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Wild Love

by Elsie Silver

Fired, she comes home to work for her brother's billionaire best friend, newly a single dad.

3.98

400k+

🌄 Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💼 Workplace Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers

Immersive

Wild Love

Fired, she comes home to work for her brother's billionaire best friend, newly a single dad.

by Elsie Silver 2024 466 pages

3.98

400k+ ratings

🌄 Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💼 Workplace Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers

The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore • 2023

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

3.36

500k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Pumpkin Spice Café

A woman inherits a cafe and a grumpy farmer who makes her question where she belongs.

by Laurie Gilmore 2023 376 pages

3.36

500k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☕ Cozy Contemporary 🏠 Inherited Business ☀️ Grumpy Vs Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Hopeless

by Elsie Silver • 2023

A haunted veteran and a shunned bartender strike a deal: fake engagement, no real feelings allowed.

4.07

300k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🎖️ Wounded Soldier 🐴 Ranch Life ⚖️ Class Divide

Hopeless

A haunted veteran and a shunned bartender strike a deal: fake engagement, no real feelings allowed.

by Elsie Silver 2023 486 pages

4.07

300k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🎖️ Wounded Soldier 🐴 Ranch Life ⚖️ Class Divide

Love Redesigned

by Lauren Asher • 2023

Reunited by a crash, a billionaire and his rival restore a historic house, risking a second chance.

3.99

100k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Second Chance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Love Redesigned

Reunited by a crash, a billionaire and his rival restore a historic house, risking a second chance.

by Lauren Asher 2023 530 pages

3.99

100k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Second Chance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Done and Dusted

by Lyla Sage • 2023

A barrel racer returns home to heal and starts sleeping with her brother's best friend.

3.79

300k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👬 Brothers Best Friend 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine

Done and Dusted

A barrel racer returns home to heal and starts sleeping with her brother's best friend.

by Lyla Sage 2023 356 pages

3.79

300k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👬 Brothers Best Friend 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine

Just My Luck

by Lena Hendrix • 2024

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

4.17

15k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee

Just My Luck

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

by Lena Hendrix 2024 336 pages

4.17

15k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee

Downpour

by Maggie C. Gates • 2024

His bull-riding career ended in a wheelchair. Her job is to help him live again.

4.02

25k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

Downpour

His bull-riding career ended in a wheelchair. Her job is to help him live again.

by Maggie C. Gates 2024 354 pages

4.02

25k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

The Reason I Married Him

by Meghan Quinn • 2024

He was jilted. She's losing the family farm. The fix: a wedding, no feelings allowed.

4.06

48k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🏡 Forced Proximity

The Reason I Married Him

He was jilted. She's losing the family farm. The fix: a wedding, no feelings allowed.

by Meghan Quinn 2024 528 pages

4.06

48k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🏡 Forced Proximity

Lost and Lassoed

by Lyla Sage • 2024

A grumpy single-dad rancher and his longtime enemy: one roof, one summer, one undeniable attraction.

4.18

100k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Dad 🔑 Forced Proximity

Lost and Lassoed

A grumpy single-dad rancher and his longtime enemy: one roof, one summer, one undeniable attraction.

by Lyla Sage 2024 368 pages

4.18

100k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Dad 🔑 Forced Proximity

Rein Me In

by Kayla Grosse • 2023

A grieving barrel racer returns to Texas and a cowboy who is quietly drowning.

3.79

12k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🤠 Small Town Texas 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🩹 Healing Together 🏡 Family Ranch

Rein Me In

A grieving barrel racer returns to Texas and a cowboy who is quietly drowning.

by Kayla Grosse 2023 324 pages

3.79

12k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🤠 Small Town Texas 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🩹 Healing Together 🏡 Family Ranch

Beneath the Stars

by Emily McIntire • 2020

When Chase returns to Sugarlake, Alina confronts the childhood vow she buried with her heart.

3.89

28k+

🍃 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤍 Reunited Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Broken Hero 💔 High Angst

Beneath the Stars

When Chase returns to Sugarlake, Alina confronts the childhood vow she buried with her heart.

by Emily McIntire 2020 464 pages

3.89

28k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤍 Reunited Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Broken Hero 💔 High Angst

Sweet Like Whiskey

by Emmy Sanders • 2024

A drifter cooks at a Montana ranch, where a guarded cowboy makes him want to stay.

