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Contemporary

Today's world unfolds through raw, intimate stories of love, identity, mental health, and social change. These powerful works capture modern life's complexities through personal narratives, cultural commentary, and unflinching explorations of what it means to be human in our rapidly evolving society.

Contemporary Book Summaries

Match Penalty
by Kenna King • 2025
A hockey heiress sleeps with her father's rival goalie and wakes to his mugshot.
3.86
8k+
🏒 Hockey Romance🔄 Second Chance Romance⚔️ Rivals To Lovers🏠 Forced Proximity💔 Angsty Romance
Match Penalty Summary
Match Penalty
A hockey heiress sleeps with her father's rival goalie and wakes to his mugshot.
by Kenna King 2025 314 pages
3.86
8k+ ratings
🏒 Hockey Romance🔄 Second Chance Romance⚔️ Rivals To Lovers🏠 Forced Proximity💔 Angsty Romance
Charisma Check
by Charlie Novak • 2021
Rival cosplayers hide years of secret hookups behind their feud, until one bed forces a reckoning.
4.21
500+
🔥 Enemies To Lovers🎭 Cosplay Romance🛏️ Only One Bed🫂 Forced Proximity⏳ Slow Burn
Charisma Check Summary
Charisma Check
Rival cosplayers hide years of secret hookups behind their feud, until one bed forces a reckoning.
by Charlie Novak 2021 324 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
🔥 Enemies To Lovers🎭 Cosplay Romance🛏️ Only One Bed🫂 Forced Proximity⏳ Slow Burn
Bonds of Obsession
by Eva Ashwood • 2025
To save her tortured lover, a gang leader sells her secret tattoo to a criminal syndicate.
4.13
2k+
🖤 Why Choose Romance🕶️ Mafia Underworld💔 Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family🔪 Touch Her And Die
Bonds of Obsession Summary
Bonds of Obsession
To save her tortured lover, a gang leader sells her secret tattoo to a criminal syndicate.
by Eva Ashwood 2025 466 pages
4.13
2k+ ratings
🖤 Why Choose Romance🕶️ Mafia Underworld💔 Enemies To Lovers🫂 Found Family🔪 Touch Her And Die
The Honey-Don't List
by Christina Lauren • 2020
Two assistants are trapped on a book tour with their bosses' crumbling marriage and fall in love.
3.49
85k+
🚌 Forced Proximity💼 Workplace Romance🏡 Home Renovation🎨 Hidden Talent🚐 Road Trip Chaos
The Honey-Don't List Summary
The Honey-Don't List
Two assistants are trapped on a book tour with their bosses' crumbling marriage and fall in love.
by Christina Lauren 2020 308 pages
3.49
85k+ ratings
🚌 Forced Proximity💼 Workplace Romance🏡 Home Renovation🎨 Hidden Talent🚐 Road Trip Chaos
The Perfect Daughter
by D.J. Palmer • 2021
Her daughter has multiple personalities and a murder charge. Her mother hunts the real killer.
3.86
10k+
🧠 Psychological Thriller👥 Multiple Personalities⚖️ Legal Thriller🏥 Psychiatric Hospital🖤 Dark Family Drama
The Perfect Daughter Summary
The Perfect Daughter
Her daughter has multiple personalities and a murder charge. Her mother hunts the real killer.
by D.J. Palmer 2021 384 pages
3.86
10k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Thriller👥 Multiple Personalities⚖️ Legal Thriller🏥 Psychiatric Hospital🖤 Dark Family Drama
Don't Tell Me How to Die
by Marshall Karp • 2025
A small-town mayor with her mother's fatal illness discovers the diagnosis is a cover for murder.
4.23
5k+
🏠 Domestic Thriller🏘️ Small Town Secrets🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🪦 Buried Secrets😈 Dark Humor
Don't Tell Me How to Die Summary
Don't Tell Me How to Die
A small-town mayor with her mother's fatal illness discovers the diagnosis is a cover for murder.
by Marshall Karp 2025 336 pages
4.23
5k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Thriller🏘️ Small Town Secrets🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🪦 Buried Secrets😈 Dark Humor
Five Liars
by D.L. Fisher • 2026
A white-lie party on a remote island strands five friends with a hurricane and a killer.
