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Novella

Novellas pack powerful stories and meaningful messages into shorter, focused works that can be savored in a single sitting. These concentrated narratives range from intimate personal journeys to thought-provoking social commentaries, offering readers a complete emotional experience without the time investment of a full-length book.

Novella Book Summaries

Quicksilver Bonus Scenes
by Callie Hart • 2025
A Fae warrior seals his city with iron that burns him alive while a dragon descends.
3.90
29k+
🗡️ Fae Warriors🐉 Dragon Slaying🖤 Found Family⚔️ Self-Sacrificing Hero✨ Divine Intervention
Quicksilver Bonus Scenes Summary
Quicksilver Bonus Scenes
A Fae warrior seals his city with iron that burns him alive while a dragon descends.
by Callie Hart 2025 3 pages
3.90
29k+ ratings
🗡️ Fae Warriors🐉 Dragon Slaying🖤 Found Family⚔️ Self-Sacrificing Hero✨ Divine Intervention
The Shadow Out of Time
by H.P. Lovecraft • 1936
A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.
3.85
6k+
🌌 Cosmic Horror📜 Weird Fiction🔄 Body Snatching⏳ Lost Time👁️ Possessed Narrator
The Shadow Out of Time Summary
The Shadow Out of Time
A professor's five-year amnesia hid an alien possession. His dreams draw him to desert ruins.
by H.P. Lovecraft 1936 140 pages
3.85
6k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmic Horror📜 Weird Fiction🔄 Body Snatching⏳ Lost Time👁️ Possessed Narrator
The Fall Risk
by Abby Jimenez • 2025
A vanished staircase traps a woman in hiding with a gentle arborist; her stalker may find them both.
4.06
200k+
🚪 Forced Proximity🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers🛡️ Protective Hero🩹 Trauma Recovery🔪 Stalker Suspense
The Fall Risk Summary
The Fall Risk
A vanished staircase traps a woman in hiding with a gentle arborist; her stalker may find them both.
by Abby Jimenez 2025 81 pages
4.06
200k+ ratings
🚪 Forced Proximity🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers🛡️ Protective Hero🩹 Trauma Recovery🔪 Stalker Suspense
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
by Holly Black • 2020
A fae prince raised on cruelty learns to rewrite the story that has always defined him.
4.13
200k+
🏰 Faerie Court Intrigue🖤 Gothic Fae Atmosphere💘 Enemies To Lovers😈 Villain Origin Story👑 Cruel Prince Archetype
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories Summary
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
A fae prince raised on cruelty learns to rewrite the story that has always defined him.
by Holly Black 2020 200 pages
4.13
200k+ ratings
🏰 Faerie Court Intrigue🖤 Gothic Fae Atmosphere💘 Enemies To Lovers😈 Villain Origin Story👑 Cruel Prince Archetype
Lemon
by Kwon Yeo-Sun • 2019
A beautiful teenager is murdered. Years later, her younger sister is still searching for answers.
3.25
14k+
📖 Literary Mystery❄️ Cold Case🎭 Unreliable Narrator⚖️ Class Bias💔 Sibling Loss
Lemon Summary
Lemon
A beautiful teenager is murdered. Years later, her younger sister is still searching for answers.
by Kwon Yeo-Sun 2019 176 pages
3.25
14k+ ratings
📖 Literary Mystery❄️ Cold Case🎭 Unreliable Narrator⚖️ Class Bias💔 Sibling Loss
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014
Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.
3.86
100k+
🧹 Quiet Fantasy📖 Literary Fantasy🏚️ Hermit Protagonist🌿 Animist Worldview🕯️ Ritual And Routine
The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.
by Patrick Rothfuss 2014 159 pages
3.86
100k+ ratings
🧹 Quiet Fantasy📖 Literary Fantasy🏚️ Hermit Protagonist🌿 Animist Worldview🕯️ Ritual And Routine
Worst Wingman Ever
by Abby Jimenez • 2024
A hospice nurse, a misdelivered valentine, and a handyman who won't stop doing kind things.
