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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

100k+

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

The No-Show

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

by Beth O'Leary 2022 337 pages

3.78

100k+ ratings

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

Silent Stalker

by Selena Winters • 2024

A forensic psychologist falls for the stranger whose twisted Christmas gifts are staged murders.

3.99

500+

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 💀 Murder Couple 🖤 Obsessed Stalker Hero 🎭 Mask Kink ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

Silent Stalker

A forensic psychologist falls for the stranger whose twisted Christmas gifts are staged murders.

by Selena Winters 2024 364 pages

3.99

500+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Romance 💀 Murder Couple 🖤 Obsessed Stalker Hero 🎭 Mask Kink ❄️ Snowbound Isolation

Blood Day

by Lexi C. Foss • 2022

A vampire instructor sabotages one human student to hide an obsession that could destroy them both.

4.04

500+

🩸 Dark Vampire Romance 🏙️ Dystopian Romance 👩‍🎓 Teacher Student 🥀 Predator Prey 🏫 Vampire Academy

Blood Day

A vampire instructor sabotages one human student to hide an obsession that could destroy them both.

by Lexi C. Foss 2022 550 pages

4.04

500+ ratings

🩸 Dark Vampire Romance 🏙️ Dystopian Romance 👩‍🎓 Teacher Student 🥀 Predator Prey 🏫 Vampire Academy

A Midsummer's Equation

by Keigo Higashino • 2011

A physicist's seaside stay becomes an inquiry when a guest dies and family's buried past surfaces.

3.96

12k+

🔬 Scientific Investigation 🖤 Generational Guilt 👪 Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 False Confession

A Midsummer's Equation

A physicist's seaside stay becomes an inquiry when a guest dies and family's buried past surfaces.

by Keigo Higashino 2011 358 pages

3.96

12k+ ratings

🔬 Scientific Investigation 🖤 Generational Guilt 👪 Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 False Confession

I Promise You

by Lexie Axelson • 2023

A Navy SEAL promised his dying best friend to protect her sister, not to love her.

4.10

5k+

🦅 SEAL Team Romance 💔 Love Triangle 💀 Brothers Best Friend 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🛡️ Protector Romance

I Promise You

A Navy SEAL promised his dying best friend to protect her sister, not to love her.

by Lexie Axelson 2023 398 pages

4.10

5k+ ratings

🦅 SEAL Team Romance 💔 Love Triangle 💀 Brothers Best Friend 🖤 Trauma Bonding 🛡️ Protector Romance

And the Sea Called Her Name

by Joe Hart • 2015

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

3.73

429

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

And the Sea Called Her Name

The sea took her mother. Now his wife is vanishing, and the tide is pulling her under.

by Joe Hart 2015 40 pages

3.73

429 ratings

🌀 Cosmic Horror 🌊 Coastal Gothic 💔 Doomed Marriage 🐙 Body Transformation 🩸 Generational Curse

Los amantes de Praga

by Alyson Richman • 2011

Prague newlyweds separated by the Holocaust reunite decades later at their grandchildren's wedding.

4.25

65k+

🔄 Dual Timeline 💔 Wartime Separation 💞 First Love Reunited 🎨 Art As Survival 😔 Survivor Guilt

Los amantes de Praga

Prague newlyweds separated by the Holocaust reunite decades later at their grandchildren's wedding.

by Alyson Richman 2011 344 pages

4.25

65k+ ratings

🔄 Dual Timeline 💔 Wartime Separation 💞 First Love Reunited 🎨 Art As Survival 😔 Survivor Guilt

Crown of Crimson

by Karina Halle • 2022

Death's mortal bride runs from the altar, igniting a war only her hidden power can end.

4.06

11k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚡ God And Mortal 🔮 Fated Mates 🌲 Finnish Mythology 🕯️ Gothic Romance

Crown of Crimson

Death's mortal bride runs from the altar, igniting a war only her hidden power can end.

by Karina Halle 2022 460 pages

4.06

11k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚡ God And Mortal 🔮 Fated Mates 🌲 Finnish Mythology 🕯️ Gothic Romance

The Shots You Take

by Rachel Reid • 2025

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

4.07

29k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey

The Shots You Take

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

by Rachel Reid 2025 336 pages

4.07

29k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey

Saddle to Sunup

by Emmy Sanders • 2025

A divorcé retrieves his best friend from exile; the road home peels back years of buried longing.