3.53
7k+
🔒 Locked-Room Mystery🌀 Storm-Bound Island🎭 Deadly Party Game👥 Childhood Revenge⌛ Dual Timelines
Five Liars Summary
Five Liars
A white-lie party on a remote island strands five friends with a hurricane and a killer.
by D.L. Fisher 2026
3.53
7k+ ratings
🔒 Locked-Room Mystery🌀 Storm-Bound Island🎭 Deadly Party Game👥 Childhood Revenge⌛ Dual Timelines
Sap & Secrets
by Daphne Elliot • 2026
An emergency delivery makes a paramedic a father, but the guarded mother won't let him in.
3.64
13k+
🏘️ Small Town Romance🚒 Firefighter Hero👶 Surprise Pregnancy🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine🏠 Forced Proximity
Sap & Secrets Summary
Sap & Secrets
An emergency delivery makes a paramedic a father, but the guarded mother won't let him in.
by Daphne Elliot 2026 351 pages
3.64
13k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Romance🚒 Firefighter Hero👶 Surprise Pregnancy🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine🏠 Forced Proximity
American Mermaid
by Julia Langbein • 2023
Her mermaid novel sold to Hollywood. Her disabled heroine has other plans for the adaptation.
3.24
4k+
🪞 Metafiction✍️ Writer Protagonist🔥 Female Rage💔 Maternal Sacrifice🌊 Climate Exploitation
American Mermaid Summary
American Mermaid
Her mermaid novel sold to Hollywood. Her disabled heroine has other plans for the adaptation.
by Julia Langbein 2023 336 pages
3.24
4k+ ratings
🪞 Metafiction✍️ Writer Protagonist🔥 Female Rage💔 Maternal Sacrifice🌊 Climate Exploitation
Love Notes
by Aimee Brown • 2023
A cynical musician and a divorced detective shared one night. Now fate keeps bringing them back.
3.98
500+
🔥 Slow Burn👨‍👧 Single Dad💕 Friends To Lovers🫂 Chosen Family🎵 Musician Heroine
Love Notes Summary
Love Notes
A cynical musician and a divorced detective shared one night. Now fate keeps bringing them back.
by Aimee Brown 2023 306 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
🔥 Slow Burn👨‍👧 Single Dad💕 Friends To Lovers🫂 Chosen Family🎵 Musician Heroine
Vortex
by Catherine Coulter • 2021
A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.
4.37
12k+
🔍 Cold Case Mystery🏛️ FBI Procedural🗳️ Political Thriller📰 Reporter Sleuth🎭 Charismatic Villain
Vortex Summary
Vortex
A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.
by Catherine Coulter 2021 400 pages
4.37
12k+ ratings
🔍 Cold Case Mystery🏛️ FBI Procedural🗳️ Political Thriller📰 Reporter Sleuth🎭 Charismatic Villain
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
by Amitav Ghosh • 2004
In the Sundarbans, a dolphin scientist must trust a fisherman who speaks no language she knows.
3.99
20k+
🍃 Eco-Fiction📜 Postcolonial Literature🌏 Cross-Cultural Encounter🫂 Found Family🤝 Silent Partnership
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh Summary
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
In the Sundarbans, a dolphin scientist must trust a fisherman who speaks no language she knows.
by Amitav Ghosh 2004
3.99
20k+ ratings
🍃 Eco-Fiction📜 Postcolonial Literature🌏 Cross-Cultural Encounter🫂 Found Family🤝 Silent Partnership
The Woman Who Took a Chance
by Fiona Gibson • 2022
Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.
3.96
1k+
🦋 Midlife Reinvention📱 Online Dating Disasters🥪 Sandwich Generation🤝 Found Family👯 Female Friendship
The Woman Who Took a Chance Summary
The Woman Who Took a Chance
Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.
by Fiona Gibson 2022 354 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
🦋 Midlife Reinvention📱 Online Dating Disasters🥪 Sandwich Generation🤝 Found Family👯 Female Friendship
The Wife Upstairs
by Rachel Hawkins • 2021
A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.
