50 Books like The Weekenders

Summers at the Saint

by Mary Kay Andrews

A fentanyl death at a Georgia resort unearths a wealthy family's buried crimes.

4.05

60k+

🏨 Resort Town Mystery ⚖️ Class Divide 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🤝 Female Solidarity 🔐 Family Secrets

Summers at the Saint 94%

A fentanyl death at a Georgia resort unearths a wealthy family's buried crimes.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2024

4.05

60k+ ratings

🏨 Resort Town Mystery ⚖️ Class Divide 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🤝 Female Solidarity 🔐 Family Secrets

Swan Song

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2025

Nantucket's new money couple hires a starry-eyed concierge, but the real currency is secrets.

4.02

162k+

🏖️ Summer Beach Town 💰 New Money Arrives 🏝️ Island Community 👀 Employee Sees Secrets 🔍 Disappearance Mystery

Swan Song 94%

Nantucket's new money couple hires a starry-eyed concierge, but the real currency is secrets.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2025

4.02

162k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Beach Town 💰 New Money Arrives 🏝️ Island Community 👀 Employee Sees Secrets 🔍 Disappearance Mystery

Winter in Paradise

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2018

A widow uncovers her husband's secret Caribbean life: a villa, a lover, and a daughter.

4.08

184k+

🌴 Tropical Mystery 🕵️ Secret Double Life 🔍 Domestic Suspense 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Caribbean Island

Winter in Paradise 94%

A widow uncovers her husband's secret Caribbean life: a villa, a lover, and a daughter.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2018

4.08

184k+ ratings

🌴 Tropical Mystery 🕵️ Secret Double Life 🔍 Domestic Suspense 💔 Love Triangle 🏝️ Caribbean Island

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 92%

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

Birthright

by Nora Roberts • 2003

Digging ancient bones, an archaeologist learns she was stolen at birth; a killer works beside her.

4.10

32k+

🖤 Romantic Suspense 🦴 Archaeology Mystery 💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Stolen Child 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Birthright 92%

Digging ancient bones, an archaeologist learns she was stolen at birth; a killer works beside her.

by Nora Roberts 2003

4.10

32k+ ratings

🖤 Romantic Suspense 🦴 Archaeology Mystery 💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Stolen Child 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

by Elle Cosimano • 2021

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

3.99

243k+

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It 92%

A novelist is mistaken for a hitwoman, and the target turns up dead in her garage.

by Elle Cosimano 2021

3.99

243k+ ratings

🏠 Suburban Noir 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🙈 Reluctant Criminal 🫣 Crime Cover-Up 😂 Comic Thriller

At Loggerheads

by Kristen Ness • 2023

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

4.01

592

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Rekindled Love 🏠 Homecoming

At Loggerheads 92%

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

by Kristen Ness 2023

4.01

592 ratings

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Rekindled Love 🏠 Homecoming

Weekend Warriors

by Fern Michaels • 2003

Her daughter's killer walks free on diplomatic immunity, so she recruits wronged women for revenge.

4.08

15k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Rape Revenge 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Trauma Bonding

Weekend Warriors 92%

Her daughter's killer walks free on diplomatic immunity, so she recruits wronged women for revenge.

by Fern Michaels 2003

4.08

15k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🔪 Rape Revenge 🕯️ Secret Society 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Trauma Bonding

The Summer Getaway

by Susan Mallery • 2022

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

4.07

18k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Starting Over 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama

The Summer Getaway 92%

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

by Susan Mallery 2022

4.07

18k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Starting Over 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective

by Jo Nichols • 2025

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

3.74

5k+

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🖤 Outsider Redemption 🤫 Cover Up

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective Summary

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective 92%

A Santa Barbara cottage community turns amateur detective when murder lands in their hedge.

by Jo Nichols 2025

3.74

5k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuths ⚖️ Moral Ambiguity 🖤 Outsider Redemption 🤫 Cover Up

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 92%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Summer State of Mind

by Kristy Woodson Harvey

A beach-town NICU nurse falls for the baseball coach who rescued a newborn from a dumpster.

