🫂 Chosen Family

Stories celebrating the bonds we build by choice rather than blood — the friends, mentors, and misfits who become home. These narratives resonate deeply with anyone who has found belonging outside conventional family structures.

A Little Bit like Love

by Brooke Blaine • 2017

A wealthy heir returns to the man he left behind, and a storm traps them together.

4.14

5k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🌪️ Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

A Little Bit like Love

A wealthy heir returns to the man he left behind, and a storm traps them together.

by Brooke Blaine 2017

4.14

5k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🌪️ Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Feeling Forever

by Albany Walker • 2023

Psychically bonded to three men, she must escape her mother's attempt to institutionalize her.

4.09

8k+

💘 Why Choose Romance 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🐍 Toxic Parent 🔒 Involuntary Commitment 🌱 Emotional Healing

Feeling Forever

Psychically bonded to three men, she must escape her mother's attempt to institutionalize her.

by Albany Walker 2023

4.09

8k+ ratings

💘 Why Choose Romance 🧠 Telepathic Bond 🐍 Toxic Parent 🔒 Involuntary Commitment 🌱 Emotional Healing

Some Bright Nowhere

by Ann Packer • 2025

A dying woman trades her husband's care for her friends'. He must learn to let go.

3.55

17k+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 💍 Marriage Under Strain 🕯️ End Of Life Care 😔 Quiet Grief

Some Bright Nowhere

A dying woman trades her husband's care for her friends'. He must learn to let go.

by Ann Packer 2025

3.55

17k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 👯 Female Friendship 💍 Marriage Under Strain 🕯️ End Of Life Care 😔 Quiet Grief

I Love You S'more

by Auriane Desombre • 2025

After a public breakup, Ivy co-directs a camp musical with the girl she left behind.

3.32

633

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌲 Summer Camp Setting 🎭 Theater Kids 🔄 Second Chance Romance 📱 Social Media Drama

I Love You S'more

After a public breakup, Ivy co-directs a camp musical with the girl she left behind.

by Auriane Desombre 2025

3.32

633 ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌲 Summer Camp Setting 🎭 Theater Kids 🔄 Second Chance Romance 📱 Social Media Drama

Mudflowers

by Aley Waterman • 2023

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

3.42

421

💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist's Journey 💧 Emotionally Raw 🕯️ Maternal Grief 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative

Mudflowers

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

by Aley Waterman 2023

3.42

421 ratings

💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist's Journey 💧 Emotionally Raw 🕯️ Maternal Grief 🔀 Nonlinear Narrative

Balance

by Leia Stone • 2016

A witch-werewolf hybrid leads her pack against a vampire queen using werewolf women as incubators.

4.23

8k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 💕 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero 🌑 Dark Paranormal ⚡ Cost Of Magic

Balance

A witch-werewolf hybrid leads her pack against a vampire queen using werewolf women as incubators.

by Leia Stone 2016

4.23

8k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 💕 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero 🌑 Dark Paranormal ⚡ Cost Of Magic

Comeback

by Rebecca Jenshak • 2025

A dancer crashes with her brother. His deaf best friend distrusts her. They share a wall.

3.97

22k+

👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏈 Football Romance 💃 Dance Studio 🦻 Deaf Hero

Comeback

A dancer crashes with her brother. His deaf best friend distrusts her. They share a wall.

by Rebecca Jenshak 2025

3.97

22k+ ratings

👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏈 Football Romance 💃 Dance Studio 🦻 Deaf Hero

Son of the Morning

by Akwaeke Emezi • 2025

She was made to kill the Devil. One touch burns him; one kiss seals their fate.

3.67

3k+

🖤 Fallen Angel Hero ⚔️ Weaponized Protagonist 💞 MMF Romance 🌿 Southern Magic 🔥 Portal To Hell

Son of the Morning

She was made to kill the Devil. One touch burns him; one kiss seals their fate.

by Akwaeke Emezi 2025

3.67

3k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Hero ⚔️ Weaponized Protagonist 💞 MMF Romance 🌿 Southern Magic 🔥 Portal To Hell

Olga Dies Dreaming

by Xóchitl González • 2022

A Brooklyn wedding planner and her congressman brother face the mother who left them for revolution.

3.96

79k+

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Mother Wound 🌋 Political Awakening 🚪 Closeted Identity 👫 Sibling Bond

Olga Dies Dreaming

A Brooklyn wedding planner and her congressman brother face the mother who left them for revolution.

by Xóchitl González 2022

3.96

79k+ ratings

🏠 Family Saga 💔 Mother Wound 🌋 Political Awakening 🚪 Closeted Identity 👫 Sibling Bond

The Songbook of Benny Lament

by Amy Harmon • 2021

A mobster's son falls for a Black singer hiding a dangerous legacy in 1960s New York.

