💔 Angsty Romance

Love stories drenched in emotional turmoil — heartbreak, jealousy, impossible choices, and the kind of yearning that physically hurts. Readers seek these out to feel everything at full volume.

Winning With Him

by Lauren Blakely • 2021

A rookie catcher falls for a veteran shortstop, but his father's addiction threatens to out them.

4.20

5k+

🧢 Baseball Romance 🔁 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🛋️ Therapy And Healing 👨‍👨‍👦 Chosen Family

Winning With Him

A rookie catcher falls for a veteran shortstop, but his father's addiction threatens to out them.

by Lauren Blakely 2021

4.20

5k+ ratings

🧢 Baseball Romance 🔁 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🛋️ Therapy And Healing 👨‍👨‍👦 Chosen Family

Dark Needs at Night's Edge

by Kresley Cole • 2008

Chained in a haunted manor, a mad vampire sees the ghost that no one else can.

4.28

54k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity ✋ Touch Starved 💔 Broken Hero 👻 Ghost Heroine

Dark Needs at Night's Edge

Chained in a haunted manor, a mad vampire sees the ghost that no one else can.

by Kresley Cole 2008

4.28

54k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity ✋ Touch Starved 💔 Broken Hero 👻 Ghost Heroine

Method

by Kate Stewart • 2019

An actor buries his grief in a mobster role. His wife fights to save their marriage.

4.10

9k+

🏚️ Marriage In Crisis 🎬 Hollywood Romance 🌟 Celebrity Marriage 🖤 Suicide Grief 🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral

Method

An actor buries his grief in a mobster role. His wife fights to save their marriage.

by Kate Stewart 2019

4.10

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Marriage In Crisis 🎬 Hollywood Romance 🌟 Celebrity Marriage 🖤 Suicide Grief 🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral

The Pentagram Child

by Stephanie Hudson • 2014

A demon king left her. His return awakens old desire and a prophecy written in blood.

4.54

5k+

💫 Fated Mates 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Demonic Hero 🔮 Prophecy And Destiny 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

The Pentagram Child

A demon king left her. His return awakens old desire and a prophecy written in blood.

by Stephanie Hudson 2014

4.54

5k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Demonic Hero 🔮 Prophecy And Destiny 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

The Last Piece of His Heart

by Emma Scott • 2021

A boy marked by violence meets a girl aching for belonging in a coastal town.

4.41

3k+

🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town 🌱 Healing Journey

The Last Piece of His Heart

A boy marked by violence meets a girl aching for belonging in a coastal town.

by Emma Scott 2021

4.41

3k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town 🌱 Healing Journey

Mr. Charming

by Piper Rayne • 2025

Assigned to her hockey star ex's team, she fakes a new romance to guard her heart.

4.02

12k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Secret Pining

Mr. Charming

Assigned to her hockey star ex's team, she fakes a new romance to guard her heart.

by Piper Rayne 2025

4.02

12k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Secret Pining

Across the Divide

by Stacey Marie Brown • 2015

A half-fae in a secret lab fakes loyalty; her lover is cursed to kill her.

4.25

5k+

⛓️ Captivity Romance 🌑 Dark Fae Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Forced To Hurt

Across the Divide

A half-fae in a secret lab fakes loyalty; her lover is cursed to kill her.

by Stacey Marie Brown 2015

4.25

5k+ ratings

⛓️ Captivity Romance 🌑 Dark Fae Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Forced To Hurt

My Darling Duke

by Stacy Reid • 2019

A penniless wallflower claims a scarred duke as her fiancé. He arrives to claim her.

3.99

16k+

🎭 Fake Engagement 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏰 Reclusive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🥀 Beauty And Beast

My Darling Duke

A penniless wallflower claims a scarred duke as her fiancé. He arrives to claim her.

by Stacy Reid 2019

3.99

16k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Engagement 🩹 Scarred Hero 🏰 Reclusive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🥀 Beauty And Beast

A War of Ruin & Reckoning

by Lana Pecherczyk • 2023

She wakes in a fae war camp to find her lost love wearing a stranger's face.

