🫂 Found Family

Stories where characters forge bonds deeper than blood, building chosen families from strangers, misfits, and unlikely allies. These narratives remind us that belonging isn't something we're born into — it's something we create.

Stay

by Briana Michaels • 2024

His college ex walks into his life as a client, wearing a ring that says stay away.

4.04

4k+

🕰️ Second Chance 💔 Exes To Lovers 🎓 College Sweethearts ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 💧 Emotional Angst

Stay

His college ex walks into his life as a client, wearing a ring that says stay away.

by Briana Michaels 2024

4.04

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance 💔 Exes To Lovers 🎓 College Sweethearts ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 💧 Emotional Angst

L’île haute

by Valentine Goby • 2022

Under a borrowed name in the Alps, a Jewish boy discovers mountains can shelter a childhood.

3.99

447

🕯️ Hidden Child 🏔️ Mountain Refuge 🎭 False Identity 🌾 Pastoral Life 🍂 Seasonal Rhythms

L’île haute

Under a borrowed name in the Alps, a Jewish boy discovers mountains can shelter a childhood.

by Valentine Goby 2022

3.99

447 ratings

🕯️ Hidden Child 🏔️ Mountain Refuge 🎭 False Identity 🌾 Pastoral Life 🍂 Seasonal Rhythms

The Realist

by Riley Hart • 2023

His one rule was don't fall for the bartender sleeping in the next room.

4.09

3k+

😤 Grumpy Sunshine 📅 Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤲 Caretaking Romance 💬 Romantic Banter

The Realist

His one rule was don't fall for the bartender sleeping in the next room.

by Riley Hart 2023

4.09

3k+ ratings

😤 Grumpy Sunshine 📅 Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤲 Caretaking Romance 💬 Romantic Banter

Risk

by Briana Michaels • 2024

A camgirl cleaner's anonymous online client is her billionaire boss; their lust could ruin them.

4.18

3k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 💋 Sex Work Positive ⚡ Power Play 🔥 High Heat

Risk

A camgirl cleaner's anonymous online client is her billionaire boss; their lust could ruin them.

by Briana Michaels 2024

4.18

3k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 💋 Sex Work Positive ⚡ Power Play 🔥 High Heat

The Empire of Empty Wars

by S.M. Gaither • 2020

A marked captive in the Sun Palace endures a Serpent-kind's torture, refusing to become his weapon.

4.09

800

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Tortured Heroine 🔗 Dangerous Captor 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👑 King And Queen Romance

The Empire of Empty Wars

A marked captive in the Sun Palace endures a Serpent-kind's torture, refusing to become his weapon.

by S.M. Gaither 2020

4.09

800 ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Tortured Heroine 🔗 Dangerous Captor 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👑 King And Queen Romance

The Girl in the Garden

by Kestra Pingree • 2001

Exiled to a rose farm, a city punk meets a blind boy who sees right through her.

3.26

510

🏙️ City Girl Country Boy 🕶️ Blind Love Interest 🌹 Rose Garden Healing 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎸 Music As Therapy

The Girl in the Garden

Exiled to a rose farm, a city punk meets a blind boy who sees right through her.

by Kestra Pingree 2001

3.26

510 ratings

🏙️ City Girl Country Boy 🕶️ Blind Love Interest 🌹 Rose Garden Healing 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎸 Music As Therapy

If There's a Way

by Jessie Walker • 2022

A scarred mechanic and his childhood friend can't outrun the past when a violent father returns.

4.43

6k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Band Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 High Angst 💪 Protective Lover

If There's a Way

A scarred mechanic and his childhood friend can't outrun the past when a violent father returns.

by Jessie Walker 2022

4.43

6k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Band Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 High Angst 💪 Protective Lover

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue

by Shelley Adina • 2022

Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.

4.41

167

🚀 Steampunk Airships 👻 Mediumship 💣 Heist And Sabotage 🦸 Unlikely Heroes 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

The Professor Wore Prussian Blue

Pirates take her fiancé. Daisy and her medium sister rally a found family to steal him back.

by Shelley Adina 2022

4.41

167 ratings

🚀 Steampunk Airships 👻 Mediumship 💣 Heist And Sabotage 🦸 Unlikely Heroes 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Fallen

by Callie Hart • 2014

When a doctor falls for an ex-enforcer, his underworld past turns her into a target.