3.72
300k+
🕯️ Gothic Thriller📖 Jane Eyre Retelling🌿 Southern Gothic🤥 Unreliable Narrator🖤 Antiheroine
The Wife Upstairs Summary
The Wife Upstairs
A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.
by Rachel Hawkins 2021 290 pages
3.72
300k+ ratings
🕯️ Gothic Thriller📖 Jane Eyre Retelling🌿 Southern Gothic🤥 Unreliable Narrator🖤 Antiheroine
Quattro presunti familiari
by Daniele Mencarelli • 2026
A skeleton surfaces in rural Italy. Four families wait, each hoping the DNA result is not theirs.
3.37
487
👮 Police Procedural🔬 Forensic Investigation💰 Police Corruption🙏 Atonement🍂 Meditative Grief
Quattro presunti familiari Summary
Quattro presunti familiari
A skeleton surfaces in rural Italy. Four families wait, each hoping the DNA result is not theirs.
by Daniele Mencarelli 2026 286 pages
3.37
487 ratings
👮 Police Procedural🔬 Forensic Investigation💰 Police Corruption🙏 Atonement🍂 Meditative Grief
The Thirty Names of Night
by Zeyn Joukhadar • 2020
A Syrian American trans man follows a ghost bird and a hidden diary toward becoming himself.
4.01
5k+
🦋 Trans Self-Discovery📜 Hidden Queer History🫂 Chosen Family🌍 Arab American Lives🎨 Art And Healing
The Thirty Names of Night Summary
The Thirty Names of Night
A Syrian American trans man follows a ghost bird and a hidden diary toward becoming himself.
by Zeyn Joukhadar 2020 291 pages
4.01
5k+ ratings
🦋 Trans Self-Discovery📜 Hidden Queer History🫂 Chosen Family🌍 Arab American Lives🎨 Art And Healing
Toe to Toe
by Falon Ballard • 2026
A ballet soloist hires a revue star to teach her seduction, and their practice becomes real.
3.50
3k+
🩰 Ballet Romance💋 Lessons In Seduction🎭 Opposites Attract🔥 Sensual Awakening🗽 New York City
Toe to Toe Summary
Toe to Toe
A ballet soloist hires a revue star to teach her seduction, and their practice becomes real.
by Falon Ballard 2026 336 pages
3.50
3k+ ratings
🩰 Ballet Romance💋 Lessons In Seduction🎭 Opposites Attract🔥 Sensual Awakening🗽 New York City
Money
by Martin Amis • 1984
A film director's appetites and a slick producer pull him into a con in New York's 1980s.
3.70
26k+
💰 Consumerist Satire🪞 Metafiction🤥 Unreliable Narrator📉 Downward Spiral💀 Black Comedy
Money Summary
Money
A film director's appetites and a slick producer pull him into a con in New York's 1980s.
by Martin Amis 1984 394 pages
3.70
26k+ ratings
💰 Consumerist Satire🪞 Metafiction🤥 Unreliable Narrator📉 Downward Spiral💀 Black Comedy
God Help the Child
by Toni Morrison • 2015
A blue-black beauty mogul's body is shrinking, and the child her mother rejected is resurfacing.
3.78
32k+
🎨 Colorism🥀 Maternal Neglect🔗 Generational Trauma🩸 Body As Trauma⚖️ False Testimony
God Help the Child Summary
God Help the Child
A blue-black beauty mogul's body is shrinking, and the child her mother rejected is resurfacing.
by Toni Morrison 2015
3.78
32k+ ratings
🎨 Colorism🥀 Maternal Neglect🔗 Generational Trauma🩸 Body As Trauma⚖️ False Testimony
Make It Sweet
by Kristen Callihan • 2021
A hockey player who lost his career and an actress who lost her show find each other over pastries.
