Best Contemporary Books | Summaries & Audio

Contemporary Book Summaries

Where Reasons End

by Yiyun Li • 2019

After her son's suicide, a mother conjures him in conversation, testing what words can hold.

3.77

6k+

🪞 Metafiction 💔 Grief Without Closure 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 👼 Loss Of A Child 💭 Imagined Conversations

Where Reasons End

After her son's suicide, a mother conjures him in conversation, testing what words can hold.

by Yiyun Li 2019 170 pages

3.77

6k+ ratings

🪞 Metafiction 💔 Grief Without Closure 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 👼 Loss Of A Child 💭 Imagined Conversations

The Last Field Party

by Abbi Glines • 2022

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

3.94

2k+

🏈 Sports Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts

The Last Field Party

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

by Abbi Glines 2022 300 pages

3.94

2k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts

Leaving

by Roxana Robinson • 2024

Former lovers reunite at the opera. He is married; she is divorced; the pull has only grown.

3.77

8k+

🌊 Rekindled First Love 🌅 Late-Life Romance 💔 Forbidden Affair 📄 Divorce Aftermath 🌳 Parent-Child Estrangement

Leaving

Former lovers reunite at the opera. He is married; she is divorced; the pull has only grown.

by Roxana Robinson 2024 344 pages

3.77

8k+ ratings

🌊 Rekindled First Love 🌅 Late-Life Romance 💔 Forbidden Affair 📄 Divorce Aftermath 🌳 Parent-Child Estrangement

We Need New Names

by NoViolet Bulawayo • 2013

A Zimbabwean girl trades hunger for American abundance, only to discover what the journey costs.

3.75

23k+

👧 Child Narrator 🧳 Immigration Story 💔 Diaspora Longing 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 🫂 Found Family

We Need New Names

A Zimbabwean girl trades hunger for American abundance, only to discover what the journey costs.

by NoViolet Bulawayo 2013 298 pages

3.75

23k+ ratings

👧 Child Narrator 🧳 Immigration Story 💔 Diaspora Longing 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 🫂 Found Family

A Better Man

by Louise Penny • 2019

Amid a flood, a demoted detective seeks a missing pregnant woman while online attacks destroy him.

4.30

75k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮‍♂️ Police Procedural 🌪️ Social Media Storm 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

A Better Man

Amid a flood, a demoted detective seeks a missing pregnant woman while online attacks destroy him.

by Louise Penny 2019 437 pages

4.30

75k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮‍♂️ Police Procedural 🌪️ Social Media Storm 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

On a Quiet Street

by Seraphina Nova Glass • 2022

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

4.11

100k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

On a Quiet Street

A mother's hunt for her son's killer exposes a captive neighbor and a friend's dark secrets.

by Seraphina Nova Glass 2022 302 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🏘️ Suburban Secrets 👭 Female Solidarity 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 💔 Parental Grief

Métamorphose en bord de ciel

by Mathias Malzieu • 2011

A dying stuntman strikes a deal with a bird-woman: wings in exchange for his human form.

3.64

3k+

🪶 Magical Realism 💔 Terminal Romance 🤝 Magical Bargain 🦅 Human To Animal 🌙 Bittersweet Fable

Métamorphose en bord de ciel

A dying stuntman strikes a deal with a bird-woman: wings in exchange for his human form.

by Mathias Malzieu 2011 190 pages

3.64

3k+ ratings

🪶 Magical Realism 💔 Terminal Romance 🤝 Magical Bargain 🦅 Human To Animal 🌙 Bittersweet Fable

The Alternatives

by Caoilinn Hughes • 2024

When their eldest sister disappears, three women search rural Ireland and their own fractured past.

3.35

4k+

👩‍👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 🪨 Sibling Caretaker 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🌍 Climate Grief 🖤 Darkly Comic

The Alternatives

When their eldest sister disappears, three women search rural Ireland and their own fractured past.

by Caoilinn Hughes 2024 352 pages

3.35

4k+ ratings

👩‍👩‍👩‍👩 Sisterhood Saga 🪨 Sibling Caretaker 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 🌍 Climate Grief 🖤 Darkly Comic

Tempting the Teammate

by Hayden Hall • 2025

A documentary pushes two hockey best friends into a bromance that stops being pretend.

3.92

500+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏒 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 💭 Mutual Pining 🥅 College Hockey

Tempting the Teammate

A documentary pushes two hockey best friends into a bromance that stops being pretend.

by Hayden Hall 2025 292 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏒 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 💭 Mutual Pining 🥅 College Hockey

Owned

by A.K. Rose • 2022

Sold at auction to a billionaire and his sons, she discovers hatred and desire feel the same.

