50 Books like The Last Piece of His Heart

Catch the Sun

by Jennifer Hartmann

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

4.24

39k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

Catch the Sun 95%

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024

4.24

39k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

Easy

by Tammara Webber • 2012

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

4.07

230k+

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Easy 96%

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

by Tammara Webber 2012

4.07

230k+ ratings

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Archer's Voice

by Mia Sheridan • 2016

A grieving woman falls for a mute loner whose silence shelters a small town's darkest sin.

4.16

704k+

🏡 Small-Town Romance 🤫 Mute Hero 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🕯️ Slow Burn 💔 Emotional Scars

Archer's Voice 96%

A grieving woman falls for a mute loner whose silence shelters a small town's darkest sin.

by Mia Sheridan 2016

4.16

704k+ ratings

🏡 Small-Town Romance 🤫 Mute Hero 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🕯️ Slow Burn 💔 Emotional Scars

The Wreckage of Us

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2020

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

4.05

17k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

The Wreckage of Us 95%

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2020

4.05

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

Unperfect

by Susie Tate • 2021

Desperate and homeless, she hides her past from a gruff boss who makes vanishing impossible.

4.05

31k+

🏢 Grumpy Boss Romance 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🚫 Surviving Abuse

Unperfect 95%

Desperate and homeless, she hides her past from a gruff boss who makes vanishing impossible.

by Susie Tate 2021

4.05

31k+ ratings

🏢 Grumpy Boss Romance 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🚫 Surviving Abuse

Detour

by A. Marie • 2020

Fleeing her mother's abuse, she moves next door to a man who won't let her hide.

3.76

10k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

Detour 95%

Fleeing her mother's abuse, she moves next door to a man who won't let her hide.

by A. Marie 2020

3.76

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏢 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

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 94%

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

Playing with Fire

by L.J. Shen • 2020

Her scars are visible. His are not. Their shared food-truck job forces both into the light.

4.16

46k+

🎓 College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚚 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Heroine 😈 Bad Boy Hero

Playing with Fire 94%

Her scars are visible. His are not. Their shared food-truck job forces both into the light.

by L.J. Shen 2020

4.16

46k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚚 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Heroine 😈 Bad Boy Hero

Wild Card

by Karina Halle • 2017

Her mother's illness sends Rachel home to the cowboy who broke her heart eight years ago.

3.78

7k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🐴 Childhood Sweethearts 🐎 Ranch Life 🏚️ Forced Proximity

Wild Card 94%

Her mother's illness sends Rachel home to the cowboy who broke her heart eight years ago.

by Karina Halle 2017

3.78

7k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🐴 Childhood Sweethearts 🐎 Ranch Life 🏚️ Forced Proximity

His Darling Freckles

by Alecsa Kayser

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

3.83

395

🔄 Second Chance Romance ➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn

His Darling Freckles 96%

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

by Alecsa Kayser

3.83

395 ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn

Losing Traction

by Amo Jones • 2016

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

4.25

2k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero

Losing Traction 95%

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

by Amo Jones 2016

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero

Torment

by Dylan Page

Her biker stepbrother called it protection. She called it a cage. Now he demands everything.

3.95

25k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 🕸️ Grooming ⚔️ Rival Gangs

Torment 95%

Her biker stepbrother called it protection. She called it a cage. Now he demands everything.

by Dylan Page 2021

3.95

25k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🖤 Stepbrother Romance 🔒 Captive Romance 🕸️ Grooming ⚔️ Rival Gangs

Stay with Me

by Nicole Fiorina • 2019

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

4.01

19k+

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Setting 😶 Emotional Numbness

Stay with Me 94%

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

by Nicole Fiorina 2019

4.01

19k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family 🏫 Institutional Setting 😶 Emotional Numbness

If You Stayed

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2025

Her cruel husband's new architect is her first love, and he doesn't remember her at all.

4.20

10k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🌸 Childhood Sweethearts 💭 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Found Family

If You Stayed 94%

Her cruel husband's new architect is her first love, and he doesn't remember her at all.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2025

4.20

10k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survival 🌸 Childhood Sweethearts 💭 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Found Family

Wait for You

by J. Lynn • 2013

A guarded freshman collides with the charming guy who refuses to let her hide from love.

4.13

170k+

🎓 College Romance 🖤 Trauma Healing 💔 Broken Heroine 🩹 Patient Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Wait for You 94%

A guarded freshman collides with the charming guy who refuses to let her hide from love.

by J. Lynn 2013

4.13

170k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance 🖤 Trauma Healing 💔 Broken Heroine 🩹 Patient Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

The Boy & His Ribbon

by Pepper Winters • 2018

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

4.40

11k+

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

The Boy & His Ribbon 94%

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.40

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

Sugar & Gold

by Emma Scott • 2017

An empath feeling everyone's pain finds quiet with a woman fleeing her past.

