31 Books like Troubles in Paradise

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.

3.80

7k+

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

Summer State of Mind 93%

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

by Kristy Woodson Harvey 2026

3.80

7k+ ratings

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

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 94%

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

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

Contando atardeceres

by La Vecina Rubia • 2022

Still mourning her father, she runs into an old summer love. One kiss reignites everything.

3.97

4k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👭 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Love 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor ☀️ Summer Love

Contando atardeceres 93%

Still mourning her father, she runs into an old summer love. One kiss reignites everything.

by La Vecina Rubia 2022

3.97

4k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👭 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Love 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor ☀️ Summer Love

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

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

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences

by Camille Pagán • 2015

Cancer diagnosis. Husband's coming out. She trades Chicago for a tiny Caribbean island.

3.88

37k+

🩺 Cancer Diagnosis 🌈 Coming Out Spouse 🌴 Tropical Island Escape 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences Summary

Life and Other Near-Death Experiences 92%

Cancer diagnosis. Husband's coming out. She trades Chicago for a tiny Caribbean island.

by Camille Pagán 2015

3.88

37k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Diagnosis 🌈 Coming Out Spouse 🌴 Tropical Island Escape 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over

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 94%

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 Weekenders

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2016

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

3.76

40k+

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery ❤️ Second Chance Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing

The Weekenders 94%

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2016

3.76

40k+ ratings

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery ❤️ Second Chance Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing

This Summer Will Be Different

by Carley Fortune

Five years of secret trysts with her best friend's brother. Now a wedding forces her return.

3.95

394k+

👫 Best Friend's Brother 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🏖️ Summer Romance

This Summer Will Be Different 93%

Five years of secret trysts with her best friend's brother. Now a wedding forces her return.

by Carley Fortune 2024

3.95

394k+ ratings

👫 Best Friend's Brother 🤫 Secret Relationship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🏖️ Summer Romance

The Homemaker

by Jewel E. Ann • 2025

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

4.33

6k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Found Family

The Homemaker 92%

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

by Jewel E. Ann 2025

4.33

6k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Found Family

Summer People

by Brittanee Nicole • 2025

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

4.07

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Summer People 92%

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

by Brittanee Nicole 2025

4.07

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Hidden Beach

by Karen Swan • 2020

A nanny falls for a stranger. He's her employer's husband, awake from a seven-year coma.

4.00

6k+

🔺 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets 👶 Nanny Heroine 🏝️ Remote Island Setting

The Hidden Beach 92%

A nanny falls for a stranger. He's her employer's husband, awake from a seven-year coma.

by Karen Swan 2020

4.00

6k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets 👶 Nanny Heroine 🏝️ Remote Island Setting

Just Haven't Met You Yet

by Sophie Cousens • 2021

After a Jersey suitcase mix-up, she chases the owner as destiny, blind to her cab driver.

3.75

74k+

🇬🇧 British Rom-Com 🏝️ Island Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Just Haven't Met You Yet 92%

After a Jersey suitcase mix-up, she chases the owner as destiny, blind to her cab driver.

by Sophie Cousens 2021

3.75

74k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Rom-Com 🏝️ Island Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

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 92%

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

Crash Landing

by Annie McQuaid • 2025

Her plane crashes on a deserted island. The pilot is the man who broke her heart.

3.45

3k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏝️ Deserted Island 🔥 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Crash Landing 93%

Her plane crashes on a deserted island. The pilot is the man who broke her heart.

by Annie McQuaid 2025

3.45

3k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏝️ Deserted Island 🔥 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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 93%

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

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

Heart Bones

by Colleen Hoover • 2020

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

4.20

685k+

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

Heart Bones 92%

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

by Colleen Hoover 2020

4.20

685k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

As the Tide Comes In

by Cindy Woodsmall • 2018

Grieving her brothers, a woman seeks her roots on a Georgia island and discovers new family.

4.08

606

🫂 Found Family 🍑 Southern Hospitality 🖤 Grief And Healing 🌳 Hidden Family Roots 🌊 Coastal Island Life

As the Tide Comes In 92%

Grieving her brothers, a woman seeks her roots on a Georgia island and discovers new family.

by Cindy Woodsmall 2018

4.08

606 ratings

🫂 Found Family 🍑 Southern Hospitality 🖤 Grief And Healing 🌳 Hidden Family Roots 🌊 Coastal Island Life

Summer Romance

by Annabel Monaghan • 2024

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

4.01

137k+

🧒 Single Mom Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🎭 Opposites Attract 🥲 Bittersweet Romance

Summer Romance 92%

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

by Annabel Monaghan 2024

4.01

137k+ ratings

🧒 Single Mom Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🎭 Opposites Attract 🥲 Bittersweet Romance

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

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 93%

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

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 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 92%

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

Under the Stars

by Beatriz Williams • 2025

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

3.74

12k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

Under the Stars 92%

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

by Beatriz Williams 2025

3.74

12k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

These Summer Storms

by Sarah MacLean

An estranged daughter inherits a week trapped on the family island with the stranger she slept with.

3.74

140k+

💰 Billionaire Family Saga 🏠 Estranged Daughter 🏰 Gothic Seaside Manor 📜 Conditional Inheritance 🔥 One Night Stand To More

These Summer Storms 92%

An estranged daughter inherits a week trapped on the family island with the stranger she slept with.

by Sarah MacLean 2025

3.74

140k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Family Saga 🏠 Estranged Daughter 🏰 Gothic Seaside Manor 📜 Conditional Inheritance 🔥 One Night Stand To More

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 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 92%

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

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