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We Shouldn't

by Vi Keeland • 2019

Two rival creative directors. One job. A prank war that starts feeling like foreplay.

4.10

23k+

🏢 Office Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 👦 Single Guardian 💬 Banter Heavy

We Shouldn't

Two rival creative directors. One job. A prank war that starts feeling like foreplay.

by Vi Keeland 2019 405 pages

4.10

23k+ ratings

🏢 Office Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 👦 Single Guardian 💬 Banter Heavy

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

by Emma Knight • 2025

In Scotland, a student searches for her father's past and finds a family she belongs to.

3.43

28k+

🎓 Campus Novel 🔒 Family Secrets 🏰 Country Estate 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics

The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus

In Scotland, a student searches for her father's past and finds a family she belongs to.

by Emma Knight 2025 384 pages

3.43

28k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Novel 🔒 Family Secrets 🏰 Country Estate 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics

Before I Do

by Sophie Cousens • 2022

The bride's long-lost photo-booth crush appears at her rehearsal on her fiancé's sister's arm.

3.59

25k+

👰 Wedding Disaster 💭 What If Romance 🦶 Cold Feet Bride 💔 Love Triangle 🇬🇧 British Rom Com

Before I Do

The bride's long-lost photo-booth crush appears at her rehearsal on her fiancé's sister's arm.

by Sophie Cousens 2022 384 pages

3.59

25k+ ratings

👰 Wedding Disaster 💭 What If Romance 🦶 Cold Feet Bride 💔 Love Triangle 🇬🇧 British Rom Com

Bottle Rocket

by Kenna King • 2025

Fleeing her arranged marriage, a CEO becomes nanny to a hockey player and his niece.

4.09

3k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 👰 Runaway Bride 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🏡 Found Family

Bottle Rocket

Fleeing her arranged marriage, a CEO becomes nanny to a hockey player and his niece.

by Kenna King 2025 348 pages

4.09

3k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 👰 Runaway Bride 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🏡 Found Family

The Summer I Saved You

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2023

A single mother's new boss is the boy she watched from the dock one childhood summer.

3.85

13k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom 💗 Childhood Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔄 Second Chance Romance

The Summer I Saved You

A single mother's new boss is the boy she watched from the dock one childhood summer.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2023 296 pages

3.85

13k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom 💗 Childhood Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔄 Second Chance Romance

The Rules of Dating a Younger Man

by Vi Keeland • 2024

Her charity co-lead is the stranger she kissed and a decade younger than her rules allow.

4.02

2k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Widow Finds Love Again 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Rules of Dating a Younger Man

Her charity co-lead is the stranger she kissed and a decade younger than her rules allow.

by Vi Keeland 2024 315 pages

4.02

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Widow Finds Love Again 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

Work Wife

by Erica Cerulo • 2019

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

3.77

270

🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work 💗 Workplace Empathy 🧩 Shared Leadership

Work Wife

Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.

by Erica Cerulo 2019 208 pages

3.77

270 ratings

🚀 Female Founders 👥 Cofounder Dynamics 👯 Friendship At Work 💗 Workplace Empathy 🧩 Shared Leadership

A Humble Heart

by R.L. Mathewson • 2010

Her novel becomes a film. The star playing her hero wants more than a role.

4.06

10k+

📸 Celebrity Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Found Family 🎬 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

A Humble Heart

Her novel becomes a film. The star playing her hero wants more than a role.

by R.L. Mathewson 2010 235 pages

4.06

10k+ ratings

📸 Celebrity Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Found Family 🎬 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish

by Paula Brackston • 2024

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

3.75

2k+

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 💔 Doomed Romance 🗺️ Magical Map

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish

A ghost-seeing Victorian librarian discovers her cathedral's crypt broken open and the dead walking.

by Paula Brackston 2024 356 pages

3.75

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Fantasy 📜 Historical Fantasy 👻 Ghost-Seeing Heroine 💔 Doomed Romance 🗺️ Magical Map

In the Land of Invisible Women

by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

3.74

7k+

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation 🧕 Veiling And Identity 🕋 Islamic Pilgrimage

In the Land of Invisible Women

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008 454 pages

3.74

7k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation 🧕 Veiling And Identity 🕋 Islamic Pilgrimage

All the Lovers in the Night

by Mieko Kawakami • 2011

A Tokyo proofreader's solitary life unravels when a physics teacher starts talking about light.

