Best Contemporary Books | Summaries & Audio

Contemporary Book Summaries

Student Union

by Julie Murphy • 2026

To stay in college, she marries the childhood friend she swore she'd never speak to again.

3.70

2k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🙇 Groveling Hero

Student Union

To stay in college, she marries the childhood friend she swore she'd never speak to again.

by Julie Murphy 2026 289 pages

3.70

2k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🙇 Groveling Hero

Santa Fe Rules

by Stuart Woods • 1992

A producer finds himself dead: wife and partner murdered, his memory of the night wiped clean.

3.98

5k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🌀 Psychological Suspense 💋 Femme Fatale 🏃‍♂️ Man On The Run

Santa Fe Rules

A producer finds himself dead: wife and partner murdered, his memory of the night wiped clean.

by Stuart Woods 1992 320 pages

3.98

5k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🌀 Psychological Suspense 💋 Femme Fatale 🏃‍♂️ Man On The Run

The Secret Hours

by Mick Herron • 2023

A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.

4.25

22k+

🥶 Cold War Espionage 📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue 🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back 📚 Secrets In The Archive 🏛️ Political Cover-Up

The Secret Hours

A retired spy is ambushed in Devon while a bumbling inquiry unearths his lethal Berlin secret.

by Mick Herron 2023 384 pages

4.25

22k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Espionage 📋 Bureaucratic Intrigue 🔫 Retired Spy Pulled Back 📚 Secrets In The Archive 🏛️ Political Cover-Up

Orchid Beach

by Stuart Woods • 1998

An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.

4.05

13k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏡 Small Town Mystery 🐕 Canine Sidekick 🌴 Florida Crime 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

Orchid Beach

An ex-Army major turned Florida deputy finds her boss shot and a killer behind guarded gates.

by Stuart Woods 1998 416 pages

4.05

13k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏡 Small Town Mystery 🐕 Canine Sidekick 🌴 Florida Crime 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

Rogue Community College

by David R. Slayton • 2024

A necromancer's assassin must destroy the magical college that taught him what home feels like.

4.20

500+

🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Assassin Redemption 🩸 Blood Magic 🏰 Magical Misfit School 💔 Sacrificial Love

Rogue Community College

A necromancer's assassin must destroy the magical college that taught him what home feels like.

by David R. Slayton 2024 304 pages

4.20

500+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Assassin Redemption 🩸 Blood Magic 🏰 Magical Misfit School 💔 Sacrificial Love

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

by Cathy Cassidy • 2024

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

3.84

113

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

by Cathy Cassidy 2024 272 pages

3.84

113 ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Instant Gratification

by Jill Shalvis • 2009

A city doctor takes over her dad's mountain clinic and collides with the reckless guide next door.

4.06

9k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 👪 Found Family

Instant Gratification

A city doctor takes over her dad's mountain clinic and collides with the reckless guide next door.

by Jill Shalvis 2009 277 pages

4.06

9k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter 👪 Found Family

Sinner

by Sierra Simone • 2018

A wealthy playboy falls for his best friend's sister, who's weeks from taking her vows.

3.89

91k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⏳ Age Gap 🌱 Inexperienced Heroine ✝️ Crisis Of Faith

Sinner

A wealthy playboy falls for his best friend's sister, who's weeks from taking her vows.

by Sierra Simone 2018 400 pages

3.89

91k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⏳ Age Gap 🌱 Inexperienced Heroine ✝️ Crisis Of Faith

Proficiency Bonus

by Charlie Novak • 2021

A cosplay PA and closeted actor rekindle their Comic Con spark with late-night calls and fandom.

4.29

500+

🎮 Fandom Romance 📱 Long Distance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance ☀️ Sunshine X Reserved

Proficiency Bonus

A cosplay PA and closeted actor rekindle their Comic Con spark with late-night calls and fandom.

by Charlie Novak 2021 320 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

🎮 Fandom Romance 📱 Long Distance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance ☀️ Sunshine X Reserved

This Is Not About Us

by Allegra Goodman • 2026

After their youngest sister dies, two women stop speaking. Their rift echoes for three generations.

3.58

15k+

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🏡 Family Saga 💔 Sister Estrangement 👥 Divorced Co-Parents 🏠 Blended Families

This Is Not About Us

After their youngest sister dies, two women stop speaking. Their rift echoes for three generations.

by Allegra Goodman 2026 336 pages

3.58

15k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Short Stories 🏡 Family Saga 💔 Sister Estrangement 👥 Divorced Co-Parents 🏠 Blended Families

Dark Eyed Devil

by Olivia Hayle • 2020

An heiress and the groundskeeper's nephew. One tragic accident. Ten years of silence. He's back.