3.99
100k+
🥰 Meet Cute🐶 Rescue Dog🌟 Starting Over💔 Grief And Healing🏡 Neighbors To Lovers
Worst Wingman Ever Summary
Worst Wingman Ever
A hospice nurse, a misdelivered valentine, and a handyman who won't stop doing kind things.
by Abby Jimenez 2024 61 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
🥰 Meet Cute🐶 Rescue Dog🌟 Starting Over💔 Grief And Healing🏡 Neighbors To Lovers
This Winter
by Alice Oseman • 2015
Tori's brother is home from treatment. Their family's Christmas plan: pretend nothing happened.
4.06
100k+
🎄 Holiday Novella🫶 Anorexia Recovery🛡️ Protective Sister💕 Sibling Bond🤐 Family Silence
This Winter Summary
This Winter
Tori's brother is home from treatment. Their family's Christmas plan: pretend nothing happened.
by Alice Oseman 2015 120 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
🎄 Holiday Novella🫶 Anorexia Recovery🛡️ Protective Sister💕 Sibling Bond🤐 Family Silence
Scream For Us
by Molly Doyle • 2021
Three masked men rescue her at Halloween party, offering night of dark passion and savage revenge.
3.66
65k+
🖤 Dark College Romance🎃 Salem Halloween💀 Revenge For Bullying🔪 Possessive Obsession👻 Haunted House
Scream For Us Summary
Scream For Us
Three masked men rescue her at Halloween party, offering night of dark passion and savage revenge.
by Molly Doyle 2021 81 pages
3.66
65k+ ratings
🖤 Dark College Romance🎃 Salem Halloween💀 Revenge For Bullying🔪 Possessive Obsession👻 Haunted House
The Exception to the Rule
by Christina Lauren • 2024
Ten years of anonymous Valentine's emails. They know each other's secrets. Not each other's names.
4.20
100k+
✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals🎭 Mistaken Identity🔥 Slow Burn💕 Friends To Lovers🎓 College Romance
The Exception to the Rule Summary
The Exception to the Rule
Ten years of anonymous Valentine's emails. They know each other's secrets. Not each other's names.
by Christina Lauren 2024 101 pages
4.20
100k+ ratings
✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals🎭 Mistaken Identity🔥 Slow Burn💕 Friends To Lovers🎓 College Romance
Pucking Ever After
by Emily Rath • 2023
Her team: three hockey men. Their opponents: pregnancy, retirement, and toddler chaos.
4.09
63k+
💕 Polyamorous Romance🏒 Queer Hockey🏡 Established Relationship🍼 Parenting In Romance💬 Domestic Fluff
Pucking Ever After Summary
Pucking Ever After
Her team: three hockey men. Their opponents: pregnancy, retirement, and toddler chaos.
by Emily Rath 2023 138 pages
4.09
63k+ ratings
💕 Polyamorous Romance🏒 Queer Hockey🏡 Established Relationship🍼 Parenting In Romance💬 Domestic Fluff
Cut and Thirst
by Margaret Atwood • 2024
Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.
3.12
31k+
🎭 Dark Comedy✒️ Literary Satire👴 Aging Protagonists🥀 Thwarted Revenge👯 Female Friendship
Cut and Thirst Summary
Cut and Thirst
Three elderly friends plot literary revenge but find time and aging have their own plans.
by Margaret Atwood 2024 34 pages
3.12
31k+ ratings
🎭 Dark Comedy✒️ Literary Satire👴 Aging Protagonists🥀 Thwarted Revenge👯 Female Friendship
In Bloom
by Paul Tremblay • 2023
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
3.04
13k+
🦠 Ecological Horror👁️ Cryptid Encounter🤔 Unreliable Narrator💔 Grief Horror🕯️ Slow Burn Horror
In Bloom Summary
In Bloom
Cape Cod's toxic bloom hides a creature that steals fathers. One journalist is getting too close.
by Paul Tremblay 2023 35 pages
3.04
13k+ ratings
🦠 Ecological Horror👁️ Cryptid Encounter🤔 Unreliable Narrator💔 Grief Horror🕯️ Slow Burn Horror
Cruel Winter with You
by Ali Hazelwood • 2024
A blizzard traps a doctor with her best friend's brother, the man whose lifelong love she rejected.
3.68
200k+
🕰️ Second Chance Romance👫 Best Friend's Brother🌱 Childhood Friends📞 Missed Connection💘 He Falls First
Cruel Winter with You Summary
Cruel Winter with You
A blizzard traps a doctor with her best friend's brother, the man whose lifelong love she rejected.
by Ali Hazelwood 2024 72 pages
3.68
200k+ ratings
🕰️ Second Chance Romance👫 Best Friend's Brother🌱 Childhood Friends📞 Missed Connection💘 He Falls First
The Hour of the Star
by Clarice Lispector • 1977
An invisible Rio typist wants to be noticed; a fortune-teller promises she will be.