4.18

5k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Chronic Pain

Sweet Like Whiskey

A drifter cooks at a Montana ranch, where a guarded cowboy makes him want to stay.

by Emmy Sanders 2024 308 pages

4.18

5k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Chronic Pain

Imago

by N.R. Walker • 2017

A shy lepidopterist and a Tasmanian park ranger hunt a lost butterfly and discover one another.

4.04

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn ☕ Cozy Romance Energy 🌿 Nature Romance

Imago

A shy lepidopterist and a Tasmanian park ranger hunt a lost butterfly and discover one another.

by N.R. Walker 2017 164 pages

4.04

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn ☕ Cozy Romance Energy 🌿 Nature Romance

Hello Heartbreaker

by Kelsie Hoss • 2023

Her dream: buy the local salon. Her first client: the ex who broke her heart.

4.10

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 💖 Plus Size Heroine 🏫 High School Sweethearts 🤝 Forced Proximity

Hello Heartbreaker

Her dream: buy the local salon. Her first client: the ex who broke her heart.

by Kelsie Hoss 2023 383 pages

4.10

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 💖 Plus Size Heroine 🏫 High School Sweethearts 🤝 Forced Proximity

Thanksgiving Past

by Kathi Daley • 2020

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

4.46

2k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Thanksgiving Past

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

by Kathi Daley 2020 126 pages

4.46

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

My Favorite Hero

by Melanie Moreland • 2025

A firefighter's new tenant arrives through his kitchen window. She's not the quiet man he expected.

4.22

2k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance

My Favorite Hero

A firefighter's new tenant arrives through his kitchen window. She's not the quiet man he expected.

by Melanie Moreland 2025 369 pages

4.22

2k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Well Played

by Vi Keeland • 2021

Single mom co-inherits crumbling inn with ex's NFL-star brother. One bed. One bet. One heart.

4.00

18k+

👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🙅‍♀️ Brother's Ex 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🔥 Steamy Slow Burn 🏈 Pro Athlete Hero

Well Played

Single mom co-inherits crumbling inn with ex's NFL-star brother. One bed. One bet. One heart.

by Vi Keeland 2021 375 pages

4.00

18k+ ratings

👩‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🙅‍♀️ Brother's Ex 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🔥 Steamy Slow Burn 🏈 Pro Athlete Hero

Things We Never Got Over

by Lucy Score • 2022

Stranded with an abandoned niece, a runaway bride clashes with a gruff local who hates drama.

4.12

1M+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👧 Reluctant Guardian 👯 Mistaken Identity 💪 Protective Hero

Things We Never Got Over

Stranded with an abandoned niece, a runaway bride clashes with a gruff local who hates drama.

by Lucy Score 2022 572 pages

4.12

1M+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👧 Reluctant Guardian 👯 Mistaken Identity 💪 Protective Hero

Beartown

by Fredrik Backman • 2016

When a Swedish hockey town's star player assaults a girl, loyalty and justice collide.

4.29

600k+

🎭 Small Town Drama 🏒 Sports Drama 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⚡ Community Divided ⚠️ Rape Culture

Beartown

When a Swedish hockey town's star player assaults a girl, loyalty and justice collide.

by Fredrik Backman 2016 432 pages

4.29

600k+ ratings

🎭 Small Town Drama 🏒 Sports Drama 🤫 Small Town Secrets ⚡ Community Divided ⚠️ Rape Culture

Wild Card

by Elsie Silver

A wrong number erased the woman a firefighter cannot forget. Now she is his son's new girlfriend.

4.08

200k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💌 Missed Connection 🚫 Forbidden Romance

Immersive

Wild Card

A wrong number erased the woman a firefighter cannot forget. Now she is his son's new girlfriend.

by Elsie Silver 2025 464 pages

4.08

200k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💌 Missed Connection 🚫 Forbidden Romance

Training the Heart

by Paisley Hope • 2024

A gentle horse trainer lands on a guarded cowboy's ranch, and their chemistry tests every boundary.

