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The Nature of Fragile Things

by Susan Meissner • 2021

An Irish immigrant marries a San Francisco widower by proxy. Then his second pregnant wife arrives.

4.26

85k+

💌 Mail-Order Bride 🔍 Domestic Suspense 💔 Bigamist Husband 🎭 Stolen Identity 🏚️ Earthquake Survival

The Nature of Fragile Things

An Irish immigrant marries a San Francisco widower by proxy. Then his second pregnant wife arrives.

by Susan Meissner 2021 367 pages

4.26

85k+ ratings

💌 Mail-Order Bride 🔍 Domestic Suspense 💔 Bigamist Husband 🎭 Stolen Identity 🏚️ Earthquake Survival

If There's a Way

by Jessie Walker • 2022

A scarred mechanic and his childhood friend can't outrun the past when a violent father returns.

4.43

6k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🎸 Rock Band Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 High Angst

If There's a Way

A scarred mechanic and his childhood friend can't outrun the past when a violent father returns.

by Jessie Walker 2022 601 pages

4.43

6k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🎸 Rock Band Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 High Angst

Finding Claire Fletcher

by Lisa Regan • 2012

A detective's one-night stand disappears, leaving the address of a girl abducted a decade ago.

4.33

18k+

🚨 Abduction Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💪 Survivor Heroine 📁 Cold Case Investigation

Finding Claire Fletcher

A detective's one-night stand disappears, leaving the address of a girl abducted a decade ago.

by Lisa Regan 2012 325 pages

4.33

18k+ ratings

🚨 Abduction Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🕵️ Damaged Detective 💪 Survivor Heroine 📁 Cold Case Investigation

Quelqu'un d'autre

by Guillaume Musso • 2024

After a yacht attack leaves an heiress barely alive, a detective confronts a family's buried lies.

3.76

6k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Dissociative Identity 👮 Flawed Woman Detective 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets

Quelqu'un d'autre

After a yacht attack leaves an heiress barely alive, a detective confronts a family's buried lies.

by Guillaume Musso 2024 352 pages

3.76

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 🏠 Domestic Noir 🎭 Dissociative Identity 👮 Flawed Woman Detective 💎 Wealthy Family Secrets

Someone Like You

by Karen Kingsbury • 2020

Her parents never said she was an embryo adoption. One grieving stranger holds all the answers.

4.15

16k+

🕊️ Inspirational Romance 🔍 Hidden Origins 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Grief And Loss 💕 Friends To Lovers

Someone Like You

Her parents never said she was an embryo adoption. One grieving stranger holds all the answers.

by Karen Kingsbury 2020 295 pages

4.15

16k+ ratings

🕊️ Inspirational Romance 🔍 Hidden Origins 🤫 Family Secrets 💔 Grief And Loss 💕 Friends To Lovers

Braving the Storm

by Elliott Rose • 2024

Snowed into a mountain cabin with her adoptive uncle, she cannot resist the cowboy's forbidden pull.

3.93

35k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⏳ Age Gap

Braving the Storm

Snowed into a mountain cabin with her adoptive uncle, she cannot resist the cowboy's forbidden pull.

by Elliott Rose 2024 432 pages

3.93

35k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⏳ Age Gap

Appointment with Death

by Agatha Christie • 1938

When a cruel matriarch dies in Petra's desert, her captive family are all suspects.

3.87

71k+

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👑 Tyrannical Matriarch ⛓️ Emotional Captivity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

Appointment with Death

When a cruel matriarch dies in Petra's desert, her captive family are all suspects.

by Agatha Christie 1938 303 pages

3.87

71k+ ratings

🕵️ Golden Age Mystery 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 👑 Tyrannical Matriarch ⛓️ Emotional Captivity ⏳ Slow-Burn Suspense

The Murder on the Links

by Agatha Christie • 1923

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

3.86

100k+

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past 💔 False Confession 💋 Femme Fatale

The Murder on the Links

Summoned to France, Poirot finds his client murdered on a golf course, every clue a deception.

by Agatha Christie 1923 240 pages

3.86

100k+ ratings

🔍 Golden Age Mystery 🕵️ Rival Detectives 🕰️ Hidden Past 💔 False Confession 💋 Femme Fatale

These Familiar Walls

by C.J. Dotson • 2026

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

3.59

500+

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

These Familiar Walls

After her parents' murder, Amber moves home. The house remembers everything she tried to forget.

by C.J. Dotson 2026 288 pages

3.59

500+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🩸 Generational Trauma 🔒 Family Secrets

Date Knight

by Sam Parks • 2025

Fake-dating her brother's best friend was meant to protect her heart, not hand it over.

