50 Books like What Might Have Been

The Heartbreak Hotel

by Ellen O'Clover

Broke and betrayed, Lou opens a heartbreak retreat in her home, falling for her grieving landlord.

3.76

32k+

🏔️ Small Town Romance 🍂 Cozy Romance Energy 🩹 Healing Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Heartbreak Hotel 94%

Broke and betrayed, Lou opens a heartbreak retreat in her home, falling for her grieving landlord.

by Ellen O'Clover 2025

3.76

32k+ ratings

🏔️ Small Town Romance 🍂 Cozy Romance Energy 🩹 Healing Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Only Love Can Hurt Like This

by Paige Toon • 2023

An architect flees her broken engagement for Indiana, where a farmer's secret makes love impossible.

3.96

45k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding

Only Love Can Hurt Like This 94%

An architect flees her broken engagement for Indiana, where a farmer's secret makes love impossible.

by Paige Toon 2023

3.96

45k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage

by Ali McNamara • 2016

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

4.02

2k+

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage 94%

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

by Ali McNamara 2016

4.02

2k+ ratings

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

Fractured

by Dani Atkins • 2013

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

3.80

17k+

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

Fractured 94%

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

by Dani Atkins 2013

3.80

17k+ ratings

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

When I Awake

by Dani Atkins • 2023

She lost ten years. Her fiancé married her best friend. Her daughter calls someone else Mom.

4.30

1k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🏠 Blended Family 🥲 Bittersweet Love Story

When I Awake 94%

She lost ten years. Her fiancé married her best friend. Her daughter calls someone else Mom.

by Dani Atkins 2023

4.30

1k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🏠 Blended Family 🥲 Bittersweet Love Story

Just The Way You Are

by Aimee Brown • 2019

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

4.22

389

👫 Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Just The Way You Are 93%

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

by Aimee Brown 2019

4.22

389 ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Romance 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Dreamland

by Nicholas Sparks • 2022

A farmer-musician and aspiring singer fall in love on vacation, until family duty pulls him home.

3.95

105k+

🎵 Musician Romance 🏖️ Vacation Romance ⚖️ Duty Vs Love 🧠 Mental Health 📖 Dual Narrative

Dreamland 93%

A farmer-musician and aspiring singer fall in love on vacation, until family duty pulls him home.

by Nicholas Sparks 2022

3.95

105k+ ratings

🎵 Musician Romance 🏖️ Vacation Romance ⚖️ Duty Vs Love 🧠 Mental Health 📖 Dual Narrative

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

Just the Way You Are

by Beth Moran • 2022

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

4.26

16k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 📝 Bucket List

Just the Way You Are 93%

She bans romance to finish her bucket list. Then the forest ranger shows up.

by Beth Moran 2022

4.26

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🔗 Codependency 📝 Bucket List

Some Kind of Famous

by Ava Wilder • 2025

A faded singer and a guarded handyman's renovation sparks a love neither expected.

3.53

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing 🎨 Artist Hero

Some Kind of Famous 93%

A faded singer and a guarded handyman's renovation sparks a love neither expected.

by Ava Wilder 2025

3.53

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing 🎨 Artist Hero

Always On My Mind

by Beth Moran • 2023

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

4.23

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Always On My Mind 93%

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

by Beth Moran 2023

4.23

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Wedding Dress

by Dani Atkins • 2021

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

4.15

1k+

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Wedding Dress 94%

A jilted bride. A crash survivor. A grandmother in forbidden love. One dress connects them all.

by Dani Atkins 2021

4.15

1k+ ratings

🧵 Multiple Timelines 🫂 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Love 🌅 Later-In-Life Love 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Memory of Us

by Dani Atkins • 2024

She hires a stranger to play her sister's imagined husband, and the staged romance turns real.