4.38

10k+

💀 Criminal Underworld 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Wounded Hero 😭 Angst Heavy ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics

Fallen

When a doctor falls for an ex-enforcer, his underworld past turns her into a target.

by Callie Hart 2014

4.38

10k+ ratings

💀 Criminal Underworld 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Wounded Hero 😭 Angst Heavy ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics

Anarchy Missing

by J.A. Huss • 2017

A DA's heist suspect is her ex, a genius consumed by the sentient city.

4.20

918

💞 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Tortured Hero 🤖 Sentient AI 🌆 Cyber Noir 🧠 Mind Control

Anarchy Missing

A DA's heist suspect is her ex, a genius consumed by the sentient city.

by J.A. Huss 2017

4.20

918 ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Tortured Hero 🤖 Sentient AI 🌆 Cyber Noir 🧠 Mind Control

The Rain King

by Selena . • 2022

She's caught between twin brothers who share everything: a gang, a rivalry, and now her.

3.52

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👊 Bully Romance 👥 Twin Love Triangle 🔐 Possessive Hero 🌒 Dark Small Town

The Rain King

She's caught between twin brothers who share everything: a gang, a rivalry, and now her.

by Selena . 2022

3.52

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👊 Bully Romance 👥 Twin Love Triangle 🔐 Possessive Hero 🌒 Dark Small Town

Spotlight

by Rebecca Jenshak • 2025

A single mom's one-night spark reignites when the stranger becomes her small town's new pitcher.

4.19

14k+

🧢 Baseball Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom Heroine 💘 He Falls First 🌙 Missed Connection 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Spotlight

A single mom's one-night spark reignites when the stranger becomes her small town's new pitcher.

by Rebecca Jenshak 2025

4.19

14k+ ratings

🧢 Baseball Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom Heroine 💘 He Falls First 🌙 Missed Connection 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Inharmonious

by Tammye Huf • 2025

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

4.41

878

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏡 Housing Discrimination

Inharmonious

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

by Tammye Huf 2025

4.41

878 ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏡 Housing Discrimination

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

by Robin Sloan • 2012

A night job at a strange bookstore pulls a designer into a secret society's hunt for immortality.

3.72

217k+

🕯️ Secret Society 📚 Bookstore Setting 🔐 Codebreaking 💻 Geeky Romance ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

A night job at a strange bookstore pulls a designer into a secret society's hunt for immortality.

by Robin Sloan 2012

3.72

217k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 📚 Bookstore Setting 🔐 Codebreaking 💻 Geeky Romance ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Willa's Beast

by Ruby Dixon • 2018

The beast everyone feared is her only chance of surviving the frozen wilds.

3.80

15k+

🛸 Alien Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🐺 Feral Hero 🗣️ Language Barrier

Willa's Beast

The beast everyone feared is her only chance of surviving the frozen wilds.

by Ruby Dixon 2018

3.80

15k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🐺 Feral Hero 🗣️ Language Barrier

King Sorrow

by Joe Hill • 2025

College friends, trapped by blackmail, summon a dragon that demands a sacrifice every year.

4.35

34k+

📚 Dark Academia 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance

King Sorrow

College friends, trapped by blackmail, summon a dragon that demands a sacrifice every year.

by Joe Hill 2025

4.35

34k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia 🕯️ Ritual Magic 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance

Web of Lies

by Aly Beck • 2021

A hacker hunts her best friend's murderer at a prep school that now hunts her.

4.26

4k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Lead 🕯️ Secret Society

Web of Lies

A hacker hunts her best friend's murderer at a prep school that now hunts her.

by Aly Beck 2021

4.26

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💕 Why Choose Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🧠 Neurodivergent Lead 🕯️ Secret Society

Word of Honour

by Michael Pryor • 2008

A magician whose spells drain his soul tracks saboteurs into the darkness beneath his city.

4.14

550

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🏛️ Alternate History ⚡ Magic With A Cost 🎭 Political Intrigue 🕳️ Underground City

Word of Honour

A magician whose spells drain his soul tracks saboteurs into the darkness beneath his city.

by Michael Pryor 2008

4.14

550 ratings

🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🏛️ Alternate History ⚡ Magic With A Cost 🎭 Political Intrigue 🕳️ Underground City

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

by Jenny Colgan • 2016

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

3.68

22k+

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village 👨‍👧 Family Reconciliation

Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery

A baker's quiet holiday is upended by a friend's secret and a father she's never known.

by Jenny Colgan 2016

3.68

22k+ ratings

🎄 Festive Romance 🍞 Bakery Love Story 💔 Friendship Tested 🌊 Seaside Village 👨‍👧 Family Reconciliation

Cursebound

by Sadie Kincaid • 2025

A mafia vampire must kill the Seer a blood spell compels him to want instead.