4.45

9k+

🖤 Interracial Romance 🎵 Music Industry Fiction 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔫 Mob Ties

The Songbook of Benny Lament

A mobster's son falls for a Black singer hiding a dangerous legacy in 1960s New York.

by Amy Harmon 2021

4.45

9k+ ratings

🖤 Interracial Romance 🎵 Music Industry Fiction 🔍 Hidden Parentage 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🔫 Mob Ties

Husband Material

by Alexis Hall • 2022

Luc loves Oliver deeply. But wedding season has him questioning everything he thought he wanted.

3.54

46k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romcom 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🎪 Wedding Farce 🇬🇧 British Wit 💑 Established Couple

Husband Material

Luc loves Oliver deeply. But wedding season has him questioning everything he thought he wanted.

by Alexis Hall 2022

3.54

46k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Romcom 😰 Anxious Protagonist 🎪 Wedding Farce 🇬🇧 British Wit 💑 Established Couple

When the Day Comes

by Gabrielle Meyer • 2022

In 1774 she's a printer; in 1914 a pressured heiress. At twenty-one, one life must end.

4.36

17k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Historical 💞 Love Across Centuries 💍 Forced Engagement 🪢 Coerced Marriage 🏛️ Colonial Williamsburg

When the Day Comes

In 1774 she's a printer; in 1914 a pressured heiress. At twenty-one, one life must end.

by Gabrielle Meyer 2022

4.36

17k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Historical 💞 Love Across Centuries 💍 Forced Engagement 🪢 Coerced Marriage 🏛️ Colonial Williamsburg

Rah

by Jessica N. Watkins • 2025

A mother discovers her partner's secret family, and now his crimes threaten to bury her alive.

4.42

2k+

🏙️ Urban Fiction 💔 Toxic Relationship 🎭 Secret Double Life 🩹 Healing After Abuse 🔥 Gritty Drama

Rah

A mother discovers her partner's secret family, and now his crimes threaten to bury her alive.

by Jessica N. Watkins 2025

4.42

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Fiction 💔 Toxic Relationship 🎭 Secret Double Life 🩹 Healing After Abuse 🔥 Gritty Drama

Shadow Wolf

by Belle Harper • 2022

A panther shifter awakens a freshman's erased memories of the two wolves who were her soulmates.

4.34

306

💕 Why Choose Romance 🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 💭 Amnesia Romance 🛡️ Wounded Protector

Shadow Wolf

A panther shifter awakens a freshman's erased memories of the two wolves who were her soulmates.

by Belle Harper 2022

4.34

306 ratings

💕 Why Choose Romance 🐺 Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 💭 Amnesia Romance 🛡️ Wounded Protector

Morgan Is My Name

by Sophie Keetch • 2022

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

4.15

13k+

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love 👑 Political Marriage 🌿 Healing Magic

Morgan Is My Name

Her father slain, her mother the king's prize, Morgan of Tintagel turns to forbidden knowledge.

by Sophie Keetch 2022

4.15

13k+ ratings

🏰 Feminist Arthurian 🖤 Villain Origin Story 💔 Forbidden Courtly Love 👑 Political Marriage 🌿 Healing Magic

Adelaide

by Genevieve Wheeler • 2023

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

3.93

49k+

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 🌧️ Melancholy ✈️ Expat Life

Adelaide

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

by Genevieve Wheeler 2023

3.93

49k+ ratings

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 🌧️ Melancholy ✈️ Expat Life

Surrender to Me

by K.A. Tucker • 2017

A small-town woman stands between a grieving billionaire and the brother determined to destroy him.

4.23

53k+

💔 Grieving Hero 🏛️ Inheritance Battle 🗡️ Brother Betrayal 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🌾 Rustic Roots

Surrender to Me

A small-town woman stands between a grieving billionaire and the brother determined to destroy him.

by K.A. Tucker 2017

4.23

53k+ ratings

💔 Grieving Hero 🏛️ Inheritance Battle 🗡️ Brother Betrayal 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🌾 Rustic Roots

Final Play

by Eden Finley • 2019

A pregnant sister fleeing Tennessee tests two husbands against the family that broke them.

4.21

8k+

💔 Toxic Family 💬 Witty Banter 👶 Reluctant Parent 🔥 Sweet And Steamy 📚 Series Finale

Final Play

A pregnant sister fleeing Tennessee tests two husbands against the family that broke them.

by Eden Finley 2019

4.21

8k+ ratings

💔 Toxic Family 💬 Witty Banter 👶 Reluctant Parent 🔥 Sweet And Steamy 📚 Series Finale

A Kingdom of Frost and Fear

by Whitney Dean • 2023

A lost princess weds the prince she's magically bound to, but a death spirit inside her wants blood.

3.88

1k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔥 Fated Mates 💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Healing

A Kingdom of Frost and Fear

A lost princess weds the prince she's magically bound to, but a death spirit inside her wants blood.

by Whitney Dean 2023

3.88

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🔥 Fated Mates 💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Healing

Le boulevard

by Jean-François Sénéchal • 2016

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

3.66

504

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life 💙 Intellectual Disability

Le boulevard

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

by Jean-François Sénéchal 2016

3.66

504 ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🏘️ Working-Class Life 💙 Intellectual Disability

Don't Stop Me

by Eden Emory • 2022

One anonymous night with a masked domme leaves her craving more. Her ex has the photos.

