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The Wife Upstairs

by Rachel Hawkins • 2021

A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.

3.72

300k+

🕯️ Gothic Thriller 📖 Jane Eyre Retelling 🌿 Southern Gothic 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Antiheroine

The Wife Upstairs

A dog walker cons a wealthy widower into marriage. His missing wife won't stay silent.

by Rachel Hawkins 2021 290 pages

3.72

300k+ ratings

🕯️ Gothic Thriller 📖 Jane Eyre Retelling 🌿 Southern Gothic 🤥 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Antiheroine

Mom Brain

by Nicole Hackett • 2026

A mother enters a Hawaii retreat for burned-out parents. The women who don't improve disappear.

3.28

453

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🏝️ Cult-Like Retreat 🤱 Maternal Pressure 😔 Maternal Guilt 💊 Experimental Therapy

Mom Brain

A mother enters a Hawaii retreat for burned-out parents. The women who don't improve disappear.

by Nicole Hackett 2026 368 pages

3.28

453 ratings

🖤 Psychological Suspense 🏝️ Cult-Like Retreat 🤱 Maternal Pressure 😔 Maternal Guilt 💊 Experimental Therapy

Identity Theft

by Melissa B. Kruger • 2018

Your sense of self keeps crumbling. A biblical repair for the false selves we adopt under pressure.

4.27

2k+

🕊️ Identity In Christ ✝️ Gospel-Centered 🏔️ Reformed Theology 👤 Image Of God 🔗 Union With Christ

Identity Theft

Your sense of self keeps crumbling. A biblical repair for the false selves we adopt under pressure.

by Melissa B. Kruger 2018 153 pages

4.27

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Identity In Christ ✝️ Gospel-Centered 🏔️ Reformed Theology 👤 Image Of God 🔗 Union With Christ

Vianne

by Joanne Harris • 2025

Pregnant and taught to run, an orphan discovers home in a dead woman's Marseille kitchen.

4.14

4k+

🫂 Found Family 🍲 Healing Through Food 📖 Inherited Recipes ✨ Gentle Magic 🔍 Hidden Past

Vianne

Pregnant and taught to run, an orphan discovers home in a dead woman's Marseille kitchen.

by Joanne Harris 2025 399 pages

4.14

4k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🍲 Healing Through Food 📖 Inherited Recipes ✨ Gentle Magic 🔍 Hidden Past

God Help the Child

by Toni Morrison • 2015

A blue-black beauty mogul's body is shrinking, and the child her mother rejected is resurfacing.

3.78

32k+

🎨 Colorism 🥀 Maternal Neglect 🔗 Generational Trauma 🩸 Body As Trauma ⚖️ False Testimony

God Help the Child

A blue-black beauty mogul's body is shrinking, and the child her mother rejected is resurfacing.

by Toni Morrison 2015

3.78

32k+ ratings

🎨 Colorism 🥀 Maternal Neglect 🔗 Generational Trauma 🩸 Body As Trauma ⚖️ False Testimony

The Saints of Swallow Hill

by Donna Everhart • 2022

Disguised as a man, a fugitive enters a turpentine camp where the sun is a coffin.

4.10

40k+

🌾 Depression-Era South 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 😢 Mercy Killing 🏡 Found Family

The Saints of Swallow Hill

Disguised as a man, a fugitive enters a turpentine camp where the sun is a coffin.

by Donna Everhart 2022 372 pages

4.10

40k+ ratings

🌾 Depression-Era South 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 😢 Mercy Killing 🏡 Found Family

Vortex

by Catherine Coulter • 2021

A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.

4.37

12k+

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ FBI Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 📰 Reporter Sleuth 🎭 Charismatic Villain

Vortex

A reporter recognizes her mayoral candidate in old photos from the night her best friend vanished.

by Catherine Coulter 2021 400 pages

4.37

12k+ ratings

🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏛️ FBI Procedural 🗳️ Political Thriller 📰 Reporter Sleuth 🎭 Charismatic Villain

The Irish Princess

by Elizabeth Chadwick • 2019

Exiled and bartered to a Norman invader, an Irish princess turns marriage into power and survival.

4.14

2k+

🏰 Medieval Ireland 🤝 Political Marriage 👑 Women In History ⚔️ Norman Conquest 💕 Arranged Marriage To Love

The Irish Princess

Exiled and bartered to a Norman invader, an Irish princess turns marriage into power and survival.

by Elizabeth Chadwick 2019 400 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Ireland 🤝 Political Marriage 👑 Women In History ⚔️ Norman Conquest 💕 Arranged Marriage To Love

Toe to Toe

by Falon Ballard • 2026

A ballet soloist hires a revue star to teach her seduction, and their practice becomes real.

