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Je me regarderai dans les yeux

by Rim Battal • 2025

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

4.11

500+

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

Je me regarderai dans les yeux

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

by Rim Battal 2025 208 pages

4.11

500+ ratings

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

An Enemy of the State

by F. Paul Wilson • 1980

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

3.89

442

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire 🎭 Political Intrigue ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

An Enemy of the State

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

by F. Paul Wilson 1980 308 pages

3.89

442 ratings

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire 🎭 Political Intrigue ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

The Half Moon

by Mary Beth Keane • 2023

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

3.39

28k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

The Half Moon

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

by Mary Beth Keane 2023 304 pages

3.39

28k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

Sisterland

by Curtis Sittenfeld • 2013

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

3.38

41k+

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

Sisterland

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2013 397 pages

3.38

41k+ ratings

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

Collateral

by Callie Hart • 2014

Her sister vanished. Her lover kills. The DEA offers freedom for a price she refuses to pay.

4.48

8k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🩺 Healer Heroine 💔 Traumatized Hero 🔥 Hurt Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Collateral

Her sister vanished. Her lover kills. The DEA offers freedom for a price she refuses to pay.

by Callie Hart 2014 244 pages

4.48

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🩺 Healer Heroine 💔 Traumatized Hero 🔥 Hurt Comfort 🤝 Found Family

How to Kiss a Movie Star

by Jenny Proctor • 2023

A movie star's fake romance with a scientist who studies squirrels turns unexpectedly real.

4.19

8k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🔬 Opposites Attract 🏡 Small Town Romance 🚪 Closed Door Romance

How to Kiss a Movie Star

A movie star's fake romance with a scientist who studies squirrels turns unexpectedly real.

by Jenny Proctor 2023 364 pages

4.19

8k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🔬 Opposites Attract 🏡 Small Town Romance 🚪 Closed Door Romance

Redbelly Crossing

by Candice Fox • 2026

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

4.06

2k+

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

Redbelly Crossing

Two estranged cop brothers investigate a rural pub murder, but the killer's DNA matches their own.

by Candice Fox 2026 352 pages

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Noir 🩸 Small-Town Murder 💔 Estranged Siblings 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets

The Silk Weaver

by Liz Trenow • 2017

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

3.88

1k+

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

The Silk Weaver

His silk loom, her secret sketches: forbidden love in Georgian London that could ruin them both.

by Liz Trenow 2017 416 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

💘 Forbidden Romance 🧵 Artisan Craft 🎨 Creative Partnership 👩‍🎨 Female Artist ✊ Workers' Struggle

The Paper Palace

by Miranda Cowley Heller • 2021

A Cape Cod wife beside her oldest friend. Her husband sleeps. Her past will not.

3.77

400k+

🩸 Generational Trauma 💔 Love Triangle 🤍 Survivor's Guilt 🏡 Family Saga 💍 Marriage In Crisis

The Paper Palace

A Cape Cod wife beside her oldest friend. Her husband sleeps. Her past will not.

by Miranda Cowley Heller 2021 400 pages

3.77

400k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma 💔 Love Triangle 🤍 Survivor's Guilt 🏡 Family Saga 💍 Marriage In Crisis

The Other Side of the Bridge

by Mary Lawson • 2006

Two brothers on a northern Ontario farm love the same woman. One leaves; the other stays.

4.18

11k+

🏘️ Small Town Saga ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🕯️ Generational Guilt 🥀 Slow Burn Tragedy 💙 Quiet Devotion

The Other Side of the Bridge

Two brothers on a northern Ontario farm love the same woman. One leaves; the other stays.

by Mary Lawson 2006 296 pages

4.18

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Saga ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🕯️ Generational Guilt 🥀 Slow Burn Tragedy 💙 Quiet Devotion

A Kestrel for a Knave

by Barry Hines • 1968

A neglected boy in a mining town steals a kestrel, discovering in secret his first pride.

4.08

8k+

🏭 Social Realism 🦅 Boy And His Bird 💔 Bleak And Tender ⚒️ Working Class Life 🌧️ Northern England

A Kestrel for a Knave

A neglected boy in a mining town steals a kestrel, discovering in secret his first pride.

by Barry Hines 1968 208 pages

4.08

8k+ ratings

🏭 Social Realism 🦅 Boy And His Bird 💔 Bleak And Tender ⚒️ Working Class Life 🌧️ Northern England

The Hour I First Believed

by Wally Lamb • 2008

A school shooting traps his wife. A family farm hides a century of buried secrets.