4.15

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 💸 Class Divide ✉️ Lost Letter

Dark Eyed Devil

An heiress and the groundskeeper's nephew. One tragic accident. Ten years of silence. He's back.

by Olivia Hayle 2020 307 pages

4.15

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 💸 Class Divide ✉️ Lost Letter

Last Call at the Local

by Sarah Grunder Ruiz • 2024

A robbed musician collides with a tattooed Irish pub owner who can't believe she would stay.

3.83

11k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Love 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Musician Heroine 💚 Mental Health Rep ☘️ Small Town Ireland

Last Call at the Local

A robbed musician collides with a tattooed Irish pub owner who can't believe she would stay.

by Sarah Grunder Ruiz 2024 368 pages

3.83

11k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Love 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Musician Heroine 💚 Mental Health Rep ☘️ Small Town Ireland

Travels in the Scriptorium

by Paul Auster • 2007

An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.

3.26

11k+

🪞 Metafiction 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 📖 Story Within A Story 🚪 Closed Room 👁️ Surveillance

Travels in the Scriptorium

An amnesiac wakes in a labeled room and reads a typescript telling his story.

by Paul Auster 2007 145 pages

3.26

11k+ ratings

🪞 Metafiction 🧠 Amnesiac Protagonist 📖 Story Within A Story 🚪 Closed Room 👁️ Surveillance

Sidetracked

by S.T. Abby • 2016

An FBI profiler hunts a serial killer while dating one, never realizing her victims are all abusers.

4.36

300k+

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma And Revenge 🎭 Dual Identity 🔥 Female Rage

Sidetracked

An FBI profiler hunts a serial killer while dating one, never realizing her victims are all abusers.

by S.T. Abby 2016 115 pages

4.36

300k+ ratings

🗡️ Vigilante Justice 🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma And Revenge 🎭 Dual Identity 🔥 Female Rage

F*cker

by Amo Jones • 2016

A wedding forces her back to the boy who broke her. Their secret is still lethal.

4.29

1k+

🔄 Second Chance Love 🖤 Possessive Antihero 💔 Toxic First Love 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🤫 Small Town Secrets

F*cker

A wedding forces her back to the boy who broke her. Their secret is still lethal.

by Amo Jones 2016 260 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Love 🖤 Possessive Antihero 💔 Toxic First Love 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Legacy

by Nora Roberts • 2021

She survived her father's violence at seven. Now a killer is carrying on his work.

4.16

41k+

📜 Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Suspense 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family

Legacy

She survived her father's violence at seven. Now a killer is carrying on his work.

by Nora Roberts 2021 434 pages

4.16

41k+ ratings

📜 Family Saga 🔪 Small Town Suspense 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family

Offside Hearts

by Nikki Lawson • 2023

An anonymous hookup in a dark elevator. He's the playboy hockey captain she now works for.

3.88

28k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 😈 Reformed Playboy 🤫 Secret Romance

Offside Hearts

An anonymous hookup in a dark elevator. He's the playboy hockey captain she now works for.

by Nikki Lawson 2023 454 pages

3.88

28k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏢 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 😈 Reformed Playboy 🤫 Secret Romance

Seizure by Robin Cook

by Robin Cook • 2003

A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.

3.60

5k+

🧬 Therapeutic Cloning 🤝 Faustian Bargain 🏛️ Political Corruption ✝️ Religious Relic 🔫 Mob Entanglement

Seizure by Robin Cook

A senator with Parkinson's makes a corrupt deal: his vote for an illegal cloning cure.

by Robin Cook 2003

3.60

5k+ ratings

🧬 Therapeutic Cloning 🤝 Faustian Bargain 🏛️ Political Corruption ✝️ Religious Relic 🔫 Mob Entanglement

Finding Hayes

by Laura Pavlov • 2024

Inheriting a farmhouse comes with a thirty-day deadline to marry the best friend she abandoned.

4.30

19k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔄 Second Chance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Finding Hayes

Inheriting a farmhouse comes with a thirty-day deadline to marry the best friend she abandoned.

by Laura Pavlov 2024 370 pages

4.30

19k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔄 Second Chance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity

Small World

by Martin Suter • 1997

When a wealthy family's companion burns down their villa, his failing memory exposes buried secrets.