4.11
58k+
📚 Existential Fiction🖋️ Narrator Intrusion🌾 Overlooked Lives🏙️ Urban Poverty⏳ Fatalistic Fiction
The Hour of the Star Summary
The Hour of the Star
An invisible Rio typist wants to be noticed; a fortune-teller promises she will be.
by Clarice Lispector 1977 96 pages
4.11
58k+ ratings
📚 Existential Fiction🖋️ Narrator Intrusion🌾 Overlooked Lives🏙️ Urban Poverty⏳ Fatalistic Fiction
Love & Other Killers
by Brynne Weaver • 2025
A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.
3.97
57k+
🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy🫂 Criminal Found Family⚔️ Competitive Couple⚖️ Vigilante Justice🔪 Serial Killers In Love
Love & Other Killers Summary
Love & Other Killers
A serial killer hiding as a farmer meets his match: a woman who hunts predators for sport.
by Brynne Weaver 2025 61 pages
3.97
57k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Romantic Comedy🫂 Criminal Found Family⚔️ Competitive Couple⚖️ Vigilante Justice🔪 Serial Killers In Love
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
by Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886
A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.
4.00
36k+
🏚️ Gothic Horror🎩 Victorian London👤 Dark Alter Ego⚗️ Scientific Hubris🌫️ Atmospheric Dread
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
A lawyer probes the bond between a revered doctor and the brute who trampled a child.
by Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 254 pages
4.00
36k+ ratings
🏚️ Gothic Horror🎩 Victorian London👤 Dark Alter Ego⚗️ Scientific Hubris🌫️ Atmospheric Dread
With Any Luck
by Ashley Poston • 2024
A hungover best man and an unflappable maid of honor search for a missing groom before the ceremony.
3.21
75k+
🔔 Best Friend's Wedding💘 Matchmaker Finds Love💒 Wedding Party Romance🍀 Unlucky In Love⚡ Opposites Attract
With Any Luck Summary
With Any Luck
A hungover best man and an unflappable maid of honor search for a missing groom before the ceremony.
by Ashley Poston 2024 43 pages
3.21
75k+ ratings
🔔 Best Friend's Wedding💘 Matchmaker Finds Love💒 Wedding Party Romance🍀 Unlucky In Love⚡ Opposites Attract
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
by Becky Chambers • 2022
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
4.37
89k+
☕ Cozy Sci-Fi🤖 Robot Companion🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🏞️ Quiet Adventure☀️ Solarpunk
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy Summary
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
A tea monk and a curious robot travel the countryside, asking one deceptively simple question.
by Becky Chambers 2022 152 pages
4.37
89k+ ratings
☕ Cozy Sci-Fi🤖 Robot Companion🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🏞️ Quiet Adventure☀️ Solarpunk
Rogue Protocol
by Martha Wells • 2018
A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.
4.24
100k+
🤖 Rogue Ai🚀 Space Thriller😑 Reluctant Ai🫂 Human-Ai Friendship🏢 Corporate Conspiracy
Rogue Protocol Summary
Rogue Protocol
A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.
by Martha Wells 2018 159 pages
4.24
100k+ ratings
🤖 Rogue Ai🚀 Space Thriller😑 Reluctant Ai🫂 Human-Ai Friendship🏢 Corporate Conspiracy
The Bookstore Sisters
by Alice Hoffman • 2022
Summoned home, a dog walker must rescue her estranged sister and their failing island bookstore.
3.98
100k+
🏪 Family Bookstore👭 Sibling Reconciliation🏝️ Small Island Life🥧 Baking Therapy🌊 Coastal Maine
The Bookstore Sisters Summary
The Bookstore Sisters
Summoned home, a dog walker must rescue her estranged sister and their failing island bookstore.
by Alice Hoffman 2022 36 pages
3.98
100k+ ratings
🏪 Family Bookstore👭 Sibling Reconciliation🏝️ Small Island Life🥧 Baking Therapy🌊 Coastal Maine
Every Heart a Doorway
by Seanan McGuire • 2016
Her Underworld door closed. At a school for magical exiles, a killer harvests students for parts.
