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The Cuddle Clause

by Roxie Ray • 2025

Her Craigslist roommate is a wolf shifter. The lease requires cuddles. Now she's his fake mate.

4.05

9k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 🫂 Caretaking Rituals

The Cuddle Clause

Her Craigslist roommate is a wolf shifter. The lease requires cuddles. Now she's his fake mate.

by Roxie Ray 2025 326 pages

4.05

9k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 🫂 Caretaking Rituals

The Autistic's Guide to Self-Discovery

by Sol Smith • 2025

You've masked your whole life. Here is the path from autistic burnout to self-invention.

4.22

1k+

🧠 Neurodiversity ⏰ Late Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 👂 Sensory Processing

The Autistic's Guide to Self-Discovery

You've masked your whole life. Here is the path from autistic burnout to self-invention.

by Sol Smith 2025 214 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity ⏰ Late Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking 🔥 Autistic Burnout 👂 Sensory Processing

Ruby Fever

by Ilona Andrews • 2022

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

4.42

21k+

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

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

Milo

by Lily Morton • 2019

His brother's best friend saved him from abuse. On a Cornish estate, protection became devotion.

4.14

4k+

🫂 Brothers Best Friend 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💔 Abuse Recovery 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Milo

His brother's best friend saved him from abuse. On a Cornish estate, protection became devotion.

by Lily Morton 2019 290 pages

4.14

4k+ ratings

🫂 Brothers Best Friend 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💔 Abuse Recovery 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Ruination

by J.N. Baker • 2022

A demon reborn human and the angel who kills her: for the first time, he hesitates.

4.01

500+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Forbidden Angel Romance 🔄 Reincarnated Lovers 🤔 Amnesiac Heroine ⚔️ Angel And Demon War

Ruination

A demon reborn human and the angel who kills her: for the first time, he hesitates.

by J.N. Baker 2022 284 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Forbidden Angel Romance 🔄 Reincarnated Lovers 🤔 Amnesiac Heroine ⚔️ Angel And Demon War

The Last Witch

by M.J. Lawrie • 2022

A witch's fragile peace shatters when dark magic returns and her daughter is the prize.

4.42

500+

🖤 Dark Witch Fantasy 💞 Fated Mates 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Last Witch

A witch's fragile peace shatters when dark magic returns and her daughter is the prize.

by M.J. Lawrie 2022 188 pages

4.42

500+ ratings

🖤 Dark Witch Fantasy 💞 Fated Mates 🫂 Found Family 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 🩹 Trauma Healing

Amid the Sinking Dark

by Abe Moss • 2021

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

4.36

500+

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Amid the Sinking Dark

Fleeing a custody battle, a mother shelters in a rain-cursed town where the sea devours children.

by Abe Moss 2021 274 pages

4.36

500+ ratings

🐙 Cosmic Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 👶 Ritual Horror 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Atmospheric Dread

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

by Elizabeth Everett • 2026

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

3.53

1k+

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel

A magical hotel is dying, and only a widowed mother's hope can keep its world alive.

by Elizabeth Everett 2026 352 pages

3.53

1k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family Fantasy 🏨 Sentient Magical Home 👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⚔️ Battle-Scarred Hero

Learn Medical Spanish in 100 Days

by Touri Language Learning • 2018

One medical phrase a day to move from nervous silence to confident care in Spanish.

4.00

🏥 Medical Spanish 📖 Phrasebook 💬 Patient Communication 📋 Medical Vocabulary 👩‍⚕️ Healthcare Professionals

Learn Medical Spanish in 100 Days

One medical phrase a day to move from nervous silence to confident care in Spanish.

by Touri Language Learning 2018 291 pages

4.00

7 ratings

🏥 Medical Spanish 📖 Phrasebook 💬 Patient Communication 📋 Medical Vocabulary 👩‍⚕️ Healthcare Professionals

The Duke Undone

by Joanna Lowell • 2021

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

3.62

5k+

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Duke Undone

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

by Joanna Lowell 2021 363 pages

3.62

5k+ ratings

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Falling Glass

by Adrian McKinty • 2011

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

3.93

2k+

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🥃 Fixer Antihero 🌧️ Lyrical Noir

Falling Glass

A fixer tracks a fugitive mother across Ireland. A Russian assassin tracks the fixer.

by Adrian McKinty 2011 10 pages

3.93

2k+ ratings

🖤 Irish Crime Noir 📚 Literary Thriller 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run 🥃 Fixer Antihero 🌧️ Lyrical Noir

Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr. • 1964

Drag queens and dockworkers in 1950s Brooklyn seek a tenderness their world is built to crush.