4.17

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💭 Sexual Awakening 🏔️ Montana Ranch 🏘️ Small Town 👨‍👧 Single Father

Saddle to Sunup

A divorcé retrieves his best friend from exile; the road home peels back years of buried longing.

by Emmy Sanders 2025 310 pages

4.17

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💭 Sexual Awakening 🏔️ Montana Ranch 🏘️ Small Town 👨‍👧 Single Father

Morsel

by Carter Keane • 2026

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

3.56

2k+

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Morsel

A work trip strands Lou among Appalachian cultists who keep a starving god in the basement.

by Carter Keane 2026 198 pages

3.56

2k+ ratings

🫀 Body Horror 🌲 Folk Horror 🕯️ Cult Horror 💼 Corporate Horror 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Protagonist

Under the Volcano

by Malcolm Lowry • 1947

Mexico, 1938. A British consul drinks. His wife returns. The Day of the Dead is no metaphor.

3.76

27k+

🎭 Modernist Tragedy 🍸 Alcoholic Antihero 💔 Failed Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle ✈️ Expatriate Literature

Under the Volcano

Mexico, 1938. A British consul drinks. His wife returns. The Day of the Dead is no metaphor.

by Malcolm Lowry 1947 423 pages

3.76

27k+ ratings

🎭 Modernist Tragedy 🍸 Alcoholic Antihero 💔 Failed Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle ✈️ Expatriate Literature

Sold to the Fae

by Kyra Alessy • 2024

When three fae men unmask a dangerous fugitive, they don't turn her in. They buy her.

3.74

2k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💕 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ⛓️ Captive Romance

Sold to the Fae

When three fae men unmask a dangerous fugitive, they don't turn her in. They buy her.

by Kyra Alessy 2024 406 pages

3.74

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💕 Why Choose ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ⛓️ Captive Romance

The Murder at Redmire Hall

by J.R. Ellis • 2018

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

4.28

15k+

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

The Murder at Redmire Hall

A lord performs a locked-room vanishing act on television and reappears stabbed in the back.

by J.R. Ellis 2018 301 pages

4.28

15k+ ratings

🗝️ Locked Room Mystery 🏰 Country House Murder 🔍 Classic Whodunit 🖤 Family Secrets 💀 Revenge Plot

Order of Shirán

by R.K. Lander • 2023

A dead elven warrior wakes with no past, no peace, and one path: the dragon riders.

4.49

272

🐉 Dragon Riders 👥 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔥 Redemption Arc 🌅 Afterlife Realm

Order of Shirán

A dead elven warrior wakes with no past, no peace, and one path: the dragon riders.

by R.K. Lander 2023 394 pages

4.49

272 ratings

🐉 Dragon Riders 👥 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔥 Redemption Arc 🌅 Afterlife Realm

The Vile Thing We Created

by Robert P. Ottone • 2023

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

3.56

500+

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

The Vile Thing We Created

Their baby never cries. The walls are breathing. Something ancient has been waiting for this child.

by Robert P. Ottone 2023 410 pages

3.56

500+ ratings

🫄 Postpartum Horror 🌌 Cosmic Horror 🕯️ Occult Pregnancy 👁️ Uncanny Child 💫 Unreliable Reality

Fifth Avenue Fling

by Rosa Lucas • 2023

Facing deportation, an Irishwoman takes a job with a grumpy billionaire and his grieving daughter.

4.06

16k+

💰 Billionaire Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad

Fifth Avenue Fling

Facing deportation, an Irishwoman takes a job with a grumpy billionaire and his grieving daughter.

by Rosa Lucas 2023 435 pages

4.06

16k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad

Being There

by Erica Komisar • 2026

The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.

3.90

🧠 Early Childhood Development 🔗 Attachment Theory 💼 Working Mothers 👶 New Mothers 🧬 Brain Development

Being There

The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.

by Erica Komisar 2026 272 pages

3.90

51 ratings

🧠 Early Childhood Development 🔗 Attachment Theory 💼 Working Mothers 👶 New Mothers 🧬 Brain Development

Bratva Prince

by T.J. Maguire • 2023

A Bratva prince captures a cartel don, and she becomes the weakness he cannot afford.

4.03

20k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🇷🇺 Russian Bratva ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🔪 Dangerous Heroine

Bratva Prince

A Bratva prince captures a cartel don, and she becomes the weakness he cannot afford.

by T.J. Maguire 2023 489 pages

4.03

20k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🇷🇺 Russian Bratva ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance 🔪 Dangerous Heroine

Vigil Harbor

by Julia Glass • 2022

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

3.66

1k+

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Vigil Harbor

A bombing survivor returns to his coastal hometown, only to find the violence waiting there.

by Julia Glass 2022 416 pages

3.66

1k+ ratings

🌡️ Climate Fiction 🔍 Small Town Secrets 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Huis clos

by Jean-Paul Sartre • 1944

Three strangers arrive in hell expecting torture. Instead they get a drawing room and each other.