4.10

6k+

🧠 Dementia Narrative 🕵️ Family Secrets 🔄 Swapped Identities 🚶 Outsider Protagonist 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Small World

When a wealthy family's companion burns down their villa, his failing memory exposes buried secrets.

by Martin Suter 1997 325 pages

4.10

6k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Narrative 🕵️ Family Secrets 🔄 Swapped Identities 🚶 Outsider Protagonist 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

The Girl in the Mirror

by Rose Carlyle • 2020

When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

3.79

45k+

🎭 Stolen Identity 💸 Inheritance Rivalry 🖤 Envy And Obsession 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🕵️ Dark Family Secrets

The Girl in the Mirror

When her twin vanishes at sea, Iris steals her life and heir to their father's fortune.

by Rose Carlyle 2020 304 pages

3.79

45k+ ratings

🎭 Stolen Identity 💸 Inheritance Rivalry 🖤 Envy And Obsession 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🕵️ Dark Family Secrets

Summer Sisters

by Judy Blume • 1998

A quiet girl, a dazzling wild child: Vineyard summers that bind them through betrayal and decades.

3.85

100k+

🕰️ Lifelong Friendship 💎 Rich Girl Poor Girl 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia ⚡ Friendship Rivalry 🌊 Summer Coming Of Age

Summer Sisters

A quiet girl, a dazzling wild child: Vineyard summers that bind them through betrayal and decades.

by Judy Blume 1998 399 pages

3.85

100k+ ratings

🕰️ Lifelong Friendship 💎 Rich Girl Poor Girl 🌅 Bittersweet Nostalgia ⚡ Friendship Rivalry 🌊 Summer Coming Of Age

Pretty Poisoned

by Elle Mitchell • 2024

An outcast infiltrates a rock band to expose murder, entering a cult where love demands blood.

4.16

2k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💕 Why Choose 🔪 Cult Dynamics 🩸 Blood Play 🖤 Erotic Horror

Pretty Poisoned

An outcast infiltrates a rock band to expose murder, entering a cult where love demands blood.

by Elle Mitchell 2024 393 pages

4.16

2k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💕 Why Choose 🔪 Cult Dynamics 🩸 Blood Play 🖤 Erotic Horror

Generation X

by Douglas Coupland • 1991

Three friends flee to the desert, trading ambition for stories and searching for something real.

3.74

30k+

🏜️ Quarter-Life Crisis 👥 Found Family 😶 Ironic Detachment ☢️ Nuclear Anxiety 🌵 Desert Refuge

Generation X

Three friends flee to the desert, trading ambition for stories and searching for something real.

by Douglas Coupland 1991 211 pages

3.74

30k+ ratings

🏜️ Quarter-Life Crisis 👥 Found Family 😶 Ironic Detachment ☢️ Nuclear Anxiety 🌵 Desert Refuge

Coming in Hot

by Deany Ray • 2023

A grandma and granddaughter fleeing a biker gang find a corpse in their Florida retirement village.

3.95

14k+

🏘️ Retirement Community Mystery 🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths 👵 Intergenerational Duo 🛡️ Witness Protection 🤝 Found Family

Coming in Hot

A grandma and granddaughter fleeing a biker gang find a corpse in their Florida retirement village.

by Deany Ray 2023 345 pages

3.95

14k+ ratings

🏘️ Retirement Community Mystery 🕵️ Unlikely Sleuths 👵 Intergenerational Duo 🛡️ Witness Protection 🤝 Found Family

Every Fall

by Angela Douglas • 2025

Fleeing criminals, a mother hides in a house haunted by a ghost who understands her terror.

3.73

500+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤱 Postpartum Depression 👻 Haunted House 🎖️ PTSD

Every Fall

Fleeing criminals, a mother hides in a house haunted by a ghost who understands her terror.

by Angela Douglas 2025 384 pages

3.73

500+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Horror 🤱 Postpartum Depression 👻 Haunted House 🎖️ PTSD

Broken Beauty

by Ketley Allison • 2023

Chasing a dead witch's secrets, a student falls for four exiled criminals on campus.

3.98

6k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🚫 Student Teacher Taboo 👬 Brother's Best Friend

Broken Beauty

Chasing a dead witch's secrets, a student falls for four exiled criminals on campus.

by Ketley Allison 2023 418 pages

3.98

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🚫 Student Teacher Taboo 👬 Brother's Best Friend

For Your Own Good

by Samantha Downing • 2021

At an elite prep school, the Teacher of the Year is poisoning the morning coffee.