3.95

33k+

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🌃 1950s Brooklyn 🥀 Doomed Queer Longing 🔁 Cyclical Despair 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Drag queens and dockworkers in 1950s Brooklyn seek a tenderness their world is built to crush.

by Hubert Selby Jr. 1964 290 pages

3.95

33k+ ratings

🚬 Transgressive Fiction 🌃 1950s Brooklyn 🥀 Doomed Queer Longing 🔁 Cyclical Despair 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Mother Night

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 1961

A Nazi propagandist awaits trial in Jerusalem, but his deadliest performance was convincing himself.

4.24

100k+

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Double Agent 🖤 Darkly Comic 🎭 Performed Identity 🪖 Nazi Germany

Mother Night

A Nazi propagandist awaits trial in Jerusalem, but his deadliest performance was convincing himself.

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1961 288 pages

4.24

100k+ ratings

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🕵️ Double Agent 🖤 Darkly Comic 🎭 Performed Identity 🪖 Nazi Germany

Caída de las nubes

by Violaine Bérot • 2025

During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.

4.08

2k+

🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 🏔️ Remote Mountain Village 🗣️ Polyphonic Narrative ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere

Caída de las nubes

During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.

by Violaine Bérot 2025 136 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 🏔️ Remote Mountain Village 🗣️ Polyphonic Narrative ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere

Temptation

by Jenna Hartley • 2023

She's house-sitting for a stranger. He's her ex-boyfriend's father. And she can't afford to leave.

3.92

2k+

🔥 Billionaire Romance 💔 Ex's Father 🤫 Secret Affair ⏳ Age Gap 🚫 Forbidden Boss Romance

Temptation

She's house-sitting for a stranger. He's her ex-boyfriend's father. And she can't afford to leave.

by Jenna Hartley 2023 316 pages

3.92

2k+ ratings

🔥 Billionaire Romance 💔 Ex's Father 🤫 Secret Affair ⏳ Age Gap 🚫 Forbidden Boss Romance

Across the Board

by Tim Clare • 2024

Dice, boards, and cards: our oldest tools for connection, and what they reveal about being human.

3.83

472

🎲 Tabletop Gaming 📜 Board Game History 🤔 Philosophy Of Play 👥 Game Communities 🧠 Psychology Of Games

Across the Board

Dice, boards, and cards: our oldest tools for connection, and what they reveal about being human.

by Tim Clare 2024 240 pages

3.83

472 ratings

🎲 Tabletop Gaming 📜 Board Game History 🤔 Philosophy Of Play 👥 Game Communities 🧠 Psychology Of Games

Jazz Funeral

by Julie Smith • 1993

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

3.85

2k+

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

Jazz Funeral

When a JazzFest producer is murdered, his teenage half-sister runs into the New Orleans night.

by Julie Smith 1993 341 pages

3.85

2k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Female Detective 🎷 Southern Noir 👮‍♀️ Police Procedural 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Teen 🎭 Hidden Identity

Angels Fall

by J.A. Huss • 2018

Six weeks to pay a drug lord. Her only hope: the soldier she never forgave.

4.19

2k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Angels Fall

Six weeks to pay a drug lord. Her only hope: the soldier she never forgave.

by J.A. Huss 2018 286 pages

4.19

2k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

The Human Division

by John Scalzi • 2013

With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.

4.09

38k+

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🏆 Underdog Protagonists

The Human Division

With Earth gone, a diplomatic ship's forgotten crew must save humanity from a hidden enemy.

by John Scalzi 2013 431 pages

4.09

38k+ ratings

🚀 Episodic Space Opera 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🏆 Underdog Protagonists

Death by Dumpling

by Vivien Chien • 2018

Lana Lee's lunch delivery kills the property manager of Asia Village, making her the prime suspect.

3.65

14k+

🍜 Restaurant Setting 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🤫 Family Secrets 💞 Slow Burn Romance

Death by Dumpling

Lana Lee's lunch delivery kills the property manager of Asia Village, making her the prime suspect.

by Vivien Chien 2018 328 pages

3.65

14k+ ratings

🍜 Restaurant Setting 🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Detective 🔒 Closed Circle Mystery 🤫 Family Secrets 💞 Slow Burn Romance

Deviant

by Callie Hart • 2014

One anonymous night to save her sister binds a doctor to a crime boss's scarred enforcer.