3.80
100k+
🚪 Portal Fantasy🏫 Magical Boarding School💜 Found Family🖤 Asexual Protagonist🔪 Boarding School Murder
Every Heart a Doorway Summary
Every Heart a Doorway
Her Underworld door closed. At a school for magical exiles, a killer harvests students for parts.
by Seanan McGuire 2016 176 pages
3.80
100k+ ratings
🚪 Portal Fantasy🏫 Magical Boarding School💜 Found Family🖤 Asexual Protagonist🔪 Boarding School Murder
Daisy Miller
by Henry James • 1879
In Europe, an American girl flouts convention, and one man can't decide: innocent or reckless flirt?
3.37
38k+
🗽 American Abroad🥀 Tragic Heroine👥 Social Ostracism❓ Ambiguous Innocence👁️ Unreliable Observer
Daisy Miller Summary
Daisy Miller
In Europe, an American girl flouts convention, and one man can't decide: innocent or reckless flirt?
by Henry James 1879 164 pages
3.37
38k+ ratings
🗽 American Abroad🥀 Tragic Heroine👥 Social Ostracism❓ Ambiguous Innocence👁️ Unreliable Observer
Royal Valentine
by Sariah Wilson • 2024
A princess and a prince meet in Rome, each believing the other is nobody special.
3.14
59k+
👑 Royal Romance🎭 Hidden Identity🔄 Identity Swap💨 Whirlwind Romance🇮🇹 Rome Setting
Royal Valentine Summary
Royal Valentine
A princess and a prince meet in Rome, each believing the other is nobody special.
by Sariah Wilson 2024 71 pages
3.14
59k+ ratings
👑 Royal Romance🎭 Hidden Identity🔄 Identity Swap💨 Whirlwind Romance🇮🇹 Rome Setting
The Reaper
by Melissa K. Roehrich • 2022
A Fae's failed rescue costs him his sisters, his memory, and his name. Only the Reaper remains.
4.26
6k+
🖤 Fae Dark Fantasy📖 Fantasy Novella🌑 Dark Fae Romance👥 Found Family⚔️ Revenge Quest
The Reaper Summary
The Reaper
A Fae's failed rescue costs him his sisters, his memory, and his name. Only the Reaper remains.
by Melissa K. Roehrich 2022 99 pages
4.26
6k+ ratings
🖤 Fae Dark Fantasy📖 Fantasy Novella🌑 Dark Fae Romance👥 Found Family⚔️ Revenge Quest
Keeping Denver
by Sandy Alvarez • 2020
A homeless woman hides her past from the billionaire boss who is becoming her only lifeline.
3.50
14k+
💰 Billionaire Romance✨ Rags To Riches🙇‍♂️ Groveling Hero🩹 Hurt Comfort💔 High Angst
Keeping Denver Summary
Keeping Denver
A homeless woman hides her past from the billionaire boss who is becoming her only lifeline.
by Sandy Alvarez 2020 174 pages
3.50
14k+ ratings
💰 Billionaire Romance✨ Rags To Riches🙇‍♂️ Groveling Hero🩹 Hurt Comfort💔 High Angst
A Magical Girl Retires
by Park Seolyeon • 2022
A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.
3.54
12k+
🪄 Magical Realism🌟 Not The Chosen One💫 Sapphic Slow Burn⚡ Trauma And Magic🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful
A Magical Girl Retires Summary
A Magical Girl Retires
A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.
by Park Seolyeon 2022 160 pages
3.54
12k+ ratings
🪄 Magical Realism🌟 Not The Chosen One💫 Sapphic Slow Burn⚡ Trauma And Magic🌧️ Melancholy Hopeful
The Lost Sisters
by Holly Black • 2018
Locke promised Taryn love and belonging in Faerie. The price was her twin sister.
3.34
100k+
👑 Faerie Court Intrigue👯 Sister Rivalry🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🌙 Secret Romance🤝 Faerie Bargain
The Lost Sisters Summary
The Lost Sisters
Locke promised Taryn love and belonging in Faerie. The price was her twin sister.
by Holly Black 2018 50 pages
3.34
100k+ ratings
👑 Faerie Court Intrigue👯 Sister Rivalry🗣️ Unreliable Narrator🌙 Secret Romance🤝 Faerie Bargain
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
by Becky Chambers • 2019
Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.
