Contemporary Romance

Modern love stories unfold against a backdrop of luxury penthouses, cozy beach towns, and bustling city streets, where ambitious professionals and charming billionaires navigate the complexities of attraction, trust, and personal growth. These steamy, emotional tales explore the delicate balance between career and romance, past wounds and new beginnings, as couples discover that true love often arrives in unexpected packages.

Contemporary Romance Book Summaries

Untether

by Elodie Hart • 2024

Betrayed at 46, a journalist films her reawakening at a sex club with a guide who falls for her.

4.06

8k+

👩‍👦 Reverse Age Gap 🏛️ Sex Club 🔥 Sexual Mentorship 🌅 Midlife Awakening 🖤 Power Exchange

Untether

Betrayed at 46, a journalist films her reawakening at a sex club with a guide who falls for her.

by Elodie Hart 2024 424 pages

4.06

8k+ ratings

👩‍👦 Reverse Age Gap 🏛️ Sex Club 🔥 Sexual Mentorship 🌅 Midlife Awakening 🖤 Power Exchange

Always My Comfort

by Taylor Jade • 2023

Pregnant by a pro pitcher, she keeps his child a secret even as he falls for her.

3.46

2k+

🏟️ Sports Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💋 One Night Stand 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Southern Small Town

Always My Comfort

Pregnant by a pro pitcher, she keeps his child a secret even as he falls for her.

by Taylor Jade 2023 177 pages

3.46

2k+ ratings

🏟️ Sports Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💋 One Night Stand 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Southern Small Town

Someday, Someday

by Emma Scott • 2019

An ex-addict nurse. A billionaire heir. A love that could heal them or destroy an empire.

4.38

8k+

🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💊 Recovering Addict 🛑 Conversion Therapy

Someday, Someday

An ex-addict nurse. A billionaire heir. A love that could heal them or destroy an empire.

by Emma Scott 2019 374 pages

4.38

8k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🌱 Trauma Recovery 💊 Recovering Addict 🛑 Conversion Therapy

Taunt Her

by Caitlyn Dare • 2020

He came to destroy his uncle. He stayed to claim his uncle's stepdaughter.

4.01

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👊 Bully Romance 🏚️ Wrong Side Of Tracks 🔥 Possessive Hero 💀 Revenge Plot

Taunt Her

He came to destroy his uncle. He stayed to claim his uncle's stepdaughter.

by Caitlyn Dare 2020 276 pages

4.01

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👊 Bully Romance 🏚️ Wrong Side Of Tracks 🔥 Possessive Hero 💀 Revenge Plot

Crown of Lies

by Pepper Winters • 2017

After a night of terror and rescue, a heiress meets a man who feels like both.

4.04

10k+

👑 Heiress Romance 🕵️ Hidden Identity ⛓️ Trauma Bond ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

Crown of Lies

After a night of terror and rescue, a heiress meets a man who feels like both.

by Pepper Winters 2017 313 pages

4.04

10k+ ratings

👑 Heiress Romance 🕵️ Hidden Identity ⛓️ Trauma Bond ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

Fractured Future

by J. Rose • 2025

Betrayed, sold, and forced into underground fights, she's claimed by four dangerous saviors.

4.29

1k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Fractured Future

Betrayed, sold, and forced into underground fights, she's claimed by four dangerous saviors.

by J. Rose 2025 416 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 😈 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Imperfect Intentions

by Charmaine Pauls • 2022

Her stepbrother's blackmail pits her against the possessive programmer who wants to marry her.

4.08

500+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💪 Disabled Heroine 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

Imperfect Intentions

Her stepbrother's blackmail pits her against the possessive programmer who wants to marry her.

by Charmaine Pauls 2022 218 pages

4.08

500+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💪 Disabled Heroine 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

I'll Kiss You Twice

by W. Winters • 2021

When a crime family orders him to break his own lover, obedience and obsession collide.

3.94

3k+

🖤 Captive Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 🏠 Crime Family ✨ Gilded Cage 💔 Trauma Bonding

I'll Kiss You Twice

When a crime family orders him to break his own lover, obedience and obsession collide.

by W. Winters 2021 188 pages

3.94

3k+ ratings

🖤 Captive Romance 🔪 Obsessive Antihero 🏠 Crime Family ✨ Gilded Cage 💔 Trauma Bonding

Unexpected

by Rebecca Royce • 2018

A dorm fire survivor falls for three fraternity brothers as a campus arsonist closes in.