4.30

5k+

🖤 Captive Romance 🔪 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Bonds 🏠 Dark Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Owned

Sold at auction to a billionaire and his sons, she discovers hatred and desire feel the same.

by A.K. Rose 2022 460 pages

4.30

5k+ ratings

🖤 Captive Romance 🔪 Mafia Romance 💔 Trauma Bonds 🏠 Dark Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Broken Mafia Bride

by Kayla Mason • 2025

A mafia bride with no memory hides from the groom hunting her through the underworld.

4.45

153

🖤 Mafia Romance 💭 Amnesia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Second Chance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Broken Mafia Bride

A mafia bride with no memory hides from the groom hunting her through the underworld.

by Kayla Mason 2025 450 pages

4.45

153 ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💭 Amnesia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Second Chance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

This Is Not a Game

by Kelly Mullen • 2025

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

3.41

5k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

This Is Not a Game

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

by Kelly Mullen 2025 320 pages

3.41

5k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

Honour

by Elif Shafak • 2011

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

4.15

27k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

Honour

A mother's forbidden love in London puts her son's loyalty to honour to a deadly test.

by Elif Shafak 2011 342 pages

4.15

27k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga ⚖️ Honour And Shame 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💔 Forbidden Love 👯 Twin Sisters

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

by Jasminne Mendez • 2023

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

4.02

500+

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

by Jasminne Mendez 2023 384 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Valley Verified

by Kyla Zhao • 2024

A fashion writer leaves Manhattan gloss for a startup that dismisses her expertise.

3.50

1k+

🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 💼 Office Politics

Valley Verified

A fashion writer leaves Manhattan gloss for a startup that dismisses her expertise.

by Kyla Zhao 2024 384 pages

3.50

1k+ ratings

🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 👩‍💻 Women In Tech 💼 Office Politics

There’s Pumpkin About You

by Athena Carstairs • 2025

A party planner's last chance rests on a grumpy pumpkin farmer who wants her gone.

3.44

4k+

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌦️ Grumpy Sunshine 🧠 Autistic Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity

There’s Pumpkin About You

A party planner's last chance rests on a grumpy pumpkin farmer who wants her gone.

by Athena Carstairs 2025 352 pages

3.44

4k+ ratings

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌦️ Grumpy Sunshine 🧠 Autistic Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity

Their Wicked Ways

by Willow Dixon • 2024

A divorced man explores his bisexuality with a couple, then finds them on his construction crew.

4.15

3k+

🔺 Polyamorous Triad 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ❤️ Found Family 🛐 Religious Trauma 👷 Blue Collar Romance

Their Wicked Ways

A divorced man explores his bisexuality with a couple, then finds them on his construction crew.

by Willow Dixon 2024 320 pages

4.15

3k+ ratings

🔺 Polyamorous Triad 🩹 Hurt/Comfort ❤️ Found Family 🛐 Religious Trauma 👷 Blue Collar Romance

My Mother Cursed My Name

by Anamely Salgado Reyes • 2024

A girl who sees spirits must bury her grandmother in Mexico to break their curse of names.

3.83

1k+

🍂 Generational Saga 🍲 Magical Cooking 👻 Reluctant Psychic ✨ Lyrical Prose 🌵 Texas Borderlands

My Mother Cursed My Name

A girl who sees spirits must bury her grandmother in Mexico to break their curse of names.

by Anamely Salgado Reyes 2024 336 pages

3.83

1k+ ratings

🍂 Generational Saga 🍲 Magical Cooking 👻 Reluctant Psychic ✨ Lyrical Prose 🌵 Texas Borderlands

Indelible

by Karin Slaughter • 2004

A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.

4.15

61k+

🖤 Southern Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💀 Medical Examiner Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💊 Meth Underworld

Indelible

A body burns on a football field. The detective won't speak. The sheriff wears a swastika.

by Karin Slaughter 2004 384 pages

4.15

61k+ ratings

🖤 Southern Noir 👮 Police Procedural 💀 Medical Examiner Fiction 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💊 Meth Underworld

Game Changer

by Abbi Glines • 2022

A quarterback hiding abuse meets a girl fleeing family on a bridge where hope runs out.

