Best Small Town Romance Books | Summaries & Audio

Small Town Romance Book Summaries

Latte Darling

by S.J. Tilly • 2022

Stood up by a younger man, a barista falls for his gruff, protective father instead.

4.10

36k+

⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Curvy Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero

Latte Darling

Stood up by a younger man, a barista falls for his gruff, protective father instead.

by S.J. Tilly 2022 388 pages

4.10

36k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Curvy Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero

In Your Dreams

by Sarah Adams • 2025

A struggling chef takes over a restaurant her brother's best friend invented during one phone call.

3.98

89k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🤫 Secret Pining Hero 🧁 Cinnamon Roll Hero

In Your Dreams

A struggling chef takes over a restaurant her brother's best friend invented during one phone call.

by Sarah Adams 2025 358 pages

3.98

89k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🤫 Secret Pining Hero 🧁 Cinnamon Roll Hero

Great and Precious Things

by Rebecca Yarros • 2020

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

4.04

76k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero

Great and Precious Things

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

by Rebecca Yarros 2020 384 pages

4.04

76k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero

Secret Haven

by Catherine Cowles • 2025

A social worker proposes a fake marriage to her ex-foster brother to save his three half-sisters.

4.46

30k+

🔗 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 👫 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero

Secret Haven

A social worker proposes a fake marriage to her ex-foster brother to save his three half-sisters.

by Catherine Cowles 2025 420 pages

4.46

30k+ ratings

🔗 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family 👫 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero

Pretend You're Mine

by Lucy Score • 2015

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

4.22

100k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance

Pretend You're Mine

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

by Lucy Score 2015 451 pages

4.22

100k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance

Falling for Gage

by Mia Sheridan • 2024

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

3.95

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Falling for Gage

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

by Mia Sheridan 2024 384 pages

3.95

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Alive and Wells

by Bailey Hannah • 2023

She escaped a violent marriage. She didn't plan to fall for the cowboy who wants her gone.

3.93

47k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity

Alive and Wells

She escaped a violent marriage. She didn't plan to fall for the cowboy who wants her gone.

by Bailey Hannah 2023 311 pages

3.93

47k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity

All Rhodes Lead Here

by Mariana Zapata • 2021

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

4.21

100k+

🐌 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

All Rhodes Lead Here

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

by Mariana Zapata 2021 572 pages

4.21

100k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Wrong Mr. Right

by Stephanie Archer • 2022

A shy bookstore owner blackmails a surfer into boldness lessons, and learns he is hiding too.

3.97

45k+

🏄 Beach Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌷 Shy Heroine 🤝 Bargain Romance

The Wrong Mr. Right

A shy bookstore owner blackmails a surfer into boldness lessons, and learns he is hiding too.

by Stephanie Archer 2022 376 pages

3.97

45k+ ratings

🏄 Beach Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ⚡ Opposites Attract 🌷 Shy Heroine 🤝 Bargain Romance

Denim & Diamonds

by Penelope Ward • 2025

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

4.16

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

Denim & Diamonds

A burned-out mogul, banished to rural Maine, collides with a guarded bar owner. Everything changes.

by Penelope Ward 2025 397 pages

4.16

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👦 Single Dad

Across the Vanishing Sky

by Catherine Cowles • 2026

A mother moves to search for her vanished best friend and teams up with a reclusive hacker.

4.32

41k+

🏘️ Small Town Suspense 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Suspense 💻 Hacker Hero 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers

Across the Vanishing Sky

A mother moves to search for her vanished best friend and teams up with a reclusive hacker.

by Catherine Cowles 2026 432 pages

4.32

41k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Suspense 🔍 Missing Person Mystery 🔪 Serial Killer Suspense 💻 Hacker Hero 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers

That Kind of Guy

by Stephanie Archer • 2021

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

3.74

45k+

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

That Kind of Guy

To buy her restaurant, she fake-dates the smug mayoral candidate she's spent years despising.

by Stephanie Archer 2021 312 pages

3.74

45k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Relationship 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🥺 Mutual Pining 😂 Comedic Banter

Finn Rhodes Forever

by Stephanie Archer • 2023

Her childhood sweetheart returns and joins her rare-flower hunt, so she plots to make him dump her.