4.15

2k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 📚 College Romance 🏛️ Greek Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 💔 Trauma Healing

Unexpected

A dorm fire survivor falls for three fraternity brothers as a campus arsonist closes in.

by Rebecca Royce 2018 196 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 📚 College Romance 🏛️ Greek Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 💔 Trauma Healing

The Wedding Menu

by Letizia Lorini • 2023

Her father's rival's son is charming, cynical, and hates the one thing she dreams of: marriage.

4.07

5k+

💕 Romantic Comedy 🍳 Culinary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚔️ Rival Families

The Wedding Menu

Her father's rival's son is charming, cynical, and hates the one thing she dreams of: marriage.

by Letizia Lorini 2023 466 pages

4.07

5k+ ratings

💕 Romantic Comedy 🍳 Culinary Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚔️ Rival Families

Burn for Me

by Sara Cate • 2021

She put his father away. Now he's in her class, and revenge feels like obsession.

3.83

9k+

🎓 Professor Student 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔪 Revenge Romance 🔒 Blackmail ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love

Burn for Me

She put his father away. Now he's in her class, and revenge feels like obsession.

by Sara Cate 2021 292 pages

3.83

9k+ ratings

🎓 Professor Student 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔪 Revenge Romance 🔒 Blackmail ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love

Geekerella

by Ashley Poston • 2017

A fangirl's anonymous texting crush is the celebrity she's been mocking online.

3.87

70k+

🎬 Fandom Romance 🎪 Convention Setting 📱 Anonymous Messages 🎭 Hidden Identities 🤓 Geek Girl Heroine

Geekerella

A fangirl's anonymous texting crush is the celebrity she's been mocking online.

by Ashley Poston 2017 320 pages

3.87

70k+ ratings

🎬 Fandom Romance 🎪 Convention Setting 📱 Anonymous Messages 🎭 Hidden Identities 🤓 Geek Girl Heroine

Dear Aaron

by Mariana Zapata • 2017

A seamstress and a soldier become pen pals; their letters build a bond meeting could shatter.

3.90

57k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪖 Military Romance 💞 Emotional Intimacy

Dear Aaron

A seamstress and a soldier become pen pals; their letters build a bond meeting could shatter.

by Mariana Zapata 2017 500 pages

3.90

57k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪖 Military Romance 💞 Emotional Intimacy

Ride

by Harper Dallas • 2017

A photographer joins a snowboard film shoot and collides with a legend who refuses to fall.

4.02

9k+

🏂 Sports Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😏 Reformed Playboy

Ride

A photographer joins a snowboard film shoot and collides with a legend who refuses to fall.

by Harper Dallas 2017 416 pages

4.02

9k+ ratings

🏂 Sports Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 😏 Reformed Playboy

The Map That Leads to You

by J.P. Monninger • 2017

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

3.56

13k+

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

The Map That Leads to You

On a crowded train, a planner meets a wanderer, and a European summer redraws her map.

by J.P. Monninger 2017 390 pages

3.56

13k+ ratings

🥀 Tragic Romance 💔 Terminal Illness ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌧️ Bittersweet 🎓 Post-Graduation

Mafia Obsession

by L. Steele • 2022

Kidnapped and caged with a mafia heir, an actress must fake desire while the camera watches.

4.05

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding

Mafia Obsession

Kidnapped and caged with a mafia heir, an actress must fake desire while the camera watches.

by L. Steele 2022 340 pages

4.05

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding

Colton Gentry's Third Act

by Jeff Zentner • 2024

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

4.12

7k+

🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

Colton Gentry's Third Act

One drunken rant ends his career. A Kentucky kitchen and an old love offer redemption.

by Jeff Zentner 2024 400 pages

4.12

7k+ ratings

🫶 Second Chance Romance 🌾 Small Town Southern 🎸 Musician Protagonist 🍳 Kitchen Redemption 🖤 Grief And Healing

This Lullaby

by Sarah Dessen • 2002

A cynic who manages everyone's chaos meets a shaggy guitarist who creates his own.

4.01

100k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Bittersweet Summer

This Lullaby

A cynic who manages everyone's chaos meets a shaggy guitarist who creates his own.

by Sarah Dessen 2002 345 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Bittersweet Summer

Plot Twist

by Erin La Rosa • 2023

A romance writer over love meets her exes on TikTok and falls for the star upstairs.