3.78

42k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏫 Prep School Thriller 🍎 Teacher Villain 💰 Elite Dysfunction

For Your Own Good

At an elite prep school, the Teacher of the Year is poisoning the morning coffee.

by Samantha Downing 2021 373 pages

3.78

42k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🏫 Prep School Thriller 🍎 Teacher Villain 💰 Elite Dysfunction

Someone Else's Husband

by Kimberly McCreight • 2026

A New York mother unravels her husband's secrets after he's charged with murdering a fellow climber

3.71

4k+

🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Legal Drama 💔 Marriage Secrets 👀 Obsessive Stalker 🕵️ Faked Death

Someone Else's Husband

A New York mother unravels her husband's secrets after he's charged with murdering a fellow climber

by Kimberly McCreight 2026 352 pages

3.71

4k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Suspense ⚖️ Legal Drama 💔 Marriage Secrets 👀 Obsessive Stalker 🕵️ Faked Death

Where Wolves Don't Die

by Anton Treuer • 2024

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

4.17

4k+

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 💕 Friends To Lovers 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism

Where Wolves Don't Die

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

by Anton Treuer 2024 320 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 💕 Friends To Lovers 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism

Nanny in the Middle

by Adrian J. Smith • 2025

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

4.26

500+

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Awakening 💕 Hurt Comfort

Nanny in the Middle

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

by Adrian J. Smith 2025 452 pages

4.26

500+ ratings

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Awakening 💕 Hurt Comfort

Behind the Camera

by Chelsea Curto • 2024

An NFL kicker's new nanny is the team photographer he's forbidden to love.

4.12

14k+

🧸 Single Dad Romance 🍼 Nanny To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Behind the Camera

An NFL kicker's new nanny is the team photographer he's forbidden to love.

by Chelsea Curto 2024 458 pages

4.12

14k+ ratings

🧸 Single Dad Romance 🍼 Nanny To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

A Head Full of Ghosts

by Paul Tremblay • 2015

An eight-year-old girl watches her sister's possible possession turn into a televised nightmare.

3.77

100k+

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Sisterly Bond 🏚️ Haunted House 🕷️ Creeping Dread 👻 Ambiguous Supernatural

A Head Full of Ghosts

An eight-year-old girl watches her sister's possible possession turn into a televised nightmare.

by Paul Tremblay 2015 287 pages

3.77

100k+ ratings

🤥 Unreliable Narrator 👭 Sisterly Bond 🏚️ Haunted House 🕷️ Creeping Dread 👻 Ambiguous Supernatural

The Porn Star Murders

by Victor Methos • 2013

A jailed killer reveals his partner still kills, dragging a haunted PI back into the darkness.

4.37

3k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 👥 Killer Duo 💔 Empathic Detective

The Porn Star Murders

A jailed killer reveals his partner still kills, dragging a haunted PI back into the darkness.

by Victor Methos 2013 294 pages

4.37

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 👥 Killer Duo 💔 Empathic Detective

Tenderfoot

by Kristen Ashley • 2025

Her fake-date sting targets a predator. Her crush wrecks the operation. A body makes them partners.

4.29

3k+

💥 Enemies To Lovers ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Class Divide

Tenderfoot

Her fake-date sting targets a predator. Her crush wrecks the operation. A body makes them partners.

by Kristen Ashley 2025 406 pages

4.29

3k+ ratings

💥 Enemies To Lovers ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💎 Class Divide

Daisy Dominatrix

by Jennifer L. Hart • 2012

An accountant with a secret dominatrix life meets her newest client at the dungeon door.

3.57

166

🖤 BDSM Romance 👠 Dominatrix Heroine 🪞 Double Life 🩹 Wounded Hero 🔐 Family Secrets

Daisy Dominatrix

An accountant with a secret dominatrix life meets her newest client at the dungeon door.

by Jennifer L. Hart 2012 334 pages

3.57

166 ratings

🖤 BDSM Romance 👠 Dominatrix Heroine 🪞 Double Life 🩹 Wounded Hero 🔐 Family Secrets

Shock

by Robin Cook • 1999

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

3.44

5k+

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

Shock

When two friends donate their eggs, the clinic takes far more than they agreed to give.

by Robin Cook 1999 336 pages

3.44

5k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Thriller 🥚 Fertility Clinic Horror 🕵️ False Identities 🧪 Unethical Experiments 🧬 Cloning Horror

Make Me Better

by Sarah Gailey • 2026

A grieving woman joins an island festival for healing. The rituals work; the cured never leave.