3.68

197

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎲 Nerdy Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏠 Caregiver Hero

Date Knight

Fake-dating her brother's best friend was meant to protect her heart, not hand it over.

by Sam Parks 2025 402 pages

3.68

197 ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎲 Nerdy Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏠 Caregiver Hero

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

3.68

21k+

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 🫂 Found Family 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

by Jenny Colgan 2016 325 pages

3.68

21k+ ratings

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 🫂 Found Family 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village

Grim

by K. Loraine • 2025

Rejected by her four horsemen, a succubus falls captive to the Devil, who wants an heir.

4.48

500+

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 😢 Groveling Hero

Grim

Rejected by her four horsemen, a succubus falls captive to the Devil, who wants an heir.

by K. Loraine 2025 326 pages

4.48

500+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 😢 Groveling Hero

Peaches & Honey

by R. Raeta • 2023

A burned witch rises immortal, saved by a shapeshifting god whose love defies the creator.

4.24

13k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌿 Healer Protagonist 📜 Witness To History 🎭 Hidden Identity

Peaches & Honey

A burned witch rises immortal, saved by a shapeshifting god whose love defies the creator.

by R. Raeta 2023 320 pages

4.24

13k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌿 Healer Protagonist 📜 Witness To History 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Wish List

by Sophia Money-Coutts • 2020

An anxious bookseller's wish list conjures the perfect man, but a photographer knows her better.

3.67

2k+

🏙️ London Romcom 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 👥 Found Family

The Wish List

An anxious bookseller's wish list conjures the perfect man, but a photographer knows her better.

by Sophia Money-Coutts 2020 439 pages

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏙️ London Romcom 📚 Bookshop Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 👥 Found Family

Sea of Roses

by Opal Reyne • 2021

He rescued a trembling captive from a sinking ship. She was the pirate who sank his.

3.80

1k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance 👑 Female Pirate Captain ⛓️ Captive Romance 🤝 Found Family

Sea of Roses

He rescued a trembling captive from a sinking ship. She was the pirate who sank his.

by Opal Reyne 2021 382 pages

3.80

1k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance 👑 Female Pirate Captain ⛓️ Captive Romance 🤝 Found Family

Unspoken Vow

by Eden Finley • 2019

A trauma survivor moves in with a lawyer whose patience is as relentless as his charm.

4.10

5k+

🩹 Hurt/Comfort Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🧲 Opposites Attract

Unspoken Vow

A trauma survivor moves in with a lawyer whose patience is as relentless as his charm.

by Eden Finley 2019 330 pages

4.10

5k+ ratings

🩹 Hurt/Comfort Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🧲 Opposites Attract

The Demon Prince

by Amanda Aggie • 2022

A witch's Halloween dance partner is the Demon Prince she's been sold to as a bride.

3.83

3k+

🖤 Demon Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Hidden Heritage 🔥 Touch Her And Die

The Demon Prince

A witch's Halloween dance partner is the Demon Prince she's been sold to as a bride.

by Amanda Aggie 2022 296 pages

3.83

3k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Hidden Heritage 🔥 Touch Her And Die

Tampa

by Alissa Nutting • 2013

A teacher's obsession with her shy student spirals into a predatory affair that could destroy them.

3.34

59k+

🔥 Female Predator 🍎 Teacher Student Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Dark Satire 🧠 Psychological Horror

Tampa

A teacher's obsession with her shy student spirals into a predatory affair that could destroy them.

by Alissa Nutting 2013

3.34

59k+ ratings

🔥 Female Predator 🍎 Teacher Student Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😈 Dark Satire 🧠 Psychological Horror

El demonio de Arbennios

by Bernard Torelló • 2021

Framed for murder by his comrades, a soldier stripped of everything returns as a reckoning.

3.19

500+

🇪🇸 Spanish Fantasy ⚔️ Revenge Fantasy 🖤 Fall And Rebirth ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment ⚖️ False Accusation

El demonio de Arbennios

Framed for murder by his comrades, a soldier stripped of everything returns as a reckoning.

by Bernard Torelló 2021 303 pages

3.19

500+ ratings

🇪🇸 Spanish Fantasy ⚔️ Revenge Fantasy 🖤 Fall And Rebirth ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment ⚖️ False Accusation

Olive

by Emma Gannon • 2020

A journalist questioning motherhood faces a broken engagement and drifting friendships.