4.01

19k+

🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔪 Crime World Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Deviant

One anonymous night to save her sister binds a doctor to a crime boss's scarred enforcer.

by Callie Hart 2014 164 pages

4.01

19k+ ratings

🖤 Morally Gray Hero 🔪 Crime World Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Knife

by Jo Nesbø • 2019

A detective wakes covered in blood, no memory, his wife murdered. He's the prime suspect.

4.27

36k+

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🧠 Amnesia Mystery

Knife

A detective wakes covered in blood, no memory, his wife murdered. He's the prime suspect.

by Jo Nesbø 2019 531 pages

4.27

36k+ ratings

❄️ Nordic Noir 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🥃 Alcoholic Detective 🪤 Framed Protagonist 🧠 Amnesia Mystery

Scarred Queen

by Naomi West • 2024

He banished his wife for safety; she returned to bury her mother and demand a divorce.

4.31

5k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙇‍♂️ Groveling Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 😢 Heavy Angst

Scarred Queen

He banished his wife for safety; she returned to bury her mother and demand a divorce.

by Naomi West 2024 402 pages

4.31

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙇‍♂️ Groveling Hero 🩹 Trauma Bonding 😢 Heavy Angst

Damaged Mogul

by Scarlett Avery • 2025

Her father forgot her twenty-first. The grumpy billionaire bodyguard he hired won't forget her.

3.95

1k+

💰 Billionaire Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance

Damaged Mogul

Her father forgot her twenty-first. The grumpy billionaire bodyguard he hired won't forget her.

by Scarlett Avery 2025 536 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Virgin Heroine 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance

Mated to the Monster

by Sarah Spade • 2022

Her joke love spell traps a demon in her apartment. He calls her his fated mate.

3.36

16k+

🖤 Demon Lover 🔮 Accidental Summoning 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Forced Proximity 👹 Monster Boyfriend

Mated to the Monster

Her joke love spell traps a demon in her apartment. He calls her his fated mate.

by Sarah Spade 2022 280 pages

3.36

16k+ ratings

🖤 Demon Lover 🔮 Accidental Summoning 💫 Fated Mates 🏠 Forced Proximity 👹 Monster Boyfriend

Maple & Moonlight

by Daphne Elliot • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

4.07

6k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Maple & Moonlight

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

by Daphne Elliot 2026 474 pages

4.07

6k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Venom We Bleed

by Lucy Smoke • 2025

A disgraced heiress lands in public school, where three brutal criminals make her their obsession.

4.11

2k+

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Why Choose 👑 Fallen Princess 🔗 Trauma Bonded

The Venom We Bleed

A disgraced heiress lands in public school, where three brutal criminals make her their obsession.

by Lucy Smoke 2025 468 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Why Choose 👑 Fallen Princess 🔗 Trauma Bonded

Lawson

by Samantha Whiskey • 2024

A cocky rookie fake-dates his skating coach to scare off her ex, and the chemistry turns real.

4.05

2k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🏠 Found Family 💔 Healing From Toxic Ex 😢 Angsty Romance

Lawson

A cocky rookie fake-dates his skating coach to scare off her ex, and the chemistry turns real.

by Samantha Whiskey 2024 258 pages

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🏠 Found Family 💔 Healing From Toxic Ex 😢 Angsty Romance

Silent Vows

by Jill Ramsower • 2022

Forced into an Irish-Mafia marriage, a mute woman must speak before her silence buries them both.

3.78

65k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤐 Mute Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero

Silent Vows

Forced into an Irish-Mafia marriage, a mute woman must speak before her silence buries them both.

by Jill Ramsower 2022 350 pages

3.78

65k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🤐 Mute Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero

Three Weeks with My Brother

by Nicholas Sparks • 2004

Two brothers tour the world's ancient wonders while sifting through a lifetime of shared loss.

4.05

50k+

🏠 Family Memoir 💔 Grief Memoir 👬 Brotherhood 🔗 Childhood Trauma 🍂 Bittersweet

Three Weeks with My Brother

Two brothers tour the world's ancient wonders while sifting through a lifetime of shared loss.

by Nicholas Sparks 2004 368 pages

4.05

50k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoir 💔 Grief Memoir 👬 Brotherhood 🔗 Childhood Trauma 🍂 Bittersweet

Boudicca's Daughter

by Elodie Harper • 2025

Boudicca's revolt is crushed. Her daughter lives now as a captive in the Roman general's house.