4.19
58k+
🫂 Found Family🌈 Queer Ensemble🧬 Genetic Adaptation🌱 Hopepunk🧘 Quiet Contemplation
To Be Taught, If Fortunate Summary
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Four astronauts explore alien worlds in bodies engineered for each one. Then Earth stops answering.
by Becky Chambers 2019 153 pages
4.19
58k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🌈 Queer Ensemble🧬 Genetic Adaptation🌱 Hopepunk🧘 Quiet Contemplation
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
by Fredrik Backman • 2015
An old man's mind shrinks each day, but his grandson keeps walking him home.
4.33
100k+
🧠 Dementia Narrative👴 Grandfather Grandson🏠 Family Rituals🍂 Bittersweet🪞 Introspective Fiction
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer Summary
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
An old man's mind shrinks each day, but his grandson keeps walking him home.
by Fredrik Backman 2015 97 pages
4.33
100k+ ratings
🧠 Dementia Narrative👴 Grandfather Grandson🏠 Family Rituals🍂 Bittersweet🪞 Introspective Fiction
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James • 1898
A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.
3.38
100k+
🧠 Psychological Horror👁️ Unreliable Narrator👧 Creepy Children🏚️ Haunted Estate🕯️ Victorian Gothic
The Turn of the Screw Summary
The Turn of the Screw
A governess at a remote estate finds the children charmed by ghosts only she can see.
by Henry James 1898 121 pages
3.38
100k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror👁️ Unreliable Narrator👧 Creepy Children🏚️ Haunted Estate🕯️ Victorian Gothic
Small Boat
by Vincent Delecroix • 2023
A rescue operator answers a sinking migrant boat's distress calls, and her calm becomes the crime.
3.98
14k+
📖 Philosophical Novella🛶 Migration Crisis📋 Cold Bureaucracy📞 Rescuer's Guilt👁️ Complicit Witness
Small Boat Summary
Small Boat
A rescue operator answers a sinking migrant boat's distress calls, and her calm becomes the crime.
by Vincent Delecroix 2023 122 pages
3.98
14k+ ratings
📖 Philosophical Novella🛶 Migration Crisis📋 Cold Bureaucracy📞 Rescuer's Guilt👁️ Complicit Witness
Frozen Hell
by John W. Campbell Jr. • 2019
At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.
3.73
2k+
🧬 Body Horror🌌 Cosmic Horror❄️ Arctic Isolation👾 Shape-Shifting Alien👥 Impostor Horror
Frozen Hell Summary
Frozen Hell
At the bottom of the world, researchers thaw a creature that mimics the men it kills.
by John W. Campbell Jr. 2019 149 pages
3.73
2k+ ratings
🧬 Body Horror🌌 Cosmic Horror❄️ Arctic Isolation👾 Shape-Shifting Alien👥 Impostor Horror
Can I Tell You Something?
by Holly June Smith • 2023
A lawyer finds her brother's best friend is the anonymous voice of her favorite audio erotica.
3.91
27k+
🫂 Brother's Best Friend🎭 Secret Identity🎧 Online Persona🏔️ Forced Proximity🎄 Christmas Romance
Can I Tell You Something? Summary
Can I Tell You Something?
A lawyer finds her brother's best friend is the anonymous voice of her favorite audio erotica.
by Holly June Smith 2023 236 pages
3.91
27k+ ratings
🫂 Brother's Best Friend🎭 Secret Identity🎧 Online Persona🏔️ Forced Proximity🎄 Christmas Romance
Hot for Slayer
by Ali Hazelwood • 2025
A vampire's ancient enemy saves her life, then forgets everything. Including why he should kill her.
3.84
100k+
🗡️ Vampire Hunter Romance😂 Paranormal Romcom💕 Enemies To Lovers🏠 Forced Proximity🫂 Touch Starved Heroine
Hot for Slayer Summary
Hot for Slayer
A vampire's ancient enemy saves her life, then forgets everything. Including why he should kill her.
by Ali Hazelwood 2025 94 pages
3.84
100k+ ratings
🗡️ Vampire Hunter Romance😂 Paranormal Romcom💕 Enemies To Lovers🏠 Forced Proximity🫂 Touch Starved Heroine
Rosie and the Dreamboat
by Sally Thorne • 2024
A spa tank traps Rosie on Valentine's, and the firefighter rescuing her sounds like the one.
