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The Last Sad Love Song

by Kimberly Brown • 2022

A betrayed baker bids on a stranger at auction and finds a love worth the risk.

4.52

3k+

🕊️ Second Chance At Love 🖤 Black Romance 🧁 Baking And Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Sweet And Steamy

The Last Sad Love Song

A betrayed baker bids on a stranger at auction and finds a love worth the risk.

by Kimberly Brown 2022 170 pages

4.52

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance At Love 🖤 Black Romance 🧁 Baking And Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Sweet And Steamy

Alec Mackenzie's Art of Seduction

by Jennifer Ashley • 2017

A fugitive Highlander hides as a drawing master. His pupil is the daughter of his enemy.

4.06

1k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highlander Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎓 Teacher Pupil 🏛️ Georgian London

Alec Mackenzie's Art of Seduction

A fugitive Highlander hides as a drawing master. His pupil is the daughter of his enemy.

by Jennifer Ashley 2017 326 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highlander Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎓 Teacher Pupil 🏛️ Georgian London

Wabi-Sabi

by Francesc Miralles • 2013

After love leaves, a professor follows a cryptic postcard to Kyoto, seeking beauty in the broken.

3.54

1k+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🍂 Japanese Aesthetics 🔒 Emotionally Guarded 💫 Brief Encounter Romance 🌏 Travel As Healing

Wabi-Sabi

After love leaves, a professor follows a cryptic postcard to Kyoto, seeking beauty in the broken.

by Francesc Miralles 2013 224 pages

3.54

1k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🍂 Japanese Aesthetics 🔒 Emotionally Guarded 💫 Brief Encounter Romance 🌏 Travel As Healing

Mistakes Were Made

by Lucy Score • 2026

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

4.23

53k+

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mistakes Were Made

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

by Lucy Score 2026 540 pages

4.23

53k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Balancing Act

by Nedra Glover Tawwab • 2026

Extreme self-reliance and excessive neediness both end in loneliness. The middle ground, explained.

4.11

484

👶 Attachment Styles 🤝 Relationship Skills 🧩 Interdependence 💞 Emotional Intimacy ⛓️ Codependency

The Balancing Act

Extreme self-reliance and excessive neediness both end in loneliness. The middle ground, explained.

by Nedra Glover Tawwab 2026 256 pages

4.11

484 ratings

👶 Attachment Styles 🤝 Relationship Skills 🧩 Interdependence 💞 Emotional Intimacy ⛓️ Codependency

Little Bird Lost

by Jessie Walker • 2023

A kidnapped woman wakes in a frozen mansion to find her three captors are prisoners too.

4.40

1k+

🖤 Captivity Romance 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 💔 Trauma Bonding 👥 Reverse Harem

Little Bird Lost

A kidnapped woman wakes in a frozen mansion to find her three captors are prisoners too.

by Jessie Walker 2023 730 pages

4.40

1k+ ratings

🖤 Captivity Romance 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Isolated Mansion 💔 Trauma Bonding 👥 Reverse Harem

Don't Leave Me

by Eden Emory • 2023

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

3.96

3k+

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance

Don't Leave Me

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

by Eden Emory 2023 292 pages

3.96

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance

Show Me You Remember

by Hannah Cowan • 2026

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

3.96

2k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity

Show Me You Remember

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

by Hannah Cowan 2026 362 pages

3.96

2k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity

Burn

by Jolie Vines • 2023

A captive woman frees the pen pal she's never met. Together, hunted, they burn their past.

4.41

2k+

🖊️ Pen Pals To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 💔 Trauma And Intimacy 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏃 On The Run

Burn

A captive woman frees the pen pal she's never met. Together, hunted, they burn their past.

by Jolie Vines 2023 466 pages

4.41

2k+ ratings

🖊️ Pen Pals To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 💔 Trauma And Intimacy 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏃 On The Run

The Serial Killer’s Sister

by Alice Hunter • 2023

Her brother is a murder suspect. She must solve his childhood riddles before another woman dies.

4.02

5k+

👫 Toxic Siblings 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge ⏳ Dual Timelines

The Serial Killer’s Sister

Her brother is a murder suspect. She must solve his childhood riddles before another woman dies.

by Alice Hunter 2023 348 pages

4.02

5k+ ratings

👫 Toxic Siblings 🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🤯 Unreliable Narrator 🗡️ Revenge ⏳ Dual Timelines

The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1971

When dreams reshape reality, a psychiatrist exploits his patient's gift to build utopia at any cost.

