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What I Should've Said

by Max Monroe • 2024

A runaway bride collides with a brooding artist and his dying daughter's impossible bucket list.

4.21

22k+

🏃‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

What I Should've Said

A runaway bride collides with a brooding artist and his dying daughter's impossible bucket list.

by Max Monroe 2024 352 pages

4.21

22k+ ratings

🏃‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Don’t Come Back

by Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas • 2017

A nurse smuggles her mother's corpse across Colombia. Every family legend here is a survival story.

4.14

🇨🇴 Colombian History ✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🧬 Generational Trauma 🌍 Diaspora Literature ⚔️ Political Violence

Don’t Come Back

A nurse smuggles her mother's corpse across Colombia. Every family legend here is a survival story.

by Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas 2017 253 pages

4.14

73 ratings

🇨🇴 Colombian History ✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🧬 Generational Trauma 🌍 Diaspora Literature ⚔️ Political Violence

God's Help For Parents With Adult Children

by Gregory Grinstead • 2015

Trading control for prayer: a Christian guide to loving adult children without running their lives.

5.00

🪹 Empty Nest 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult Children 📖 Biblical Parenting 💔 Family Estrangement 🚧 Healthy Boundaries

God's Help For Parents With Adult Children

Trading control for prayer: a Christian guide to loving adult children without running their lives.

by Gregory Grinstead 2015 135 pages

5.00

2 ratings

🪹 Empty Nest 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult Children 📖 Biblical Parenting 💔 Family Estrangement 🚧 Healthy Boundaries

Hello Trouble

by Kelsie Hoss • 2025

Her small-town exit plan meets a gruff mechanic: her best friend's off-limits brother-in-law.

4.17

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🚫 Off Limits Crush 👯 Matchmaking Friends 🔧 Blue Collar Hero

Hello Trouble

Her small-town exit plan meets a gruff mechanic: her best friend's off-limits brother-in-law.

by Kelsie Hoss 2025 366 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🚫 Off Limits Crush 👯 Matchmaking Friends 🔧 Blue Collar Hero

Strong As a Mother

by Kate Rope • 2018

Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.

4.03

1k+

🧠 Maternal Mental Health 👶 New Motherhood 🤝 Co-Parenting 😔 Mom Guilt 🛀 Self-Care For Parents

Strong As a Mother

Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.

by Kate Rope 2018 400 pages

4.03

1k+ ratings

🧠 Maternal Mental Health 👶 New Motherhood 🤝 Co-Parenting 😔 Mom Guilt 🛀 Self-Care For Parents

We Don't Talk About Carol

by Kristen L. Berry • 2025

A forbidden photograph. Six vanished Black girls. A woman who will unearth what her family buried.

4.02

20k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🖤 Generational Trauma 👭 Estranged Sisters 🕵️ Reluctant Detective 👩🏾 Black Women Sleuths

We Don't Talk About Carol

A forbidden photograph. Six vanished Black girls. A woman who will unearth what her family buried.

by Kristen L. Berry 2025 336 pages

4.02

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🖤 Generational Trauma 👭 Estranged Sisters 🕵️ Reluctant Detective 👩🏾 Black Women Sleuths

Rope the Moon

by Ava Hunter • 2024

Pregnant and fleeing abuse, a baker returns to the possessive cowboy Marine she left behind.

4.06

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🌸 Abuse Survivor

Rope the Moon

Pregnant and fleeing abuse, a baker returns to the possessive cowboy Marine she left behind.

by Ava Hunter 2024 445 pages

4.06

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🌸 Abuse Survivor

Xavier's Kitten

by Nichole Rose • 2023

One fender bender. One runaway. One executive who falls too fast to let her go.

4.27

1k+

🔥 Steamy Small-Town Romance 💘 Instalove 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Xavier's Kitten

One fender bender. One runaway. One executive who falls too fast to let her go.

by Nichole Rose 2023 122 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🔥 Steamy Small-Town Romance 💘 Instalove 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Autism, Asperger's, Anarchy! The Ringmaster's Tale

by Helen Wallace-Iles • 2018

Autism parenting without the fix-it script: a field guide from diagnosis to self-care.

4.60

👨‍👩‍👧 Autism Parenting 🌈 Neurodiversity Movement 👂 Sensory Processing 🤝 Autism Acceptance 💆 Caregiver Self-Care

Autism, Asperger's, Anarchy! The Ringmaster's Tale

Autism parenting without the fix-it script: a field guide from diagnosis to self-care.

by Helen Wallace-Iles 2018 339 pages

4.60

5 ratings

👨‍👩‍👧 Autism Parenting 🌈 Neurodiversity Movement 👂 Sensory Processing 🤝 Autism Acceptance 💆 Caregiver Self-Care

Lies & Lullabies

by Sarina Bowen • 2020

A rock star's return to a Maine lake reveals the daughter he never knew he had.