4.11

47k+

🎭 Absurdist Theatre 🇫🇷 French Existentialism 💀 Philosophical Afterlife 🚪 Single Room Drama 🤥 Bad Faith

Huis clos

Three strangers arrive in hell expecting torture. Instead they get a drawing room and each other.

by Jean-Paul Sartre 1944 91 pages

4.11

47k+ ratings

🎭 Absurdist Theatre 🇫🇷 French Existentialism 💀 Philosophical Afterlife 🚪 Single Room Drama 🤥 Bad Faith

Body and Soul

by Jordan Castillo Price • 2007

A psychic detective and his boyfriend hunt a rogue psychic trapping victims between life and death.

4.15

5k+

🔮 Psychic Detective 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💑 Established Couple 🔍 Police Procedural 🌃 Gritty Urban Fantasy

Body and Soul

A psychic detective and his boyfriend hunt a rogue psychic trapping victims between life and death.

by Jordan Castillo Price 2007 172 pages

4.15

5k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Detective 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💑 Established Couple 🔍 Police Procedural 🌃 Gritty Urban Fantasy

Sonata of Lies

by Nicole Fox • 2024

Bratva boss captures his brother's betrayer to destroy her. She alone can break his darkness.

4.30

5k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor To Lover 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Trauma Survivor

Sonata of Lies

Bratva boss captures his brother's betrayer to destroy her. She alone can break his darkness.

by Nicole Fox 2024 434 pages

4.30

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Captor To Lover 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Trauma Survivor

Broke-Ass Women's Club

by Sharon Sala • 2021

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

4.26

500+

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

Broke-Ass Women's Club

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

by Sharon Sala 2021 373 pages

4.26

500+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

The Hod King

by Josiah Bancroft • 2019

In a city of masks, a spy probes a colosseum's rot, forbidden to touch the duchess he married.

4.43

13k+

⚙️ Airship Adventure 🎭 Undercover Identity ✊ Slave Rebellion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Lost Wife Quest

The Hod King

In a city of masks, a spy probes a colosseum's rot, forbidden to touch the duchess he married.

by Josiah Bancroft 2019 608 pages

4.43

13k+ ratings

⚙️ Airship Adventure 🎭 Undercover Identity ✊ Slave Rebellion 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Lost Wife Quest

What She Saw

by Sheila Lowe • 2013

A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.

3.82

2k+

🕳️ Amnesia 👯 Twin Twist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧠 Mind Control

What She Saw

A woman wakes on a train with no memory, hunted by a conspiracy she can’t recall.

by Sheila Lowe 2013

3.82

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Amnesia 👯 Twin Twist 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🧠 Mind Control

You Did Nothing Wrong

by C.G. Drews • 2026

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

3.63

9k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

You Did Nothing Wrong

A young mother's Victorian house is alive. Her son knows it. Her husband calls her crazy.

by C.G. Drews 2026 294 pages

3.63

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🏠 Domestic Horror 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Unreliable Narrator 👩‍👦 Motherhood Horror

Key of Light

by Nora Roberts • 2003

Three women facing ruin accept a quest: find the keys to a sorcerer's box of souls.

4.18

64k+

🗝️ Paranormal Quest 🍀 Celtic Mythology 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen Ones 🎨 Art As Magic

Key of Light

Three women facing ruin accept a quest: find the keys to a sorcerer's box of souls.

by Nora Roberts 2003 334 pages

4.18

64k+ ratings

🗝️ Paranormal Quest 🍀 Celtic Mythology 🫂 Found Family ⭐ Chosen Ones 🎨 Art As Magic

Look to Windward

by Iain M. Banks • 2000

A bereaved soldier reaches an Orbital with one buried mission: assassinate its godlike Mind.

4.23

29k+

🌌 Post-Scarcity Utopia 📚 Literary Space Opera 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🧠 Suppressed Memories 👽 Alien Diplomat

Look to Windward

A bereaved soldier reaches an Orbital with one buried mission: assassinate its godlike Mind.

by Iain M. Banks 2000 496 pages

4.23

29k+ ratings

🌌 Post-Scarcity Utopia 📚 Literary Space Opera 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🧠 Suppressed Memories 👽 Alien Diplomat

Genesis

by Nick Roberts • 2024

A family moves into a farmhouse. The basement well has opened before. It can open again.