4.38

2k+

🔥 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👯 Evil Twin 💥 Magical Apocalypse 🌀 Sentient Magic

A War of Ruin & Reckoning

She wakes in a fae war camp to find her lost love wearing a stranger's face.

by Lana Pecherczyk 2023

4.38

2k+ ratings

🔥 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👯 Evil Twin 💥 Magical Apocalypse 🌀 Sentient Magic

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

3.85

13k+ ratings

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

Ensorcelled

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2022

A fae prince's captive librarian binds living nightmares: her own has just broken free.

4.05

2k+

🧚 Fae Bargain Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

Ensorcelled

A fae prince's captive librarian binds living nightmares: her own has just broken free.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2022

4.05

2k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Bargain Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

Greed

by Lana Pecherczyk • 2019

A sin-cursed superhero goes undercover and meets a reporter whose generous heart his soul craves.

4.26

1k+

🔗 Fated Mates 🦸 Superhero Family ❤️ Found Family 🐢 Slow Burn 📰 Journalist Heroine

Greed

A sin-cursed superhero goes undercover and meets a reporter whose generous heart his soul craves.

by Lana Pecherczyk 2019

4.26

1k+ ratings

🔗 Fated Mates 🦸 Superhero Family ❤️ Found Family 🐢 Slow Burn 📰 Journalist Heroine

A Pack of Love and Hate

by Olivia Wildenstein • 2019

A werewolf referees her ex's death match, torn between her Alpha and her true mate.

4.22

4k+

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates 🌹 Scarred Heroine ⚡ Alpha Hero

A Pack of Love and Hate

A werewolf referees her ex's death match, torn between her Alpha and her true mate.

by Olivia Wildenstein 2019

4.22

4k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 💔 Love Triangle 💫 Fated Mates 🌹 Scarred Heroine ⚡ Alpha Hero

Sweet

by Tammara Webber • 2015

After ditching med school, she comes home to the garage owner who saved her from drowning.

3.9

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

Sweet

After ditching med school, she comes home to the garage owner who saved her from drowning.

by Tammara Webber 2015

3.9

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

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

4.25

31k+ ratings

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

A Different Blue

by Amy Harmon • 2013

Everyone in school calls her a slut. Her history teacher calls her by her name.

4.24

39k+

🚫 Student Teacher Romance 💔 Foster Care Survivor 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Different Blue

Everyone in school calls her a slut. Her history teacher calls her by her name.

by Amy Harmon 2013

4.24

39k+ ratings

🚫 Student Teacher Romance 💔 Foster Care Survivor 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Throb

by Vi Keeland • 2015

Joining a reality dating show to save her family, she wants the producer's off-limits brother.

3.91

14k+

📺 Reality Dating Show 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Alpha Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Family Duty

Throb

Joining a reality dating show to save her family, she wants the producer's off-limits brother.

by Vi Keeland 2015

3.91

14k+ ratings

📺 Reality Dating Show 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Alpha Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Family Duty

Moto

by M. Never • 2016

A nurse's ban on bikers unravels when she falls for a racing champion and his twin.

4.24

4k+

🫦 Love Triangle 🏍️ Racing Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 🔥 High Heat

Moto

A nurse's ban on bikers unravels when she falls for a racing champion and his twin.

by M. Never 2016

4.24

4k+ ratings

🫦 Love Triangle 🏍️ Racing Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 🔥 High Heat

Hunger in His Blood

by Zoey Draven • 2025

A servant's blood binds her to a vampire lord who wants her veins, not her heart.

4.04

8k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Romance ⚖️ Class Difference 💉 Blood Bond 💔 Wounded Hero

Hunger in His Blood

A servant's blood binds her to a vampire lord who wants her veins, not her heart.

by Zoey Draven 2025

4.04

8k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Romance ⚖️ Class Difference 💉 Blood Bond 💔 Wounded Hero

Nikola

by Eva Winners • 2025

A deaf mafia daughter's night with a Russian crime heir sparks an obsession worth a war.