3.91
28k+
☀️ Grumpy Sunshine🏠 Forced Proximity🔥 Slow Burn🍰 Food As Love Language🏒 Wounded Athlete
Make It Sweet Summary
Make It Sweet
A hockey player who lost his career and an actress who lost her show find each other over pastries.
by Kristen Callihan 2021 369 pages
3.91
28k+ ratings
☀️ Grumpy Sunshine🏠 Forced Proximity🔥 Slow Burn🍰 Food As Love Language🏒 Wounded Athlete
The Unexpected Everything
by Morgan Matson • 2016
A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.
3.98
41k+
🐕 Summer Job Romance🕰️ Slow Burn Romance🎭 Perfectionist Heroine💔 Friendship Betrayal👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond
The Unexpected Everything Summary
The Unexpected Everything
A political scandal leaves a control freak teen walking dogs and falling for a reclusive novelist.
by Morgan Matson 2016 519 pages
3.98
41k+ ratings
🐕 Summer Job Romance🕰️ Slow Burn Romance🎭 Perfectionist Heroine💔 Friendship Betrayal👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond
Common Goal
by Rachel Reid • 2020
A veteran goalie asks a young bartender to teach him about men, and neither expects to fall.
3.65
100k+
🏒 Hockey Romance📏 Age Gap💭 Bisexual Awakening🔥 Slow Burn👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Common Goal Summary
Common Goal
A veteran goalie asks a young bartender to teach him about men, and neither expects to fall.
by Rachel Reid 2020 335 pages
3.65
100k+ ratings
🏒 Hockey Romance📏 Age Gap💭 Bisexual Awakening🔥 Slow Burn👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
Fury
by Anna Hackett • 2023
To survive a cartel, a bartender on the run becomes her nightclub boss's fake girlfriend.
4.33
8k+
🤝 Fake Dating👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family🛡️ Bodyguard Romance💔 Wounded Heroine🖤 Alpha Protector
Fury Summary
Fury
To survive a cartel, a bartender on the run becomes her nightclub boss's fake girlfriend.
by Anna Hackett 2023 286 pages
4.33
8k+ ratings
🤝 Fake Dating👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family🛡️ Bodyguard Romance💔 Wounded Heroine🖤 Alpha Protector
Playhouse
by Amo Jones
An assassin's mask is a wife's smile, until a crime heir recognizes the killer underneath.
4.33
500+
🖤 Dark Romance🔪 Assassin Heroine🕵️ Mafia Romance🏠 Forced Proximity💔 Forbidden Love
Playhouse Summary
Playhouse
An assassin's mask is a wife's smile, until a crime heir recognizes the killer underneath.
by Amo Jones
4.33
500+ ratings
🖤 Dark Romance🔪 Assassin Heroine🕵️ Mafia Romance🏠 Forced Proximity💔 Forbidden Love
L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats
by Isabelle Aupy • 2018
Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.
3.75
1k+
🏝️ Allegorical Fiction🕊️ Quiet Resistance🗣️ Language As Power🌊 Isolated Island💡 Lighthouse Refuge
L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats Summary
L'Homme qui n'aimait plus les chats
Island cats vanish; a man gets a leashed 'cat' and must choose: conformity or quiet rebellion.
by Isabelle Aupy 2018 126 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
🏝️ Allegorical Fiction🕊️ Quiet Resistance🗣️ Language As Power🌊 Isolated Island💡 Lighthouse Refuge
sWitch
by Kat Blackthorne • 2025
A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.
3.75
1k+
🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance🎮 Gamer Romance💖 Femme Masc Dynamic💍 Fake Dating👤 Secret Identity Online
sWitch Summary
sWitch
A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.
by Kat Blackthorne 2025 201 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance🎮 Gamer Romance💖 Femme Masc Dynamic💍 Fake Dating👤 Secret Identity Online
It Was Her House First
by Cherie Priest • 2025
She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.
3.69
1k+
🏚️ Haunted House🖤 Contemporary Gothic🧠 Psychological Horror👻 Vengeful Female Ghost🔥 Female Rage
It Was Her House First Summary
It Was Her House First
She bought a cursed house and its silent-film ghost, who isn't finished with the living.
by Cherie Priest 2025 352 pages
3.69
1k+ ratings
🏚️ Haunted House🖤 Contemporary Gothic🧠 Psychological Horror👻 Vengeful Female Ghost🔥 Female Rage
The Summer of Serendipity
by Ali McNamara • 2017
Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.