4.18

4k+

🏛️ Roman Britain 📖 Mythic Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Generational Trauma ⚔️ Warrior Women

Boudicca's Daughter

Boudicca's revolt is crushed. Her daughter lives now as a captive in the Roman general's house.

by Elodie Harper 2025 440 pages

4.18

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman Britain 📖 Mythic Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Generational Trauma ⚔️ Warrior Women

Thousand Autumns

by Meng Xi Shi • 2023

After a betrayer's poison, a gentle sect leader becomes the prized experiment of a demonic master.

4.12

6k+

🏔️ Xianxia Cultivation 📖 Danmei ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Love Interest 🏮 Ancient China

Thousand Autumns

After a betrayer's poison, a gentle sect leader becomes the prized experiment of a demonic master.

by Meng Xi Shi 2023 396 pages

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏔️ Xianxia Cultivation 📖 Danmei ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Love Interest 🏮 Ancient China

The Collected Regrets of Clover

by Mikki Brammer • 2023

A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.

4.16

100k+

🔒 Emotionally Guarded 🫂 Found Family 👯 Unlikely Friendship ☠️ Death Positive 💌 Lost Love Letters

The Collected Regrets of Clover

A death doula collects the dying's final regrets. A new neighbor asks what hers are.

by Mikki Brammer 2023 320 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

🔒 Emotionally Guarded 🫂 Found Family 👯 Unlikely Friendship ☠️ Death Positive 💌 Lost Love Letters

Craving Their Omega

by Sadie Moss • 2025

Three rival Alphas need one wife, and the Omega they just hired is hiding her designation.

3.84

2k+

🐺 Omegaverse 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💕 Why Choose Romance 🛡️ Protective Alphas 🤫 Hidden Omega

Craving Their Omega

Three rival Alphas need one wife, and the Omega they just hired is hiding her designation.

by Sadie Moss 2025 418 pages

3.84

2k+ ratings

🐺 Omegaverse 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💕 Why Choose Romance 🛡️ Protective Alphas 🤫 Hidden Omega

Shattering Her Illusion

by Mackenzie Madden • 2026

Curvy Charlie trusts her boyfriend, but his silence when his friends mock her shatters her world.

3.81

1k+

🔁 Second Chance Love ☣️ Toxic Family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 💪 Plus-Size Heroine 🐍 Toxic Friend Group

Shattering Her Illusion

Curvy Charlie trusts her boyfriend, but his silence when his friends mock her shatters her world.

by Mackenzie Madden 2026 282 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🔁 Second Chance Love ☣️ Toxic Family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 💪 Plus-Size Heroine 🐍 Toxic Friend Group

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan

by Shoba Narayan • 2018

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

3.64

1k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond 🪷 Cultural Identity ⚖️ Caste System

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

by Shoba Narayan 2018 352 pages

3.64

1k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond 🪷 Cultural Identity ⚖️ Caste System

My Darling Bride

by Ilsa Madden-Mills • 2023

To claim his inheritance, an NFL star must marry. His target just stole his Lamborghini.

4.01

24k+

🏈 Sports Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Fake Relationship 🖤 Wounded Hero 💔 Healing From Trauma

My Darling Bride

To claim his inheritance, an NFL star must marry. His target just stole his Lamborghini.

by Ilsa Madden-Mills 2023 327 pages

4.01

24k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🎭 Fake Relationship 🖤 Wounded Hero 💔 Healing From Trauma

The Perfect Life

by Susanna Beard • 2020

Heather Jessop wins £29 million and her life unravels into threats, envy, and suspicion.

3.88

3k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💰 Sudden Wealth 🍽️ Eating Disorder 👯 Female Friendship 🔍 Missing Child

The Perfect Life

Heather Jessop wins £29 million and her life unravels into threats, envy, and suspicion.

by Susanna Beard 2020 304 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 💰 Sudden Wealth 🍽️ Eating Disorder 👯 Female Friendship 🔍 Missing Child

A Kiss of Hammer and Flame

by Amy de la Force • 2025

A blacksmith's sigil awakens an immortal weapon and a prophecy that crowns her or kills her.