3.74

10k+

😍 Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 🌊 Coastal Small Town 📖 Book Club Fiction

Summer State of Mind 92%

A beach-town NICU nurse falls for the baseball coach who rescued a newborn from a dumpster.

by Kristy Woodson Harvey 2026

3.74

10k+ ratings

😍 Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 🌊 Coastal Small Town 📖 Book Club Fiction

Returning Home

by Kelly Elliott • 2022

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

4.16

1k+

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town

Returning Home 92%

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

by Kelly Elliott 2022

4.16

1k+ ratings

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town

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

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 92%

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

The Return

by Nicholas Sparks • 2020

Returning home scarred, a Navy doctor falls for a deputy bound to her comatose husband.

3.90

107k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet Romance

The Return 92%

Returning home scarred, a Navy doctor falls for a deputy bound to her comatose husband.

by Nicholas Sparks 2020

3.90

107k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet Romance

Stolen

by Lesley Pearse • 2010

She has no memory. Rope burns, a missing baby, and someone who wants her dead.

3.97

7k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 👯 Female Friendship 🩷 Found Family 🔒 Captivity Thriller 💔 Trauma Recovery

Stolen 92%

She has no memory. Rope burns, a missing baby, and someone who wants her dead.

by Lesley Pearse 2010

3.97

7k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 👯 Female Friendship 🩷 Found Family 🔒 Captivity Thriller 💔 Trauma Recovery

Musical Chairs

by Amy Poeppel • 2020

A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.

3.81

9k+

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🤫 Family Secrets 🎻 Chamber Music

Musical Chairs 92%

A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.

by Amy Poeppel 2020

3.81

9k+ ratings

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🤫 Family Secrets 🎻 Chamber Music

The Same Bright Stars

by Ethan Joella • 2024

He never chose the family restaurant; a secret son and a lost love now choose him.

3.73

11k+

🏡 Small-Town Life 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👶 Secret Child 💉 Addiction In The Family

The Same Bright Stars 92%

He never chose the family restaurant; a secret son and a lost love now choose him.

by Ethan Joella 2024

3.73

11k+ ratings

🏡 Small-Town Life 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👶 Secret Child 💉 Addiction In The Family

Big Summer

by Jennifer Weiner • 2020

A plus-size influencer returns to her toxic ex-friend's Cape Cod wedding as maid of honor.

3.59

150k+

🎂 Murder At A Wedding 💔 Toxic Female Friendship ✨ Body Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Heroine 🌊 Cape Cod

Big Summer 92%

A plus-size influencer returns to her toxic ex-friend's Cape Cod wedding as maid of honor.

by Jennifer Weiner 2020

3.59

150k+ ratings

🎂 Murder At A Wedding 💔 Toxic Female Friendship ✨ Body Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Heroine 🌊 Cape Cod

Magic Hour

by Kristin Hannah

A scandal-ravaged psychiatrist faces a mute, feral child found in a tree with a wolf.

4.16

265k+

🐺 Feral Child 👯‍♀️ Sister Reconciliation 🏡 Found Family ⚖️ Custody Battle 🏘️ Small Town Drama

Magic Hour 92%

A scandal-ravaged psychiatrist faces a mute, feral child found in a tree with a wolf.

by Kristin Hannah 2007

4.16

265k+ ratings

🐺 Feral Child 👯‍♀️ Sister Reconciliation 🏡 Found Family ⚖️ Custody Battle 🏘️ Small Town Drama

Upside Down

by Fern Michaels • 2014

Men launch a secret justice operation. The women they love are closing in.