3.35

1k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏝️ Isolated Community 🦴 Body Horror 🕸️ Coercive Control

Make Me Better

A grieving woman joins an island festival for healing. The rituals work; the cured never leave.

by Sarah Gailey 2026 432 pages

3.35

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🧠 Psychological Horror 🏝️ Isolated Community 🦴 Body Horror 🕸️ Coercive Control

Shackled Hearts

by T.L. Smith • 2022

She murders her mafia captor, forgets her past, and trusts the possessive heir she should fear.

4.02

2k+

🔫 Mafia Underworld ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Possessive Antihero 😈 Villain Gets The Girl ⛓️ Captive Romance

Shackled Hearts

She murders her mafia captor, forgets her past, and trusts the possessive heir she should fear.

by T.L. Smith 2022 215 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Underworld ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Possessive Antihero 😈 Villain Gets The Girl ⛓️ Captive Romance

The Last of the Moon Girls

by Barbara Davis • 2020

A fragrance designer inherits a farm, a cold case, and a town that calls her family witches.

4.19

99k+

🕵️‍♀️ Cold Case Investigation 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🧹 Accused Witch 🔮 Gifted Bloodline 🕯️ Ghostly Guidance

The Last of the Moon Girls

A fragrance designer inherits a farm, a cold case, and a town that calls her family witches.

by Barbara Davis 2020 397 pages

4.19

99k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Cold Case Investigation 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🧹 Accused Witch 🔮 Gifted Bloodline 🕯️ Ghostly Guidance

Bad Medicine

by Kristen Ashley • 2025

A bodyguard's kiss sends a guarded baker fleeing, but the ex-cop won't stop chasing.

4.21

2k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🧁 Baker Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🚪 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Bad Medicine

A bodyguard's kiss sends a guarded baker fleeing, but the ex-cop won't stop chasing.

by Kristen Ashley 2025 406 pages

4.21

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🧁 Baker Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🚪 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Ser feliz era esto

by Eduardo Sacheri • 2014

A fourteen-year-old orphan shows up unannounced at her father's door, demanding a place in his life.

4.08

5k+

🥀 Grieving Teen 🖤 Estranged Father 🍼 Unexpected Parenthood 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🧊 Emotional Repression

Ser feliz era esto

A fourteen-year-old orphan shows up unannounced at her father's door, demanding a place in his life.

by Eduardo Sacheri 2014 248 pages

4.08

5k+ ratings

🥀 Grieving Teen 🖤 Estranged Father 🍼 Unexpected Parenthood 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🧊 Emotional Repression

Relentless Devil

by Kylie Kent • 2022

A mafia heir collides with a waitress who fights back, and his obsession demands she surrender.

4.03

11k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏡 Found Family

Relentless Devil

A mafia heir collides with a waitress who fights back, and his obsession demands she surrender.

by Kylie Kent 2022 254 pages

4.03

11k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Obsessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏡 Found Family

Donde surgen las sombras

by David Lozano Garbala • 2006

Three friends trace a missing gamer to a live-streamed torture ring hidden under Zaragoza.

3.64

2k+

🎮 Online Gaming Horror 🕸️ Dark Web Conspiracy 🔍 Friend Investigators 🕯️ Secret Society 🕳️ Underground Horror

Donde surgen las sombras

Three friends trace a missing gamer to a live-streamed torture ring hidden under Zaragoza.

by David Lozano Garbala 2006 281 pages

3.64

2k+ ratings

🎮 Online Gaming Horror 🕸️ Dark Web Conspiracy 🔍 Friend Investigators 🕯️ Secret Society 🕳️ Underground Horror

Four Blind Mice

by James Patterson • 2002

Alex Cross races to save a framed war hero from execution for three murders painted blue.

4.06

59k+

🪖 Military Murder Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔪 Ritualistic Killings ⏳ Death Row Investigation 👥 Buddy Detectives

Four Blind Mice

Alex Cross races to save a framed war hero from execution for three murders painted blue.

by James Patterson 2002 416 pages

4.06

59k+ ratings

🪖 Military Murder Mystery ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔪 Ritualistic Killings ⏳ Death Row Investigation 👥 Buddy Detectives

Good Boy

by Elle Kennedy • 2017

The best man she slept with once? He's at her brother's wedding, and he wants more.

3.84

48k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💋 One Night Stand 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Good Boy

The best man she slept with once? He's at her brother's wedding, and he wants more.

by Elle Kennedy 2017 320 pages

3.84

48k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💋 One Night Stand 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Hello, Transcriber

by Hannah Morrissey • 2021

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

3.43

9k+

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Hello, Transcriber

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