3.84

66k+

📜 Generational Saga 🏫 School Shooting Aftermath 🔍 Family Secrets 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌀 Addiction Spiral

The Hour I First Believed

A school shooting traps his wife. A family farm hides a century of buried secrets.

by Wally Lamb 2008 740 pages

3.84

66k+ ratings

📜 Generational Saga 🏫 School Shooting Aftermath 🔍 Family Secrets 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌀 Addiction Spiral

The Imperfectionists

by Tom Rachman • 2010

Orbiting a dying English-language newspaper in Rome, flawed lives come undone one edition at a time.

3.55

50k+

📚 Linked Story Collection 📰 Newsroom Fiction 🏛️ Dying Institutions 🕊️ Quiet Grief 🌍 Expat Life

The Imperfectionists

Orbiting a dying English-language newspaper in Rome, flawed lives come undone one edition at a time.

by Tom Rachman 2010 272 pages

3.55

50k+ ratings

📚 Linked Story Collection 📰 Newsroom Fiction 🏛️ Dying Institutions 🕊️ Quiet Grief 🌍 Expat Life

Fool Me Once

by Ashley Winstead • 2022

Her dream campaign hinges on the ex-boyfriend she sabotaged years ago and never got over.

3.49

13k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Romance

Fool Me Once

Her dream campaign hinges on the ex-boyfriend she sabotaged years ago and never got over.

by Ashley Winstead 2022 368 pages

3.49

13k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Romance

What Comes After

by JoAnne Tompkins • 2021

A grieving father takes in a pregnant runaway hiding secrets about his murdered son.

3.76

29k+

🖤 Literary Murder Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Grief 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grieving Parent 🏠 Reluctant Guardian

What Comes After

A grieving father takes in a pregnant runaway hiding secrets about his murdered son.

by JoAnne Tompkins 2021 420 pages

3.76

29k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Murder Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Grief 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grieving Parent 🏠 Reluctant Guardian

The Perfect Neighbour

by Susanna Beard • 2021

When a new neighbor sees a captive girl through a window, the whole street looks away.

4.02

5k+

🕵️ Domestic Suspense ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🏘️ Suburban Secrets ⏳ Slow-Burn Tension

The Perfect Neighbour

When a new neighbor sees a captive girl through a window, the whole street looks away.

by Susanna Beard 2021 276 pages

4.02

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Domestic Suspense ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🔒 Captivity Narrative 🏘️ Suburban Secrets ⏳ Slow-Burn Tension

The Someday Garden

by Ashley Poston • 2026

A grieving gardener enters a hidden garden and finds a man caught in an endless sunset.

3.89

20k+

🌸 Magical Realism Romance 🌿 Gardening As Metaphor 🕯️ Grief And Healing ⏳ Nonlinear Romance 🏡 Found Family

The Someday Garden

A grieving gardener enters a hidden garden and finds a man caught in an endless sunset.

by Ashley Poston 2026 400 pages

3.89

20k+ ratings

🌸 Magical Realism Romance 🌿 Gardening As Metaphor 🕯️ Grief And Healing ⏳ Nonlinear Romance 🏡 Found Family

Logging Off

by Nick Spalding • 2020

A graphic designer's tech addiction literally makes him ill. His cure: 60 days, zero screens.

3.95

9k+

🖥️ Tech Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Modern Anxiety 🏘️ Small Town England 📚 Book Club Fiction

Logging Off

A graphic designer's tech addiction literally makes him ill. His cure: 60 days, zero screens.

by Nick Spalding 2020 314 pages

3.95

9k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😰 Modern Anxiety 🏘️ Small Town England 📚 Book Club Fiction

Divine Justice

by David Baldacci • 2008

A fugitive ex-assassin discovers his refuge in coal country runs on drug money and murder.

4.24

61k+

🏃 Fugitive Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Corrupt Prison System

Divine Justice

A fugitive ex-assassin discovers his refuge in coal country runs on drug money and murder.

by David Baldacci 2008 326 pages

4.24

61k+ ratings

🏃 Fugitive Thriller ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔗 Corrupt Prison System

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

by Roddy Doyle • 1993

A ten-year-old rules his Dublin street. But the war at home is one he cannot escape.