4.04

2k+

🦸 Vigilante Justice 💔 Marriage In Trouble 💕 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Thriller

Upside Down 93%

Men launch a secret justice operation. The women they love are closing in.

by Fern Michaels 2014

4.04

2k+ ratings

🦸 Vigilante Justice 💔 Marriage In Trouble 💕 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Thriller

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

What Alice Forgot

by Liane Moriarty • 2010

After a fall, Alice can't remember ten years, her three kids, or why her marriage died.

4.07

518k+

🧠 Amnesia Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💕 Second Chance Love 👯 Sister Bond 😄 Domestic Humor

What Alice Forgot 92%

After a fall, Alice can't remember ten years, her three kids, or why her marriage died.

by Liane Moriarty 2010

4.07

518k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 💕 Second Chance Love 👯 Sister Bond 😄 Domestic Humor

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds

by Allison Brennan • 2025

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

3.58

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds 91%

A book lover finds coded blackmail in a beach read. The writer washes up dead.

by Allison Brennan 2025

3.58

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 📚 Books About Books 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Forced Proximity

My Killer Vacation

by Tessa Bailey • 2022

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

3.58

144k+

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town

My Killer Vacation 91%

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

by Tessa Bailey 2022

3.58

144k+ ratings

🏖️ Vacation Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town

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 91%

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

And One Last Thing ...

by Molly Harper • 2010

A scorned wife's tell-all email exiles her to a lake cabin and a grumpy neighbor.

4.05

8k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🎯 Revenge Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏚️ Forced Proximity

And One Last Thing ... 91%

A scorned wife's tell-all email exiles her to a lake cabin and a grumpy neighbor.

by Molly Harper 2010

4.05

8k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🎯 Revenge Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏚️ Forced Proximity

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert

by Joël Dicker • 2012

A blocked writer visits his mentor, then a thirty-year-old skeleton surfaces in the mentor's garden.

4.20

245k+

📚 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Amateur Detective ✍️ Writer Protagonist

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert Summary

La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert 91%

A blocked writer visits his mentor, then a thirty-year-old skeleton surfaces in the mentor's garden.

by Joël Dicker 2012

4.20

245k+ ratings

📚 Literary Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Cold Case 🕵️ Amateur Detective ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Summer Place

by Jennifer Weiner • 2022

A rushed Cape Cod wedding exposes family secrets, strains a marriage, and rekindles an old love.

3.56

76k+

🖤 Family Secrets 🏖️ Beach House 👰 Summer Wedding 🦠 Pandemic Fiction 🔄 Midlife Crossroads

The Summer Place 93%

A rushed Cape Cod wedding exposes family secrets, strains a marriage, and rekindles an old love.

by Jennifer Weiner 2022

3.56

76k+ ratings

🖤 Family Secrets 🏖️ Beach House 👰 Summer Wedding 🦠 Pandemic Fiction 🔄 Midlife Crossroads

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

581k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

One for the Money 93%

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994

4.05

581k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💕 Second Chance Romance 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao

Three women learn they share a boyfriend. Their revenge night ends over his dead body.

3.56

16k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 😈 Revenge Comedy 💕 Found Family 💬 Banter And Bonding 🎙️ True Crime Satire

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 91%

Three women learn they share a boyfriend. Their revenge night ends over his dead body.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuths 😈 Revenge Comedy 💕 Found Family 💬 Banter And Bonding 🎙️ True Crime Satire

Another Life

by Kristin Hannah • 2004

A childless woman bonds with a pregnant teen, until the birth threatens to break them.

4.18

113k+

🫂 Found Family 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 💘 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town 💔 Infertility

Another Life 91%

A childless woman bonds with a pregnant teen, until the birth threatens to break them.

by Kristin Hannah 2004

4.18

113k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 💘 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town 💔 Infertility

Slow Burn Summer

by Josie Silver • 2025

An actress with nothing left pretends to write a bestseller. The lie changes her life.

3.40

10k+

📚 Publishing World 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond

Slow Burn Summer 91%

An actress with nothing left pretends to write a bestseller. The lie changes her life.

by Josie Silver 2025

3.40

10k+ ratings

📚 Publishing World 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond

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

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

by Miranda Dickinson • 2018

Two strangers bond over a beach star game, then a town vote makes them enemies.