3.64

3k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 🚫 Strict Parents 🆘 Domestic Abuse

Game Changer

A quarterback hiding abuse meets a girl fleeing family on a bridge where hope runs out.

by Abbi Glines 2022 304 pages

3.64

3k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💕 First Love 🚫 Strict Parents 🆘 Domestic Abuse

Go Hex Yourself

by Jessica Clare • 2022

A meticulous gamer becomes a real witch's familiar and butts heads with her grumpy warlock nephew.

3.67

17k+

🔮 Witchy Romcom 🖤 Grumpy Warlock 🐱 Familiar Bond ✨ Contemporary Witches 🕯️ Cozy Paranormal

Go Hex Yourself

A meticulous gamer becomes a real witch's familiar and butts heads with her grumpy warlock nephew.

by Jessica Clare 2022 384 pages

3.67

17k+ ratings

🔮 Witchy Romcom 🖤 Grumpy Warlock 🐱 Familiar Bond ✨ Contemporary Witches 🕯️ Cozy Paranormal

I Think They Love You

by Julian Winters • 2025

A people-pleasing event planner fake-dates the ex who broke him to prove he's CEO material.

3.80

2k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🖤 Black Romance 🏢 Family Business

I Think They Love You

A people-pleasing event planner fake-dates the ex who broke him to prove he's CEO material.

by Julian Winters 2025 336 pages

3.80

2k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Second Chance Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🖤 Black Romance 🏢 Family Business

Not That Impressed

by Ranee S. Clark • 2025

Reality TV's villain and a brooding linebacker clash, but siblings' romance pulls them together.

3.95

1k+

🎭 Austen Retelling 📺 Reality TV Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Not That Impressed

Reality TV's villain and a brooding linebacker clash, but siblings' romance pulls them together.

by Ranee S. Clark 2025 238 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🎭 Austen Retelling 📺 Reality TV Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Wish Upon a K-Star

by Kat Cho • 2025

A shunned idol and her childhood rival fake a televised romance to rescue their reputations.

3.72

1k+

🤝 Fake Dating 🎤 K-Pop Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Angsty Romance

Wish Upon a K-Star

A shunned idol and her childhood rival fake a televised romance to rescue their reputations.

by Kat Cho 2025 336 pages

3.72

1k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Dating 🎤 K-Pop Romance 💘 Rivals To Lovers 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Angsty Romance

Boyfriend Goals

by Riley Hart • 2022

An unfiltered accountant inherits a Maine bookstore, and the tattooed tenant who finally gets him.

4.16

10k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Tattooed Hero ✋ Explicit Consent

Boyfriend Goals

An unfiltered accountant inherits a Maine bookstore, and the tattooed tenant who finally gets him.

by Riley Hart 2022 368 pages

4.16

10k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Tattooed Hero ✋ Explicit Consent

Taken by a Sinner

by Michelle Heard • 2022

Her mother marries the Greek mafia. Now a film student belongs to her stepbrother, the godfather.

3.88

49k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 💍 Forced Marriage 🩹 Trauma Healing

Taken by a Sinner

Her mother marries the Greek mafia. Now a film student belongs to her stepbrother, the godfather.

by Michelle Heard 2022 396 pages

3.88

49k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Stepbrother Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 💍 Forced Marriage 🩹 Trauma Healing

Darkwater Lane

by Rachel Caine • 2025

A podcast revives her past as a serial killer's wife. Then her enemies are murdered with his bones.

4.36

6k+

🩸 Serial Killer Aftermath 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐻 Protective Mother 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

Darkwater Lane

A podcast revives her past as a serial killer's wife. Then her enemies are murdered with his bones.

by Rachel Caine 2025 380 pages

4.36

6k+ ratings

🩸 Serial Killer Aftermath 🎙️ True Crime Podcast 🎭 Hidden Identity 🐻 Protective Mother 👁️ Obsessive Stalker

Lexicon

by Max Barry • 2013

She was taught that words can control anyone. He was proof that they were wrong.

3.90

40k+

🗣️ Linguistic Thriller 🕵️ Secret Society 🧠 Mind Control 🔍 Amnesia Mystery 🏫 Underground Academy

Lexicon

She was taught that words can control anyone. He was proof that they were wrong.

by Max Barry 2013 390 pages

3.90

40k+ ratings

🗣️ Linguistic Thriller 🕵️ Secret Society 🧠 Mind Control 🔍 Amnesia Mystery 🏫 Underground Academy

Business or Pleasure

by Rachel Lynn Solomon • 2023

Her worst one-night stand is the actor she's ghostwriting for, and he wants lessons.