4.18

3k+

🖤 Sisterhood Drama 💔 Medical Romance 💕 Fake Dating Real Love 🏠 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Fate

The Memory of Us 94%

She hires a stranger to play her sister's imagined husband, and the staged romance turns real.

by Dani Atkins 2024

4.18

3k+ ratings

🖤 Sisterhood Drama 💔 Medical Romance 💕 Fake Dating Real Love 🏠 Found Family 🧬 Genetic Fate

Variation

by Rebecca Yarros

A ballerina fakes dating her first love to remain near her dead sister's secret daughter.

4.16

202k+

🩰 Ballet Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💞 Second Chance Love 🔒 Family Secrets 🌊 Angsty Romance

Variation 94%

A ballerina fakes dating her first love to remain near her dead sister's secret daughter.

by Rebecca Yarros 2024

4.16

202k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 💞 Second Chance Love 🔒 Family Secrets 🌊 Angsty Romance

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 93%

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

Mothers and Daughters

by Erica James • 2022

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

4.29

6k+

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

Mothers and Daughters 93%

A seaside widow falls in love again while her daughters wrestle infertility and a controlling man.

by Erica James 2022

4.29

6k+ ratings

📖 Family Saga 👭 Sibling Rivalry 🤰 Fertility Struggles 🔗 Generational Trauma 🛡️ Domestic Abuse Survivor

Slow Dance

by Rainbow Rowell • 2024

A wedding reunites best friends who never confessed: a divorced mother and a naval officer.

3.66

74k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist ⚓ Naval Officer Hero

Slow Dance 93%

A wedding reunites best friends who never confessed: a divorced mother and a naval officer.

by Rainbow Rowell 2024

3.66

74k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Protagonist ⚓ Naval Officer Hero

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 93%

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

El tiempo que tuvimos

by Cherry Chic • 2023

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

4.31

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

El tiempo que tuvimos 93%

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

by Cherry Chic 2023

4.31

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn 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

How to Walk Away

by Katherine Center • 2018

A plane crash leaves a bride-to-be paralyzed. A gruff therapist refuses to let her give up.

4.08

124k+

👯‍♀️ Estranged Sisters 🔥 Slow Burn 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🩹 Catastrophic Injury 🔍 Family Secrets

How to Walk Away 93%

A plane crash leaves a bride-to-be paralyzed. A gruff therapist refuses to let her give up.

by Katherine Center 2018

4.08

124k+ ratings

👯‍♀️ Estranged Sisters 🔥 Slow Burn 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🩹 Catastrophic Injury 🔍 Family Secrets

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 93%

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

A Love Letter to Whiskey

by Kandi Steiner

A pact at seventeen, eleven years of wrong timing, and the only man she ever wanted.

4.15

111k+

💫 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💔 Emotional Angst 🌊 Beach Town

A Love Letter to Whiskey 93%

A pact at seventeen, eleven years of wrong timing, and the only man she ever wanted.

by Kandi Steiner 2021

4.15

111k+ ratings

💫 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 💔 Emotional Angst 🌊 Beach Town

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren • 2018

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

4.21

831k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

Love and Other Words 94%

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

by Christina Lauren 2018

4.21

831k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

When You Got a Good Thing

by Kait Nolan • 2017

A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.

4.21

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds 🩹 Emotional Healing

When You Got a Good Thing 94%

A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.

by Kait Nolan 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds 🩹 Emotional Healing

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

by Laura Dockrill • 2024

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

3.86

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Summary

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You 93%

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

by Laura Dockrill 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

Someone I Used to Know

by Paige Toon • 2021

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

4.16

11k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Someone I Used to Know 93%

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

by Paige Toon 2021

4.16

11k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Meet Me at the Lake

by Carley Fortune • 2023

A perfect day, a broken promise, ten years of silence. Now he's at her mother's resort.

