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Code Name Hélène

by Ariel Lawhon

She sips cocktails in Marseille while her husband's enemies hunt the spy they cannot name.

4.41

82k+

🕵️ Female Spy 🎖️ Resistance Fighter 🇫🇷 Occupied France 📖 Based On A True Story 💔 Wartime Romance

Immersive

Code Name Hélène

She sips cocktails in Marseille while her husband's enemies hunt the spy they cannot name.

by Ariel Lawhon 2020 451 pages

4.41

82k+ ratings

🕵️ Female Spy 🎖️ Resistance Fighter 🇫🇷 Occupied France 📖 Based On A True Story 💔 Wartime Romance

Check & Mate

by Ali Hazelwood • 2023

A former chess prodigy beats the world champion, then joins his club out of family necessity.

3.94

300k+

🖤 Rivals To Lovers ♟️ Competitive Chess 💬 Witty Banter 🏆 Women In Sports 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Check & Mate

A former chess prodigy beats the world champion, then joins his club out of family necessity.

by Ali Hazelwood 2023 353 pages

3.94

300k+ ratings

🖤 Rivals To Lovers ♟️ Competitive Chess 💬 Witty Banter 🏆 Women In Sports 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

One of Us Is Dead

by Jeneva Rose • 2022

At a Buckhead salon, wealthy women confess everything. One secret will prove deadly.

3.81

100k+

🥀 Female Rivalry 🤝 Unlikely Allies 💎 Wealthy Enclave 🔪 Revenge Plot 📚 Book Club Thriller

One of Us Is Dead

At a Buckhead salon, wealthy women confess everything. One secret will prove deadly.

by Jeneva Rose 2022 312 pages

3.81

100k+ ratings

🥀 Female Rivalry 🤝 Unlikely Allies 💎 Wealthy Enclave 🔪 Revenge Plot 📚 Book Club Thriller

Bookshops & Bonedust

by Travis Baldree • 2023

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

4.11

100k+

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

Bookshops & Bonedust

An injured orc warrior finds books, belonging, and a necromancer's secrets in a sleepy seaside town.

by Travis Baldree 2023 336 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🏪 Cozy Bookshop 🤝 Found Family 💕 Sapphic Romance 🩹 Healing Journey 🏘️ Seaside Village

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

by Ann Brashares • 2001

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

3.85

700k+

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Four friends, one summer apart, and a mysterious pair of jeans that connects them all.

by Ann Brashares 2001 294 pages

3.85

700k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Coming Of Age 👯 Female Friendship 💕 First Love 💔 Grief And Loss ✨ Light Magical Realism

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2025

A widowed tea shop owner investigates a dead influencer whose curated life was all performance.

4.16

78k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Culinary Cozy 📱 Social Media Critique 💬 Witty Banter

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man]

A widowed tea shop owner investigates a dead influencer whose curated life was all performance.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2025 325 pages

4.16

78k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Culinary Cozy 📱 Social Media Critique 💬 Witty Banter

The Torn Skirt

by Rebecca Godfrey • 2001

A quiet teen chases a runaway into a city's underworld, where one night lands her in handcuffs.

3.46

2k+

🔥 Teenage Rebellion 💔 Good Girl Gone Bad ☠️ Toxic Female Friendship 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✒️ Lyrical Prose

The Torn Skirt

A quiet teen chases a runaway into a city's underworld, where one night lands her in handcuffs.

by Rebecca Godfrey 2001 208 pages

3.46

2k+ ratings

🔥 Teenage Rebellion 💔 Good Girl Gone Bad ☠️ Toxic Female Friendship 🔒 Juvenile Detention ✒️ Lyrical Prose

The Day After the Party

by Nicole Trope • 2023

Her birthday party is a blank. The only clue: a cryptic note in her husband's handwriting.

3.61

6k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Envy And Obsession

The Day After the Party

Her birthday party is a blank. The only clue: a cryptic note in her husband's handwriting.

by Nicole Trope 2023 246 pages

3.61

6k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👁️ Envy And Obsession

Murder by Cheesecake

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage • 2025

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

3.54

15k+

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

Murder by Cheesecake

A wedding to plan, a corpse in the freezer, and four older friends suspected of murder.

by Rachel Ekstrom Courage 2025 332 pages

3.54

15k+ ratings

🕵️ Senior Sleuths 🔍 Amateur Investigation 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👯 Older Women Friendship

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart • 2008

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

3.80

50k+

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind ✨ Golden Boy ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

by E. Lockhart 2008 342 pages

3.80

50k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind ✨ Golden Boy ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

by Shannon Chakraborty • 2023

A retired pirate mother must rescue a kidnapped scholar from a sorcerer chasing forbidden power.