3.90
1k+
🏘️ Small Town Romance✨ Magical Realism Romance🇮🇪 Irish Setting🫂 Found Family🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy
The Summer of Serendipity Summary
The Summer of Serendipity
Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.
by Ali McNamara 2017 368 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Romance✨ Magical Realism Romance🇮🇪 Irish Setting🫂 Found Family🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy
When You Got a Good Thing
by Kait Nolan • 2017
A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.
4.21
3k+
🏡 Small Town Romance💔 Second Chance Romance🫂 Found Family👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds🩹 Emotional Healing
When You Got a Good Thing Summary
When You Got a Good Thing
A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.
by Kait Nolan 2017
4.21
3k+ ratings
🏡 Small Town Romance💔 Second Chance Romance🫂 Found Family👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds🩹 Emotional Healing
Flesh Into Fire
by J.A. Huss • 2018
To destroy the cartel, she walks into the kingpin's fortress and pretends to be his.
4.31
1k+
🖤 Cartel Romance🕵️ Undercover Romance💪 Survivor Heroine🔪 Touch Her And Die👀 Obsessive Villain
Flesh Into Fire Summary
Flesh Into Fire
To destroy the cartel, she walks into the kingpin's fortress and pretends to be his.
by J.A. Huss 2018 310 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
🖤 Cartel Romance🕵️ Undercover Romance💪 Survivor Heroine🔪 Touch Her And Die👀 Obsessive Villain
The Happy Couple
by Naoise Dolan • 2023
Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.
3.32
20k+
🔍 Relationship Autopsy💜 Bisexual Protagonist😏 Dark Humor🖤 Melancholy Romance🕸️ Entangled Exes
The Happy Couple Summary
The Happy Couple
Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.
by Naoise Dolan 2023 240 pages
3.32
20k+ ratings
🔍 Relationship Autopsy💜 Bisexual Protagonist😏 Dark Humor🖤 Melancholy Romance🕸️ Entangled Exes
Bloody Awful in Different Ways
by Andrev Walden • 2023
A Swedish boy drifts through his mother's dangerous men, each a lesson in what love is not.
4.04
22k+
🖋️ Autofiction🇸🇪 Scandinavian Childhood💔 Absent Fathers🏚️ Domestic Violence🎨 Bohemian Upbringing
Bloody Awful in Different Ways Summary
Bloody Awful in Different Ways
A Swedish boy drifts through his mother's dangerous men, each a lesson in what love is not.
by Andrev Walden 2023 333 pages
4.04
22k+ ratings
🖋️ Autofiction🇸🇪 Scandinavian Childhood💔 Absent Fathers🏚️ Domestic Violence🎨 Bohemian Upbringing
When I Was Death
by Alexis Henderson • 2026
A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.
3.63
1k+
💀 Supernatural Reapers👥 Found Family💔 Sibling Loss🖤 Death Personified🌾 Midwest Gothic
When I Was Death Summary
When I Was Death
A grieving girl accepts Death's bargain: become his reaper, learn how her sister died.
by Alexis Henderson 2026 288 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
💀 Supernatural Reapers👥 Found Family💔 Sibling Loss🖤 Death Personified🌾 Midwest Gothic
Dear Heart, You Screwed Me
by Ashlee Rose • 2022
She buried her fiancé, fled to New York, and accidentally married her best friend's father.
3.55
5k+
🖤 Grief Romance💍 Accidental Marriage⏳ Age Gap Romance🚫 Forbidden Romance🔥 Possessive Hero
Dear Heart, You Screwed Me Summary
Dear Heart, You Screwed Me
She buried her fiancé, fled to New York, and accidentally married her best friend's father.
by Ashlee Rose 2022 440 pages
3.55
5k+ ratings
🖤 Grief Romance💍 Accidental Marriage⏳ Age Gap Romance🚫 Forbidden Romance🔥 Possessive Hero
Six Little Words
by Sally Page • 2026
A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.