4.13

90k+

📚 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🌌 Reality Manipulation 🎭 Well-Meaning Villain 🌧️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 📻 1970s Sci-Fi

The Lathe of Heaven

When dreams reshape reality, a psychiatrist exploits his patient's gift to build utopia at any cost.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1971 176 pages

4.13

90k+ ratings

📚 Philosophical Sci-Fi 🌌 Reality Manipulation 🎭 Well-Meaning Villain 🌧️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 📻 1970s Sci-Fi

War Games

by Sheridan Anne • 2025

Twenty assassins. One survivor. Siren's deadliest opponent is the man who makes her want to lose.

4.19

2k+

🩸 Battle Royale 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Child Assassin 🔥 Erotic Suspense

War Games

Twenty assassins. One survivor. Siren's deadliest opponent is the man who makes her want to lose.

by Sheridan Anne 2025 332 pages

4.19

2k+ ratings

🩸 Battle Royale 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Child Assassin 🔥 Erotic Suspense

Choosing Theo

by Victoria Aveline • 2020

She picks the scarred alien warrior everyone fears. He's certain she's hiding something.

4.08

55k+

🛸 Alien Abduction 🏠 Forced Proximity 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💢 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Scarred Hero

Choosing Theo

She picks the scarred alien warrior everyone fears. He's certain she's hiding something.

by Victoria Aveline 2020 369 pages

4.08

55k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction 🏠 Forced Proximity 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💢 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Scarred Hero

Teach Me

by Nina West • 2016

Farm girl Abbi falls for billionaire Henry Wolf. His penthouse pleasures clash with her family farm.

4.02

55k+

🏙️ Billionaire Romance 🌾 Farm Girl X Ceo 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🔥 Sexual Awakening 👪 Small Town Gossip

Teach Me

Farm girl Abbi falls for billionaire Henry Wolf. His penthouse pleasures clash with her family farm.

by Nina West 2016 296 pages

4.02

55k+ ratings

🏙️ Billionaire Romance 🌾 Farm Girl X Ceo 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🔥 Sexual Awakening 👪 Small Town Gossip

War Room

by Chris Fabry • 2015

Her marriage crumbling, Elizabeth meets a widow who fights life's battles from a closet of prayer.

4.64

7k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙏 Prayer Warrior 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Reconciliation 🕊️ Prodigal Husband 👵 Spiritual Mentorship

War Room

Her marriage crumbling, Elizabeth meets a widow who fights life's battles from a closet of prayer.

by Chris Fabry 2015

4.64

7k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙏 Prayer Warrior 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Reconciliation 🕊️ Prodigal Husband 👵 Spiritual Mentorship

Lázár

by Nelio Biedermann • 2025

A boy is born of a secret affair in a Hungarian castle. His mother's lie outlasts the empire.

3.79

10k+

🏰 Family Saga 🤫 Family Secrets 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline 🇭🇺 Hungarian History

Lázár

A boy is born of a secret affair in a Hungarian castle. His mother's lie outlasts the empire.

by Nelio Biedermann 2025 336 pages

3.79

10k+ ratings

🏰 Family Saga 🤫 Family Secrets 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline 🇭🇺 Hungarian History

Like Mother, Like Mother

by Susan Rieger • 2024

A trailblazing editor's death leaves her daughter to find the grandmother who walked away.

3.77

19k+

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 👻 Absent Mother 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔍 Investigating Family Past

Like Mother, Like Mother

A trailblazing editor's death leaves her daughter to find the grandmother who walked away.

by Susan Rieger 2024 336 pages

3.77

19k+ ratings

🏡 Multi-Generational Saga 👻 Absent Mother 🤫 Family Secrets 🧬 Generational Trauma 🔍 Investigating Family Past

Dark Mafia Vows

by Kayla Mason • 2024

To save her mafia family from ruin, she must marry the man who destroyed them.

4.16

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

Dark Mafia Vows

To save her mafia family from ruin, she must marry the man who destroyed them.

by Kayla Mason 2024 348 pages

4.16

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🖤 Morally Gray Hero

The Sound of Secrets

by Jay Crownover • 2024

She married a billionaire to escape his murderous mother. Trusting him was never part of the deal.