3.67

53k+

📚 Japanese Literary Fiction 🗾 Contemporary Japan 👯 Female Friendship 🌃 Urban Loneliness 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

All the Lovers in the Night

A Tokyo proofreader's solitary life unravels when a physics teacher starts talking about light.

by Mieko Kawakami 2011 224 pages

3.67

53k+ ratings

📚 Japanese Literary Fiction 🗾 Contemporary Japan 👯 Female Friendship 🌃 Urban Loneliness 🍂 Quiet Melancholy

The Sweet Gum Tree

by Katherine Allred • 2005

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

4.25

31k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The Sweet Gum Tree

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

by Katherine Allred 2005 301 pages

4.25

31k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

A Black Women's History of the United States

by Daina Ramey Berry • 2020

The Black women who built America: their four-century story, from freedom before 1619 to now.

4.29

3k+

🖤 Black Women's History 🇺🇸 African American History 📜 Hidden Histories ✊ Women's Resistance 💜 Black Feminism

A Black Women's History of the United States

The Black women who built America: their four-century story, from freedom before 1619 to now.

by Daina Ramey Berry 2020 273 pages

4.29

3k+ ratings

🖤 Black Women's History 🇺🇸 African American History 📜 Hidden Histories ✊ Women's Resistance 💜 Black Feminism

A Different Kind of Power

by Jacinda Ardern • 2025

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

4.45

20k+

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

A Different Kind of Power

A prime minister led through massacre and pandemic with empathy, then walked away. Here is why.

by Jacinda Ardern 2025 352 pages

4.45

20k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Memoirs 👩‍💼 Female Leadership 💙 Empathetic Leadership ⚠️ Crisis Management 🎭 Impostor Syndrome

Love RX

by Devon Atwood • 2023

When a single mom's daughter gets hurt, the town's favorite doctor stitches more than a wound.

3.88

1k+

🩺 Medical Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom Fmc 🍪 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Love RX

When a single mom's daughter gets hurt, the town's favorite doctor stitches more than a wound.

by Devon Atwood 2023 329 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom Fmc 🍪 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Never Caught

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar • 2017

George Washington rotated his slaves across state lines to keep them. Ona Judge made him pay.

3.83

10k+

🏃🏾‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Narratives ⛓️ Enslaved Women 🏛️ Founding Fathers 🕊️ Escape And Flight ⚖️ Slavery And The Law

Never Caught

George Washington rotated his slaves across state lines to keep them. Ona Judge made him pay.

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2017 253 pages

3.83

10k+ ratings

🏃🏾‍♀️ Fugitive Slave Narratives ⛓️ Enslaved Women 🏛️ Founding Fathers 🕊️ Escape And Flight ⚖️ Slavery And The Law

While I Was Sleeping

by Dani Atkins • 2018

A six-year coma costs a woman her fiancé and her daughter, who calls someone else Mum.

4.20

4k+

💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍👧 Maternal Sacrifice 👪 Blended Family 🕊️ Forgiveness

While I Was Sleeping

A six-year coma costs a woman her fiancé and her daughter, who calls someone else Mum.

by Dani Atkins 2018 453 pages

4.20

4k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 👩‍👧 Maternal Sacrifice 👪 Blended Family 🕊️ Forgiveness

Madam Ambassador

by Eleni Kounalakis • 2015

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

3.77

110

🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

Madam Ambassador

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

by Eleni Kounalakis 2015 320 pages

3.77

110 ratings

🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

The Natural Way of Things

by Charlotte Wood • 2015

Drugged, shaved, and dumped in the outback: ten women discover the real punishment for public shame.