4.06
4k+
🏡 Small Town👵 Intergenerational💕 Found Family💞 Later-Life Love🤫 Secret Past
Six Little Words Summary
Six Little Words
A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.
by Sally Page 2026 368 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
🏡 Small Town👵 Intergenerational💕 Found Family💞 Later-Life Love🤫 Secret Past
The Ex Who Came Back
by Daniel Hurst • 2025
A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.
3.61
3k+
🏡 Domestic Thriller🧠 Psychological Suspense🔑 Family Secrets⏰ Secrets From The Past💰 Blackmail
The Ex Who Came Back Summary
The Ex Who Came Back
A one-night stand from years ago is now her sister's boyfriend. He didn't return by accident.
by Daniel Hurst 2025 282 pages
3.61
3k+ ratings
🏡 Domestic Thriller🧠 Psychological Suspense🔑 Family Secrets⏰ Secrets From The Past💰 Blackmail
All the Feels
by Olivia Dade • 2021
A reckless TV star meets his match: a burned-out therapist hired to keep him scandal-free.
3.84
26k+
🎬 Celebrity Romance🏠 Forced Proximity💖 Plus Size Heroine🧠 ADHD Representation🩹 Emotional Healing
All the Feels Summary
All the Feels
A reckless TV star meets his match: a burned-out therapist hired to keep him scandal-free.
by Olivia Dade 2021 398 pages
3.84
26k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Romance🏠 Forced Proximity💖 Plus Size Heroine🧠 ADHD Representation🩹 Emotional Healing
The Night Before
by Wendy Walker • 2019
A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.
3.66
19k+
🏠 Domestic Suspense🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Childhood Trauma🏘️ Small Town Secrets👭 Sister Bond
The Night Before Summary
The Night Before
A damaged woman vanishes after a blind date. Her sister retraces a night of deadly secrets.
by Wendy Walker 2019 310 pages
3.66
19k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Suspense🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Childhood Trauma🏘️ Small Town Secrets👭 Sister Bond
Natural Twenty
by Charlie Novak • 2020
A florist and a heartbroken bookseller become friends over D&D and takeout, too scared to want more.
3.96
1k+
🫂 Friends To Lovers🔥 Slow Burn Romance🌸 Florist Romance📚 Bookshop Romance🎲 Geeky Romance
Natural Twenty Summary
Natural Twenty
A florist and a heartbroken bookseller become friends over D&D and takeout, too scared to want more.
by Charlie Novak 2020 328 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
🫂 Friends To Lovers🔥 Slow Burn Romance🌸 Florist Romance📚 Bookshop Romance🎲 Geeky Romance
I Love You, I Love You, I Love You
by Laura Dockrill • 2024
When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.
3.86
3k+
🕰️ Second Chance Romance💕 Friends To Lovers💭 Mutual Pining🔥 Slow Burn Romance😅 Self-Deprecating Humor
I Love You, I Love You, I Love You Summary
I Love You, I Love You, I Love You
When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.
by Laura Dockrill 2024 349 pages
3.86
3k+ ratings
🕰️ Second Chance Romance💕 Friends To Lovers💭 Mutual Pining🔥 Slow Burn Romance😅 Self-Deprecating Humor
His Darling Freckles
by Alecsa Kayser
A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.
3.83
395
🔄 Second Chance Romance➡️ Friends To Lovers🌱 Childhood Sweethearts💘 He Falls First🐌 Slow Burn
His Darling Freckles Summary
His Darling Freckles
A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.
by Alecsa Kayser
3.83
395 ratings
🔄 Second Chance Romance➡️ Friends To Lovers🌱 Childhood Sweethearts💘 He Falls First🐌 Slow Burn
She Started It
by Sian Gilbert • 2023
Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.
3.57
57k+
🔒 Locked Room Thriller🏝️ Remote Island🎭 Fake Identity🖤 Shared Dark Past💅 Mean Girl Reckoning
She Started It Summary
She Started It
Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.
by Sian Gilbert 2023 352 pages
3.57
57k+ ratings
🔒 Locked Room Thriller🏝️ Remote Island🎭 Fake Identity🖤 Shared Dark Past💅 Mean Girl Reckoning
Falling Away
by Penelope Douglas • 2015
After a scandal, K.C. returns to tutor and collides with the dangerous neighbor she never forgot.