3.94

29k+

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🧬 Stem Heroine 🏘️ Quirky Small Town 🗣️ Meddling Friends

Finn Rhodes Forever

Her childhood sweetheart returns and joins her rare-flower hunt, so she plots to make him dump her.

by Stephanie Archer 2023 400 pages

3.94

29k+ ratings

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🧬 Stem Heroine 🏘️ Quirky Small Town 🗣️ Meddling Friends

Finding Home

by Lauren Rowe • 2025

A rockstar father and his daughter's guardian share a house, their distrust giving way to desire.

4.16

3k+

🎸 Rockstar Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Co-Parenting

Finding Home

A rockstar father and his daughter's guardian share a house, their distrust giving way to desire.

by Lauren Rowe 2025 408 pages

4.16

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rockstar Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Co-Parenting

In Your Dreams, Holden Rhodes

by Stephanie Archer • 2022

She inherits an inn with a grumpy handyman. He'll buy her out if she's his matchmaker.

3.93

31k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Small Town Charm 💘 Matchmaking ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

In Your Dreams, Holden Rhodes

She inherits an inn with a grumpy handyman. He'll buy her out if she's his matchmaker.

by Stephanie Archer 2022 404 pages

3.93

31k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Small Town Charm 💘 Matchmaking ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Disgrace

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2018

A pastor's daughter returns home divorced and collides with the town outcast over a broken car.

4.31

33k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Broken Hero 🐢 Slow Burn 😇😈 Good Girl X Bad Boy

Disgrace

A pastor's daughter returns home divorced and collides with the town outcast over a broken car.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2018

4.31

33k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Broken Hero 🐢 Slow Burn 😇😈 Good Girl X Bad Boy

Somebody Like You

by Carrie Elks • 2021

A retired NFL safety collides with a single mom in a small town where everyone watches.

4.11

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 👩‍👦‍👦 Single Parent 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Blended Family 💔 Wounded Hero

Somebody Like You

A retired NFL safety collides with a single mom in a small town where everyone watches.

by Carrie Elks 2021 320 pages

4.11

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 👩‍👦‍👦 Single Parent 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Blended Family 💔 Wounded Hero

Wrapped Up in You

by Nikki Ash • 2023

She survived a fire. Now a firefighter's kindness threatens to burn down her guarded heart.

3.73

4k+

🎄 Small Town Christmas 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Slow Burn

Wrapped Up in You

She survived a fire. Now a firefighter's kindness threatens to burn down her guarded heart.

by Nikki Ash 2023 261 pages

3.73

4k+ ratings

🎄 Small Town Christmas 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Slow Burn

A False Start

by Elsie Silver • 2022

Her brother's best friend kissed her once and walked away. Now he's the cowboy she can't avoid.

4.11

100k+

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trauma Recovery

A False Start

Her brother's best friend kissed her once and walked away. Now he's the cowboy she can't avoid.

by Elsie Silver 2022 432 pages

4.11

100k+ ratings

🫂 Brother's Best Friend 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Trauma Recovery

In the Weeds

by B.K. Borison • 2022

She ghosted him after two nights. Now an influencer gig brings her to his farm.

3.79

70k+

🏡 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔄 Second Chance 🌙 One Night Stand 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

In the Weeds

She ghosted him after two nights. Now an influencer gig brings her to his farm.

by B.K. Borison 2022 334 pages

3.79

70k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔄 Second Chance 🌙 One Night Stand 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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

What Happens at the Lake

by Vi Keeland • 2024

After her life implodes, she inherits a hoarded lake house and a scowling ex-hockey neighbor.

4.15

6k+

🏡 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔨 Fixer-Upper Romance 🏒 Former Athlete Hero

What Happens at the Lake

After her life implodes, she inherits a hoarded lake house and a scowling ex-hockey neighbor.

by Vi Keeland 2024 355 pages

4.15

6k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔨 Fixer-Upper Romance 🏒 Former Athlete Hero

Poker Face

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

A pastry chef's anonymous gym crush is also the celebrity judge of her baking competition.