4.02

29k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🐎 Ranch Life

Training the Heart

A gentle horse trainer lands on a guarded cowboy's ranch, and their chemistry tests every boundary.

by Paisley Hope 2024 448 pages

4.02

29k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🐎 Ranch Life

Woodworking

by Emily St. James • 2025

A closeted trans teacher in South Dakota meets a defiant trans teen. Hiding can't last.

4.23

16k+

📖 Trans Literary Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 🏡 Small-Town America 🧵 Unlikely Mentorship 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Woodworking

A closeted trans teacher in South Dakota meets a defiant trans teen. Hiding can't last.

by Emily St. James 2025 351 pages

4.23

16k+ ratings

📖 Trans Literary Fiction 🏠 Chosen Family 🏡 Small-Town America 🧵 Unlikely Mentorship 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Cowboy Casual

by Holly Renee • 2025

Blaire Monroe flees D.C. scandal for Tennessee, crashing into the single-dad cowboy she left behind.

4.06

34k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👧 Single Dad 🏠 Forced Proximity

Cowboy Casual

Blaire Monroe flees D.C. scandal for Tennessee, crashing into the single-dad cowboy she left behind.

by Holly Renee 2025 418 pages

4.06

34k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👧 Single Dad 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Bartender's Tale

by Ivan Doig • 2012

A bartender raises his son in a Montana saloon where stories matter more than whiskey.

4.07

10k+

🍺 Saloon Life 🏘️ Eccentric Small Town 💔 Absent Mother 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🎙️ Oral History

The Bartender's Tale

A bartender raises his son in a Montana saloon where stories matter more than whiskey.

by Ivan Doig 2012 387 pages

4.07

10k+ ratings

🍺 Saloon Life 🏘️ Eccentric Small Town 💔 Absent Mother 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🎙️ Oral History

Saddle to Sunup

by Emmy Sanders • 2025

A divorcé retrieves his best friend from exile; the road home peels back years of buried longing.

4.17

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💭 Sexual Awakening 🏔️ Montana Ranch 🏘️ Small Town 👨‍👧 Single Father

Saddle to Sunup

A divorcé retrieves his best friend from exile; the road home peels back years of buried longing.

by Emmy Sanders 2025 310 pages

4.17

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💭 Sexual Awakening 🏔️ Montana Ranch 🏘️ Small Town 👨‍👧 Single Father

The Night I Died

by Anne Frasier • 2023

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

3.96

7k+

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma 🪞 Switched Identities 💔 Survivor's Guilt

The Night I Died

To clear a childhood friend of murder, a PI confronts the Kansas town she cannot remember.

by Anne Frasier 2023 283 pages

3.96

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma 🪞 Switched Identities 💔 Survivor's Guilt

Huckleberry Lake

by Catherine Anderson • 2019

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

4.05

1k+

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Huckleberry Lake

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

by Catherine Anderson 2019 560 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Fever Dream

by Elsie Silver • 2026

A bull rider becomes a reality TV bachelor, then falls for the showrunner: his rival's sister.

3.96

100k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 📺 Reality Tv Romance 👊 Brother's Rival 🔥 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Healing

Fever Dream

A bull rider becomes a reality TV bachelor, then falls for the showrunner: his rival's sister.

by Elsie Silver 2026 448 pages

3.96

100k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 📺 Reality Tv Romance 👊 Brother's Rival 🔥 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Healing

Bend Toward the Sun

by Jen Devon • 2022

A botanist afraid to stay falls for a grieving doctor while restoring his family's wild vineyard.

3.99

3k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏡 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Bend Toward the Sun

A botanist afraid to stay falls for a grieving doctor while restoring his family's wild vineyard.

by Jen Devon 2022 384 pages

3.99

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏡 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Mistakes Were Made

by Lucy Score • 2026

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

4.23

53k+

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mistakes Were Made

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

by Lucy Score 2026 540 pages

4.23

53k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Wyatt

by Jessica Peterson • 2024

She returned to comfort her grieving best friend. Their fake date feels more real than goodbye.