3.50

3k+

🩰 Ballet Romance 💋 Lessons In Seduction 🎭 Opposites Attract 🔥 Sensual Awakening 🗽 New York City

Toe to Toe

A ballet soloist hires a revue star to teach her seduction, and their practice becomes real.

by Falon Ballard 2026 336 pages

3.50

3k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Romance 💋 Lessons In Seduction 🎭 Opposites Attract 🔥 Sensual Awakening 🗽 New York City

Bright Lights, Big Christmas

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2023

An aimless artist gets a second chance running her family's Christmas tree stand in New York.

3.74

61k+

🎄 Cozy Christmas Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🌲 Family Business 🔄 Second Chances

Bright Lights, Big Christmas

An aimless artist gets a second chance running her family's Christmas tree stand in New York.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2023 288 pages

3.74

61k+ ratings

🎄 Cozy Christmas Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🌲 Family Business 🔄 Second Chances

Mothers of Psychoanalysis

by Janet Sayers • 1991

Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.

4.20

🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory 🧩 Object Relations Theory 🛡️ Ego Psychology ♀️ Feminist Psychology 🤱 Maternal Influence

Mothers of Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis began with Freud's obsession with fathers. Four women rebuilt it around the mother.

by Janet Sayers 1991 319 pages

4.20

25 ratings

🔬 Psychoanalytic Theory 🧩 Object Relations Theory 🛡️ Ego Psychology ♀️ Feminist Psychology 🤱 Maternal Influence

The Honey-Don't List

by Christina Lauren • 2020

Two assistants are trapped on a book tour with their bosses' crumbling marriage and fall in love.

3.49

85k+

🚌 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🏡 Home Renovation 🎨 Hidden Talent 🚐 Road Trip Chaos

The Honey-Don't List

Two assistants are trapped on a book tour with their bosses' crumbling marriage and fall in love.

by Christina Lauren 2020 308 pages

3.49

85k+ ratings

🚌 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🏡 Home Renovation 🎨 Hidden Talent 🚐 Road Trip Chaos

The Words in My Hand

by Guinevere Glasfurd • 2015

Descartes' maid lover learns to write; if found, the letters will reveal their hidden daughter.

3.99

2k+

💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Class Divide 📖 Illiterate Protagonist 🧹 Maid Protagonist 🇳🇱 17th Century Netherlands

The Words in My Hand

Descartes' maid lover learns to write; if found, the letters will reveal their hidden daughter.

by Guinevere Glasfurd 2015 416 pages

3.99

2k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love ⚖️ Class Divide 📖 Illiterate Protagonist 🧹 Maid Protagonist 🇳🇱 17th Century Netherlands

Summer People

by Brittanee Nicole • 2025

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

4.07

6k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Summer People

A starlet on the run meets a solitary sheriff on an island too small for secrets.

by Brittanee Nicole 2025 346 pages

4.07

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👧 Single Guardian 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

She Started It

by Sian Gilbert • 2023

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

3.57

57k+

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity 🖤 Shared Dark Past 💅 Mean Girl Reckoning

She Started It

Four women are lured to an island hen party by the classmate whose life they ruined.

by Sian Gilbert 2023 352 pages

3.57

57k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Thriller 🏝️ Remote Island 🎭 Fake Identity 🖤 Shared Dark Past 💅 Mean Girl Reckoning

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

by Catherine Mack • 2024

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

3.45

40k+

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Mystery

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

A mystery novelist's Italian book tour becomes a real whodunit when her blackmailing ex is targeted.

by Catherine Mack 2024 342 pages

3.45

40k+ ratings

📚 Book Tour Murder ✍️ Author Sleuth 👯‍♀️ Sisters And Secrets 🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🪞 Meta Mystery

Someone I Used to Know

by Paige Toon • 2021

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

4.16

10k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Someone I Used to Know

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

by Paige Toon 2021 384 pages

4.16

10k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Moon Tiger

by Penelope Lively • 1987

On her deathbed, a brilliant historian reassembles her century, but the pieces refuse to add up.