3.77

11k+

🍼 Secret Baby 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Return 👧 Single Parent Romance

Lies & Lullabies

A rock star's return to a Maine lake reveals the daughter he never knew he had.

by Sarina Bowen 2020 278 pages

3.77

11k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Return 👧 Single Parent Romance

Good as Gold

by Sarina Bowen • 2023

They swore never to cross the line. Now she's asking him to father her child.

4.05

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Forbidden Love

Good as Gold

They swore never to cross the line. Now she's asking him to father her child.

by Sarina Bowen 2023 310 pages

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Forbidden Love

Finding Perfect

by Colleen Hoover • 2019

The baby they surrendered haunts his girlfriend. He searches for their son to give her peace.

4.11

100k+

🫂 Adoption Reunion 💕 High School Sweethearts 🤫 Hidden Child 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😢 Bittersweet

Finding Perfect

The baby they surrendered haunts his girlfriend. He searches for their son to give her peace.

by Colleen Hoover 2019 128 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🫂 Adoption Reunion 💕 High School Sweethearts 🤫 Hidden Child 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😢 Bittersweet

The Walnut Trees of Altenburg

by André Malraux • 1989

A prisoner in Chartres Cathedral traces his family through two wars to ask what remains human.

3.58

102

🧠 Philosophical Novel ⚔️ War Literature 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏛️ Intellectual Circle 🌳 Father-Son Legacy

The Walnut Trees of Altenburg

A prisoner in Chartres Cathedral traces his family through two wars to ask what remains human.

by André Malraux 1989 221 pages

3.58

102 ratings

🧠 Philosophical Novel ⚔️ War Literature 📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏛️ Intellectual Circle 🌳 Father-Son Legacy

A Mouthful of Air

by Amy Koppelman • 2022

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

3.37

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Maternal Expectations 🤫 Societal Stigma

A Mouthful of Air

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

by Amy Koppelman 2022 1 pages

3.37

41 ratings

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Maternal Expectations 🤫 Societal Stigma

My Phantoms

by Gwendoline Riley • 2021

A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.

3.77

5k+

💔 Difficult Mother 🌫️ Emotional Distance 🪞 Parental Narcissism 🥀 Understated Grief 📖 Book Club Fiction

My Phantoms

A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.

by Gwendoline Riley 2021 201 pages

3.77

5k+ ratings

💔 Difficult Mother 🌫️ Emotional Distance 🪞 Parental Narcissism 🥀 Understated Grief 📖 Book Club Fiction

The Great Transition

by Nick Fuller Googins • 2023

After a parade massacre, a teen and her father race to find her mother, a revolutionary leader.

3.77

3k+

🌍 Climate Crisis 💔 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension ✊ Climate Activism 📹 Surveillance State

The Great Transition

After a parade massacre, a teen and her father race to find her mother, a revolutionary leader.

by Nick Fuller Googins 2023 352 pages

3.77

3k+ ratings

🌍 Climate Crisis 💔 Generational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension ✊ Climate Activism 📹 Surveillance State

Broken Love Story

by Natasha Madison • 2018

A widow discovers her husband's second wife and falls for the other woman's firefighter brother.

4.42

4k+

🔥 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Chosen Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🕯️ Slow Burn 💕 Second Chance Love

Broken Love Story

A widow discovers her husband's second wife and falls for the other woman's firefighter brother.

by Natasha Madison 2018 276 pages

4.42

4k+ ratings

🔥 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Chosen Family 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🕯️ Slow Burn 💕 Second Chance Love

The Last American Road Trip

by Sarah Kendzior • 2025

Route 66 promised reinvention. One family drives its ruins to find what's left of America.

3.84

1k+

🗺️ Middle America 🛣️ Family Road Trips 🏛️ Political Corruption 🇺🇸 American Mythmaking 🔥 Climate Grief

The Last American Road Trip

Route 66 promised reinvention. One family drives its ruins to find what's left of America.

by Sarah Kendzior 2025 320 pages

3.84

1k+ ratings

🗺️ Middle America 🛣️ Family Road Trips 🏛️ Political Corruption 🇺🇸 American Mythmaking 🔥 Climate Grief

Our Kind of Love

by Kait Nolan • 2021

A country star's accidental engagement announcement forces him home to face his first love.