3.94

66k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🖤 Grieving Hero

Wyatt

She returned to comfort her grieving best friend. Their fake date feels more real than goodbye.

by Jessica Peterson 2024 362 pages

3.94

66k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🖤 Grieving Hero

Don't Take the Girl

by L.A. Ferro • 2025

Vanished after saving her life. Six years later, the boy next door comes home with a new name.

4.00

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🔑 Family Secrets

Don't Take the Girl

Vanished after saving her life. Six years later, the boy next door comes home with a new name.

by L.A. Ferro 2025 474 pages

4.00

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🔑 Family Secrets

Caída de las nubes

by Violaine Bérot • 2025

During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.

4.08

2k+

🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 🏔️ Remote Mountain Village 🗣️ Polyphonic Narrative ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere

Caída de las nubes

During a snowstorm, a woman gives birth in her bath, unaware she was ever pregnant.

by Violaine Bérot 2025 136 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

🤰 Cryptic Pregnancy 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 🏔️ Remote Mountain Village 🗣️ Polyphonic Narrative ❄️ Wintry Atmosphere

Maple & Moonlight

by Daphne Elliot • 2026

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

4.09

5k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Maple & Moonlight

Fleeing abuse, a single mom rents from a gruff Vermont maple farmer. Two guarded hearts collide.

by Daphne Elliot 2026 474 pages

4.09

5k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

This Is Happiness

by Niall Williams

A failed seminarian watches an old lodger pursue the woman he jilted fifty years earlier.

4.22

31k+

🕊️ Second Chance Love 🛤️ Atonement Quest 🌿 Rural Ireland 🍃 Pastoral Fiction 📖 Quiet Literary

Immersive

This Is Happiness

A failed seminarian watches an old lodger pursue the woman he jilted fifty years earlier.

by Niall Williams 2019 385 pages

4.22

31k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance Love 🛤️ Atonement Quest 🌿 Rural Ireland 🍃 Pastoral Fiction 📖 Quiet Literary

Penpal

by Dathan Auerbach • 2012

A classroom balloon release yields only blurry photos of a boy, each showing him being watched.

3.86

62k+

👹 Creepypasta 👁️ Nosleep Horror 📸 Eerie Photographs 🔍 Missing Friend 🕵️ Childhood Stalker

Penpal

A classroom balloon release yields only blurry photos of a boy, each showing him being watched.

by Dathan Auerbach 2012 242 pages

3.86

62k+ ratings

👹 Creepypasta 👁️ Nosleep Horror 📸 Eerie Photographs 🔍 Missing Friend 🕵️ Childhood Stalker

The Winners

by Fredrik Backman • 2021

A small hockey town braces for a storm that unearths its buried secrets and oldest wounds.

4.45

100k+

🏘️ Small Town Drama 🏒 Literary Sports 🎭 Ensemble Cast 🔄 Redemption Arc 💔 Trauma Survivor

The Winners

A small hockey town braces for a storm that unearths its buried secrets and oldest wounds.

by Fredrik Backman 2021 671 pages

4.45

100k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Drama 🏒 Literary Sports 🎭 Ensemble Cast 🔄 Redemption Arc 💔 Trauma Survivor

Wood You Rather?

by Daphne Elliot • 2023

A PI must fake-date the lumber exec who destroyed her career to solve his father's murder.

4.15

2k+

🎭 Fake Dating ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

Wood You Rather?

A PI must fake-date the lumber exec who destroyed her career to solve his father's murder.

by Daphne Elliot 2023 434 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Wounded Hero

Every Promise Broken

by Ashley James • 2024

Two ex-husbands fake their marriage. The lie forces them to feel everything they buried.

4.23

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Hurt/Comfort

Every Promise Broken

Two ex-husbands fake their marriage. The lie forces them to feel everything they buried.

by Ashley James 2024 314 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Hurt/Comfort

Death of Yesterday

by M.C. Beaton • 2013

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

3.73

6k+

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence 🎭 Masked Identity 💰 Inheritance Plot

Death of Yesterday

A dead art student in a Highland factory. One stubborn constable. A village of secrets.

by M.C. Beaton 2013 272 pages

3.73

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Secrets 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🤫 Code Of Silence 🎭 Masked Identity 💰 Inheritance Plot

Sunday Morning

by Jewel E. Ann • 2024

The preacher's daughter was supposed to marry the golden boy. Then his older brother came home.