3.75

25k+

🧒 Child Narrator 💔 Fractured Family 🇮🇪 1960s Ireland 👦👦 Sibling Rivalry 🏫 Schoolyard Cruelty

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

A ten-year-old rules his Dublin street. But the war at home is one he cannot escape.

by Roddy Doyle 1993 307 pages

3.75

25k+ ratings

🧒 Child Narrator 💔 Fractured Family 🇮🇪 1960s Ireland 👦👦 Sibling Rivalry 🏫 Schoolyard Cruelty

The Lowlife

by Alexander Baron • 1963

A Hackney gambler drifts from bet to bet until a boy raises stakes luck cannot cover.

4.25

500+

🏙️ Social Realism 🎰 Compulsive Gambling 👨‍👦 Surrogate Fatherhood 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Postwar London

The Lowlife

A Hackney gambler drifts from bet to bet until a boy raises stakes luck cannot cover.

by Alexander Baron 1963 208 pages

4.25

500+ ratings

🏙️ Social Realism 🎰 Compulsive Gambling 👨‍👦 Surrogate Fatherhood 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Postwar London

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett • 2009

In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.

4.47

3M+

🏚️ Jim Crow South 🧹 Domestic Workers 🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship 📖 Stories Of Resistance 🌸 Southern Women

The Help

In 1962 Mississippi, a white debutante and two Black maids risk everything to tell the truth.

by Kathryn Stockett 2009 451 pages

4.47

3M+ ratings

🏚️ Jim Crow South 🧹 Domestic Workers 🤝 Cross-Racial Friendship 📖 Stories Of Resistance 🌸 Southern Women

Murder in Constantinople

by A.E. Goldin • 2024

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

3.44

500+

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity ✈️ Exile And Diaspora 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Murder in Constantinople

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

by A.E. Goldin 2024 331 pages

3.44

500+ ratings

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity ✈️ Exile And Diaspora 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Now Is the Hour

by Tom Spanbauer • 2006

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

4.14

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 💑 Interracial Romance ⛪ Catholic Guilt

Now Is the Hour

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

by Tom Spanbauer 2006 480 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 💑 Interracial Romance ⛪ Catholic Guilt

Catalina

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2024

Undocumented at Harvard, she's her grandparents' American dream and their only safety net.

3.52

11k+

🎓 Campus Novel 🧳 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🏠 Family Obligation 🎭 Performing Identity

Catalina

Undocumented at Harvard, she's her grandparents' American dream and their only safety net.

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2024 224 pages

3.52

11k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Novel 🧳 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🏠 Family Obligation 🎭 Performing Identity

Reckless Abandon

by Stuart Woods • 2004

A Florida police chief and a Manhattan attorney corner a mob killer protected by the FBI.

3.95

9k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🕴️ Organized Crime 🎯 Manhunt 🛡️ Witness Protection

Reckless Abandon

A Florida police chief and a Manhattan attorney corner a mob killer protected by the FBI.

by Stuart Woods 2004 368 pages

3.95

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🕴️ Organized Crime 🎯 Manhunt 🛡️ Witness Protection

The Trouble With Her

by Kat T. Masen • 2021

To escape her best friend, she married a stranger. He never stopped loving her.

4.32

2k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn ⚠️ Toxic Marriage 💭 Pining Hero

The Trouble With Her

To escape her best friend, she married a stranger. He never stopped loving her.

by Kat T. Masen 2021 304 pages

4.32

2k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn ⚠️ Toxic Marriage 💭 Pining Hero

Clutch

by Emily Nemens • 2026

Five college friends reunite in Palm Springs, each hiding a crisis beneath her polished surface.

3.30

4k+

🖤 Female Friendship 🏜️ College Reunion 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💼 Ambitious Women 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Clutch

Five college friends reunite in Palm Springs, each hiding a crisis beneath her polished surface.

by Emily Nemens 2026 400 pages

3.30

4k+ ratings

🖤 Female Friendship 🏜️ College Reunion 🔄 Midlife Crisis 💼 Ambitious Women 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Hale

by K. Webster • 2018

After tragedy strikes, a college athlete falls for the one woman he shouldn't: his own sister.

3.77

8k+

💔 Taboo Sibling Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕯️ Shared Grief

Hale

After tragedy strikes, a college athlete falls for the one woman he shouldn't: his own sister.

by K. Webster 2018 305 pages

3.77

8k+ ratings

💔 Taboo Sibling Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕯️ Shared Grief

Twice in a Blue Moon

by Christina Lauren • 2019

Her first love sold her secret to the tabloids. Now he wrote the film she is starring in.