3.67

22k+

🤱 Motherhood Choice 👪 Chosen Family 🤝 Friendship Evolution 🏙️ London Life 🍂 Bittersweet

Olive

A journalist questioning motherhood faces a broken engagement and drifting friendships.

by Emma Gannon 2020 410 pages

3.67

22k+ ratings

🤱 Motherhood Choice 👪 Chosen Family 🤝 Friendship Evolution 🏙️ London Life 🍂 Bittersweet

Gone to Her Grave

by Melinda Leigh • 2014

A social worker chases a killer drug alongside the detective husband she walked away from.

4.21

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💔 Estranged Marriage 💕 Second Chance Romance 💉 Drug Epidemic 🏠 Domestic Suspense

Gone to Her Grave

A social worker chases a killer drug alongside the detective husband she walked away from.

by Melinda Leigh 2014 111 pages

4.21

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 💔 Estranged Marriage 💕 Second Chance Romance 💉 Drug Epidemic 🏠 Domestic Suspense

Edge of Victory I

by Greg Keyes • 2001

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

3.84

8k+

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🌐 Resistance Network

Edge of Victory I

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

by Greg Keyes 2001 291 pages

3.84

8k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🌐 Resistance Network

SOS Hotel

by Adam Vex • 2024

A demon contract owns the incubus he loves, and their hotel of misfits hides the key.

4.40

1k+

🏨 Supernatural Sanctuary 💕 Polyamorous Triad 🖤 Dark Comedy 🎤 Snarky Narrator 🩹 Healing After Trauma

SOS Hotel

A demon contract owns the incubus he loves, and their hotel of misfits hides the key.

by Adam Vex 2024 174 pages

4.40

1k+ ratings

🏨 Supernatural Sanctuary 💕 Polyamorous Triad 🖤 Dark Comedy 🎤 Snarky Narrator 🩹 Healing After Trauma

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

by Yukio Mishima • 1956

A stuttering acolyte finds the temple he serves so beautiful it suffocates every other desire.

3.97

25k+

📚 Postwar Literature ✨ Obsession With Beauty 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Destructive Idealism 🧘 Zen Buddhism

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

A stuttering acolyte finds the temple he serves so beautiful it suffocates every other desire.

by Yukio Mishima 1956 247 pages

3.97

25k+ ratings

📚 Postwar Literature ✨ Obsession With Beauty 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💔 Destructive Idealism 🧘 Zen Buddhism

A Single Man

by Christopher Isherwood • 1964

Bereaved, a gay professor teaches, drinks, and searches for connection across one day in 1960s LA.

4.05

38k+

🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🎓 Campus Novel 💔 Age Gap Desire 🖤 Partner Grief 🎭 Performance Of Self

A Single Man

Bereaved, a gay professor teaches, drinks, and searches for connection across one day in 1960s LA.

by Christopher Isherwood 1964 186 pages

4.05

38k+ ratings

🌊 Stream Of Consciousness 🎓 Campus Novel 💔 Age Gap Desire 🖤 Partner Grief 🎭 Performance Of Self

Stay

by Briana Michaels • 2024

His college ex walks into his life as a client, wearing a ring that says stay away.

4.04

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance 💔 Exes To Lovers 🎓 College Sweethearts ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 💧 Emotional Angst

Stay

His college ex walks into his life as a client, wearing a ring that says stay away.

by Briana Michaels 2024 261 pages

4.04

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance 💔 Exes To Lovers 🎓 College Sweethearts ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 💧 Emotional Angst

Broken Bonds

by K.L. Moore • 2023

When four mates die, a pregnant omega finds hope with a secret twin and his pack.

4.11

2k+

🔥 Omegaverse 💔 Love After Loss 🏠 Found Family 🤰 Pregnant Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn

Broken Bonds

When four mates die, a pregnant omega finds hope with a secret twin and his pack.

by K.L. Moore 2023 424 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🔥 Omegaverse 💔 Love After Loss 🏠 Found Family 🤰 Pregnant Heroine 🕯️ Slow Burn

Spotlight

by Rebecca Jenshak • 2025

A single mom's one-night spark reignites when the stranger becomes her small town's new pitcher.

4.19

14k+

🧢 Baseball Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom Heroine 💘 He Falls First 🌙 Missed Connection 🫂 Found Family

Spotlight

A single mom's one-night spark reignites when the stranger becomes her small town's new pitcher.

by Rebecca Jenshak 2025 432 pages

4.19

14k+ ratings

🧢 Baseball Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom Heroine 💘 He Falls First 🌙 Missed Connection 🫂 Found Family

How to Talk to Anyone in Any Situation

by Brenda Hill • 2013

The four-minute window that decides how people see you, and how to control it.