3.42
91k+
💘 Meet-Cute Romance🚒 Firefighter Hero🔒 Forced Proximity💬 Witty Banter👯 Sister Relationship
Rosie and the Dreamboat Summary
Rosie and the Dreamboat
A spa tank traps Rosie on Valentine's, and the firefighter rescuing her sounds like the one.
by Sally Thorne 2024 44 pages
3.42
91k+ ratings
💘 Meet-Cute Romance🚒 Firefighter Hero🔒 Forced Proximity💬 Witty Banter👯 Sister Relationship
Shielding Lily
by Alexa Riley • 2016
A wounded new girl plans to stay invisible. The quarterback who sees her makes other plans.
3.95
9k+
🏫 High School Romance💘 Insta Love🛡️ Protective Hero💔 Wounded Heroine🏠 Found Family
Shielding Lily Summary
Shielding Lily
A wounded new girl plans to stay invisible. The quarterback who sees her makes other plans.
by Alexa Riley 2016 143 pages
3.95
9k+ ratings
🏫 High School Romance💘 Insta Love🛡️ Protective Hero💔 Wounded Heroine🏠 Found Family
The Narrow Road Between Desires
by Patrick Rothfuss • 2023
When a fae trickster helps an abused boy vanish his father, the bargain binds them both.
4.03
34k+
🪢 Fae Bargains🦊 Trickster Mentor🛡️ Escaping Abuse🌅 Bittersweet Fantasy🌿 Quiet Fantasy
The Narrow Road Between Desires Summary
The Narrow Road Between Desires
When a fae trickster helps an abused boy vanish his father, the bargain binds them both.
by Patrick Rothfuss 2023 240 pages
4.03
34k+ ratings
🪢 Fae Bargains🦊 Trickster Mentor🛡️ Escaping Abuse🌅 Bittersweet Fantasy🌿 Quiet Fantasy
Defy
by L.J. Shen • 2016
When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.
3.84
48k+
🎭 Teacher Student Romance🗝️ Secret Relationship⚡ Age Gap Romance🥊 Underground Fighter💔 Angsty Romance
Defy Summary
Defy
When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.
by L.J. Shen 2016 165 pages
3.84
48k+ ratings
🎭 Teacher Student Romance🗝️ Secret Relationship⚡ Age Gap Romance🥊 Underground Fighter💔 Angsty Romance
Twelve
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2017
Teen profilers must prove a girl on a lighthouse ledge: three suicides are murder.
3.79
85k+
🕵️ Teen Profilers🔪 Killer Profiling🫂 Found Family🌟 Gifted Misfits🧠 Psychological Suspense
Twelve Summary
Twelve
Teen profilers must prove a girl on a lighthouse ledge: three suicides are murder.
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 2017 144 pages
3.79
85k+ ratings
🕵️ Teen Profilers🔪 Killer Profiling🫂 Found Family🌟 Gifted Misfits🧠 Psychological Suspense
Don't Get Caught
by Jaye Pratt • 2024
Shamed Lily flees to a town where masked men chase her fantasies into life on Halloween.
3.89
7k+
🖤 Consensual Non-Consent👺 Masked Encounters🏡 Found Family🎃 Halloween Vibes📋 Boundary Negotiation
Don't Get Caught Summary
Don't Get Caught
Shamed Lily flees to a town where masked men chase her fantasies into life on Halloween.
by Jaye Pratt 2024 146 pages
3.89
7k+ ratings
🖤 Consensual Non-Consent👺 Masked Encounters🏡 Found Family🎃 Halloween Vibes📋 Boundary Negotiation
Holly
by Adalyn Grace • 2025
Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.
3.95
13k+
🫂 Found Family🔮 Cozy Paranormal💀 Personified Death💕 Second Chance Romance👻 Ghost Romance
Holly Summary
Holly
Restless theater ghosts haunt a family of immortals gathering for their first Christmas together.
by Adalyn Grace 2025 384 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🔮 Cozy Paranormal💀 Personified Death💕 Second Chance Romance👻 Ghost Romance
The Wood at Midwinter
by Susanna Clarke • 2024
A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.