3.49

15k+

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🔒 Women In Captivity 📢 Public Shaming 🤝 Forced Sisterhood ✊ Body Autonomy

The Natural Way of Things

Drugged, shaved, and dumped in the outback: ten women discover the real punishment for public shame.

by Charlotte Wood 2015 320 pages

3.49

15k+ ratings

🚺 Feminist Dystopia 🔒 Women In Captivity 📢 Public Shaming 🤝 Forced Sisterhood ✊ Body Autonomy

Bitter Sweet

by Hattie Williams • 2025

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

3.82

14k+

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

Bitter Sweet

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

by Hattie Williams 2025 304 pages

3.82

14k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

Heart of a Stranger

by Angela Buchdahl • 2025

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

4.62

3k+

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color 🕎 Women In Clergy 🙏 Spiritual Memoir

Heart of a Stranger

Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.

by Angela Buchdahl 2025 352 pages

4.62

3k+ ratings

🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir 🕊️ Interfaith Families 🟤 Jews Of Color 🕎 Women In Clergy 🙏 Spiritual Memoir

Scavengers

by Kathleen Boland • 2026

A disgraced analyst returns to her chaotic mother, chasing rumored gold in the Utah desert.

3.21

1k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Drama 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 💻 Online Community

Scavengers

A disgraced analyst returns to her chaotic mother, chasing rumored gold in the Utah desert.

by Kathleen Boland 2026 304 pages

3.21

1k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Drama 🗺️ Treasure Hunt Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 💻 Online Community

And Now, Back to You

by B.K. Borison • 2026

Rival weathercasters snowed into one room discover their frostiest front is the one between them.

3.94

100k+

📺 Workplace Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ One Bed 🫂 Found Family

And Now, Back to You

Rival weathercasters snowed into one room discover their frostiest front is the one between them.

by B.K. Borison 2026 464 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

📺 Workplace Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ One Bed 🫂 Found Family

Always On My Mind

by Beth Moran • 2023

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

4.23

11k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Always On My Mind

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

by Beth Moran 2023 383 pages

4.23

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

April

by Audrey Carlan • 2015

A hired girlfriend for a reckless Red Sox pitcher must unite him with his lovestruck publicist.

3.95

12k+

🎭 Fake Dating ⚾ Sports Romance 💘 Matchmaking 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🔥 Steamy

April

A hired girlfriend for a reckless Red Sox pitcher must unite him with his lovestruck publicist.

by Audrey Carlan 2015 100 pages

3.95

12k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ⚾ Sports Romance 💘 Matchmaking 👯‍♀️ Female Friendship 🔥 Steamy

Plus Size Player

by Danielle Allen • 2025

A plus-size influencer dates four men casually, until she discovers one is her new CEO.

4.34

13k+

📱 Plus Size Heroine 💼 Workplace Romance 👗 Fashion Industry 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Black Love

Plus Size Player

A plus-size influencer dates four men casually, until she discovers one is her new CEO.

by Danielle Allen 2025 368 pages

4.34

13k+ ratings

📱 Plus Size Heroine 💼 Workplace Romance 👗 Fashion Industry 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Black Love

It's Different This Time

by Joss Richard • 2025

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

3.97

37k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

It's Different This Time

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

by Joss Richard 2025 432 pages

3.97

37k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Io ti guardo

by Irene Cao • 2013

A Venetian restorer takes a chef's dark bargain: every pleasure taught, every feeling forbidden.

3.21

1k+

🥀 Erotic Awakening 💔 Love Triangle 🚫 No Strings Attached 🖤 Tortured Hero 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero

Io ti guardo

A Venetian restorer takes a chef's dark bargain: every pleasure taught, every feeling forbidden.

by Irene Cao 2013 364 pages

3.21

1k+ ratings

🥀 Erotic Awakening 💔 Love Triangle 🚫 No Strings Attached 🖤 Tortured Hero 👨‍🍳 Chef Hero

Wait for Me

by Amy Jo Burns • 2026

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

3.65

8k+

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

Wait for Me

A meteor strike resurrects a folk singer's past and the daughter she abandoned in the mountains.

by Amy Jo Burns 2026 336 pages

3.65

8k+ ratings

📖 Appalachian Fiction 🎸 Nashville Music Scene 💔 Missing Mother 🎵 Stolen Music 🎨 Healing Through Art

Secrets

by Fern Michaels • 2022

A fire-scarred trunk lands at an art center, pulling a psychic into a decades-old disappearance.