3.29

💬 Conversation Skills 👂 Active Listening 🕺 Body Language 🤝 Networking 🧩 Social Skills

How to Talk to Anyone in Any Situation

The four-minute window that decides how people see you, and how to control it.

by Brenda Hill 2013 30 pages

3.29

7 ratings

💬 Conversation Skills 👂 Active Listening 🕺 Body Language 🤝 Networking 🧩 Social Skills

The Hermit

by Michelle Heard • 2025

She volunteers to marry an assassin to keep her sister from being sold into marriage.

3.93

18k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Hermit

She volunteers to marry an assassin to keep her sister from being sold into marriage.

by Michelle Heard 2025 283 pages

3.93

18k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Cursebound

by Sadie Kincaid • 2025

A mafia vampire must kill the Seer a blood spell compels him to want instead.

4.14

1k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Cursebound

A mafia vampire must kill the Seer a blood spell compels him to want instead.

by Sadie Kincaid 2025 331 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Do No Evil

by M.S. Morris • 2020

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

4.34

3k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Do No Evil

A detective's Oxford reunion begins with a friend's murder and eyes in the soup.

by M.S. Morris 2020 249 pages

4.34

3k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🏛️ Academic Mystery ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Ice Lord's Bride

by Ava Ross • 2022

A fae bride lottery winner falls for the scarred cursed lord forbidden to claim a bride.

3.58

500+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🖤 Scarred Hero 🌍 Human In Fae World 💍 Reluctant Bride

Ice Lord's Bride

A fae bride lottery winner falls for the scarred cursed lord forbidden to claim a bride.

by Ava Ross 2022 300 pages

3.58

500+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🖤 Scarred Hero 🌍 Human In Fae World 💍 Reluctant Bride

Rules for Ruin

by Mimi Matthews • 2025

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.95

6k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Rules for Ruin

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

by Mimi Matthews 2025 400 pages

3.95

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Power of Five

by Alex Lidell • 2018

Four fae warriors need their fifth. Magic chose a mortal. Rejecting the bond means death.

3.98

20k+

🖤 Reverse Harem Fantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💜 Chosen Family 🗡️ Mortal Heroine 🐺 Wolf Shifter

Power of Five

Four fae warriors need their fifth. Magic chose a mortal. Rejecting the bond means death.

by Alex Lidell 2018 234 pages

3.98

20k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem Fantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💜 Chosen Family 🗡️ Mortal Heroine 🐺 Wolf Shifter

Out of the Loop

by Katie Siegel • 2026

Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.

3.27

1k+

🕰️ Time Loop Mystery 📚 Bookstore Setting 🫂 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective

Out of the Loop

Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.

by Katie Siegel 2026 326 pages

3.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Loop Mystery 📚 Bookstore Setting 🫂 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective

Hickory Dickory Dock

by Agatha Christie • 1955

A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.

3.77

40k+

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🔍 Master Detective 🇬🇧 Postwar London 🤥 Unreliable Confessions 📚 Golden Age Detective

Hickory Dickory Dock

A student hostel's strange thefts conceal a killer. Only Hercule Poirot sees the pattern.

by Agatha Christie 1955

3.77

40k+ ratings

🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🔍 Master Detective 🇬🇧 Postwar London 🤥 Unreliable Confessions 📚 Golden Age Detective

Shadow of the Crown

by Lacey Carter Andersen • 2023

A human maid fakes a mate bond with a prince; the solstice binds her to four instead.

3.96

2k+

👑 Reverse Harem 🌌 Fae Court Intrigue 💍 Fake Mate Bond 🧹 Servant To Queen 😏 Witty Heroine

Shadow of the Crown

A human maid fakes a mate bond with a prince; the solstice binds her to four instead.

by Lacey Carter Andersen 2023 204 pages

3.96

2k+ ratings

👑 Reverse Harem 🌌 Fae Court Intrigue 💍 Fake Mate Bond 🧹 Servant To Queen 😏 Witty Heroine

Courageous Hearts

by Emmy Sanders • 2023

A cabaret bartender falls for its nonbinary star and must rethink everything he believed about love.

4.36

2k+

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Awakening ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Tender Slow Burn

Courageous Hearts

A cabaret bartender falls for its nonbinary star and must rethink everything he believed about love.

by Emmy Sanders 2023 312 pages

4.36

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Awakening ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Tender Slow Burn

Illuminate the Shadows

by Isobel Starling • 2016

To be with Sam, Declan must survive a brutal initiation by his spy father.