3.91

19k+

📖 Nonlinear Narrative 💔 WWII Love Story 👥 Intense Sibling Bond 💫 Difficult Woman Protagonist 🧩 Unconventional Motherhood

Moon Tiger

On her deathbed, a brilliant historian reassembles her century, but the pieces refuse to add up.

by Penelope Lively 1987 224 pages

3.91

19k+ ratings

📖 Nonlinear Narrative 💔 WWII Love Story 👥 Intense Sibling Bond 💫 Difficult Woman Protagonist 🧩 Unconventional Motherhood

The Happy Couple

by Naoise Dolan • 2023

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

3.32

20k+

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

The Happy Couple

Neither could admit their doubts, so they got engaged instead. The wedding is months away.

by Naoise Dolan 2023 240 pages

3.32

20k+ ratings

🔍 Relationship Autopsy 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 😏 Dark Humor 🖤 Melancholy Romance 🕸️ Entangled Exes

Musical Chairs

by Amy Poeppel • 2020

A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.

3.81

9k+

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🤫 Family Secrets 🎻 Chamber Music

Musical Chairs

A cellist's summer goes off-key when her grown children and aging father bring their crises home.

by Amy Poeppel 2020 416 pages

3.81

9k+ ratings

🔄 Midlife Reinvention 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💛 Platonic Soulmates 🤫 Family Secrets 🎻 Chamber Music

The Chambermaid's Key

by Genevieve Graham • 2026

Toronto's Dominion Hotel. A chambermaid finds a mob ledger. Then murder pins it on her.

4.19

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative ☘️ Irish Diaspora 🌿 Generational Healing 💔 Sacrificial Motherhood 🌫️ Atmospheric Mystery

The Chambermaid's Key

Toronto's Dominion Hotel. A chambermaid finds a mob ledger. Then murder pins it on her.

by Genevieve Graham 2026 400 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative ☘️ Irish Diaspora 🌿 Generational Healing 💔 Sacrificial Motherhood 🌫️ Atmospheric Mystery

The Woman Who Took a Chance

by Fiona Gibson • 2022

Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.

3.96

1k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 📱 Online Dating Disasters 🥪 Sandwich Generation 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

The Woman Who Took a Chance

Grounded at fifty, a flight attendant braves dating apps and the comedy of starting over.

by Fiona Gibson 2022 354 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 📱 Online Dating Disasters 🥪 Sandwich Generation 🤝 Found Family 👯 Female Friendship

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

by Laura Dockrill • 2024

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

3.86

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

by Laura Dockrill 2024 349 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor

The Summer of Serendipity

by Ali McNamara • 2017

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

3.90

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Summer of Serendipity

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

by Ali McNamara 2017 368 pages

3.90

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

Six Little Words

by Sally Page • 2026

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

4.06

4k+

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Six Little Words

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

by Sally Page 2026 368 pages

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Entry Lessons

by Jorja Leap • 2022

For women, prison punishes trauma survival. The women who lived it are building something better.

4.33

⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚺 Women In Prison 🔑 Prison Reform 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🚪 Prisoner Reentry

Entry Lessons

For women, prison punishes trauma survival. The women who lived it are building something better.

by Jorja Leap 2022 288 pages

4.33

49 ratings

⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🚺 Women In Prison 🔑 Prison Reform 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🚪 Prisoner Reentry

The Forgotten Village

by Lorna Cook • 2019

A woman in a Dorset ghost village finds a wartime photograph that unlocks the manor's dark secret.

4.19

10k+

⏳ Dual Timeline 🏠 WWII Home Front 💔 Abusive Marriage 🎭 Identity Swap 💕 Forbidden Love

The Forgotten Village

A woman in a Dorset ghost village finds a wartime photograph that unlocks the manor's dark secret.

by Lorna Cook 2019 354 pages

4.19

10k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 🏠 WWII Home Front 💔 Abusive Marriage 🎭 Identity Swap 💕 Forbidden Love

The First Advent in Palestine

by Kelley Nikondeha • 2022

Christmas was not a silent night but a peace campaign born under occupation.

4.29

487

📅 Advent Studies 🏛️ Political Theology 👑 Empire Criticism ✊ Liberation Theology 🇵🇸 Palestinian Theology

The First Advent in Palestine

Christmas was not a silent night but a peace campaign born under occupation.

by Kelley Nikondeha 2022 214 pages

4.29

487 ratings

📅 Advent Studies 🏛️ Political Theology 👑 Empire Criticism ✊ Liberation Theology 🇵🇸 Palestinian Theology

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

by Aimee Brown • 2023

A bookstore manager battles her wealthy boyfriend's family after he secretly joins a reality show.

