💕 Friends To Lovers

The delicious slow burn of realizing the person who knows you best might also be the person you want most. These romances trade instant chemistry for the deeper thrill of risking everything familiar.

Without Pride and Prejudice

by Jennifer Peel • 2025

A Kansas girl and her duke best friend play Regency sweethearts. Their friendship catches fire.

3.97

2k+

🎭 Austen Retelling 😩 Mutual Pining 👑 Duke Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Without Pride and Prejudice

A Kansas girl and her duke best friend play Regency sweethearts. Their friendship catches fire.

by Jennifer Peel 2025

3.97

2k+ ratings

🎭 Austen Retelling 😩 Mutual Pining 👑 Duke Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Evergreen Heir

by A.K. Mulford • 2023

Betrothed to a childhood friend, a bookish heir must save their court from a magical addiction.

3.98

3k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🧪 Magical Addiction 👑 Reluctant Ruler ⚧️ Nonbinary Protagonist 🌫️ Atmospheric Fantasy

The Evergreen Heir

Betrothed to a childhood friend, a bookish heir must save their court from a magical addiction.

by A.K. Mulford 2023

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🧪 Magical Addiction 👑 Reluctant Ruler ⚧️ Nonbinary Protagonist 🌫️ Atmospheric Fantasy

Los días en los que más te quise

by Amy Neff • 2024

After a lifetime of love, they give their family one year to say goodbye.

4.02

15k+

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 💖 Literary Romance 🕊️ Right To Die Fiction 😢 Bittersweet 🏠 World War Ii Home Front

Los días en los que más te quise

After a lifetime of love, they give their family one year to say goodbye.

by Amy Neff 2024

4.02

15k+ ratings

📖 Multi-Generational Saga 💖 Literary Romance 🕊️ Right To Die Fiction 😢 Bittersweet 🏠 World War Ii Home Front

Him

by Sarina Bowen • 2015

Old friends, new rivals, one drunken dare: now summer camp reignites a chemistry they can't deny.

4.18

112k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💗 Bi-Awakening 🔄 Second Chance 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out 🏕️ Summer Camp Romance

Him

Old friends, new rivals, one drunken dare: now summer camp reignites a chemistry they can't deny.

by Sarina Bowen 2015

4.18

112k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💗 Bi-Awakening 🔄 Second Chance 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out 🏕️ Summer Camp Romance

Rebound Control

by Jodi Oliver • 2026

A widowed firefighter rescues an anxious hockey goalie. Neither expected to fall.

4.35

3k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🧠 Adhd Representation 💔 Widowed Hero 🫂 Found Family 😰 Anxious Hero

Rebound Control

A widowed firefighter rescues an anxious hockey goalie. Neither expected to fall.

by Jodi Oliver 2026

4.35

3k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🧠 Adhd Representation 💔 Widowed Hero 🫂 Found Family 😰 Anxious Hero

Happy Ending

by Chloe Liese • 2026

Two divorced strangers fake a friendship after their exes start dating, and the lie outgrows them.

3.76

13k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 👨‍👧 Single Dad Hero 📚 Bookish Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Happy Ending

Two divorced strangers fake a friendship after their exes start dating, and the lie outgrows them.

by Chloe Liese 2026

3.76

13k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 👨‍👧 Single Dad Hero 📚 Bookish Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Emma of 83rd Street

by Audrey Bellezza • 2023

Emma Woodhouse can fix anyone's love life but her own. The answer lives next door.

3.75

19k+

📚 Austen Retelling 🏙️ Upper East Side 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Matchmaking 💬 Witty Banter

Emma of 83rd Street

Emma Woodhouse can fix anyone's love life but her own. The answer lives next door.

by Audrey Bellezza 2023

3.75

19k+ ratings

📚 Austen Retelling 🏙️ Upper East Side 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Matchmaking 💬 Witty Banter

My Favorite Half-Night Stand

by Christina Lauren • 2018

After sleeping with her best friend, she lets him match with her fake profile online.

3.70

122k+

🎭 Secret Identity 🎓 Academia 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Found Family 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

My Favorite Half-Night Stand

After sleeping with her best friend, she lets him match with her fake profile online.

by Christina Lauren 2018

3.70

122k+ ratings

🎭 Secret Identity 🎓 Academia 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Found Family 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

The Trouble With Her

by Kat T. Masen • 2021

To escape her best friend, she married a stranger. He never stopped loving her.

4.32

3k+

🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn ⚠️ Toxic Marriage 💭 Pining Hero 😢 Angsty Romance

The Trouble With Her

To escape her best friend, she married a stranger. He never stopped loving her.

by Kat T. Masen 2021

4.32

3k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn ⚠️ Toxic Marriage 💭 Pining Hero 😢 Angsty Romance

Rough Around the Hedges

by Lish McBride • 2023

Meddling friends force a witch barista to confess her love to her arcane piercer best friend.

3.90

957

🫂 Found Family 🧹 Cozy Witch 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Toxic Parent 💬 Witty Banter

Rough Around the Hedges

Meddling friends force a witch barista to confess her love to her arcane piercer best friend.

by Lish McBride 2023

3.90

957 ratings

🫂 Found Family 🧹 Cozy Witch 🔥 Slow Burn 💔 Toxic Parent 💬 Witty Banter

King of Pain

by J.P. Joseph • 2026

A wounded athlete meets a criminal's son at a record store. Two survivors, one fragile trust.

4.24

5k+

🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Second Chance 🩹 Trauma Healing ⛪ Religious Trauma

King of Pain

A wounded athlete meets a criminal's son at a record store. Two survivors, one fragile trust.

by J.P. Joseph 2026

4.24

5k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Second Chance 🩹 Trauma Healing ⛪ Religious Trauma

Stuck With You

by Aimee Brown • 2023

Engaged too fast, a bartender falls for the man her fiancé sent to watch over her.