4.14
48k+
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Falling Away
After a scandal, K.C. returns to tutor and collides with the dangerous neighbor she never forgot.
by Penelope Douglas 2015 432 pages
4.14
48k+ ratings
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Bajo el paraguas azul
by Elena Martínez Blanco • 2015
Her private photo leaks across a Spanish high school. The adults look away. One girl pays.
3.62
292
📱 Online Shaming💔 Suicide Attempt💙 Friends To Lovers🌈 Found Family🏫 Institutional Failure
Bajo el paraguas azul Summary
Bajo el paraguas azul
Her private photo leaks across a Spanish high school. The adults look away. One girl pays.
by Elena Martínez Blanco 2015 180 pages
3.62
292 ratings
📱 Online Shaming💔 Suicide Attempt💙 Friends To Lovers🌈 Found Family🏫 Institutional Failure
Without Pride and Prejudice
by Jennifer Peel • 2025
A Kansas girl and her duke best friend play Regency sweethearts. Their friendship catches fire.
4.00
1k+
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Without Pride and Prejudice
A Kansas girl and her duke best friend play Regency sweethearts. Their friendship catches fire.
by Jennifer Peel 2025 283 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
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Can't Take My Eyes Off You
by Aimee Brown • 2023
A bookstore manager battles her wealthy boyfriend's family after he secretly joins a reality show.
3.97
500+
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Can't Take My Eyes Off You Summary
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
A bookstore manager battles her wealthy boyfriend's family after he secretly joins a reality show.
by Aimee Brown 2023 330 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
💕 Second Chance Romance🎥 Reality Tv Romance💰 Class Divide Romance📚 Bookstore Romance🩹 Addiction And Recovery
Bentley
by Hattie Jude • 2021
When a quiet girl's cruel neighbor sets out to destroy her family, seduction becomes his weapon.
3.94
500+
🖤 Enemies To Lovers💔 Bully Romance🗡️ Revenge Plot🥀 Traumatized Hero🏠 Forced Proximity
Bentley Summary
Bentley
When a quiet girl's cruel neighbor sets out to destroy her family, seduction becomes his weapon.
by Hattie Jude 2021 234 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
🖤 Enemies To Lovers💔 Bully Romance🗡️ Revenge Plot🥀 Traumatized Hero🏠 Forced Proximity
Musical Chairs
by Amy Poeppel • 2020
A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.
3.81
9k+
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Musical Chairs Summary
Musical Chairs
A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.
by Amy Poeppel 2020 416 pages
3.81
9k+ ratings
🔄 Midlife Reinvention👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family💛 Platonic Soulmates🤫 Family Secrets🎻 Chamber Music
Poorhara
by Michelle Rahurahu • 2024
Two Māori cousins flee their fractured family, driving north to a marae that may refuse them.
4.07
213
🩸 Intergenerational Trauma🌿 MāOri Family Saga🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age🚗 Family Road Trip🏚️ Rural Poverty
Poorhara Summary
Poorhara
Two Māori cousins flee their fractured family, driving north to a marae that may refuse them.
by Michelle Rahurahu 2024 336 pages
4.07
213 ratings
🩸 Intergenerational Trauma🌿 MāOri Family Saga🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age🚗 Family Road Trip🏚️ Rural Poverty
The Damaged
by Tijan • 2022
A reluctant tech heiress starts grad school, but her mafia boyfriend's grandfather is hunting her.
4.29
4k+
🔫 Mafia Romance🖤 Possessive Hero🛡️ Bodyguard Romance👥 Found Family💔 Trauma Healing
The Damaged Summary
The Damaged
A reluctant tech heiress starts grad school, but her mafia boyfriend's grandfather is hunting her.
by Tijan 2022 320 pages
4.29
4k+ ratings
🔫 Mafia Romance🖤 Possessive Hero🛡️ Bodyguard Romance👥 Found Family💔 Trauma Healing
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