4.14

16k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👤 Brother Love Triangle 🔥 Good Girl Bad Boy 🖤 Angsty Romance

Sunday Morning

The preacher's daughter was supposed to marry the golden boy. Then his older brother came home.

by Jewel E. Ann 2024 382 pages

4.14

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👤 Brother Love Triangle 🔥 Good Girl Bad Boy 🖤 Angsty Romance

Bayou Sweetheart

by Lexi Blake • 2022

A star hides in the bayou and falls for the deputy she pulled from the mud.

4.44

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎭 Celebrity In Hiding ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🪖 Former Military Hero 💔 Emotional Healing

Bayou Sweetheart

A star hides in the bayou and falls for the deputy she pulled from the mud.

by Lexi Blake 2022 330 pages

4.44

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎭 Celebrity In Hiding ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🪖 Former Military Hero 💔 Emotional Healing

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

by Jenny Colgan • 2012

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

3.92

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

by Jenny Colgan 2012 465 pages

3.92

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Starting Over ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story

Bouquets & Buckles

by Elliott Rose • 2024

Snowed in with her best friend's dad: a cowboy she's secretly wanted for years.

3.90

19k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💕 Age Gap Romance ❄️ Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Affair ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Bouquets & Buckles

Snowed in with her best friend's dad: a cowboy she's secretly wanted for years.

by Elliott Rose 2024 194 pages

3.90

19k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💕 Age Gap Romance ❄️ Forced Proximity 🤫 Secret Affair ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Letting Go

by Liz Colbert • 2025

Her husband murdered, she takes her daughter home, but threats await. So does an FBI agent.

3.98

429

🖤 Young Widow 👧 Single Parent Romance 🕵️ FBI Agent Hero 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 🛡️ Protective Family

Letting Go

Her husband murdered, she takes her daughter home, but threats await. So does an FBI agent.

by Liz Colbert 2025 457 pages

3.98

429 ratings

🖤 Young Widow 👧 Single Parent Romance 🕵️ FBI Agent Hero 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 🛡️ Protective Family

The Hookup Situation

by Lyra Parish • 2025

Grieving billionaire meets barista fleeing her ex: fake-date until Halloween. No feelings.

4.15

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 💘 He Falls First 💰 Billionaire Hero 🖤 Wounded Hero

The Hookup Situation

Grieving billionaire meets barista fleeing her ex: fake-date until Halloween. No feelings.

by Lyra Parish 2025 414 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 💘 He Falls First 💰 Billionaire Hero 🖤 Wounded Hero

Rock Bottom Girl

by Lucy Score • 2019

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

4.25

73k+

🌾 Small Town Romance ⚽ Sports Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Return

Rock Bottom Girl

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

by Lucy Score 2019 532 pages

4.25

73k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance ⚽ Sports Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Return

The Earth Is Enough

by Harry Middleton • 1989

A boy broken by war heals in the Ozarks with his fly-fishing grandfather and great-uncle.

4.35

500+

🎣 Fly Fishing Memoir 🌿 Nature Memoir 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Healing Through Nature ✍️ Lyrical Prose

The Earth Is Enough

A boy broken by war heals in the Ozarks with his fly-fishing grandfather and great-uncle.

by Harry Middleton 1989 228 pages

4.35

500+ ratings

🎣 Fly Fishing Memoir 🌿 Nature Memoir 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Healing Through Nature ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Stay A Little Longer

by Kait Nolan • 2019

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

4.32

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 💞 Second Chance At Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

Stay A Little Longer

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

by Kait Nolan 2019

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 💞 Second Chance At Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

One More Song

by Annah Conwell • 2022

A bridesmaid must duet with her country star ex: the best friend's brother who left her.

4.09

2k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🎵 Musician Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🤝 Forced Proximity

One More Song

A bridesmaid must duet with her country star ex: the best friend's brother who left her.

by Annah Conwell 2022 341 pages

4.09

2k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🎵 Musician Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🤝 Forced Proximity

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