3.47

500+

🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👑 Hidden Royalty 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚒️ Commoner To Ruler

A Kiss of Hammer and Flame

A blacksmith's sigil awakens an immortal weapon and a prophecy that crowns her or kills her.

by Amy de la Force 2025 336 pages

3.47

500+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Chosen One 👑 Hidden Royalty 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚒️ Commoner To Ruler

The Librarian

by Valerie Keogh • 2023

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

3.83

9k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

The Librarian

Her stalker framed her for destroying a painting. Now he wants her to know why.

by Valerie Keogh 2023 281 pages

3.83

9k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 👭 Sister Bond 🕯️ Gaslighting 💔 Trauma Survivor ⚖️ Framed For Crime

The End of Her

by Shari Lapena • 2020

An ex-lover blackmails a new father, claiming his first wife's death was murder.

3.78

100k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐍 Femme Fatale

The End of Her

An ex-lover blackmails a new father, claiming his first wife's death was murder.

by Shari Lapena 2020 352 pages

3.78

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💰 Blackmail Scheme 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🐍 Femme Fatale

Devious Kingpin

by Eva Winners • 2023

She kicks a mafia kingpin where it hurts. Payback: a Vegas wedding, a blood war, obsession.

4.21

3k+

🔫 Mafia Revenge 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Heroine Seeks Revenge

Devious Kingpin

She kicks a mafia kingpin where it hurts. Payback: a Vegas wedding, a blood war, obsession.

by Eva Winners 2023 368 pages

4.21

3k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Revenge 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Heroine Seeks Revenge

Cocaine Blues

by Kerry Greenwood • 1989

A poisoned heiress draws a detective into 1920s Melbourne, where high society hides a cocaine ring.

3.84

29k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🎩 High Society Crime 🧪 Poison Investigation 🥂 Roaring Twenties

Cocaine Blues

A poisoned heiress draws a detective into 1920s Melbourne, where high society hides a cocaine ring.

by Kerry Greenwood 1989 185 pages

3.84

29k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🎩 High Society Crime 🧪 Poison Investigation 🥂 Roaring Twenties

The Cruel Sea

by Nicholas Monsarrat • 1951

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

4.23

8k+

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership 🤝 Comrades In Arms 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Cruel Sea

On Atlantic convoy duty, a British corvette crew finds the sea more lethal than the war.

by Nicholas Monsarrat 1951 520 pages

4.23

8k+ ratings

🚢 Naval Warfare 🌊 Battle Of The Atlantic 🫡 Stoic Leadership 🤝 Comrades In Arms 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Not a Friend

by Taylor Hannah • 2025

A vineyard wedding throws her together with the musician she never got over, boyfriend in tow.

3.99

500+

✨ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Situationship 🎸 Musician Hero ⏳ Dual Timeline

Not a Friend

A vineyard wedding throws her together with the musician she never got over, boyfriend in tow.

by Taylor Hannah 2025 435 pages

3.99

500+ ratings

✨ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Situationship 🎸 Musician Hero ⏳ Dual Timeline

Into the Night

by Reece Barden • 2024

She's the woman foretold to destroy his kind. He's the shifter whose beast claims her anyway.

4.21

500+

💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🌙 Cursed Heroine 🏃 Hunted By Pack 🏠 Forced Proximity

Into the Night

She's the woman foretold to destroy his kind. He's the shifter whose beast claims her anyway.

by Reece Barden 2024 296 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Pack Dynamics 🌙 Cursed Heroine 🏃 Hunted By Pack 🏠 Forced Proximity

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

by Charish Reid • 2023

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

3.91

3k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

by Charish Reid 2023 320 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance

Girl A

by Abigail Dean • 2021

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

3.63

92k+

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

Girl A

A woman inherits the house where her parents kept their children chained and starved.

by Abigail Dean 2021 352 pages

3.63

92k+ ratings

🌫️ Literary Suspense ⛓️ Childhood Captivity 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👥 Survivor Siblings 📜 Inheritance Reckoning

Fated to the Wolf Prince

by April L. Moon • 2024

The alpha prince demanded strength. Fate bound him to a fragile healer with a lethal secret.

3.88

36k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Alpha 💚 Healer Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Fated to the Wolf Prince

The alpha prince demanded strength. Fate bound him to a fragile healer with a lethal secret.

by April L. Moon 2024 298 pages

3.88

36k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Alpha 💚 Healer Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

House of Sticks

by Ly Tran • 2021

From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.

4.37

5k+

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🎎 Filial Piety 📚 Education As Escape

House of Sticks

From a refugee camp to sweatshops to Columbia: a daughter fights to claim her own story.

by Ly Tran 2021 368 pages

4.37

5k+ ratings

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🎎 Filial Piety 📚 Education As Escape

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