4.20

3k+

🥺 Tortured Hero 💪 Survivor Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Redemption Arc 💚 Emotional Healing

Sugar & Gold 94%

An empath feeling everyone's pain finds quiet with a woman fleeing her past.

by Emma Scott 2017

4.20

3k+ ratings

🥺 Tortured Hero 💪 Survivor Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌅 Redemption Arc 💚 Emotional Healing

After the Shut Up Ring

by Cate C. Wells • 2024

She refuses her groom at the altar. Her best friend's brother has quietly loved her for years.

3.69

4k+

🫂 Best Friend's Brother 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Mother Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🤍 Hurt Comfort

After the Shut Up Ring 94%

She refuses her groom at the altar. Her best friend's brother has quietly loved her for years.

by Cate C. Wells 2024

3.69

4k+ ratings

🫂 Best Friend's Brother 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Mother Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🤍 Hurt Comfort

Binding 13

by Chloe Walsh

A bullied girl and a rugby star. His guilt. Her secrets. Neither can walk away.

4.45

616k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💞 Hurt Comfort 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ☘️ Small Town Ireland

Binding 13 94%

A bullied girl and a rugby star. His guilt. Her secrets. Neither can walk away.

by Chloe Walsh 2018

4.45

616k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💞 Hurt Comfort 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ☘️ Small Town Ireland

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 95%

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

Lunamare

by Pepper Winters • 2023

She rescued a Turkish boy from the sea. Now loving him could get him deported.

4.36

3k+

🚫❤️ Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😔 Tortured Hero

Lunamare 95%

She rescued a Turkish boy from the sea. Now loving him could get him deported.

by Pepper Winters 2023

4.36

3k+ ratings

🚫❤️ Forbidden Love ⏳ Age Gap 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😔 Tortured Hero

The Stars are on Our Side

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2024

A kidnapping survivor must trust her friend's love when a debt collector threatens her daughter.

4.21

17k+

🕰️ Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🔄 Second Chance Love 😭 High Angst

The Stars are on Our Side 94%

A kidnapping survivor must trust her friend's love when a debt collector threatens her daughter.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024

4.21

17k+ ratings

🕰️ Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🔄 Second Chance Love 😭 High Angst

Bossy Hero

by Jackie Walker • 2025

A Ranger meets his soldier's abused mother. One night, one connection. He waits sixteen years.

4.54

225

🕯️ Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 💪 Protector Hero

Bossy Hero 94%

A Ranger meets his soldier's abused mother. One night, one connection. He waits sixteen years.

by Jackie Walker 2025

4.54

225 ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Abuse Survivor 💪 Protector Hero

Where We Left Off

by Sapphire Hale • 2022

A rainstorm reunites her with the ex-best friend she's about to call stepbrother.

3.11

9k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎓 High School Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🩹 Trauma Healing

Where We Left Off 94%

A rainstorm reunites her with the ex-best friend she's about to call stepbrother.

by Sapphire Hale 2022

3.11

9k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎓 High School Romance 💭 Secret Pining 🩹 Trauma Healing

Pretty Reckless

by L.J. Shen • 2019

She destroyed his sister's future. Now he's her foster brother, and hate feels like desire.

4.04

83k+

😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥀 Dark Romance 🏫 High School Romance 👑 Mean Girl Redemption

Pretty Reckless 94%

She destroyed his sister's future. Now he's her foster brother, and hate feels like desire.

by L.J. Shen 2019

4.04

83k+ ratings

😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥀 Dark Romance 🏫 High School Romance 👑 Mean Girl Redemption

Antes de diciembre

by Joana Marcús • 2021

Her boyfriend demanded freedom. The boy next door made her want to close every door.

4.36

138k+

🎓 College Romance 💔 Toxic First Love 🩹 Addiction Recovery 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏚️ Family Trauma

Antes de diciembre 94%

Her boyfriend demanded freedom. The boy next door made her want to close every door.

by Joana Marcús 2021

4.36

138k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance 💔 Toxic First Love 🩹 Addiction Recovery 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏚️ Family Trauma

Kiss the Sky

by Krista Ritchie • 2014

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

4.19

94k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Kiss the Sky 94%

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

by Krista Ritchie 2014

4.19

94k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Leo

by Mia Sheridan • 2013

After her first love vanished, Evie falls for the stranger who claims he's dead.

3.97

43k+

🔄 Second Chance Love 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Leo 95%

After her first love vanished, Evie falls for the stranger who claims he's dead.

by Mia Sheridan 2013

3.97

43k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Love 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Pieces of the Night

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2026

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.17

8k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Pieces of the Night 95%

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.17

8k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Close to You

by Nissa Renzo

A mute girl loves her adoptive brother. Their secret could destroy the family that saved her.