4.12

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🦯 Disabled Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

Nikola

A deaf mafia daughter's night with a Russian crime heir sparks an obsession worth a war.

by Eva Winners 2025

4.12

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 🦻 Deaf Heroine 🦯 Disabled Hero 🔥 Possessive Hero

The Understatement of the Year

by Sarina Bowen • 2014

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

4.06

22k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 💗 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Understatement of the Year

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

by Sarina Bowen 2014

4.06

22k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 💗 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship

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

17k+

🏘️ 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

4.05

17k+ ratings

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

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

3.83

17k+ ratings

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

Long Live the Beautiful Hearts

by Emma Scott • 2018

She loved her boyfriend's letters. His best friend, now paralyzed, wrote every word.

4.35

13k+

🔺 Love Triangle 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Wounded Hero ✉️ Hidden Identity Romance 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Long Live the Beautiful Hearts

She loved her boyfriend's letters. His best friend, now paralyzed, wrote every word.

by Emma Scott 2018

4.35

13k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Wounded Hero ✉️ Hidden Identity Romance 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Sapphire Sunset

by C. Travis Rice • 2022

A Marine turned resort guard and the openly gay heir risk everything for a forbidden chance.

4.04

1k+

💼 Workplace Romance 💰 Class Divide 🛠️ Blue-Collar Hero 💞 Found Family 🏝️ Luxury Resort Setting

Sapphire Sunset

A Marine turned resort guard and the openly gay heir risk everything for a forbidden chance.

by C. Travis Rice 2022

4.04

1k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 💰 Class Divide 🛠️ Blue-Collar Hero 💞 Found Family 🏝️ Luxury Resort Setting

Girl in Luv

by Jay Crownover • 2019

To survive her stepsister's wedding to her ex, she hires a soldier as her fake date.

3.90

11k+

🎭 Fake Dating Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💎 Class Divide 👠 Cinderella Retelling 💔 Wounded Hero

Girl in Luv

To survive her stepsister's wedding to her ex, she hires a soldier as her fake date.

by Jay Crownover 2019

3.90

11k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💎 Class Divide 👠 Cinderella Retelling 💔 Wounded Hero

To Charm a Dark Prince

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2023

Fire-wielder captured by dark fae prince who imprisons magic; love could shatter his prison.

3.71

2k+

🌑 Dark Fae Romance ⛓ Captive Romance 💔 Tragic Antihero ⚔️ Arthurian Legend 🏰 Magical Prison Break

To Charm a Dark Prince

Fire-wielder captured by dark fae prince who imprisons magic; love could shatter his prison.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2023

3.71

2k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Fae Romance ⛓ Captive Romance 💔 Tragic Antihero ⚔️ Arthurian Legend 🏰 Magical Prison Break

Pieces of the Night

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2026

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.16

9k+

🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏡 Small Town

Pieces of the Night

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.16

9k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏡 Small Town

A Veil of Vines

by Tillie Cole • 2016

A duchessa arrives for her arranged royal wedding and falls for the winemaker among the vines.

4.09

5k+

🏰 Modern Royalty 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Secret Lineage

A Veil of Vines

A duchessa arrives for her arranged royal wedding and falls for the winemaker among the vines.

by Tillie Cole 2016

4.09

5k+ ratings

🏰 Modern Royalty 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Secret Lineage

Spring Guardians & Songbirds

by Wendy Heiss • 2022

A lightning-wielding queen must marry the Night King she blames for her family's massacre.

4.27

2k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💍 Political Marriage 🔮 Fated Mates 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Spring Guardians & Songbirds

A lightning-wielding queen must marry the Night King she blames for her family's massacre.

by Wendy Heiss 2022

4.27

2k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💍 Political Marriage 🔮 Fated Mates 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

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