3.68

376k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💌 Missed Connection ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏡 Family Legacy 🌊 Grief And Healing

Meet Me at the Lake 93%

A perfect day, a broken promise, ten years of silence. Now he's at her mother's resort.

by Carley Fortune 2023

3.68

376k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💌 Missed Connection ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏡 Family Legacy 🌊 Grief And Healing

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Swear on This Life

by Renee Carlino • 2016

Her life story is a bestseller, written by the boy she left on a dirt road.

4.13

61k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Healing

Swear on This Life 93%

Her life story is a bestseller, written by the boy she left on a dirt road.

by Renee Carlino 2016

4.13

61k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Healing

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

2k+

🏘️ 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

2k+ ratings

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

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes • 2019

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

3.82

158k+

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

Evvie Drake Starts Over 93%

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

by Linda Holmes 2019

3.82

158k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

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 93%

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

Protect

by Paisley Hope • 2025

A divorced nurse returns home to the firefighter who broke her heart, her brother's best friend.

4.15

15k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 First Love

Protect 93%

A divorced nurse returns home to the firefighter who broke her heart, her brother's best friend.

by Paisley Hope 2025

4.15

15k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 First Love

Drive

by Kate Stewart

A music journalist falls for her sister's drummer, a man whose past could destroy them both.

4.38

56k+

🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Second Chance Romance 👯 Sister's Best Friend 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Drive 93%

A music journalist falls for her sister's drummer, a man whose past could destroy them both.

by Kate Stewart 2017

4.38

56k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Second Chance Romance 👯 Sister's Best Friend 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 94%

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

The No-Show

by Beth O'Leary • 2022

Three women. One Valentine's Day. A single man who never arrives for any of them.

3.78

117k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💔 Love After Loss 🖤 Hidden Grief 🤗 Found Family 👁️ Multiple Pov

The No-Show 94%

Three women. One Valentine's Day. A single man who never arrives for any of them.

by Beth O'Leary 2022

3.78

117k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 💔 Love After Loss 🖤 Hidden Grief 🤗 Found Family 👁️ Multiple Pov

Blind Kiss

by Renee Carlino • 2018

One blindfolded kiss haunts a dancer and an engineer through fourteen years of bad timing.

3.88

4k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Mutual Pining 🔺 Love Triangle

Blind Kiss 93%

One blindfolded kiss haunts a dancer and an engineer through fourteen years of bad timing.

by Renee Carlino 2018

3.88

4k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Mutual Pining 🔺 Love Triangle

The Other Side of Now

by Paige Harbison • 2025

A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.

4.17

21k+

🪞 Parallel Lives 🍀 Small Town Ireland 💔 Lost Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

The Other Side of Now 93%

A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.

by Paige Harbison 2025

4.17

21k+ ratings

🪞 Parallel Lives 🍀 Small Town Ireland 💔 Lost Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

November 9

by Colleen Hoover • 2015

Once a year, a scarred actress meets a writer. This November 9, his manuscript reveals everything.

4.10

1.3M+

⏳ Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Scarred Heroine 😔 Guilty Hero 💌 Love Letters 💔 Second Chance Romance

November 9 93%

Once a year, a scarred actress meets a writer. This November 9, his manuscript reveals everything.

by Colleen Hoover 2015

4.10

1.3M+ ratings

⏳ Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Scarred Heroine 😔 Guilty Hero 💌 Love Letters 💔 Second Chance Romance

You Belong with Me

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2024

Her actor ex flies in at Christmas, wanting her back. Loving him means surrendering her privacy.

3.66

10k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💔 Second Chance 🧱 Emotional Walls 😂 British Humor 📸 Fame And Privacy

You Belong with Me 93%

Her actor ex flies in at Christmas, wanting her back. Loving him means surrendering her privacy.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2024

3.66

10k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💔 Second Chance 🧱 Emotional Walls 😂 British Humor 📸 Fame And Privacy

The Girl on the 88 Bus

by Freya Sampson • 2022

A heartbroken woman boards a London bus to join a stranger's sixty-year search for lost love.

4.04

25k+

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