4.38

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Our Kind of Love

A country star's accidental engagement announcement forces him home to face his first love.

by Kait Nolan 2021 206 pages

4.38

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Almost Perfect

by Claudia Y. Burgoa • 2020

A scarred athlete and his sister's best friend stumble into a fling that reopens deepest wounds.

4.02

500+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🙈 Best Friend's Brother 💋 Practice Dating 💌 Love Letters 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Almost Perfect

A scarred athlete and his sister's best friend stumble into a fling that reopens deepest wounds.

by Claudia Y. Burgoa 2020 286 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🙈 Best Friend's Brother 💋 Practice Dating 💌 Love Letters 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Loving Push, 2nd Edition

by Temple Grandin • 2016

Your autistic teen needs a push, not a shield. How to stretch without breaking trust.

4.20

500+

🧩 Autism Parenting 🎓 Transition To Adulthood 🏠 Building Life Skills 💼 Work Readiness 📱 Healthy Screen Habits

The Loving Push, 2nd Edition

Your autistic teen needs a push, not a shield. How to stretch without breaking trust.

by Temple Grandin 2016 288 pages

4.20

500+ ratings

🧩 Autism Parenting 🎓 Transition To Adulthood 🏠 Building Life Skills 💼 Work Readiness 📱 Healthy Screen Habits

Trinkets

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith • 2013

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

3.40

3k+

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

Trinkets

Three girls from different cliques are caught shoplifting and sentenced to the same therapy group.

by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith 2013 288 pages

3.40

3k+ ratings

🛒 Teen Shoplifting 👭 Unlikely Friends 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏘️ Affluent Suburb

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns • 1984

A Georgia patriarch's hasty remarriage scandalizes the town, forcing his grandson to grow up fast.

4.02

100k+

⏳ Early 1900s 🍑 Georgia Fiction 📖 Adolescent Narrator 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 💍 Age Gap Romance

Cold Sassy Tree

A Georgia patriarch's hasty remarriage scandalizes the town, forcing his grandson to grow up fast.

by Olive Ann Burns 1984 405 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

⏳ Early 1900s 🍑 Georgia Fiction 📖 Adolescent Narrator 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 💍 Age Gap Romance

The Rural Diaries

by Hilarie Burton Morgan • 2020

She traded Hollywood for a log cabin, a failing candy shop, and a donkey.

4.40

24k+

🏡 Rural Memoirs 🎬 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Grief Processing 🌿 Intentional Living 🤝 Community Building

The Rural Diaries

She traded Hollywood for a log cabin, a failing candy shop, and a donkey.

by Hilarie Burton Morgan 2020 272 pages

4.40

24k+ ratings

🏡 Rural Memoirs 🎬 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Grief Processing 🌿 Intentional Living 🤝 Community Building

Familiaris

by David Wroblewski • 2024

Stranded on an abandoned farm, a restless couple builds a life around uncanny dogs and found family.

4.19

8k+

📜 Multigenerational Saga 🏡 Rural Americana 🐕 Dogs As Family 🤝 Found Family ✨ Mystical Realism

Familiaris

Stranded on an abandoned farm, a restless couple builds a life around uncanny dogs and found family.

by David Wroblewski 2024 979 pages

4.19

8k+ ratings

📜 Multigenerational Saga 🏡 Rural Americana 🐕 Dogs As Family 🤝 Found Family ✨ Mystical Realism

French Braid

by Anne Tyler • 2022

A mother drifts out of her marriage in small steps. Her family looks away.

3.63

57k+

📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏠 Domestic Realism 🤫 Family Secrets 🚪 Quiet Rebellion 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

French Braid

A mother drifts out of her marriage in small steps. Her family looks away.

by Anne Tyler 2022 244 pages

3.63

57k+ ratings

📜 Multi-Generational Saga 🏠 Domestic Realism 🤫 Family Secrets 🚪 Quiet Rebellion 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender • 2010

Rose tastes emotions in food and finds her family's hidden wounds cooked into every meal.

3.25

69k+

🍰 Culinary Magical Realism 🏠 Domestic Magic 🧠 Empath Protagonist 💔 Difficult Mother 👥 Sibling Estrangement

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Rose tastes emotions in food and finds her family's hidden wounds cooked into every meal.

by Aimee Bender 2010 292 pages

3.25

69k+ ratings

🍰 Culinary Magical Realism 🏠 Domestic Magic 🧠 Empath Protagonist 💔 Difficult Mother 👥 Sibling Estrangement

The Cancer Ladies' Running Club

by Josie Lloyd • 2020

A gift-shop owner's cancer diagnosis leads her to an irreverent running club of fellow patients.