3.89

477

🕵️ Spy Romance 🇬🇧 British Espionage 🤕 Hurt-Comfort 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out 💔 Family Rejection

Illuminate the Shadows

To be with Sam, Declan must survive a brutal initiation by his spy father.

by Isobel Starling 2016 307 pages

3.89

477 ratings

🕵️ Spy Romance 🇬🇧 British Espionage 🤕 Hurt-Comfort 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out 💔 Family Rejection

Fall into Temptation

by Lucy Score • 2016

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

4.13

52k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

Fall into Temptation

A single mom's new landlord is the town's grumpy mayor, and their chemistry won't stay hidden.

by Lucy Score 2016 382 pages

4.13

52k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏡 Landlord Tenant 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family 🗣️ Meddling Townsfolk

Dumb Witness

by Agatha Christie • 1937

A matriarch's fatal fall and a long-lost letter send Poirot hunting a killer among her heirs.

3.92

50k+

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 📜 Contested Will 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Slow Burn Mystery

Dumb Witness

A matriarch's fatal fall and a long-lost letter send Poirot hunting a killer among her heirs.

by Agatha Christie 1937 317 pages

3.92

50k+ ratings

🕰️ Golden Age Mystery 🏠 Country House Mystery 📜 Contested Will 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Slow Burn Mystery

Strangers in the Villa

by Robyn Harding • 2026

She wanted Spain to save her marriage. The strangers she let in came to end it.

3.57

10k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identities 💰 Blackmail ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense

Strangers in the Villa

She wanted Spain to save her marriage. The strangers she let in came to end it.

by Robyn Harding 2026 336 pages

3.57

10k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🎭 Hidden Identities 💰 Blackmail ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🕯️ Slow Burn Suspense

The Naked Sun

by Isaac Asimov • 1958

On a world where meeting face-to-face is taboo, an Earth detective must solve a locked room murder.

4.20

64k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤖 Human-Robot Partnership 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🏚️ Isolation Horror 🌅 Failed Utopia

The Naked Sun

On a world where meeting face-to-face is taboo, an Earth detective must solve a locked room murder.

by Isaac Asimov 1958 204 pages

4.20

64k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🤖 Human-Robot Partnership 🕵️ Outsider Detective 🏚️ Isolation Horror 🌅 Failed Utopia

The Miracle of Love

by Montana Ross • 2021

Rejected for her infertility, she weds a Colorado widower who only needs a mother for his child.

4.48

329

🪪 Mail-Order Bride 🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🏔️ Frontier Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Miracle of Love

Rejected for her infertility, she weds a Colorado widower who only needs a mother for his child.

by Montana Ross 2021 83 pages

4.48

329 ratings

🪪 Mail-Order Bride 🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🏔️ Frontier Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Crimes of Alice

by Erin Bedford • 2018

A Victorian bride flees her wedding to chase a white rabbit into a sensual Fae realm.

4.10

210

🌑 Wicked Fairy Tale 🧚 Fae Romance 💋 Why Choose Romance ⚖️ Bargains With Fae 🤝 Faustian Bargain

The Crimes of Alice

A Victorian bride flees her wedding to chase a white rabbit into a sensual Fae realm.

by Erin Bedford 2018 268 pages

4.10

210 ratings

🌑 Wicked Fairy Tale 🧚 Fae Romance 💋 Why Choose Romance ⚖️ Bargains With Fae 🤝 Faustian Bargain

The Romantic

by Riley Hart • 2023

A romantic and a flirt wake up married in Vegas. The fix: six months of pretending.

4.16

3k+

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The Romantic

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by Riley Hart 2023 274 pages

4.16

3k+ ratings

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The Prank

by L.V. Matthews • 2021

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3.69

500+

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The Prank

To avenge her father's suicide, a waitress infiltrates the mogul whose prank show destroyed him.

by L.V. Matthews 2021

3.69

500+ ratings

🗡️ Revenge Thriller 🧠 Psychological Suspense 🎭 Assumed Identity ⏳ Slow Burn Suspense 🌫️ Morally Grey

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4.29

301

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Dark Captivation

A wolf shifter wagers her heart against a demon king's war. Two months to resist him.

by Taylor Spratt 2024 322 pages

4.29

301 ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive 👑 Demon King Hero 🖤 Possessive Hero 💭 Forgotten Bond 🤝 Love Bargain

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by Ilona Andrews • 2022

Catalina Baylor becomes acting Warden of Texas the day an assassin declares war on her family.

4.42

21k+

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Ruby Fever

Catalina Baylor becomes acting Warden of Texas the day an assassin declares war on her family.

by Ilona Andrews 2022 380 pages

4.42

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Mafia 🏠 Found Family 🕯️ Dark Family Secrets 💘 Bodyguard Romance ⚖️ Magical Law Enforcement

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