4.19

381

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Scarred Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine 🕯️ Family Secrets

The Sound of Secrets

She married a billionaire to escape his murderous mother. Trusting him was never part of the deal.

by Jay Crownover 2024 320 pages

4.19

381 ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🫂 Found Family 🖤 Scarred Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine 🕯️ Family Secrets

Good Girls Don’t Die

by Christina Henry • 2023

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

3.46

10k+

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

Good Girls Don’t Die

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

by Christina Henry 2023 320 pages

3.46

10k+ ratings

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

Just Our Luck

by Denise Williams • 2025

A winning ticket and a failing donut shop force a fake romance that stops being pretend.

3.44

6k+

🎭 Fake Dating ⚡ Opposites Attract 💫 Messy Heroine 💪 Caretaker Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Expectations

Just Our Luck

A winning ticket and a failing donut shop force a fake romance that stops being pretend.

by Denise Williams 2025 400 pages

3.44

6k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ⚡ Opposites Attract 💫 Messy Heroine 💪 Caretaker Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Expectations

Stupid Dirty

by Erin Russell • 2024

An EMT and a disgraced motocross star clash in rural Missouri, their feud masking shared wounds.

4.03

7k+

🏍️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🌾 Small Town Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔧 Blue Collar Romance

Stupid Dirty

An EMT and a disgraced motocross star clash in rural Missouri, their feud masking shared wounds.

by Erin Russell 2024 335 pages

4.03

7k+ ratings

🏍️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🌾 Small Town Romance 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔧 Blue Collar Romance

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

by Ragnar Jónasson • 2023

When a famous crime writer disappears, a detective hunts for clues inside her secret novels.

3.63

3k+

🌨️ Nordic Noir 🕰️ Slow-Burn Mystery 📖 Metafictional Mystery 🥶 Cold Case 🎭 Secret Identity

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

When a famous crime writer disappears, a detective hunts for clues inside her secret novels.

by Ragnar Jónasson 2023 320 pages

3.63

3k+ ratings

🌨️ Nordic Noir 🕰️ Slow-Burn Mystery 📖 Metafictional Mystery 🥶 Cold Case 🎭 Secret Identity

Becoming Mine

by Roxanne Tully • 2025

Her brother's hockey captain swore to protect her. Falling for her was never part of the deal.

3.74

1k+

💕 Brother's Best Friend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

Becoming Mine

Her brother's hockey captain swore to protect her. Falling for her was never part of the deal.

by Roxanne Tully 2025 351 pages

3.74

1k+ ratings

💕 Brother's Best Friend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

Death at the Sanatorium

by Ragnar Jónasson • 2019

At a remote Icelandic sanatorium, a student reopens a cold case: the killer was never caught.

3.64

7k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 📂 Cold Case Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Up 🇮🇸 Icelandic Setting

Death at the Sanatorium

At a remote Icelandic sanatorium, a student reopens a cold case: the killer was never caught.

by Ragnar Jónasson 2019 320 pages

3.64

7k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 📂 Cold Case Mystery ⏳ Dual Timelines 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Up 🇮🇸 Icelandic Setting

Dare Me to Stay

by A.J. Wilding • 2026

A single mother hiding his child owes a debt to the mafia heir she once fled.

4.37

2k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔁 Second Chance 👶 Secret Baby

Dare Me to Stay

A single mother hiding his child owes a debt to the mafia heir she once fled.

by A.J. Wilding 2026 609 pages

4.37

2k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔁 Second Chance 👶 Secret Baby

False Pretenses

by Catherine Coulter • 1988

Acquitted of murder, she inherits an empire and the unsettling stranger who saved her.

4.05

4k+

🌳 Family Saga 💰 Inheritance Drama ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Love After Loss

False Pretenses

Acquitted of murder, she inherits an empire and the unsettling stranger who saved her.

by Catherine Coulter 1988 402 pages

4.05

4k+ ratings

🌳 Family Saga 💰 Inheritance Drama ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Love After Loss

The Demon Lover

by Victoria Holt • 1982

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

3.61

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

The Demon Lover

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

by Victoria Holt 1982 305 pages

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

My Dragon Lord

by Alisa Woods • 2019

Breaking into a dragon lord's castle to find her twin, a reporter becomes his fated mate.

3.82

1k+

🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🔥 Steamy

My Dragon Lord

Breaking into a dragon lord's castle to find her twin, a reporter becomes his fated mate.

by Alisa Woods 2019 160 pages

3.82

1k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🔥 Steamy

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas • 2020

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

3.11

29k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

Catherine House

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

by Elisabeth Thomas 2020 311 pages

3.11

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution ⏳ Slow-Burn Dread 🪤 Claustrophobic

The Book of Lost Friends

by Lisa Wingate • 2020

1875: a Black woman rides west searching for stolen family, collecting lost names in a book.