3.97

500+

💕 Second Chance Romance 🎥 Reality Tv Romance 💰 Class Divide Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

A bookstore manager battles her wealthy boyfriend's family after he secretly joins a reality show.

by Aimee Brown 2023 330 pages

3.97

500+ ratings

💕 Second Chance Romance 🎥 Reality Tv Romance 💰 Class Divide Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Je me regarderai dans les yeux

by Rim Battal • 2025

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

4.11

500+

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

Je me regarderai dans les yeux

One cigarette brands a Moroccan girl impure. To keep her family, she must prove her virginity.

by Rim Battal 2025 208 pages

4.11

500+ ratings

🧬 Generational Trauma 🩺 Virginity Testing ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🇲🇦 Contemporary Morocco

Sisterland

by Curtis Sittenfeld • 2013

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

3.38

41k+

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

Sisterland

She traded premonitions for PTA, until her twin predicted a disaster on live TV.

by Curtis Sittenfeld 2013 397 pages

3.38

41k+ ratings

👯 Twin Bond 🏡 Domestic Drama 🤫 Family Secrets 🏘️ Suburban Anxiety 🤱 Ambivalent Motherhood

Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly

by Marie Bostwick • 2023

She returns to the family lodge to save it; her grandmother's quilts save her.

4.06

3k+

📖 Dual Timeline 🪖 WWII Home Front 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Healing ✍️ Struggling Writer 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly

She returns to the family lodge to save it; her grandmother's quilts save her.

by Marie Bostwick 2023 358 pages

4.06

3k+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline 🪖 WWII Home Front 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Healing ✍️ Struggling Writer 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Christmas Lights

by Karen Swan • 2018

An influencer's Norwegian hideaway becomes a trap when a stalker's threats follow her into the snow.

4.03

4k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📱 Social Media Influencer 💔 Damaged Hero 🏔️ Remote Farm Setting ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Christmas Lights

An influencer's Norwegian hideaway becomes a trap when a stalker's threats follow her into the snow.

by Karen Swan 2018 456 pages

4.03

4k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📱 Social Media Influencer 💔 Damaged Hero 🏔️ Remote Farm Setting ⏳ Dual Timeline

TDAH En la mujer adulta

by Nicolette Leon • 2021

ADHD in women is a silent epidemic. A full guide to diagnosis, daily habits, and natural relief.

2.53

🧠 Adhd In Women ♾️ Neurodiversity ⏰ Late Diagnosis 🏃‍♀️ Lifestyle Medicine 🌱 Natural Remedies

TDAH En la mujer adulta

ADHD in women is a silent epidemic. A full guide to diagnosis, daily habits, and natural relief.

by Nicolette Leon 2021 129 pages

2.53

17 ratings

🧠 Adhd In Women ♾️ Neurodiversity ⏰ Late Diagnosis 🏃‍♀️ Lifestyle Medicine 🌱 Natural Remedies

Gender and the Mexican Revolution

by Stephanie J. Smith • 2009

Yucatán's revolutionaries promised freedom, then built a new patriarchy. Women fought back, briefly.

4.00

🇲🇽 Mexican Revolution 👩‍🎓 Women's History ⚖️ Gender And Law 🏛️ State Feminism 💪 Women's Agency

Gender and the Mexican Revolution

Yucatán's revolutionaries promised freedom, then built a new patriarchy. Women fought back, briefly.

by Stephanie J. Smith 2009 272 pages

4.00

16 ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican Revolution 👩‍🎓 Women's History ⚖️ Gender And Law 🏛️ State Feminism 💪 Women's Agency

The One Day You Were My Husband

by Rosie Walsh • 2026

Thirteen years after her husband vanished, a surgeon finds him alive on a rental site.

3.77

14k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💕 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔒 Family Secrets

The One Day You Were My Husband

Thirteen years after her husband vanished, a surgeon finds him alive on a rental site.

by Rosie Walsh 2026 368 pages

3.77

14k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 💕 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔒 Family Secrets

The Rain Before it Falls

by Jonathan Coe • 2007

A dead aunt's cassette tapes trace four generations of abandoned daughters to find a blind cousin.

3.71

7k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family 🎙️ Oral History 🏘️ Wartime Evacuation 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Lesbian Love Story

The Rain Before it Falls

A dead aunt's cassette tapes trace four generations of abandoned daughters to find a blind cousin.

by Jonathan Coe 2007 256 pages

3.71

7k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family 🎙️ Oral History 🏘️ Wartime Evacuation 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Lesbian Love Story

The Woman in the Middle

by Milly Johnson • 2021

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

4.31

4k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

The Woman in the Middle

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

by Milly Johnson 2021 400 pages

4.31

4k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 💕 Second Chance Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

Stranger Things Have Happened

by Kasie West • 2026

A bar bet lands her in fake couples therapy with a stranger. The feelings turn real.