3.41
25k+
🎵 Lyrical Fantasy🌲 Sentient Forest😇 Saintly Outsider🐾 Animal Companions👑 Madonna Archetype
The Wood at Midwinter Summary
The Wood at Midwinter
A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.
by Susanna Clarke 2024 60 pages
3.41
25k+ ratings
🎵 Lyrical Fantasy🌲 Sentient Forest😇 Saintly Outsider🐾 Animal Companions👑 Madonna Archetype
The Lightning Tree
by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014
A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.
3.94
5k+
🧚 Fae Trickster🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy🤝 Bargains And Secrets🫂 Found Family🌿 Hidden Fae World
The Lightning Tree Summary
The Lightning Tree
A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.
by Patrick Rothfuss 2014 93 pages
3.94
5k+ ratings
🧚 Fae Trickster🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy🤝 Bargains And Secrets🫂 Found Family🌿 Hidden Fae World
The Damsel and the Daggerman
by Delilah S. Dawson • 2014
To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.
3.95
310
🎪 Carnival Setting💔 Wounded Hero🔥 Virgin Hero🔮 Fated Mates🎭 Dark Carnival
The Damsel and the Daggerman Summary
The Damsel and the Daggerman
To expose a traveling carnival, a journalist takes a knife thrower's dare and becomes his undoing.
by Delilah S. Dawson 2014 127 pages
3.95
310 ratings
🎪 Carnival Setting💔 Wounded Hero🔥 Virgin Hero🔮 Fated Mates🎭 Dark Carnival
The Builders
by Daniel Polansky • 2015
Years after a bloody betrayal, a scarred mouse reassembles his crew of animal killers for revenge.
3.75
4k+
🐾 Animal Fantasy🤠 Weird West💼 One Last Job🗡️ Revenge Quest👥 Ragtag Crew
The Builders Summary
The Builders
Years after a bloody betrayal, a scarred mouse reassembles his crew of animal killers for revenge.
by Daniel Polansky 2015 226 pages
3.75
4k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Fantasy🤠 Weird West💼 One Last Job🗡️ Revenge Quest👥 Ragtag Crew
For the Love of Cupidity
by Raven Kennedy • 2019
Valentine's Day is crumbling. A pregnant cupid boss must fix it before her mates bench her.
4.18
11k+
🏠 Domestic Fantasy💫 Fated Mates👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family🐺 Alpha Hero🤰 Pregnant Heroine
For the Love of Cupidity Summary
For the Love of Cupidity
Valentine's Day is crumbling. A pregnant cupid boss must fix it before her mates bench her.
by Raven Kennedy 2019
4.18
11k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Fantasy💫 Fated Mates👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family🐺 Alpha Hero🤰 Pregnant Heroine
Coach
by Alexa Riley • 2015
A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.
3.47
14k+
⏳ Age Gap⚡ Instalove🤫 Secret Affair🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero💮 Virgin Heroine
Coach Summary
Coach
A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.
by Alexa Riley 2015 117 pages
3.47
14k+ ratings
⏳ Age Gap⚡ Instalove🤫 Secret Affair🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero💮 Virgin Heroine
A Beautiful Wedding
by Jamie McGuire • 2013
To keep him out of prison, she'll marry him in Vegas tonight.
3.94
72k+
🔰 College Romance💍 Marriage Of Convenience😢 Angsty Romance🔥 Alpha Hero🌎 Us Against The World
A Beautiful Wedding Summary
A Beautiful Wedding
To keep him out of prison, she'll marry him in Vegas tonight.
by Jamie McGuire 2013 146 pages
3.94
72k+ ratings
🔰 College Romance💍 Marriage Of Convenience😢 Angsty Romance🔥 Alpha Hero🌎 Us Against The World
Roots of Darkness
by Demi Winters • 2025
A one-armed warrior hunts a deadly mist, spurned by men and drawn to a stranger's secrets.
4.18
18k+
🖤 Dark Romantasy🦾 Disabled Warrior👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family⚔️ Rivals To Lovers🎭 Secret Identity
Roots of Darkness Summary
Roots of Darkness
A one-armed warrior hunts a deadly mist, spurned by men and drawn to a stranger's secrets.
by Demi Winters 2025 213 pages
4.18
18k+ ratings
🖤 Dark Romantasy🦾 Disabled Warrior👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family⚔️ Rivals To Lovers🎭 Secret Identity
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