3.72

35k+

🛏️ Intimacy Lessons 💥 Disastrous One-Night Stand 🎭 Actor Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🔥 Sex-Positive Romance

Business or Pleasure

Her worst one-night stand is the actor she's ghostwriting for, and he wants lessons.

by Rachel Lynn Solomon 2023 352 pages

3.72

35k+ ratings

🛏️ Intimacy Lessons 💥 Disastrous One-Night Stand 🎭 Actor Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🔥 Sex-Positive Romance

The Last One

by Will Dean • 2023

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

3.55

41k+

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

The Last One

When Caz Ripley wakes aboard a luxury ocean liner, every passenger and crew member has vanished.

by Will Dean 2023 448 pages

3.55

41k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Ship 🧠 Psychological Horror 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🌊 Horror At Sea 📺 Deadly Game Show

La Nuit au cœur

by Nathacha Appanah • 2025

An abuse survivor pieces together the final hours of two women murdered by their partners.

4.33

2k+

🖊️ Autofiction 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 🖤 Femicide 💪 Defiant Grief

La Nuit au cœur

An abuse survivor pieces together the final hours of two women murdered by their partners.

by Nathacha Appanah 2025 288 pages

4.33

2k+ ratings

🖊️ Autofiction 🗣️ Survivor Testimony 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 🖤 Femicide 💪 Defiant Grief

The New Wife

by Sue Watson • 2021

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

4.02

7k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

The New Wife

She watched her son marry his childhood sweetheart. Three months later, the bride is dead.

by Sue Watson 2021 237 pages

4.02

7k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🙈 Cover-Up

Until Friday Night

by Abbi Glines • 2015

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

3.86

69k+

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

Until Friday Night

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

by Abbi Glines 2015 336 pages

3.86

69k+ ratings

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

The Auction

by Maggie Cole • 2023

A billionaire's weapon of revenge: the woman he buys at a secret club auction.

4.00

5k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance ⏳ Age Gap 💀 Revenge Plot 📜 Bdsm Contract 🏛️ Private Bdsm Club

The Auction

A billionaire's weapon of revenge: the woman he buys at a secret club auction.

by Maggie Cole 2023 410 pages

4.00

5k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance ⏳ Age Gap 💀 Revenge Plot 📜 Bdsm Contract 🏛️ Private Bdsm Club

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Ashes of Life

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015 270 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Dr. Grant

by Catharina Maura • 2022

A haunted doctor falls for the one student he can't have: the college owner's granddaughter.

3.75

23k+

🚫 Forbidden Love 🔐 Family Secrets 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏛️ College Campus 🩺 Doctor Patient

Dr. Grant

A haunted doctor falls for the one student he can't have: the college owner's granddaughter.

by Catharina Maura 2022 296 pages

3.75

23k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love 🔐 Family Secrets 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏛️ College Campus 🩺 Doctor Patient

The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz • 2017

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

3.92

100k+

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Word is Murder

Six hours after she plans her funeral, a woman is murdered; a novelist shadows the case.

by Anthony Horowitz 2017 400 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

📖 Metafiction 🕵️ Consulting Detective 👥 Reluctant Partners 🎭 Theatrical Murder 💚 Envy As Motive

The Missing Ones

by A.R. Torre • 2026

Three wives thought they buried the past until a bone surfaced on the golf course.

3.64

13k+

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🪦 Faked Death 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🤫 Unreliable Narrator

The Missing Ones

Three wives thought they buried the past until a bone surfaced on the golf course.

by A.R. Torre 2026 297 pages

3.64

13k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Thriller 🌃 Suburban Noir 🪦 Faked Death 👁️ Multiple Perspectives 🤫 Unreliable Narrator

The South

by Tash Aw • 2025

On a parched Malaysian farm, a gentle boy finds desire with the caretaker's son as family collapses.

3.59

5k+

🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 📖 Family Saga 💗 First Love ⚖️ Class Divide 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

The South

On a parched Malaysian farm, a gentle boy finds desire with the caretaker's son as family collapses.

by Tash Aw 2025 282 pages

3.59

5k+ ratings

🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 📖 Family Saga 💗 First Love ⚖️ Class Divide 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

Good Joy, Bad Joy

by Mikki Brammer • 2026

An eighty-nine-year-old rule-follower plans a heist when her oldest friend asks for one last gift.