3.37

8k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ✍️ Romance Writer Heroine

Plot Twist

A romance writer over love meets her exes on TikTok and falls for the star upstairs.

by Erin La Rosa 2023 336 pages

3.37

8k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ✍️ Romance Writer Heroine

Slayer

by Charlotte Brice • 2023

His sister's theft makes him a cartel heir's captive. The price of freedom: total submission.

3.64

285

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Family Betrayal 🔥 Possessive Hero

Slayer

His sister's theft makes him a cartel heir's captive. The price of freedom: total submission.

by Charlotte Brice 2023 218 pages

3.64

285 ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 💔 Family Betrayal 🔥 Possessive Hero

Thousands

by Pepper Winters • 2017

Two broken souls. One dangerous obsession. A syndicate that will kill to keep them apart.

4.41

7k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Broken Hero 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Survivor ⛓️ Captor Captive

Thousands

Two broken souls. One dangerous obsession. A syndicate that will kill to keep them apart.

by Pepper Winters 2017 300 pages

4.41

7k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Broken Hero 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Trauma Survivor ⛓️ Captor Captive

Be With Me

by Samantha Young • 2022

A woman in hiding risks one night with the youngest Adair brother as her stalker watches.

4.00

5k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Trauma And Healing

Be With Me

A woman in hiding risks one night with the youngest Adair brother as her stalker watches.

by Samantha Young 2022 338 pages

4.00

5k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Trauma And Healing

Free Falling

by Kirsty Moseley • 2013

Her boyfriend cheats. A stalker closes in. The new boy she trusts is the prime suspect.

3.71

5k+

🖤 Romantic Suspense 🔪 Psychological Thriller 🏍️ Bad Boy Good Girl 💔 Obsessive Love 🎭 Hidden Villain

Free Falling

Her boyfriend cheats. A stalker closes in. The new boy she trusts is the prime suspect.

by Kirsty Moseley 2013 281 pages

3.71

5k+ ratings

🖤 Romantic Suspense 🔪 Psychological Thriller 🏍️ Bad Boy Good Girl 💔 Obsessive Love 🎭 Hidden Villain

Mr. Broody

by Piper Rayne • 2024

Returning to Chicago, Jade plans to avoid her hockey-star ex. His son is in her classroom.

3.95

15k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Forced Proximity 👦 Child As Matchmaker

Mr. Broody

Returning to Chicago, Jade plans to avoid her hockey-star ex. His son is in her classroom.

by Piper Rayne 2024 428 pages

3.95

15k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Forced Proximity 👦 Child As Matchmaker

Honed in Havoc

by Albany Walker • 2024

Separated from the brothers she loves, she must survive a family that turns love into a weapon.

4.10

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗝️ Secret Society 👑 Matriarch Villain 💕 Polyamorous Romance

Honed in Havoc

Separated from the brothers she loves, she must survive a family that turns love into a weapon.

by Albany Walker 2024 308 pages

4.10

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🗝️ Secret Society 👑 Matriarch Villain 💕 Polyamorous Romance

You Beautiful Thing, You

by Saffron A. Kent • 2023

She's loved her brother's rival forever. Now she's pregnant with his baby on purpose.

3.45

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚽ Brother's Rival 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌪️ Angsty Romance

You Beautiful Thing, You

She's loved her brother's rival forever. Now she's pregnant with his baby on purpose.

by Saffron A. Kent 2023

3.45

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⚽ Brother's Rival 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌪️ Angsty Romance

Cruel Intentions

by Cora Kent • 2023

Her stepbrother's obsession chased her to college. Now there's nowhere left to run.

3.69

2k+

🔥 Stepbrother Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 🏠 Forced Proximity 👁️ Stalking And Obsession

Cruel Intentions

Her stepbrother's obsession chased her to college. Now there's nowhere left to run.

by Cora Kent 2023 327 pages

3.69

2k+ ratings

🔥 Stepbrother Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 🏠 Forced Proximity 👁️ Stalking And Obsession

Filthy English

by Ilsa Madden-Mills • 2016

Jilted Remi collides with the British bad boy who broke her heart; a bet reignites their fire.

4.11

13k+

🔄 Second Chance 😈 Bad Boy Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Hidden Trauma 🎓 College Romance

Filthy English

Jilted Remi collides with the British bad boy who broke her heart; a bet reignites their fire.

by Ilsa Madden-Mills 2016 312 pages

4.11

13k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance 😈 Bad Boy Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Hidden Trauma 🎓 College Romance

The Body Painter

by Pepper Winters • 2019

She answers an ad for a human canvas, only to discover the artist is her vanished first love.