4.14

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Cursebound

A mafia vampire must kill the Seer a blood spell compels him to want instead.

by Sadie Kincaid 2025

4.14

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💔 Family Betrayal 🩹 Trauma Recovery

DEV1AT3

by Jay Kristoff • 2019

Hunted for her power, Lemon Fresh finds her grandfather and a refuge built on secrets.

4.13

5k+

🤖 Ai Consciousness 🏜️ Wasteland Survival 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat 🏢 Corporate Warfare

DEV1AT3

Hunted for her power, Lemon Fresh finds her grandfather and a refuge built on secrets.

by Jay Kristoff 2019

4.13

5k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Consciousness 🏜️ Wasteland Survival 🎭 Manipulative Mentor ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat 🏢 Corporate Warfare

Stolen Threadwitch Bride

by Clare Sager • 2022

To avoid her captor’s touch, a stolen seamstress weaves a fae lord an invisible suit.

3.87

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage ✨ Fae Bargain 🧵 Artisan Magic 🔥 Slow Burn

Stolen Threadwitch Bride

To avoid her captor’s touch, a stolen seamstress weaves a fae lord an invisible suit.

by Clare Sager 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage ✨ Fae Bargain 🧵 Artisan Magic 🔥 Slow Burn

Devil

by Kat Blackthorne • 2023

A reaper queen wakes in hell to a devil who has waited centuries for his bride.

4.17

3k+

🏛️ Persephone Retelling ❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 😈 Devil Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

Devil

A reaper queen wakes in hell to a devil who has waited centuries for his bride.

by Kat Blackthorne 2023

4.17

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Persephone Retelling ❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 😈 Devil Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

Braving the Storm

by Elliott Rose • 2024

Snowed into a mountain cabin with her adoptive uncle, she cannot resist the cowboy's forbidden pull.

3.93

36k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⏳ Age Gap

Braving the Storm

Snowed into a mountain cabin with her adoptive uncle, she cannot resist the cowboy's forbidden pull.

by Elliott Rose 2024

3.93

36k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ⏳ Age Gap

To Kill a Badger

by Shelly Laurenston • 2025

A honey badger shifter starts a war with lions. A grumpy tiger becomes her reluctant protector.

4.45

4k+

🐯 Grumpy Hero 🦡 Fierce Heroine 🏀 Sports Romance 🖤 Dark Humor 🐺 Shifter Politics

To Kill a Badger

A honey badger shifter starts a war with lions. A grumpy tiger becomes her reluctant protector.

by Shelly Laurenston 2025

4.45

4k+ ratings

🐯 Grumpy Hero 🦡 Fierce Heroine 🏀 Sports Romance 🖤 Dark Humor 🐺 Shifter Politics

The Wonderland Trials

by Sara Ella • 2022

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

4.11

2k+

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Whimsical Darkness

The Wonderland Trials

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

by Sara Ella 2022

4.11

2k+ ratings

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Whimsical Darkness

Teach Me

by Olivia Dade • 2019

Forced to share a classroom with the teacher she resents, a guarded woman starts to fall.

3.65

11k+

🏫 Workplace Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Teach Me

Forced to share a classroom with the teacher she resents, a guarded woman starts to fall.

by Olivia Dade 2019

3.65

11k+ ratings

🏫 Workplace Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Rules for Ruin

by Mimi Matthews • 2025

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.95

6k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Rules for Ruin

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

by Mimi Matthews 2025

3.95

6k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Higher Demon

by Louisa Masters • 2024

An arrogant demon ambassador and the hunter who can't afford to want him.

4.26

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Demon Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔗 Supernatural Bond 💬 Witty Banter

Higher Demon

An arrogant demon ambassador and the hunter who can't afford to want him.

by Louisa Masters 2024

4.26

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Demon Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔗 Supernatural Bond 💬 Witty Banter

The Coven's Secret

by Alicia Rades • 2021

A haunted warlock falls for a witch whose light could lift his curse or cost her life.

3.89

2k+

🏰 Magical Academy 💀 Death-Touch Hero 💔 Curse-Bound Lovers ⚰️ Ancestral Curse 📜 Occult College

The Coven's Secret

A haunted warlock falls for a witch whose light could lift his curse or cost her life.

by Alicia Rades 2021

3.89

2k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Academy 💀 Death-Touch Hero 💔 Curse-Bound Lovers ⚰️ Ancestral Curse 📜 Occult College

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