3.62

90k+

💕 Second Chance Romance 🎬 Hollywood Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 First Love Betrayal 🔒 Forced Proximity

Twice in a Blue Moon

Her first love sold her secret to the tabloids. Now he wrote the film she is starring in.

by Christina Lauren 2019 358 pages

3.62

90k+ ratings

💕 Second Chance Romance 🎬 Hollywood Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 First Love Betrayal 🔒 Forced Proximity

Italian Shoes

by Henning Mankell • 2006

Self-exiled on a frozen Swedish island, a disgraced surgeon is found by his dying former lover.

3.78

10k+

🏔️ Scandinavian Fiction 💔 Family Estrangement 🤝 Found Family 🩺 Terminal Illness 🖤 Melancholy Redemption

Italian Shoes

Self-exiled on a frozen Swedish island, a disgraced surgeon is found by his dying former lover.

by Henning Mankell 2006 247 pages

3.78

10k+ ratings

🏔️ Scandinavian Fiction 💔 Family Estrangement 🤝 Found Family 🩺 Terminal Illness 🖤 Melancholy Redemption

The Sign for Home

by Blair Fell • 2022

A DeafBlind man isolated by strict guardians discovers his lost first love is alive and imprisoned.

4.24

8k+

👪 Jehovah's Witness 💔 Lost Love Reunited ⛪ Religious Control 🤟 Deaf Representation 🏫 Residential School

The Sign for Home

A DeafBlind man isolated by strict guardians discovers his lost first love is alive and imprisoned.

by Blair Fell 2022 404 pages

4.24

8k+ ratings

👪 Jehovah's Witness 💔 Lost Love Reunited ⛪ Religious Control 🤟 Deaf Representation 🏫 Residential School

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

by Aimee Brown • 2022

Publicly dumped, she lands on her brother's couch, where his best friend has loved her forever.

4.00

1k+

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 💫 Childhood Crush 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First 🌱 Fresh Start Romance

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Publicly dumped, she lands on her brother's couch, where his best friend has loved her forever.

by Aimee Brown 2022 320 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 💫 Childhood Crush 🏠 Forced Proximity 💘 He Falls First 🌱 Fresh Start Romance

Well Matched

by Jen DeLuca • 2021

A divorced mom plays fake girlfriend to a younger gym teacher. Their act becomes too convincing.

3.84

29k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💬 Witty Banter

Well Matched

A divorced mom plays fake girlfriend to a younger gym teacher. Their act becomes too convincing.

by Jen DeLuca 2021 313 pages

3.84

29k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💬 Witty Banter

Some Strange Music Draws Me In

by Griffin Hansbury • 2024

A girl's crush on a trans woman ends in arson, a lie that follows her into manhood.

4.40

1k+

🦋 Trans Coming Of Age 🏚️ Small-Town Queerphobia 💔 Survivor Guilt 🔁 Generational Trauma 📼 1980s Nostalgia

Some Strange Music Draws Me In

A girl's crush on a trans woman ends in arson, a lie that follows her into manhood.

by Griffin Hansbury 2024 320 pages

4.40

1k+ ratings

🦋 Trans Coming Of Age 🏚️ Small-Town Queerphobia 💔 Survivor Guilt 🔁 Generational Trauma 📼 1980s Nostalgia

Drop Shot

by Harlan Coben • 1996

US Open tennis prodigy shot dead. A sports agent she called digs into a cover-up six years deep.

3.99

50k+

🎾 Sports Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Cold Case Murder 💔 Mother's Sacrifice

Drop Shot

US Open tennis prodigy shot dead. A sports agent she called digs into a cover-up six years deep.

by Harlan Coben 1996 341 pages

3.99

50k+ ratings

🎾 Sports Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🎭 Hidden Identity ⏳ Cold Case Murder 💔 Mother's Sacrifice

Faithless

by Karin Slaughter • 2005

A buried girl pulls a doctor and police chief into a devout Georgia family's brutal secrets.

4.10

55k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation ⛪ Religious Control 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🕵️ Damaged Detective

Faithless

A buried girl pulls a doctor and police chief into a devout Georgia family's brutal secrets.

by Karin Slaughter 2005 549 pages

4.10

55k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🔬 Forensic Investigation ⛪ Religious Control 🔄 Cycle Of Abuse 🕵️ Damaged Detective

The Couple in Cabin 14

by Nancy Savage • 2024

An isolated resort, a fractured marriage, and the suspicious pair next door: who can you trust?