4.03

6k+

🩺 Cancer Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Betrayal 😭 Uplifting Tearjerker

The Cancer Ladies' Running Club

A gift-shop owner's cancer diagnosis leads her to an irreverent running club of fellow patients.

by Josie Lloyd 2020 400 pages

4.03

6k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Betrayal 😭 Uplifting Tearjerker

A Mouthful Of Air

by Amy Koppelman • 2003

The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.

3.57

1k+

🤰 Postpartum Depression 🪞 Generational Trauma 💔 Marriage Under Strain 🏙️ Domestic Fiction 🧠 Psychological Realism

A Mouthful Of Air

The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.

by Amy Koppelman 2003 212 pages

3.57

1k+ ratings

🤰 Postpartum Depression 🪞 Generational Trauma 💔 Marriage Under Strain 🏙️ Domestic Fiction 🧠 Psychological Realism

Breaking His Rules

by Layla Hagen • 2026

A security CEO's iron rules meet a restaurant owner's warm heart. Only one can win.

3.95

1k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Breaking His Rules

A security CEO's iron rules meet a restaurant owner's warm heart. Only one can win.

by Layla Hagen 2026 270 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Island on the Edge of the World

by Deborah Rodriguez • 2019

To find her estranged mother, a hairdresser must brave Haiti's heat, spirits, and secrets.

3.71

1k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🇭🇹 Haiti 💔 Estranged Mother ✊ Female Solidarity 🧬 Generational Trauma

Island on the Edge of the World

To find her estranged mother, a hairdresser must brave Haiti's heat, spirits, and secrets.

by Deborah Rodriguez 2019 274 pages

3.71

1k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🇭🇹 Haiti 💔 Estranged Mother ✊ Female Solidarity 🧬 Generational Trauma

Until the Stars Fall

by Nate Wilder • 2026

A single-dad chef falls for his daughter's teacher, the same woman renting his apartment.

4.30

500+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family

Until the Stars Fall

A single-dad chef falls for his daughter's teacher, the same woman renting his apartment.

by Nate Wilder 2026 362 pages

4.30

500+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family

This Momentary Marriage

by John Piper • 2009

Earthly marriage ends. Its real purpose all along was to point to a wedding that doesn't.

4.23

5k+

💒 Biblical Marriage 📜 Covenant Theology 🏠 Complementarian Roles ✝️ Christian Singleness 🏡 Church Community

This Momentary Marriage

Earthly marriage ends. Its real purpose all along was to point to a wedding that doesn't.

by John Piper 2009 192 pages

4.23

5k+ ratings

💒 Biblical Marriage 📜 Covenant Theology 🏠 Complementarian Roles ✝️ Christian Singleness 🏡 Church Community

La tercera máscara

by Care Santos • 2022

A teen artist gives birth alone. Her baby dies. Now her silence is read as guilt.

3.55

114

🗣️ Multiple Perspectives 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Mother-Daughter 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 🎨 Art As Therapy

La tercera máscara

A teen artist gives birth alone. Her baby dies. Now her silence is read as guilt.

by Care Santos 2022 224 pages

3.55

114 ratings

🗣️ Multiple Perspectives 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 💔 Toxic Mother-Daughter 🤰 Hidden Pregnancy 🎨 Art As Therapy

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath • 2004

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

3.71

11k+

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🧇 Food As Comfort 💫 Stubborn Optimism

Everything on a Waffle

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

by Polly Horvath 2004 160 pages

3.71

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🧇 Food As Comfort 💫 Stubborn Optimism

Notes to John

by Joan Didion • 2025

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

3.90

6k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Adoption Trauma 🔗 Codependency

Notes to John

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

by Joan Didion 2025 224 pages

3.90

6k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Adoption Trauma 🔗 Codependency

"Dear Daughter of a Narcisstic Mother ..."

by Danu Morrigan • 2017

100 letters to the daughter of a narcissistic mother: stop hoping she will change, start thriving.

4.12

👩‍👧 Maternal Narcissism 🚧 Boundary Setting 💔 Emotional Abuse 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌸 Post-Traumatic Growth

"Dear Daughter of a Narcisstic Mother ..."

100 letters to the daughter of a narcissistic mother: stop hoping she will change, start thriving.

by Danu Morrigan 2017 250 pages

4.12

82 ratings

👩‍👧 Maternal Narcissism 🚧 Boundary Setting 💔 Emotional Abuse 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌸 Post-Traumatic Growth

Celebrations at the Chateau

by Jo Thomas • 2018

A French château inheritance comes with a catch: a lifetime tenant and a town's old grudge.