4.15

100k+

🏚️ Post-Civil War South ⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💔 Lost Family Reunions 📜 Rediscovering History 🗝️ Buried Family Secrets

The Book of Lost Friends

1875: a Black woman rides west searching for stolen family, collecting lost names in a book.

by Lisa Wingate 2020 388 pages

4.15

100k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Civil War South ⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💔 Lost Family Reunions 📜 Rediscovering History 🗝️ Buried Family Secrets

Shutter

by Ramona Emerson • 2022

A Navajo forensic photographer sees the dead. One ghost's demand for justice unravels a conspiracy.

3.78

18k+

🕵️ Paranormal Mystery 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Reluctant Medium 💔 Generational Trauma 📖 Literary Horror

Shutter

A Navajo forensic photographer sees the dead. One ghost's demand for justice unravels a conspiracy.

by Ramona Emerson 2022 296 pages

3.78

18k+ ratings

🕵️ Paranormal Mystery 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Reluctant Medium 💔 Generational Trauma 📖 Literary Horror

Whispered Prayers of a Girl

by Alex Grayson • 2017

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

4.35

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists

Whispered Prayers of a Girl

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

by Alex Grayson 2017 182 pages

4.35

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists

Autumn Queens & Shadows

by Wendy Heiss • 2023

A frozen queen's wedding ends in blood. Her lost love returns. A rival covets her crown.

4.21

500+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Second Chance Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Autumn Queens & Shadows

A frozen queen's wedding ends in blood. Her lost love returns. A rival covets her crown.

by Wendy Heiss 2023 517 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Second Chance Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

The Golden Spoon

by Jessa Maxwell • 2023

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

3.47

53k+

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Golden Spoon

A storm strands a baking competition at a remote manor, turning rivalry into sabotage and murder.

by Jessa Maxwell 2023 288 pages

3.47

53k+ ratings

🏚️ Locked Room Mystery 🥧 Culinary Competition 👥 Secret Lineage 🎭 Predatory Mentor 🔍 Sabotage Mystery

The Naughty Week

by Jade West • 2025

Alone in London, broke and heartbroken, she joins a secret escort agency to reclaim her life.

3.92

3k+

🖤 Bdsm Awakening 💋 Sex Worker Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Kink Exploration ⛓️ Pain Play

The Naughty Week

Alone in London, broke and heartbroken, she joins a secret escort agency to reclaim her life.

by Jade West 2025 222 pages

3.92

3k+ ratings

🖤 Bdsm Awakening 💋 Sex Worker Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Kink Exploration ⛓️ Pain Play

Alien Tyrant

by Ursa Dax • 2021

His fated mate speaks no language he knows. An alien warlord must earn what destiny promised.

3.75

8k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🗣️ Language Barrier 🚨 Abducted Heroine 💘 Interspecies Romance 🏕️ Survival Romance

Alien Tyrant

His fated mate speaks no language he knows. An alien warlord must earn what destiny promised.

by Ursa Dax 2021 230 pages

3.75

8k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🗣️ Language Barrier 🚨 Abducted Heroine 💘 Interspecies Romance 🏕️ Survival Romance

Midnight Prince

by Belle Harper • 2020

In a wolf-haunted town, a woman fleeing heartbreak falls for the vampire who guards the night.

4.10

336

🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏚️ Fixer-Upper Romance ⛓️ Forbidden Love 🖤 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Protective Hero

Midnight Prince

In a wolf-haunted town, a woman fleeing heartbreak falls for the vampire who guards the night.

by Belle Harper 2020 61 pages

4.10

336 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏚️ Fixer-Upper Romance ⛓️ Forbidden Love 🖤 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Protective Hero

Ice Ice Baby

by Carly Robyn • 2025

Boston hockey captain meets a bookish woman who doesn't recognize his face. He's hooked.

3.82

6k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🐌 Slow Burn 📚 Bookish Heroine 💔 Grieving Hero

Ice Ice Baby

Boston hockey captain meets a bookish woman who doesn't recognize his face. He's hooked.

by Carly Robyn 2025 328 pages

3.82

6k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🐌 Slow Burn 📚 Bookish Heroine 💔 Grieving Hero

My Wife is Missing

by D.J. Palmer • 2022

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

3.87

9k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis

My Wife is Missing

His wife and kids vanish from their hotel. She planned every move. So did he.

by D.J. Palmer 2022 384 pages

3.87

9k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👰 Missing Wife 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Against the Clock

by Brittany Kelley • 2023

A reporter who resents football and an aging quarterback collide on camera. The spark goes viral.