3.28

2k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Secretive Neighbors 🔍 Missing Wife

The Couple in Cabin 14

An isolated resort, a fractured marriage, and the suspicious pair next door: who can you trust?

by Nancy Savage 2024 268 pages

3.28

2k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👀 Secretive Neighbors 🔍 Missing Wife

Theft

by Abdulrazak Gurnah • 2025

A servant, a scholar, and a teacher are drawn together by a false theft accusation in Tanzania.

3.93

5k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga 🌍 Postcolonial Africa 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Arranged Marriage 🧹 Domestic Servitude

Theft

A servant, a scholar, and a teacher are drawn together by a false theft accusation in Tanzania.

by Abdulrazak Gurnah 2025 296 pages

3.93

5k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga 🌍 Postcolonial Africa 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Arranged Marriage 🧹 Domestic Servitude

Perfect Little World

by Kevin Wilson • 2017

A pregnant teen joins an experiment where ten families raise their children as one.

3.65

15k+

🗣️ Social Commentary 📖 Family Saga 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Perfect Little World

A pregnant teen joins an experiment where ten families raise their children as one.

by Kevin Wilson 2017

3.65

15k+ ratings

🗣️ Social Commentary 📖 Family Saga 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance

Olivia

by John Hunt • 2022

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

3.95

2k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Olivia

A travel blogger survives a wilderness killer then teams with his other survivor to end him.

by John Hunt 2022 209 pages

3.95

2k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🏕️ Survival Horror 🩸 Final Girl Revenge 🖇️ Trauma Bond 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Once Upon a Boyband

by Jenny Proctor • 2024

A small-town vet falls for a dog rescuer: her teenage boyband obsession, in hiding.

4.24

5k+

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🐾 Animal Rescue 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Healing From Grief

Once Upon a Boyband

A small-town vet falls for a dog rescuer: her teenage boyband obsession, in hiding.

by Jenny Proctor 2024 358 pages

4.24

5k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🐾 Animal Rescue 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Healing From Grief

The Atomic City Girls

by Janet Beard • 2018

Young women monitor machines in a secret city, never told they're building the atomic bomb.

3.54

26k+

🏭 Home Front WWII 💔 Secret Romance 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Social Climbing

The Atomic City Girls

Young women monitor machines in a secret city, never told they're building the atomic bomb.

by Janet Beard 2018 353 pages

3.54

26k+ ratings

🏭 Home Front WWII 💔 Secret Romance 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Social Climbing

Hazel Says No

by Jessica Berger Gross • 2025

A bookish teen starts over in rural Maine, where the principal's interest goes beyond academics.

3.68

6k+

🎗️ MeToo Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Scandal 💔 Family In Crisis ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Hazel Says No

A bookish teen starts over in rural Maine, where the principal's interest goes beyond academics.

by Jessica Berger Gross 2025 352 pages

3.68

6k+ ratings

🎗️ MeToo Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Scandal 💔 Family In Crisis ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond

Mrs. Fletcher

by Tom Perrotta • 2017

After her son leaves, a suburban mom discovers internet porn and a reckless hunger for reinvention.

3.36

27k+

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Empty Nest 🎓 Campus Satire 🔥 Sexual Awakening 😬 Cringe Comedy

Mrs. Fletcher

After her son leaves, a suburban mom discovers internet porn and a reckless hunger for reinvention.

by Tom Perrotta 2017 309 pages

3.36

27k+ ratings

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Empty Nest 🎓 Campus Satire 🔥 Sexual Awakening 😬 Cringe Comedy

Dark Eyed Devil

by Olivia Hayle • 2020

An heiress and the groundskeeper's nephew. One tragic accident. Ten years of silence. He's back.

4.15

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 💸 Class Divide ✉️ Lost Letter

Dark Eyed Devil

An heiress and the groundskeeper's nephew. One tragic accident. Ten years of silence. He's back.

by Olivia Hayle 2020 307 pages

4.15

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 💸 Class Divide ✉️ Lost Letter

FXKIN ENTITY - Part I

by Jodie King • 2026

Escaping one monster, she's sold to a cursed island where an entity feeds on her fear.

3.89

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3.85

100k+ ratings

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4.02

2k+ ratings

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