4.15

6k+

🕸️ Generational Curse 👁️ Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse ✝️ Reluctant Exorcist 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

Genesis

A family moves into a farmhouse. The basement well has opened before. It can open again.

by Nick Roberts 2024 320 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

🕸️ Generational Curse 👁️ Demonic Possession 🏚️ Haunted Farmhouse ✝️ Reluctant Exorcist 🔥 Slow Burn Dread

The Night Manager

by John le Carré • 1993

Haunted by a woman's murder, a hotel night manager infiltrates a charismatic arms dealer's empire.

3.85

24k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Deep Cover 😔 Reluctant Spy 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌍 Post-Cold War

The Night Manager

Haunted by a woman's murder, a hotel night manager infiltrates a charismatic arms dealer's empire.

by John le Carré 1993 597 pages

3.85

24k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Deep Cover 😔 Reluctant Spy 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌍 Post-Cold War

Worth Fighting For

by Kirsty Moseley • 2016

Grieving and engaged, she comes home to find her ex-convict first love watching.

4.12

1k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔒 Protective Hero 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🥀 Grief And Loss 🏡 Small Town Return

Worth Fighting For

Grieving and engaged, she comes home to find her ex-convict first love watching.

by Kirsty Moseley 2016 352 pages

4.12

1k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔒 Protective Hero 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🥀 Grief And Loss 🏡 Small Town Return

Bull Moon Rising

by Ruby Dixon • 2024

She marries a minotaur for guild access, just as the moon that strips his control rises.

3.89

18k+

🐂 Monster Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Bull Moon Rising

She marries a minotaur for guild access, just as the moon that strips his control rises.

by Ruby Dixon 2024 432 pages

3.89

18k+ ratings

🐂 Monster Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Comeback

by Rebecca Jenshak • 2025

A dancer crashes with her brother. His deaf best friend distrusts her. They share a wall.

3.97

21k+

👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏈 Football Romance 💃 Dance Studio 🦻 Deaf Hero

Comeback

A dancer crashes with her brother. His deaf best friend distrusts her. They share a wall.

by Rebecca Jenshak 2025 452 pages

3.97

21k+ ratings

👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏈 Football Romance 💃 Dance Studio 🦻 Deaf Hero

Sinner

by Lana Pecherczyk • 2019

An engineer falls for a nun hiding a lethal mission: rescue seven children engineered to detect sin.

4.01

1k+

💔 Forbidden Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychic Heroine 🕯️ Secret Sisterhood 👶 Engineered Children

Sinner

An engineer falls for a nun hiding a lethal mission: rescue seven children engineered to detect sin.

by Lana Pecherczyk 2019 133 pages

4.01

1k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Psychic Heroine 🕯️ Secret Sisterhood 👶 Engineered Children

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

100k+

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

Evvie Drake Starts Over

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

by Linda Holmes 2019 289 pages

3.82

100k+ ratings

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

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers • 2021

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

4.21

100k+

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

by Becky Chambers 2021 151 pages

4.21

100k+ ratings

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

The White Hot

by Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2025

Eight years after vanishing, a mother writes her daughter a letter explaining why she had to leave.

3.72

3k+

🔥 Inherited Rage 👩‍👧 Disappearing Mother 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌺 Latinx Family Saga ✉️ Epistolary Novel

The White Hot

Eight years after vanishing, a mother writes her daughter a letter explaining why she had to leave.

by Quiara Alegría Hudes 2025 176 pages

3.72

3k+ ratings

🔥 Inherited Rage 👩‍👧 Disappearing Mother 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌺 Latinx Family Saga ✉️ Epistolary Novel

Goddess of the Hunt

by Tessa Dare • 2009

She corners her brother's cold best friend for kissing lessons, and their fake courtship turns real.

3.77

12k+

🏹 Regency Romance 💋 Lessons In Seduction 🎭 Fake Courtship 🧊 Stoic Hero ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

Goddess of the Hunt

She corners her brother's cold best friend for kissing lessons, and their fake courtship turns real.

by Tessa Dare 2009 374 pages

3.77

12k+ ratings

🏹 Regency Romance 💋 Lessons In Seduction 🎭 Fake Courtship 🧊 Stoic Hero ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

The Stepford Wives

by Ira Levin • 1972

Every wife in Stepford is a flawless blank. A photographer's only friend just joined them.