3.74

9k+

🫂 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🖤 High Angst 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Trauma Recovery

Close to You 94%

A mute girl loves her adoptive brother. Their secret could destroy the family that saved her.

by Nissa Renzo 2026

3.74

9k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🖤 High Angst 🛡️ Protective Hero 💔 Trauma Recovery

Bully

by Penelope Douglas • 2013

Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.

3.84

231k+

😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🔥 Bad Boy Hero 🏫 High School Setting

Bully 94%

Her best friend became her bully. After a year in France, she's back, fearless and done running.

by Penelope Douglas 2013

3.84

231k+ ratings

😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Romance 🔥 Bad Boy Hero 🏫 High School Setting

June First

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2022

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

4.11

40k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

June First 94%

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2022

4.11

40k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

After

by Anna Todd • 2014

A disciplined freshman with a five-year plan collides with campus's brooding British rebel.

3.72

379k+

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy 🎲 Bet Trope 🏫 College Campus 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Push And Pull Romance

After 94%

A disciplined freshman with a five-year plan collides with campus's brooding British rebel.

by Anna Todd 2014

3.72

379k+ ratings

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy 🎲 Bet Trope 🏫 College Campus 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Push And Pull Romance

Until the Storm Breaks

by Nate Wilder • 2025

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

4.07

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Until the Storm Breaks 94%

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

by Nate Wilder 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Don't Take the Girl

by L.A. Ferro • 2025

Vanished after saving her life. Six years later, the boy next door comes home with a new name.

4.00

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🔑 Family Secrets

Don't Take the Girl 94%

Vanished after saving her life. Six years later, the boy next door comes home with a new name.

by L.A. Ferro 2025

4.00

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🔑 Family Secrets

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 94%

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

Five Brothers

by Penelope Douglas

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

3.80

95k+

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town

Five Brothers 94%

Five brothers. One couch in the dark. The wrong side of the tracks just claimed her.

by Penelope Douglas 2024

3.80

95k+ ratings

🚂 Wrong Side Of Tracks 📅 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Depressed Hero 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town

A Girl Like Her

by Talia Hibbert • 2018

The town outcast never thought the man next door would cook her dinner and see the truth.

3.84

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🥧 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🏠 Recluse And Newcomer ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

A Girl Like Her 95%

The town outcast never thought the man next door would cook her dinner and see the truth.

by Talia Hibbert 2018

3.84

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🥧 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🏠 Recluse And Newcomer ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Defy

by L.J. Shen • 2016

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

3.84

49k+

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Defy 95%

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.84

49k+ ratings

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

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 94%

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

Binding 13

by Chloe Walsh • 2018

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

4.20

9k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🐦 Wounded Bird Heroine 🌱 Trauma Healing

Binding 13 94%

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

by Chloe Walsh 2018

4.20

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🐦 Wounded Bird Heroine 🌱 Trauma Healing

The Truth About Lies

by Aly Martinez • 2018

A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.

4.26

6k+

💔 Love After Loss 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Truth About Lies 94%

A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.

by Aly Martinez 2018

4.26

6k+ ratings

💔 Love After Loss 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Beautiful Oblivion

by Jamie McGuire • 2014

Between a distant boyfriend and a persistent tattoo artist, Cami's loyalty is all she has left.

4.08

82k+

💕 New Adult Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Tortured Hero 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

Beautiful Oblivion 94%

Between a distant boyfriend and a persistent tattoo artist, Cami's loyalty is all she has left.

by Jamie McGuire 2014

4.08

82k+ ratings

💕 New Adult Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🖤 Tortured Hero 🏚️ Dysfunctional Family

The Sea of Tranquility

by Katja Millay • 2012

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

4.28

89k+

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

The Sea of Tranquility 95%

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

by Katja Millay 2012

4.28

89k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

Unnatural

by Mia Sheridan • 2025

She was raised to die. He was raised to kill. A secret program made them. It never planned on love.

3.94

6k+

🖤 Romantic Suspense 💔 Shared Trauma 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty

Unnatural 95%

She was raised to die. He was raised to kill. A secret program made them. It never planned on love.

by Mia Sheridan 2025

3.94

6k+ ratings

🖤 Romantic Suspense 💔 Shared Trauma 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty

Fear Me

by B.B. Reid

Her tormentor returns from juvie with an ultimatum: her body for her family's safety.

3.85

28k+

🖤 Bully Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Blackmail 💔 Trauma Bonding 👑 Possessive Hero

Fear Me 93%

Her tormentor returns from juvie with an ultimatum: her body for her family's safety.

by B.B. Reid 2015

3.85

28k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Blackmail 💔 Trauma Bonding 👑 Possessive Hero

The Peer and the Puppet

by B.B. Reid • 2018

An outlaw racer moves in with her cruel stepbrother, and their hatred becomes a dangerous addiction.

4.04

13k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Bully Romance 🛏️ Stepbrother Romance 💎 Wealthy Elite 🏫 Private Academy

The Peer and the Puppet 93%

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