4.24

82k+

🏰 Historical Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👩 Middle-Aged Protagonist ❤️ Found Family 🌙 Islamic Mythology

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

A retired pirate mother must rescue a kidnapped scholar from a sorcerer chasing forbidden power.

by Shannon Chakraborty 2023 496 pages

4.24

82k+ ratings

🏰 Historical Fantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Adventure 👩 Middle-Aged Protagonist ❤️ Found Family 🌙 Islamic Mythology

To All The Boys I've Loved Trilogy / The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

by Jenny Han • 2019

A shy dreamer's secret love letters get out. Her fix: fake-date the golden boy everyone wants.

4.35

1k+

🤝 Fake Dating 💔 Love Triangle 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💕 First Love 🔥 Slow Burn

To All The Boys I've Loved Trilogy / The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

A shy dreamer's secret love letters get out. Her fix: fake-date the golden boy everyone wants.

by Jenny Han 2019

4.35

1k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Dating 💔 Love Triangle 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 💕 First Love 🔥 Slow Burn

The Jury

by Fern Michaels • 2011

A diplomat's battered wife seeks a covert network of women who deliver justice the courts cannot.

4.28

10k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🚨 Domestic Abuse 🎭 Morally Gray

The Jury

A diplomat's battered wife seeks a covert network of women who deliver justice the courts cannot.

by Fern Michaels 2011 274 pages

4.28

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice 👥 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🚨 Domestic Abuse 🎭 Morally Gray

The Final Girl Support Group

by Grady Hendrix • 2021

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

3.50

100k+

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

The Final Girl Support Group

After years of therapy, six massacre survivors realize someone is hunting them down, one by one.

by Grady Hendrix 2021 352 pages

3.50

100k+ ratings

🗡️ Slasher Horror 🔪 Final Girls 🫂 Found Family 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 😰 Paranoid Atmosphere

Gotcha!

by Fern Michaels • 2013

Her granddaughter in a cruel stepmother's grip, a grandmother turns to vigilante women for justice.

4.32

4k+

🎭 Women Vigilantes 👵 Golden Years Heroines 🏘️ Small Town South 💕 Late Life Romance 💰 Sudden Fortune

Gotcha!

Her granddaughter in a cruel stepmother's grip, a grandmother turns to vigilante women for justice.

by Fern Michaels 2013 273 pages

4.32

4k+ ratings

🎭 Women Vigilantes 👵 Golden Years Heroines 🏘️ Small Town South 💕 Late Life Romance 💰 Sudden Fortune

Cross Roads

by Fern Michaels • 2010

Scattered after their pardons, a band of female vigilantes suspects their quiet lives are a trap.

4.37

4k+

💕 Found Family ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Conspiracy Uncovered 🕵️ Spy Craft 👥 Ensemble Cast

Cross Roads

Scattered after their pardons, a band of female vigilantes suspects their quiet lives are a trap.

by Fern Michaels 2010 385 pages

4.37

4k+ ratings

💕 Found Family ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 🔍 Conspiracy Uncovered 🕵️ Spy Craft 👥 Ensemble Cast

Six-Gun Snow White

by Catherynne M. Valente • 2013

Snow White's stepmother demands whiteness. She rides into the West with a gun.

3.63

4k+

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood 🔫 Girl Gunslinger 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Western

Six-Gun Snow White

Snow White's stepmother demands whiteness. She rides into the West with a gun.

by Catherynne M. Valente 2013 168 pages

3.63

4k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood 🔫 Girl Gunslinger 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Western

A Royal Engagement

by Emma Lea • 2016

An unwilling princess must marry to claim her throne, caught between charm and integrity.