4.21

7k+

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🛋️ Cozy Mystery Energy 👫 Lost Siblings Reunited

Secrets

A fire-scarred trunk lands at an art center, pulling a psychic into a decades-old disappearance.

by Fern Michaels 2022 368 pages

4.21

7k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 💞 Second Chance Romance 🛋️ Cozy Mystery Energy 👫 Lost Siblings Reunited

All the Rules

by Ellen Fein • 2007

The original playbook for making him chase: 35 rules that turn feminine reserve into a commitment.

3.49

2k+

💕 Dating Advice 💒 Traditional Courtship 😼 Playing Hard To Get 🚧 Dating Boundaries 👠 Feminine Mystique

All the Rules

The original playbook for making him chase: 35 rules that turn feminine reserve into a commitment.

by Ellen Fein 2007 400 pages

3.49

2k+ ratings

💕 Dating Advice 💒 Traditional Courtship 😼 Playing Hard To Get 🚧 Dating Boundaries 👠 Feminine Mystique

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

Bad Habits

by Amy Gentry • 2021

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

3.50

1k+

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Bad Habits

At a conference, two former friends must confront the grad-school death they spent years avoiding.

by Amy Gentry 2021 354 pages

3.50

1k+ ratings

🎓 Toxic Academia 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 💰 Class Divide 🎭 Mentorship Gone Wrong 🔥 Slow Burn Tension

Never Chase Men Again

by Bruce Bryans • 2015

Why your availability kills his interest, and the self-respect moves that make him chase.

3.89

2k+

🩷 Dating Advice 🚧 Boundary Setting 👸 Self-Worth In Love 🧠 Male Psychology 💍 Commitment-Focused Dating

Never Chase Men Again

Why your availability kills his interest, and the self-respect moves that make him chase.

by Bruce Bryans 2015 98 pages

3.89

2k+ ratings

🩷 Dating Advice 🚧 Boundary Setting 👸 Self-Worth In Love 🧠 Male Psychology 💍 Commitment-Focused Dating

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

Daughter of Egypt

by Marie Benedict • 2026

An aristocrat in 1920s Egypt follows an ancient scarab toward a female pharaoh's erased legacy.

3.83

11k+

⏳ Dual Timeline 🏺 Archaeology 📜 Forgotten Women 🦸‍♀️ Women Pioneers 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter

Daughter of Egypt

An aristocrat in 1920s Egypt follows an ancient scarab toward a female pharaoh's erased legacy.

by Marie Benedict 2026 352 pages

3.83

11k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 🏺 Archaeology 📜 Forgotten Women 🦸‍♀️ Women Pioneers 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter

First Comes Love

by Emily Goodwin • 2016

Her brother's best friend was supposed to be one mistake. Then the test came back positive.

3.81

5k+

🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 👯 Brother's Best Friend 🔥 Bad Boy Reformed 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💋 Steamy

First Comes Love

Her brother's best friend was supposed to be one mistake. Then the test came back positive.

by Emily Goodwin 2016 222 pages

3.81

5k+ ratings

🤰 Accidental Pregnancy 👯 Brother's Best Friend 🔥 Bad Boy Reformed 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💋 Steamy

Candace Pert

by Pamela Ryckman • 2023

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

3.88

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Opioid Crisis 🚺 Gender Bias In Science

Candace Pert

She discovered the opiate receptor. The prize went to her male mentor. She never forgave science.

by Pamela Ryckman 2023 304 pages

3.88

68 ratings

👩‍🔬 Women In Science 🧠 Neuroscience History 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 💊 Opioid Crisis 🚺 Gender Bias In Science

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

Brain Sex

by Anne Moir • 1989

Men and women have different brains, wired before birth by hormones, not culture.