3.80

4k+

🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter ⚡ Opposites Attract 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

Stranger Things Have Happened

A bar bet lands her in fake couples therapy with a stranger. The feelings turn real.

by Kasie West 2026 352 pages

3.80

4k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter ⚡ Opposites Attract 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

Flat Earth

by Anika Jade Levy • 2025

A broke graduate student commodifies her body, her labor, her envy of her filmmaker best friend.

3.10

1k+

📝 Autofiction 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😞 Self Loathing 💰 Transactional Intimacy 🎭 Literary Satire

Flat Earth

A broke graduate student commodifies her body, her labor, her envy of her filmmaker best friend.

by Anika Jade Levy 2025 224 pages

3.10

1k+ ratings

📝 Autofiction 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 😞 Self Loathing 💰 Transactional Intimacy 🎭 Literary Satire

The Half Moon

by Mary Beth Keane • 2023

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

3.39

28k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

The Half Moon

A failing bar and years of infertility hollow out a marriage in one small town winter.

by Mary Beth Keane 2023 304 pages

3.39

28k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🕊️ Infertility Grief 💋 Infidelity 🌅 Second Chances 🏘️ Small Town Life

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

by Jenny Colgan • 2013

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

3.81

18k+

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💘 Second Chance Romance

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

by Jenny Colgan 2013 416 pages

3.81

18k+ ratings

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💘 Second Chance Romance

Discovering the Inner Mother

by Bethany Webster • 2021

How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.

3.86

1k+

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧒 Inner Child Healing ✊ Feminist Psychology 💔 Emotional Neglect

Discovering the Inner Mother

How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.

by Bethany Webster 2021 304 pages

3.86

1k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🧒 Inner Child Healing ✊ Feminist Psychology 💔 Emotional Neglect

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé

by Jennifer Peel • 2019

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

4.15

1k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

by Jennifer Peel 2019 250 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad

Pedra de tartera

by Maria Barbal • 1985

The aunt expected housework; the hills demanded everything, and the war took what remained.

3.90

1k+

⚔️ Spanish Civil War Fiction 🏔️ Rural Catalonia 👩‍🌾 Rural Womanhood 🚶‍♀️ Displacement 🖤 Quiet Grief

Pedra de tartera

The aunt expected housework; the hills demanded everything, and the war took what remained.

by Maria Barbal 1985 123 pages

3.90

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Spanish Civil War Fiction 🏔️ Rural Catalonia 👩‍🌾 Rural Womanhood 🚶‍♀️ Displacement 🖤 Quiet Grief

Le Cœur cousu

by Carole Martinez • 2007

An heirloom box of magical thread mends souls and curses the Spanish women who inherit it.

3.97

2k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multi-Generational Saga 🪡 Magical Seamstress 🔮 Inherited Curse 👯 Gifted Sisters 🏜️ Exile Journey

Le Cœur cousu

An heirloom box of magical thread mends souls and curses the Spanish women who inherit it.

by Carole Martinez 2007 448 pages

3.97

2k+ ratings

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The Proposal

by Jasmine Guillory • 2018

A stadium proposal goes wrong. The stranger who saves her feels dangerously like the right one.

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The Proposal

A stadium proposal goes wrong. The stranger who saves her feels dangerously like the right one.

by Jasmine Guillory 2018 325 pages

3.47

100k+ ratings

🎬 Contemporary Rom-Com 💕 Strangers To Lovers 💔 Rebound Romance 🛡️ Guarded Hearts 🧁 Cinnamon Roll Hero

Contando atardeceres

by La Vecina Rubia • 2022

Still mourning her father, she runs into an old summer love. One kiss reignites everything.

3.97

4k+

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Contando atardeceres

Still mourning her father, she runs into an old summer love. One kiss reignites everything.

by La Vecina Rubia 2022 544 pages

3.97

4k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👭 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Love 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor ☀️ Summer Love

What Could Go Wrong?

by Jessica Fowler • 2026

A photographer sleeps with a bartender, bolts, lands at his Wyoming wedding with his ex.

3.89

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What Could Go Wrong?

A photographer sleeps with a bartender, bolts, lands at his Wyoming wedding with his ex.

by Jessica Fowler 2026 295 pages

3.89

2k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🌙 One Night Stand 💒 Destination Wedding 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Hardball for Women

by Pat Heim • 1992

The business world plays by male rules. The playbook for women who were never handed one.

3.80

444

🏢 Corporate Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📋 Unwritten Rules ⚡ Power Dynamics 📢 Self-Advocacy

Hardball for Women

The business world plays by male rules. The playbook for women who were never handed one.

by Pat Heim 1992 352 pages

3.80

444 ratings

🏢 Corporate Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📋 Unwritten Rules ⚡ Power Dynamics 📢 Self-Advocacy

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