 93%

A boy promised her forever. War returned a stranger who could not bear her love.

by Emery Rose 2020

4.11

11k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💢 Wounded Warrior 🏘️ Small Town Romance

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

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by Burton Raffel • 1375

Sir Gawain beheads a green knight who rides away holding his head. One year later, the axe returns.

3.76

79k+

🏰 Arthurian Legend ⚔️ Medieval Romance 🛡️ Chivalric Quest ⚡ Honor Tested 🌹 Courtly Temptation

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 93%

Sir Gawain beheads a green knight who rides away holding his head. One year later, the axe returns.

by Burton Raffel 1375

3.76

79k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Legend ⚔️ Medieval Romance 🛡️ Chivalric Quest ⚡ Honor Tested 🌹 Courtly Temptation

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 92%

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

Making Faces

by Amy Harmon • 2013

A wrestler returns from war disfigured and hiding. The girl he overlooked holds his only hope.

4.29

81k+

🩹 Wounded Hero Romance 🪖 Military Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🦢 Ugly Duckling 💌 Unrequited Love

Making Faces 92%

A wrestler returns from war disfigured and hiding. The girl he overlooked holds his only hope.

by Amy Harmon 2013

4.29

81k+ ratings

🩹 Wounded Hero Romance 🪖 Military Romance 🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🦢 Ugly Duckling 💌 Unrequited Love

Dear John

by Nicholas Sparks • 2006

A soldier on leave meets a student. One summer, a promise, and years of war letters.

4.04

620k+

🪖 Military Romance 💌 Epistolary Relationship 💔 Long-Distance Love 🕊️ Sacrificial Love 🩺 Terminal Illness

Dear John 94%

A soldier on leave meets a student. One summer, a promise, and years of war letters.

by Nicholas Sparks 2006

4.04

620k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 💌 Epistolary Relationship 💔 Long-Distance Love 🕊️ Sacrificial Love 🩺 Terminal Illness

Full Measures

by Rebecca Yarros • 2014

She lost her soldier father. The hockey coach who knew him won't let her grieve alone.

4.14

97k+

🪖 Military Romance 🏒 Hockey Hero 💔 Love After Loss 💐 Grief And Healing 🌧️ Angsty New Adult

Full Measures 94%

She lost her soldier father. The hockey coach who knew him won't let her grieve alone.

by Rebecca Yarros 2014

4.14

97k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 🏒 Hockey Hero 💔 Love After Loss 💐 Grief And Healing 🌧️ Angsty New Adult

Flawless

by Elsie Silver

A disgraced bull rider must share his ranch with his agent's forbidden daughter.

4.01

694k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Body Worship

Flawless 92%

A disgraced bull rider must share his ranch with his agent's forbidden daughter.

by Elsie Silver 2022

4.01

694k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Body Worship

Girl in Luv

by Jay Crownover • 2019

To survive her stepsister's wedding to her ex, she hires a soldier as her fake date.

3.90

11k+

🎭 Fake Dating Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💎 Class Divide 👠 Cinderella Retelling 💔 Wounded Hero

Girl in Luv 92%

To survive her stepsister's wedding to her ex, she hires a soldier as her fake date.

by Jay Crownover 2019

3.90

11k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💎 Class Divide 👠 Cinderella Retelling 💔 Wounded Hero

The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

4.41

28k+

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Wrong Heart 92%

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.41

28k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

Bring Down the Stars

by Emma Scott • 2018

He ghostwrites his best friend's love letters, and she falls for the words, not the name.

4.21

16k+

🔺 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Admirer 🎖️ Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🏡 Small Town

Bring Down the Stars 92%

He ghostwrites his best friend's love letters, and she falls for the words, not the name.

by Emma Scott 2018

4.21

16k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Admirer 🎖️ Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🏡 Small Town

Great and Precious Things

by Rebecca Yarros • 2020

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

4.04

77k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero

Great and Precious Things 92%

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

by Rebecca Yarros 2020

4.04

77k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero

Left of Forever

by Tarah DeWitt • 2025

Anonymous letters reconnect two exes. A road trip for closure reignites the love they buried.

4.10

37k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🚗 Road Trip Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Co-Parenting Exes 🏡 Small Town Romance

Left of Forever 92%

Anonymous letters reconnect two exes. A road trip for closure reignites the love they buried.

by Tarah DeWitt 2025

4.10

37k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🚗 Road Trip Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Co-Parenting Exes 🏡 Small Town Romance

The Stars Above Us

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

A bitter Army captain and a war journalist clash on an Afghan base where love could cost everything.

4.29

4k+

🪖 Military Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Stars Above Us 92%

A bitter Army captain and a war journalist clash on an Afghan base where love could cost everything.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021

4.29

4k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Things We Leave Unfinished

by Rebecca Yarros

She just trashed the only novelist who can finish her grandmother's wartime love story.

4.31

501k+

🔄 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets

The Things We Leave Unfinished 92%

She just trashed the only novelist who can finish her grandmother's wartime love story.

by Rebecca Yarros 2021

4.31

501k+ ratings

🔄 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔒 Family Secrets

27 Lies

by M.J. Fields • 2016

A soldier's secret affair with a family friend shatters when she admits she loves him.

4.41

1k+

🪖 Military Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Second Chance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🖤 Closed-Off Hero

27 Lies 94%

A soldier's secret affair with a family friend shatters when she admits she loves him.

by M.J. Fields 2016

4.41

1k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Second Chance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🖤 Closed-Off Hero

The Echo on the Water

by J.A. Huss • 2024

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

4.44

523

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Echo on the Water 94%

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.44

523 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Home Front

by Kristin Hannah • 2012

Her marriage broken, a soldier deploys to Iraq. She returns without a leg; both need rebuilding.

4.26

241k+

🪖 Military Family Drama 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🚁 Wartime Deployment 👩‍✈️ Female Soldier 🇮🇶 Iraq War Era

Home Front 92%

Her marriage broken, a soldier deploys to Iraq. She returns without a leg; both need rebuilding.

by Kristin Hannah 2012

4.26

241k+ ratings

🪖 Military Family Drama 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🚁 Wartime Deployment 👩‍✈️ Female Soldier 🇮🇶 Iraq War Era

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

Heartbreak Warfare

by Heather M. Orgeron • 2018

An Army medic's captivity in Iraq forges a bond with a sergeant that threatens her marriage.

4.40

17k+

🪖 Military Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor's Guilt 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🩹 Trauma Bonding

Heartbreak Warfare 92%

An Army medic's captivity in Iraq forges a bond with a sergeant that threatens her marriage.

by Heather M. Orgeron 2018

4.40

17k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor's Guilt 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🩹 Trauma Bonding

The Re-Do List

by Denise Williams • 2026

Viral shame sends her to Iowa. Her brother's best friend helps reclaim every lost first.

3.67

10k+

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 💕 Mutual Healing 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🗣️ Banter Heavy 🏘️ Small Town Romance

The Re-Do List 92%

Viral shame sends her to Iowa. Her brother's best friend helps reclaim every lost first.

by Denise Williams 2026

3.67

10k+ ratings

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 💕 Mutual Healing 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🗣️ Banter Heavy 🏘️ Small Town Romance

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 92%

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

Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

4.33

1.7M+

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

Reminders of Him 91%

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

by Colleen Hoover 2022

4.33

1.7M+ ratings

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

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 91%

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

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