3.92

500+

👑 Royal Romance 🏰 Modern Monarchy ⚡ Unexpected Heir 💔 Love Triangle 🕵️ Palace Intrigue

A Royal Engagement

An unwilling princess must marry to claim her throne, caught between charm and integrity.

by Emma Lea 2016 262 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

👑 Royal Romance 🏰 Modern Monarchy ⚡ Unexpected Heir 💔 Love Triangle 🕵️ Palace Intrigue

Otherwise Engaged

by Susan Mallery • 2025

A stuntwoman's accident and a secret engagement expose the adoption secret linking their families.

3.49

4k+

🏠 Family Saga 💕 Mother Daughter Bond 📦 Adoption Secret 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Friendship

Otherwise Engaged

A stuntwoman's accident and a secret engagement expose the adoption secret linking their families.

by Susan Mallery 2025 368 pages

3.49

4k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💕 Mother Daughter Bond 📦 Adoption Secret 🤝 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Friendship

The Assassin and the Desert

by Sarah J. Maas • 2012

The Red Desert holds exile, a silent master, and a friend whose secrets could destroy them.

4.37

67k+

🗡️ Assassin Academy 🏜️ Desert Fantasy 💔 Friend To Enemy 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Assassin Heroine

The Assassin and the Desert

The Red Desert holds exile, a silent master, and a friend whose secrets could destroy them.

by Sarah J. Maas 2012 103 pages

4.37

67k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Academy 🏜️ Desert Fantasy 💔 Friend To Enemy 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Assassin Heroine

Broke-Ass Women's Club

by Sharon Sala • 2021

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

4.26

500+

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

Broke-Ass Women's Club

One husband, four wives, zero money. Their only asset is a house and each other.

by Sharon Sala 2021 373 pages

4.26

500+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship 🌱 Starting Over 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🌼 Midlife Transitions

Her Deadly Touch

by Lisa Regan • 2021

A detective on leave finds a mother posed at her child's grave, lips sealed with wax.

4.45

7k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕯️ Ritual Murders

Her Deadly Touch

A detective on leave finds a mother posed at her child's grave, lips sealed with wax.

by Lisa Regan 2021 281 pages

4.45

7k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🧠 Psychological Suspense 👩‍✈️ Female Detective 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕯️ Ritual Murders

Banana Splitsville

by Catherine Clark • 2000

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

3.36

500+

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

Banana Splitsville

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

by Catherine Clark 2000 288 pages

3.36

500+ ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏖️ Small Town Seaside 📼 Early 2000s

The Holiday Cottage

by Sarah Morgan • 2024

She invented a family to survive the holidays, then finds them at a Cotswolds cottage, waiting.

4.04

17k+

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Family Estrangement 🎄 Cozy Holiday ✨ Redemptive

The Holiday Cottage

She invented a family to survive the holidays, then finds them at a Cotswolds cottage, waiting.

by Sarah Morgan 2024 352 pages

4.04

17k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 💔 Family Estrangement 🎄 Cozy Holiday ✨ Redemptive

My Soul is Yours

by E.L. Todd • 2015

Wrecked by their breakup, she calls him. He comes running but still believes she deserves better.

4.36

1k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Hurt Comfort 👥 Found Family 💒 Wedding Planning 👨‍👧 Family Conflict

My Soul is Yours

Wrecked by their breakup, she calls him. He comes running but still believes she deserves better.

by E.L. Todd 2015 223 pages

4.36

1k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Hurt Comfort 👥 Found Family 💒 Wedding Planning 👨‍👧 Family Conflict

The Stranger Behind You

by Carol Goodman • 2021

After exposing a media mogul's crimes, a journalist hides inside a fortress built to silence women.

3.74

4k+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 📰 Journalist Protagonist 👥 Dual Narrative 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

The Stranger Behind You

After exposing a media mogul's crimes, a journalist hides inside a fortress built to silence women.

by Carol Goodman 2021 336 pages

3.74

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 📰 Journalist Protagonist 👥 Dual Narrative 🤔 Unreliable Narrator

La chica del verano

by La Vecina Rubia • 2023

Four friends reunite in Greece. One of them hides an anonymous online life that millions follow.

3.92

3k+

👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Chosen Family 🎭 Secret Identity 📱 Social Media Life 😊 Warm Humor

La chica del verano

Four friends reunite in Greece. One of them hides an anonymous online life that millions follow.

by La Vecina Rubia 2023 424 pages

3.92

3k+ ratings

👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Chosen Family 🎭 Secret Identity 📱 Social Media Life 😊 Warm Humor

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