4.00

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chef 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Poker Face

A pastry chef's anonymous gym crush is also the celebrity judge of her baking competition.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021 410 pages

4.00

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chef 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Fall at Once

by Nora Everly • 2024

An event planner fleeing heartbreak collides with a divorced fire chief in a Colorado mountain town.

3.67

9k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Dad Romance 💕 Found Family 💔 Healing From Heartbreak

Fall at Once

An event planner fleeing heartbreak collides with a divorced fire chief in a Colorado mountain town.

by Nora Everly 2024 288 pages

3.67

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Dad Romance 💕 Found Family 💔 Healing From Heartbreak

Between the Pines

by Amber Palmer • 2025

Fleeing a cheating cowboy, she meets a scarred bartender in Tennessee. One night she can't outrun.

3.83

17k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Grumpy Cowboy

Between the Pines

Fleeing a cheating cowboy, she meets a scarred bartender in Tennessee. One night she can't outrun.

by Amber Palmer 2025 312 pages

3.83

17k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Grumpy Cowboy

He Falls First

by Jill Shalvis • 2025

When a wary woman returns home to heal, the town's most guarded bachelor falls first.

4.10

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Wounded Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Healing Romance

He Falls First

When a wary woman returns home to heal, the town's most guarded bachelor falls first.

by Jill Shalvis 2025 352 pages

4.10

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Wounded Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Healing Romance

The Wreckage of Us

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2020

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

4.05

16k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

The Wreckage of Us

A broke goth takes a ranch job. The town's womanizing rock star just met his undoing.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2020 367 pages

4.05

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 🎸 Rock Star Romance

The Summer I Destroyed You

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2024

Home to destroy the town that broke her, she clashes with the contractor she's falling for.

4.04

7k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🪞 Body Image Healing 👩‍👧 Toxic Mother Wound 📱 Anonymous Messages

The Summer I Destroyed You

Home to destroy the town that broke her, she clashes with the contractor she's falling for.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2024 322 pages

4.04

7k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🪞 Body Image Healing 👩‍👧 Toxic Mother Wound 📱 Anonymous Messages

Some Kind of Famous

by Ava Wilder • 2025

A faded singer and a guarded handyman's renovation sparks a love neither expected.

3.53

3k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing 🎨 Artist Hero

Some Kind of Famous

A faded singer and a guarded handyman's renovation sparks a love neither expected.

by Ava Wilder 2025 432 pages

3.53

3k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing 🎨 Artist Hero

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

Honor

by Danielle Baker • 2026

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

4.10

23k+

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing

Honor

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

by Danielle Baker 2026 368 pages

4.10

23k+ ratings

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing

New Hope, Old Grudges

by Anne Malcom • 2023

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

3.81

1k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff

New Hope, Old Grudges

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

by Anne Malcom 2023 176 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff

Show Me How

by Hannah Cowan • 2025

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

3.88

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride

Show Me How

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

by Hannah Cowan 2025

3.88

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride

Saving Rain

by Kelsey Kingsley • 2023

An ex-con seeking redemption falls for a mother in hiding. Her abuser is closing in.

4.11

10k+

🩹 Savior Complex 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small-Town Romance 💔 Hurt Comfort

Saving Rain

An ex-con seeking redemption falls for a mother in hiding. Her abuser is closing in.

by Kelsey Kingsley 2023 494 pages

4.11

10k+ ratings

🩹 Savior Complex 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small-Town Romance 💔 Hurt Comfort

Seven of Hearts

by Maggie C. Gates • 2025

A nanny's secret night with her best friend's brother turns permanent when two pink lines appear.