3.73

500+

🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Nature Vs Nurture 💊 Hormones And Behavior 💬 Gender Communication

Brain Sex

Men and women have different brains, wired before birth by hormones, not culture.

by Anne Moir 1989 256 pages

3.73

500+ ratings

🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Nature Vs Nurture 💊 Hormones And Behavior 💬 Gender Communication

Scandalo a Hollywood

by Felicia Kingsley • 2025

A gossip-king's deal with his journalist rival reignites old wounds and a spark neither saw coming.

4.07

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Hollywood Setting 💕 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Child 💬 Witty Banter

Scandalo a Hollywood

A gossip-king's deal with his journalist rival reignites old wounds and a spark neither saw coming.

by Felicia Kingsley 2025 536 pages

4.07

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Hollywood Setting 💕 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Child 💬 Witty Banter

The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

by Daisy Wood • 2022

Betrayed, an American in Paris uncovers a shuttered bookshop's hidden room used by the Resistance.

4.31

23k+

📚 Bookshop Fiction 🕰️ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 🚪 Hidden Rooms 🇫🇷 Occupied Paris

The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

Betrayed, an American in Paris uncovers a shuttered bookshop's hidden room used by the Resistance.

by Daisy Wood 2022 367 pages

4.31

23k+ ratings

📚 Bookshop Fiction 🕰️ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 🚪 Hidden Rooms 🇫🇷 Occupied Paris

La monaca

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

3.51

500+

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty 🕊️ Female Emancipation 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

La monaca

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010 296 pages

3.51

500+ ratings

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty 🕊️ Female Emancipation 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

Ain't I a Woman

by bell hooks • 1981

White feminism fought for women; black freedom fought for manhood. Neither saw black women.

4.51

19k+

🖤 Black Feminism 🧊 White Feminism Critique ⛓️ Slavery's Legacy 🔗 Racism And Sexism 🧠 Black Political Thought

Ain't I a Woman

White feminism fought for women; black freedom fought for manhood. Neither saw black women.

by bell hooks 1981 205 pages

4.51

19k+ ratings

🖤 Black Feminism 🧊 White Feminism Critique ⛓️ Slavery's Legacy 🔗 Racism And Sexism 🧠 Black Political Thought

The Second Mrs. Astor

by Shana Abe • 2021

A teenager marries America's richest man, and a scandalized society drives them onto the Titanic.

3.96

74k+

🏛️ Gilded Age 💐 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Doomed Love 🌊 Survivor's Guilt 🕰️ Edwardian

The Second Mrs. Astor

A teenager marries America's richest man, and a scandalized society drives them onto the Titanic.

by Shana Abe 2021 323 pages

3.96

74k+ ratings

🏛️ Gilded Age 💐 Age Gap Romance 🖤 Doomed Love 🌊 Survivor's Guilt 🕰️ Edwardian

The Forget-Me-Not Library

by Heather Webber • 2025

A grief-stricken nurse breaks down in a town where a library cat returns what tragedy stole.

4.09

8k+

🏘️ Small Town Magical Realism 📚 Bookish Magic 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🕊️ Healing From Loss

The Forget-Me-Not Library

A grief-stricken nurse breaks down in a town where a library cat returns what tragedy stole.

by Heather Webber 2025 352 pages

4.09

8k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Magical Realism 📚 Bookish Magic 🫂 Found Family 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🕊️ Healing From Loss

This Love

by Dani Atkins • 2017

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

4.14

3k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

This Love

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

by Dani Atkins 2017 339 pages

4.14

3k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family

Imperfect Women

by Araminta Hall • 2020

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

3.41

6k+

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Imperfect Women

A murdered friend reveals the hidden betrayals that bound three women together since university.

by Araminta Hall 2020

3.41

6k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Noir 🔍 Psychological Suspense 👯 Female Friendship 🤫 Buried Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

OPEN

by Frankie Bridge • 2020

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

4.30

1k+

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 🤗 Self-Compassion

OPEN

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

by Frankie Bridge 2020 258 pages

4.30

1k+ ratings

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 🤗 Self-Compassion

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

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