4.14

1k+

🇫🇷 Rural France 🎄 Holiday Romance 🍽️ Culinary Fiction 🗝️ Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Community

Celebrations at the Chateau

A French château inheritance comes with a catch: a lifetime tenant and a town's old grudge.

by Jo Thomas 2018 368 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🇫🇷 Rural France 🎄 Holiday Romance 🍽️ Culinary Fiction 🗝️ Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Community

Never Seen the Stars

by Kate Korsh • 2025

Her eyes are failing. Her dead friend keeps appearing. He needs her to see one last thing.

3.69

112

🖤 Teen Grief 👁️ Vision Loss 🦯 Hidden Disability 💔 Toxic First Love 🎭 High School Theater

Never Seen the Stars

Her eyes are failing. Her dead friend keeps appearing. He needs her to see one last thing.

by Kate Korsh 2025 288 pages

3.69

112 ratings

🖤 Teen Grief 👁️ Vision Loss 🦯 Hidden Disability 💔 Toxic First Love 🎭 High School Theater

Sacrifice

by Adriana Locke • 2015

A guilt-ridden fighter returns to the ring to save his brother's widow from losing her child.

4.30

10k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🥊 Fighter Romance 🏠 Found Family 💪 Protective Hero 👩‍👧 Single Mother

Sacrifice

A guilt-ridden fighter returns to the ring to save his brother's widow from losing her child.

by Adriana Locke 2015 325 pages

4.30

10k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🥊 Fighter Romance 🏠 Found Family 💪 Protective Hero 👩‍👧 Single Mother

Energy Healing for Relationships

by Keith Sherwood • 2019

The hidden source of relationship friction is energetic. Learn to clear it at the root.

4.08

🧘 Energy Healing 🔮 Chakra Work 💞 Relationship Repair ✨ Subtle Body 🌳 Generational Healing

Energy Healing for Relationships

The hidden source of relationship friction is energetic. Learn to clear it at the root.

by Keith Sherwood 2019 312 pages

4.08

12 ratings

🧘 Energy Healing 🔮 Chakra Work 💞 Relationship Repair ✨ Subtle Body 🌳 Generational Healing

Happy After All

by Maisey Yates • 2025

A pink desert motel, a heartbroken owner, and the widower who checks in each summer.

3.87

10k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Grieving Hero

Happy After All

A pink desert motel, a heartbroken owner, and the widower who checks in each summer.

by Maisey Yates 2025 315 pages

3.87

10k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Grieving Hero

The Life We Almost Had

by Amelia Henley • 2020

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

3.81

1k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Life We Almost Had

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

by Amelia Henley 2020 400 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Young Will Remember

by Eve J. Chung • 2026

A reporter shot down in Korea is claimed as the lost daughter of a grieving mother.

4.25

1k+

⚔️ Korean War 🪷 Comfort Women ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Lost Child 🫂 Found Family

The Young Will Remember

A reporter shot down in Korea is claimed as the lost daughter of a grieving mother.

by Eve J. Chung 2026 448 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Korean War 🪷 Comfort Women ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔎 Lost Child 🫂 Found Family

Parent Yourself First

by Bryana Kappadakunnel • 2025

Stop parenting from your wounds: the method that breaks the cycle for good.

4.34

217

🧒 Inner Child Work 🔄 Generational Healing 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🔗 Secure Attachment 🧠 Emotional Regulation

Parent Yourself First

Stop parenting from your wounds: the method that breaks the cycle for good.

by Bryana Kappadakunnel 2025 337 pages

4.34

217 ratings

🧒 Inner Child Work 🔄 Generational Healing 🌿 Gentle Parenting 🔗 Secure Attachment 🧠 Emotional Regulation

Gracie Harris Is Under Construction

by Kate Hash • 2025

Famous for grief, a widow escapes to a small town where a contractor rebuilds her heart.

4.07

1k+

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4.07

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by C.R. Wiley • 2019

The factory gutted the household; rebuilding it means reclaiming productive property, not sentiment.

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The Household and the War for the Cosmos

The factory gutted the household; rebuilding it means reclaiming productive property, not sentiment.

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4.25

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Five years after one kiss, childhood friends share a classroom and a past neither has outrun.

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Five years after one kiss, childhood friends share a classroom and a past neither has outrun.

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4.02

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Drive Me Wilde

Indi Nash flees L.A. for her hometown and the man she blames for her greatest loss.

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4.25

1k+ ratings

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Dominion

In Dominion, Mississippi, a preacher's family unravels as their youngest son's secrets turn deadly.

by Addie E. Citchens 2025 240 pages

3.80

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