3.86

10k+

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 💕 Best Friend's Brother 💞 Co-Parenting To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Found Family

Seven of Hearts

A nanny's secret night with her best friend's brother turns permanent when two pink lines appear.

by Maggie C. Gates 2025

3.86

10k+ ratings

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 💕 Best Friend's Brother 💞 Co-Parenting To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Found Family

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

Seven Year Itch

by Amy Daws • 2025

Sworn enemies share a wedding suite, and a no-strings week burns through seven years of hate.

3.94

38k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🖤 Sex Club ⛓️ Power Exchange 💪 Body Image Healing

Seven Year Itch

Sworn enemies share a wedding suite, and a no-strings week burns through seven years of hate.

by Amy Daws 2025 372 pages

3.94

38k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🖤 Sex Club ⛓️ Power Exchange 💪 Body Image Healing

Square Deal

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

She plans weddings by strict rules until a billionaire playboy proposes a temporary no-strings deal.

4.08

2k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💼 Billionaire Hero 💬 Banter Heavy

Square Deal

She plans weddings by strict rules until a billionaire playboy proposes a temporary no-strings deal.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021 430 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💼 Billionaire Hero 💬 Banter Heavy

In Spades

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

A housekeeper raising four siblings falls for the charming guest who secretly owns the inn.

4.09

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Heroine 💼 Hidden Billionaire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

In Spades

A housekeeper raising four siblings falls for the charming guest who secretly owns the inn.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021 438 pages

4.09

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Heroine 💼 Hidden Billionaire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Wild Card

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

When her fiancé is killed, a pregnant woman moves onto a widowed detective's houseboat.

4.20

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Grieving Hero

Wild Card

When her fiancé is killed, a pregnant woman moves onto a widowed detective's houseboat.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021 398 pages

4.20

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Grieving Hero

Show Me You Remember

by Hannah Cowan • 2026

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

3.96

2k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity

Show Me You Remember

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

by Hannah Cowan 2026 362 pages

3.96

2k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity

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

The Fine Art of Faking It

by Lucy Score • 2018

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

4.21

23k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Fine Art of Faking It

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

by Lucy Score 2018 436 pages

4.21

23k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Not in the Cards

by Maggie C. Gates • 2022

Ex-Navy pilot crashes with sister's best friend; old sparks fly, but her secret could destroy them.

4.14

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎖️ Military Hero 💑 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👩‍❤️‍👨 Best Friend's Brother

Not in the Cards

Ex-Navy pilot crashes with sister's best friend; old sparks fly, but her secret could destroy them.

by Maggie C. Gates 2022 450 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎖️ Military Hero 💑 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👩‍❤️‍👨 Best Friend's Brother

Betting Man

by Maggie C. Gates • 2022

Brutally attacked, she hides in her oldest friend's cottage, but her abuser is hunting her.

4.36

2k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🏡 Small Town Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero

Betting Man

Brutally attacked, she hides in her oldest friend's cottage, but her abuser is hunting her.

by Maggie C. Gates 2022 482 pages

4.36

2k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🏡 Small Town Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero

A Photo Finish

by Elsie Silver • 2021

Her anonymous online lover is her boss's brother. An injury forces her into his home.

4.02

100k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Wounded Hero

A Photo Finish

Her anonymous online lover is her boss's brother. An injury forces her into his home.

by Elsie Silver 2021 384 pages

4.02

100k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩹 Wounded Hero

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso"

by Elliot Fletcher • 2025

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

3.85

5k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏔️ Scottish Highlands ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 💘 He Falls First

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso"

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

by Elliot Fletcher 2025 439 pages

3.85

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏔️ Scottish Highlands ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 💘 He Falls First

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

Darling Daffodils Farm

by Brittanee Nicole • 2026

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

3.90

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

Darling Daffodils Farm

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

by Brittanee Nicole 2026 416 pages

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

The History Between Us

by Ashley James • 2024

A bull rider's one-night secret follows him home when his father's best friend becomes his doctor.

4.03

2k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏜️ Small-Town Western ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity

The History Between Us

A bull rider's one-night secret follows him home when his father's best friend becomes his doctor.

by Ashley James 2024 335 pages

4.03

2k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏜️ Small-Town Western ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity

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