3.86

2k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💀 Tortured Hero 🤫 Dark Secrets 💔 Hidden Scars

The Body Painter

She answers an ad for a human canvas, only to discover the artist is her vanished first love.

by Pepper Winters 2019 300 pages

3.86

2k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💀 Tortured Hero 🤫 Dark Secrets 💔 Hidden Scars

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage

by Ali McNamara • 2016

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

4.02

2k+

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

by Ali McNamara 2016 384 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

Lady in Lingerie

by Penelope Sky • 2018

Running from a crime lord, she walks into a designer's audition and becomes his reluctant muse.

4.38

5k+

🖤 Dark Captor Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👗 High Fashion 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

Lady in Lingerie

Running from a crime lord, she walks into a designer's audition and becomes his reluctant muse.

by Penelope Sky 2018 320 pages

4.38

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captor Romance 🎨 Artist And Muse 👗 High Fashion 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Age Gap

Broken Crown

by M.J. Crouch • 2024

She inherited a mafia empire. It came with three protectors and a war.

4.22

500+

👑 Mafia Romance 🖤 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💔 Stepbrother Romance 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers

Broken Crown

She inherited a mafia empire. It came with three protectors and a war.

by M.J. Crouch 2024 306 pages

4.22

500+ ratings

👑 Mafia Romance 🖤 Reverse Harem ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💔 Stepbrother Romance 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers

Heartbreak Warfare

by Heather M. Orgeron • 2018

An Army medic's captivity in Iraq forges a bond with a sergeant that threatens her marriage.

4.40

16k+

🪖 Military Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor's Guilt 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🩹 Trauma Bonding

Heartbreak Warfare

An Army medic's captivity in Iraq forges a bond with a sergeant that threatens her marriage.

by Heather M. Orgeron 2018 348 pages

4.40

16k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 😔 Survivor's Guilt 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🩹 Trauma Bonding

No Matter What

by Cara Bastone • 2026

When trauma silences their marriage, Roz turns to drawing what she cannot tell her husband.

3.80

26k+

🫂 Marriage In Crisis 🎨 Art As Therapy 💕 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Found Family 📖 Literary Romance

No Matter What

When trauma silences their marriage, Roz turns to drawing what she cannot tell her husband.

by Cara Bastone 2026 352 pages

3.80

26k+ ratings

🫂 Marriage In Crisis 🎨 Art As Therapy 💕 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Found Family 📖 Literary Romance

Revenge Era

by Brittanee Nicole • 2023

She meant to wreck her cheating ex. She didn't mean to fall for his father.

3.70

16k+

💔 Ex's Father 👴 Age Gap Romance ⭐ Celebrity Romance 🎵 Music Industry 🩹 Emotional Healing

Revenge Era

She meant to wreck her cheating ex. She didn't mean to fall for his father.

by Brittanee Nicole 2023 162 pages

3.70

16k+ ratings

💔 Ex's Father 👴 Age Gap Romance ⭐ Celebrity Romance 🎵 Music Industry 🩹 Emotional Healing

The Proposal Play

by Lauren Blakely • 2025

After a Vegas wedding, a hockey star must fake a marriage with his best friend's sister.

4.00

13k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🫶 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship

The Proposal Play

After a Vegas wedding, a hockey star must fake a marriage with his best friend's sister.

by Lauren Blakely 2025 528 pages

4.00

13k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🫶 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship

Teach Me a Lesson

by Ana Kirk Shaw • 2025

Her brother's best friend becomes her dating coach, and their lessons blur every boundary.

3.85

1k+

🚫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Friends With Benefits 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero

Teach Me a Lesson

Her brother's best friend becomes her dating coach, and their lessons blur every boundary.

by Ana Kirk Shaw 2025 322 pages

3.85

1k+ ratings

🚫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Friends With Benefits 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero

Hidden Truths

by Nicole Colville • 2013

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

3.68

228

🏍️ Sports Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero

Hidden Truths

An Italian racer and a guarded ex-skier ignite, but their secrets could destroy them.

by Nicole Colville 2013 429 pages

3.68

228 ratings

🏍️ Sports Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💔 Love Triangle 🧠 Mental Health Rep 😔 Emotionally Scarred Hero

The Boyfriend Goal

by Lauren Blakely • 2024

A librarian's one-night stand turns out to be her brother's teammate and her new roommate.