4.01

936

💞 Strangers To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Romance 📬 Message In A Bottle 💔 Love After Loss

Somewhere Beyond the Sea 91%

Two strangers bond over a beach star game, then a town vote makes them enemies.

by Miranda Dickinson 2018

4.01

936 ratings

💞 Strangers To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Romance 📬 Message In A Bottle 💔 Love After Loss

Safe Harbour

by Danielle Steel • 2003

A grieving widow learns her lonely daughter has befriended a reclusive painter on the beach.

4.09

24k+

🕯️ Grief Recovery 💘 Second Chance Love 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🏖️ Beach Setting

Safe Harbour 91%

A grieving widow learns her lonely daughter has befriended a reclusive painter on the beach.

by Danielle Steel 2003

4.09

24k+ ratings

🕯️ Grief Recovery 💘 Second Chance Love 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🏖️ Beach Setting

Banana Splitsville

by Catherine Clark • 2000

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

3.36

798

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Banana Splitsville 91%

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

by Catherine Clark 2000

3.36

798 ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

The Five-Star Weekend

by Elin Hilderbrand

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

4.01

335k+

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

The Five-Star Weekend 91%

A widow's Nantucket weekend with four friends implodes when she learns one was her husband's lover.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2023

4.01

335k+ ratings

🌊 Bittersweet Summer 🥂 Girls' Weekend 💕 Old Flame Returns 🖤 Widow Finds Love 🔥 Secrets Among Friends

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

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

by Nina Simon • 2023

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

3.55

117k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Mother-Daughter Murder Night 92%

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

by Nina Simon 2023

3.55

117k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

The Cove

by Catherine Coulter • 1996

A woman hides in a perfect seaside town where the locals kill to keep things perfect.

3.85

29k+

🏘️ Small Town Conspiracy 🤯 Gaslighting Heroine 💼 Federal Agent Romance 🏃‍♀️ Heroine In Hiding 💔 Family Betrayal

The Cove 91%

A woman hides in a perfect seaside town where the locals kill to keep things perfect.

by Catherine Coulter 1996

3.85

29k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Conspiracy 🤯 Gaslighting Heroine 💼 Federal Agent Romance 🏃‍♀️ Heroine In Hiding 💔 Family Betrayal

Falling for Gage

by Mia Sheridan • 2024

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

3.95

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Falling for Gage 91%

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

by Mia Sheridan 2024

3.95

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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

Honeyed Fables

by Whitney Dean • 2025

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3.62

181

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Bookish Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Grieving Heroine

Honeyed Fables 91%

A guarded bookseller hires a stranger, unaware he's a corporate heir spying on her shop.

by Whitney Dean 2025

3.62

181 ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Bookish Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Grieving Heroine

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 91%

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 Book Club Hotel

by Sarah Morgan • 2023

Three friends book a Vermont inn for Christmas. The owner is a half-sister one never knew.

3.93

41k+

😊 Feel-Good Fiction 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Found Family 👭 Sisterhood 💕 Second Chance Romance

The Book Club Hotel 91%

Three friends book a Vermont inn for Christmas. The owner is a half-sister one never knew.

by Sarah Morgan 2023

3.93

41k+ ratings

😊 Feel-Good Fiction 🎄 Christmas Romance 🏠 Found Family 👭 Sisterhood 💕 Second Chance Romance

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by Chris Whitaker • 2020

A girl outlaw must protect her brother when their mother is killed and old secrets resurface.

4.18

181k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🧬 Generational Trauma 👧 Child Narrator 👫 Protective Sibling 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

We Begin at the End 91%

A girl outlaw must protect her brother when their mother is killed and old secrets resurface.

by Chris Whitaker 2020

4.18

181k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🧬 Generational Trauma 👧 Child Narrator 👫 Protective Sibling 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

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