3.86

6k+

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance ⏳ Age-Gap Romance ⛓️ Domme/Sub Dynamic 🚫 Toxic Ex 📩 Blackmail

Don't Stop Me

One anonymous night with a masked domme leaves her craving more. Her ex has the photos.

by Eden Emory 2022

3.86

6k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance ⏳ Age-Gap Romance ⛓️ Domme/Sub Dynamic 🚫 Toxic Ex 📩 Blackmail

Tyre

by J.J. Green • 2018

When an asteroid mine explodes, an engineer uncovers a plot to shatter the colony's new homeworld.

4.43

156

🔍 Sabotage Investigation 💕 Polyamorous Relationship 🎭 Hidden Enemies ☄️ Asteroid Mining 🖤 Grief And Recovery

Tyre

When an asteroid mine explodes, an engineer uncovers a plot to shatter the colony's new homeworld.

by J.J. Green 2018

4.43

156 ratings

🔍 Sabotage Investigation 💕 Polyamorous Relationship 🎭 Hidden Enemies ☄️ Asteroid Mining 🖤 Grief And Recovery

Rival

by Penelope Douglas • 2014

Reunited under one roof, step-siblings and former lovers wage a vicious war of attraction and spite.

3.98

64k+

💔 Stepbrother Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 😭 Angsty New Adult 🚫 Forbidden Love

Rival

Reunited under one roof, step-siblings and former lovers wage a vicious war of attraction and spite.

by Penelope Douglas 2014

3.98

64k+ ratings

💔 Stepbrother Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 😭 Angsty New Adult 🚫 Forbidden Love

SOS Hotel

by Adam Vex • 2024

A secret dragon's fight club rescue goes viral, and a sorcerer wants his power.

4.39

1k+

😂 Comic Urban Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Shifter 💞 Polyamorous Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🦸 Reluctant Hero

SOS Hotel

A secret dragon's fight club rescue goes viral, and a sorcerer wants his power.

by Adam Vex 2024

4.39

1k+ ratings

😂 Comic Urban Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Shifter 💞 Polyamorous Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🦸 Reluctant Hero

Broken

by Andi Jaxon • 2023

His first love fled after his brother's death. Now they're trapped together on a private island.

3.72

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🗣️ Praise Kink

Broken

His first love fled after his brother's death. Now they're trapped together on a private island.

by Andi Jaxon 2023

3.72

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🗣️ Praise Kink

Bored Gay Werewolf

by Tony Santorella • 2023

A directionless gay werewolf joins a self-help pack, but the alpha's cult demands bloodshed.

3.46

4k+

🐺 Queer Werewolf 🐾 Pack Dynamics ⚡ Toxic Masculinity 🎭 Self-Help Satire 🖤 Dark Humor

Bored Gay Werewolf

A directionless gay werewolf joins a self-help pack, but the alpha's cult demands bloodshed.

by Tony Santorella 2023

3.46

4k+ ratings

🐺 Queer Werewolf 🐾 Pack Dynamics ⚡ Toxic Masculinity 🎭 Self-Help Satire 🖤 Dark Humor

Break

by Briana Michaels • 2025

An heiress rejects her arranged marriage, running to her two best friends for one forbidden night.

4.01

1k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💕 Polyamory 💫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Mmf Triad ⛓️ Bdsm Healing

Break

An heiress rejects her arranged marriage, running to her two best friends for one forbidden night.

by Briana Michaels 2025

4.01

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💕 Polyamory 💫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Mmf Triad ⛓️ Bdsm Healing

Tracks of Her Tears

by Melinda Leigh • 2015

Mother murdered, boyfriend missing, their baby alone: a small-town cop's family becomes the target.

4.09

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎄 Holiday Suspense 🏠 Family In Danger 👀 Killer Next Door 💍 Marriage Under Strain

Tracks of Her Tears

Mother murdered, boyfriend missing, their baby alone: a small-town cop's family becomes the target.

by Melinda Leigh 2015

4.09

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎄 Holiday Suspense 🏠 Family In Danger 👀 Killer Next Door 💍 Marriage Under Strain

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

by Carolyn Mackler • 2000

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

3.61

2k+

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

Love and Other Four-Letter Words

Divorce strands Sammie in Manhattan, where a rooftop and a gentle boy help her trust love.

by Carolyn Mackler 2000

3.61

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Parental Divorce 🥀 Mother-Daughter Rift 🗽 New City Beginnings ☀️ Summer Transformation 🔄 Shifting Friendships

If We Were Perfect

by Ana Huang • 2020

A flood forces a perfectionist MBA into the home of the baker ex she left behind.

3.86

30k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧁 Baking Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🧧 Chinese American

If We Were Perfect

A flood forces a perfectionist MBA into the home of the baker ex she left behind.

by Ana Huang 2020

3.86

30k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧁 Baking Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🧧 Chinese American

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