3.89

57k+

🏠 Domestic Horror ✊ Feminist Dystopia 🤖 Robotic Replacements 😤 Gaslighting Husband 🌑 Suburban Gothic

The Stepford Wives

Every wife in Stepford is a flawless blank. A photographer's only friend just joined them.

by Ira Levin 1972 123 pages

3.89

57k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror ✊ Feminist Dystopia 🤖 Robotic Replacements 😤 Gaslighting Husband 🌑 Suburban Gothic

A Sun Scorched Bloom

by Megan Shade • 2023

A rebel and a secret prince are fated mates. Their bond can break a deadly curse.

4.12

1k+

🧚 Fae Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Reluctant Queen 🤝 Found Family

A Sun Scorched Bloom

A rebel and a secret prince are fated mates. Their bond can break a deadly curse.

by Megan Shade 2023 569 pages

4.12

1k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Romantasy 💫 Fated Mates 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Reluctant Queen 🤝 Found Family

The Fall of Lilith

by Vashti Quiroz-Vega • 2017

Before Eve, there was Lilith: an angel whose rebellion against Heaven corrupted paradise itself.

4.56

🕊️ Biblical Retelling 🗡️ Dark Fantasy Epic 🌌 Cosmic Rebellion 😈 Villain Protagonist 💀 Ambition And Corruption

The Fall of Lilith

Before Eve, there was Lilith: an angel whose rebellion against Heaven corrupted paradise itself.

by Vashti Quiroz-Vega 2017 504 pages

4.56

84 ratings

🕊️ Biblical Retelling 🗡️ Dark Fantasy Epic 🌌 Cosmic Rebellion 😈 Villain Protagonist 💀 Ambition And Corruption

Nights with Him

by Lauren Blakely • 2014

After one scorching night with a stranger, a CEO finds her holding his therapy file.

4.14

6k+

🌙 One Night Stand 💘 No Strings To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Sex Positive 🖤 Damaged Hero

Nights with Him

After one scorching night with a stranger, a CEO finds her holding his therapy file.

by Lauren Blakely 2014 350 pages

4.14

6k+ ratings

🌙 One Night Stand 💘 No Strings To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Sex Positive 🖤 Damaged Hero

Captive Passions

by Fern Michaels • 1977

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

3.96

1k+

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Captive Passions

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

by Fern Michaels 1977 441 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Wild Ivy

by Eve Newton • 2025

Ivy becomes Death and learns her betrayer is Life herself. Their war could unravel reality.

4.05

244

🔗 Fated Mates 👹 Gods And Monsters 💀 Death Personified 🦴 Necromancy 🫂 Found Family

Wild Ivy

Ivy becomes Death and learns her betrayer is Life herself. Their war could unravel reality.

by Eve Newton 2025 264 pages

4.05

244 ratings

🔗 Fated Mates 👹 Gods And Monsters 💀 Death Personified 🦴 Necromancy 🫂 Found Family

Lizards Hold the Sun

by Dani Trujillo • 2023

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

3.87

315

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏺 Cultural Preservation

Lizards Hold the Sun

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

by Dani Trujillo 2023 266 pages

3.87

315 ratings

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏺 Cultural Preservation

Anatomy of a Murder

by Robert Traver • 1958

When a soldier kills his wife's accused rapist, a small-town lawyer must prove he was insane.

4.05

3k+

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Lawyer Protagonist 🧠 Insanity Defense 🤥 Unreliable Witnesses

Anatomy of a Murder

When a soldier kills his wife's accused rapist, a small-town lawyer must prove he was insane.

by Robert Traver 1958 437 pages

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Thriller ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 👤 Lawyer Protagonist 🧠 Insanity Defense 🤥 Unreliable Witnesses

Crow Winter

by Karen McBride • 2019

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

3.81

1k+

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Crow Winter

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

by Karen McBride 2019 352 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Wyn

by Lily Mayne • 2021

To save his human lover from death, an ancient monster must share his own lifespan.

4.38

10k+

👹 Monster Boyfriend ⏳ Immortal X Mortal 🔗 Soul Bond 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌀 Portal Fantasy

Wyn

To save his human lover from death, an ancient monster must share his own lifespan.

by Lily Mayne 2021 157 pages

4.38

10k+ ratings

👹 Monster Boyfriend ⏳ Immortal X Mortal 🔗 Soul Bond 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌀 Portal Fantasy

Huckleberry Lake

by Catherine Anderson • 2019

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

4.05

1k+

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Huckleberry Lake

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

by Catherine Anderson 2019 560 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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