3.47

3k+

🏈 Football Romance 📰 Journalist Heroine 📸 Public Relationship 🩹 Injury Recovery 💙 Vulnerable Hero

Against the Clock

A reporter who resents football and an aging quarterback collide on camera. The spark goes viral.

by Brittany Kelley 2023 324 pages

3.47

3k+ ratings

🏈 Football Romance 📰 Journalist Heroine 📸 Public Relationship 🩹 Injury Recovery 💙 Vulnerable Hero

Violent Delights

by Jessica Hawkins • 2019

A cartel heiress must marry her mother's suspected killer to save the brother she secretly loves.

4.01

9k+

🖤 Forced Marriage 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🌸 Childhood Sweethearts

Violent Delights

A cartel heiress must marry her mother's suspected killer to save the brother she secretly loves.

by Jessica Hawkins 2019 310 pages

4.01

9k+ ratings

🖤 Forced Marriage 💔 Love Triangle ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Gray Hero 🌸 Childhood Sweethearts

Baggage Claim

by Juliana Smith • 2022

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

3.67

13k+

🎄 Christmas Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town

Baggage Claim

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

by Juliana Smith 2022 271 pages

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎄 Christmas Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton • 1969

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

3.91

200k+

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

The Andromeda Strain

An alien organism kills a desert town, then mutates inside the sealed lab hunting it.

by Michael Crichton 1969 327 pages

3.91

200k+ ratings

🧬 Techno Thriller 🦠 Alien Pathogen ⚠️ Containment Breach 🧪 Underground Laboratory 🔄 Rapid Mutation

Star Wars

by Joe Schreiber • 2010

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

3.46

8k+

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

Star Wars

A Sith experiment spawns a zombie plague; a captured Jedi and her psychic orchid are the only cure.

by Joe Schreiber 2010 246 pages

3.46

8k+ ratings

🧟 Zombie Outbreak 🖤 Space Gothic 🌱 Sentient Plants 🔪 Survival Horror ❄️ Frozen World

All the Little Houses

by May Cobb • 2026

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

3.48

12k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

All the Little Houses

A rich girl seethes, a poor girl charms, and a body drifts under a Texas moon.

by May Cobb 2026 467 pages

3.48

12k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Small Town Noir 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🔥 Forbidden Affairs

La rosa di Alessandria

by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán • 1997

In Barcelona, a PI pieces together the butchered body of a woman with two lives.

3.5

500+

🌅 Mediterranean Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🍷 Foodie Detective 🎭 Double Life 🌊 Parallel Narratives

La rosa di Alessandria

In Barcelona, a PI pieces together the butchered body of a woman with two lives.

by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1997 240 pages

3.5

500+ ratings

🌅 Mediterranean Noir 📚 Literary Crime 🍷 Foodie Detective 🎭 Double Life 🌊 Parallel Narratives

Rose Red

by E.J. Rekab • 2023

The fae king's immortal hunter captures a witch, then marries her to keep her alive.

3.71

1k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Fae Court Politics 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚰️ Cursed Immortal Hero

Rose Red

The fae king's immortal hunter captures a witch, then marries her to keep her alive.

by E.J. Rekab 2023 601 pages

3.71

1k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Fae Court Politics 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚰️ Cursed Immortal Hero

Bog Queen

by Anna North • 2025

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

3.58

8k+

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Bog Queen

A forensic anthropologist arrives to identify a missing woman. The bog holds an Iron Age murder.

by Anna North 2025 268 pages

3.58

8k+ ratings

🔬 Archaeological Mystery ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏛️ Iron Age Britain 🌫️ Atmospheric Gothic 🌿 Environmental Activism

Law of Strength

by David Burke • 2021

An Earth cop becomes sheriff of a frontier town where constant pain raises his stats.

4.33

1k+

🎮 Litrpg Elements 🌱 Cultivation Fantasy 🌌 Portal Fantasy 👥 Harem ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers

Law of Strength

An Earth cop becomes sheriff of a frontier town where constant pain raises his stats.

by David Burke 2021 454 pages

4.33

1k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Elements 🌱 Cultivation Fantasy 🌌 Portal Fantasy 👥 Harem ❤️‍🔥 Rivals To Lovers

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