3.96

26k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💕 Teammate's Sister 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 📋 Bucket List Journey 📚 Librarian Heroine

The Boyfriend Goal

A librarian's one-night stand turns out to be her brother's teammate and her new roommate.

by Lauren Blakely 2024 496 pages

3.96

26k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💕 Teammate's Sister 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 📋 Bucket List Journey 📚 Librarian Heroine

Eighteen

by J.A. Huss • 2015

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

3.88

11k+

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

Eighteen

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

by J.A. Huss 2015 314 pages

3.88

11k+ ratings

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback

by Simone Elkeles • 2007

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

3.99

44k+

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

by Simone Elkeles 2007

3.99

44k+ ratings

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

Bad Luck Charm

by Julie Johnson • 2023

Framed for ritual murder, a Salem witch must trust the childhood crush she's spent years avoiding.

3.78

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧙 Witch Romance 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💕 Childhood Crush 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bad Luck Charm

Framed for ritual murder, a Salem witch must trust the childhood crush she's spent years avoiding.

by Julie Johnson 2023 508 pages

3.78

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🧙 Witch Romance 🔮 Reluctant Witch 💕 Childhood Crush 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Undulate

by Elodie Hart • 2023

A widowed father's celibacy shatters when a bold young hire joins his exclusive sex club.

4.09

17k+

🖤 Widower Hero 💫 Age Gap Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance 💋 Exclusive Sex Club 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family

Undulate

A widowed father's celibacy shatters when a bold young hire joins his exclusive sex club.

by Elodie Hart 2023 392 pages

4.09

17k+ ratings

🖤 Widower Hero 💫 Age Gap Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance 💋 Exclusive Sex Club 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family

Lady of Forsyth

by Angel Lawson • 2023

Three men assault their stepsister; now they refuse to share her with anyone, even herself.

4.24

3k+

🌑 Dark College Romance 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🔥 Bully Romance ❓ Why Choose 🩹 Assault Survivor

Lady of Forsyth

Three men assault their stepsister; now they refuse to share her with anyone, even herself.

by Angel Lawson 2023 105 pages

4.24

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark College Romance 👤 Stepbrother Romance 🔥 Bully Romance ❓ Why Choose 🩹 Assault Survivor

Rouge

by Greer Rivers • 2023

One night with a masked dancer, and the baron's bride wakes up married to the enemy.

4.02

8k+

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Rouge

One night with a masked dancer, and the baron's bride wakes up married to the enemy.

by Greer Rivers 2023 450 pages

4.02

8k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Mafia Romance 🎭 Secret Society 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Muse

by L.M. Halloran • 2017

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

4.00

1k+

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty Romance

The Muse

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

by L.M. Halloran 2017 360 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty Romance

May

by Audrey Carlan • 2015

A Hawaiian modeling job brings an escort a tattooed Samoan lover and a countdown to goodbye.

3.98

11k+

👙 Body Positive Romance 💋 Escort Heroine 🌺 Hawaiian Fling 🖤 Tattooed Hero 💔 Bittersweet Romance

May

A Hawaiian modeling job brings an escort a tattooed Samoan lover and a countdown to goodbye.

by Audrey Carlan 2015 100 pages

3.98

11k+ ratings

👙 Body Positive Romance 💋 Escort Heroine 🌺 Hawaiian Fling 🖤 Tattooed Hero 💔 Bittersweet Romance

New Hope, Old Grudges

by Anne Malcom • 2023

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

3.81

1k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff

New Hope, Old Grudges

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

by Anne Malcom 2023 176 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff

June

by Audrey Carlan • 2015

Hired as DC arm candy, an escort finds old money's polished surface hiding a dangerous heir.

3.93

10k+

💼 Transactional Romance 🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Trauma Recovery 💰 Old Money World

June

Hired as DC arm candy, an escort finds old money's polished surface hiding a dangerous heir.

by Audrey Carlan 2015 100 pages

3.93

10k+ ratings

💼 Transactional Romance 🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Trauma Recovery 💰 Old Money World

I’ll Always Be With You

by Monica Murphy • 2023

A guarded ballerina's Paris fling becomes her prep school rival when she transfers into his domain.

3.81

18k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 🔥 Forced Proximity 🩰 Ballet Romance

I’ll Always Be With You

A guarded ballerina's Paris fling becomes her prep school rival when she transfers into his domain.

by Monica Murphy 2023 448 pages

3.81

18k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏫 Dark Prep School 🔥 Forced Proximity 🩰 Ballet Romance

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