4.07

10k+

🧓 Late Life Fiction 👯 Lifelong Friendship 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥷 Late Life Rebellion 😊 Quietly Humorous

Good Joy, Bad Joy

An eighty-nine-year-old rule-follower plans a heist when her oldest friend asks for one last gift.

by Mikki Brammer 2026 304 pages

4.07

10k+ ratings

🧓 Late Life Fiction 👯 Lifelong Friendship 🏥 Terminal Illness 🥷 Late Life Rebellion 😊 Quietly Humorous

Liar Liar

by M.J. Arlidge • 2015

A damaged detective hunts an arsonist turning Southampton to ash, one family at a time.

4.11

18k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🖤 Damaged Detective 🔥 Serial Arsonist 🔗 Partners In Crime 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Liar Liar

A damaged detective hunts an arsonist turning Southampton to ash, one family at a time.

by M.J. Arlidge 2015 356 pages

4.11

18k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🖤 Damaged Detective 🔥 Serial Arsonist 🔗 Partners In Crime 👁️ Killer's Perspective

Avoiding Responsibility

by K.A. Linde • 2012

A wedding forces her to stop running from the two men who broke her heart.

4.07

23k+

❤️‍🩹 Angsty New Adult 🖤 Love Triangle 💒 Wedding Drama 💔 Toxic Ex 👯 Female Friendship

Avoiding Responsibility

A wedding forces her to stop running from the two men who broke her heart.

by K.A. Linde 2012

4.07

23k+ ratings

❤️‍🩹 Angsty New Adult 🖤 Love Triangle 💒 Wedding Drama 💔 Toxic Ex 👯 Female Friendship

Pole Position

by Rebecca J. Caffery • 2024

An F1 champion despises his reckless teammate, but forced proximity makes him impossible to resist.

3.55

13k+

🏎️ Rivals To Lovers 🏁 Motorsports Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity ⚡ Opposites Attract 🖤 Grief And Healing

Pole Position

An F1 champion despises his reckless teammate, but forced proximity makes him impossible to resist.

by Rebecca J. Caffery 2024 367 pages

3.55

13k+ ratings

🏎️ Rivals To Lovers 🏁 Motorsports Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity ⚡ Opposites Attract 🖤 Grief And Healing

Keeping Her Under

by Miranda Grant

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

3.16

500+

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

Keeping Her Under

An anesthesiologist induces his patient's coma to possess her. Her awakening is his reckoning.

by Miranda Grant 200 pages

3.16

500+ ratings

🩸 Erotic Horror ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 🖤 Trauma Bond 👤 Villain Protagonist 😢 Tragic Romance

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage

by M.K. Oliver • 2025

A dead man on her rug, a birthday party starting, and a sociopath who's mostly annoyed.

3.83

5k+

🔪 Domestic Noir 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💅 Female Antihero 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 😈 Dark Comedy

A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage

A dead man on her rug, a birthday party starting, and a sociopath who's mostly annoyed.

by M.K. Oliver 2025 384 pages

3.83

5k+ ratings

🔪 Domestic Noir 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 💅 Female Antihero 🩸 Murder Cover-Up 😈 Dark Comedy

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso"

by Elliot Fletcher • 2025

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

3.85

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏔️ Scottish Highlands ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 💘 He Falls First

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso"

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

by Elliot Fletcher 2025 439 pages

3.85

5k+ ratings

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Spin

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3.65

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Spin

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by Lamar Giles 2019 400 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 📱 Toxic Fandom 🎵 Music Industry 💔 Estranged Friends 🗣️ Dual Perspective

Nothing More

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Landon Gibson fixes things. Nora won't be fixed. That's exactly why he falls for her.

3.50

17k+

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Nothing More

Landon Gibson fixes things. Nora won't be fixed. That's exactly why he falls for her.

by Anna Todd 2016 272 pages

3.50

17k+ ratings

🫶 Nice Guy Hero 🔐 Guarded Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing 🫂 Found Family

The Witches of Scotland

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His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

3.94

7k+

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The Witches of Scotland

His magic locked away at birth. A witch hunt is coming, and silence won't protect him.

by Steven P. Aitchison 2022 206 pages

3.94

7k+ ratings

🟣 Crystal Magic 🏫 Witch Academy 🔮 Hidden Powers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ✨ Magical Inheritance

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by Kathleen Glasgow • 2024

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

4.29

23k+

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

The Glass Girl

She holds her family together and drinks herself apart, until a blackout forces her into rehab.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2024 464 pages

4.29

23k+ ratings

🍺 Teen Alcoholism 🫂 Group Therapy 🏥 Rehab 👧 Parentified Teen 📖 Nonlinear Narrative

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