3.86

1k+

🔥 Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🏖️ Beach Read

Stuck With You

Engaged too fast, a bartender falls for the man her fiancé sent to watch over her.

by Aimee Brown 2023

3.86

1k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🏖️ Beach Read

Student Union

by Julie Murphy • 2026

To stay in college, she marries the childhood friend she swore she'd never speak to again.

3.70

2k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🙇 Groveling Hero 💔 Angsty Romance

Student Union

To stay in college, she marries the childhood friend she swore she'd never speak to again.

by Julie Murphy 2026

3.70

2k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🙇 Groveling Hero 💔 Angsty Romance

Lirio rojo

by Nora Roberts • 2005

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

4.11

44k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lirio rojo

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

by Nora Roberts 2005

4.11

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Dark Eyed Devil

by Olivia Hayle • 2020

An heiress and the groundskeeper's nephew. One tragic accident. Ten years of silence. He's back.

4.15

4k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 💸 Class Divide ✉️ Lost Letter ⚓ Military Romance

Dark Eyed Devil

An heiress and the groundskeeper's nephew. One tragic accident. Ten years of silence. He's back.

by Olivia Hayle 2020

4.15

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 💸 Class Divide ✉️ Lost Letter ⚓ Military Romance

Have a Great Summer

by Francesca Cocchi • 2026

Her high school heartbreak is getting married, and she just signed the license as his bride.

3.77

4k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏖️ Small Beach Town 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Emotional Slow Burn

Have a Great Summer

Her high school heartbreak is getting married, and she just signed the license as his bride.

by Francesca Cocchi 2026

3.77

4k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏖️ Small Beach Town 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Emotional Slow Burn

Where Wolves Don't Die

by Anton Treuer • 2024

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

4.17

4k+

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism 🕊️ Healing From Loss

Where Wolves Don't Die

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

by Anton Treuer 2024

4.17

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism 🕊️ Healing From Loss

Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend

by Ivy Smoak • 2025

Scarlett fake-dates her best friend to get her crush's attention, but the charade stirs real desire.

4.35

2k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🔺 Love Triangle 🏫 High School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 💌 Secret Admirer

Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend

Scarlett fake-dates her best friend to get her crush's attention, but the charade stirs real desire.

by Ivy Smoak 2025

4.35

2k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🔺 Love Triangle 🏫 High School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 💌 Secret Admirer

Proficiency Bonus

by Charlie Novak • 2021

A cosplay PA and closeted actor rekindle their Comic Con spark with late-night calls and fandom.

4.29

760

🎮 Fandom Romance 📱 Long Distance Romance 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance ☀️ Sunshine X Reserved 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Proficiency Bonus

A cosplay PA and closeted actor rekindle their Comic Con spark with late-night calls and fandom.

by Charlie Novak 2021

4.29

760 ratings

🎮 Fandom Romance 📱 Long Distance Romance 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance ☀️ Sunshine X Reserved 🌈 Coming Out Journey

The Best Wild Idea

by Lily Parker • 2025

Her dead fiancé's letters send her around the globe. The condition: his best friend comes too.

3.88

4k+

🖤 Grief Romance 🫂 Forced Proximity ✈️ Travel Romance 🤫 Secret Feelings 🌊 Bittersweet

The Best Wild Idea

Her dead fiancé's letters send her around the globe. The condition: his best friend comes too.

by Lily Parker 2025

3.88

4k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 🫂 Forced Proximity ✈️ Travel Romance 🤫 Secret Feelings 🌊 Bittersweet

Hello, Summer

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2020

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

3.87

37k+

🔍 Small Town Secrets 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Political Scandal 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🌊 Breezy Suspense

Hello, Summer

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2020

3.87

37k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Secrets 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Political Scandal 👯 Sibling Rivalry 🌊 Breezy Suspense

Pieces of a Life

by Jewel E. Ann • 2022

A pathologist dreams of murdered girls. Her only ally: the detective who broke her heart.

4.29

3k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👻 Paranormal Visions 🔬 Forensic Pathologist 🔪 Serial Killer

Pieces of a Life

A pathologist dreams of murdered girls. Her only ally: the detective who broke her heart.

by Jewel E. Ann 2022

4.29

3k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👻 Paranormal Visions 🔬 Forensic Pathologist 🔪 Serial Killer

Dangerous Rescue

by Riley Edwards • 2021

A brokenhearted text reaches a cop, sparking a nine-year friendship and a love neither will name.

4.54

4k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 👮 Police Romance 📚 Bookstore Setting

Dangerous Rescue

A brokenhearted text reaches a cop, sparking a nine-year friendship and a love neither will name.

by Riley Edwards 2021

4.54

4k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 👮 Police Romance 📚 Bookstore Setting

Caught on Camera

by Chelsea Curto • 2023

Her NFL coach best friend fake dates her after a viral kiss cam rescue. Don't fall.

3.92

17k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏈 Sports Romance 🫠 He Falls First 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Caught on Camera

Her NFL coach best friend fake dates her after a viral kiss cam rescue. Don't fall.

by Chelsea Curto 2023

3.92

17k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏈 Sports Romance 🫠 He Falls First 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Erotic Fantasies

by Suzy Ayers • 2014

An explicit anthology: wives, best friends, and strangers cross every line without apology.

3.46

3k+

📚 Erotic Anthology ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🔥 Forbidden Desire 👀 Exhibitionism

Erotic Fantasies

An explicit anthology: wives, best friends, and strangers cross every line without apology.

by Suzy Ayers 2014

3.46

3k+ ratings

📚 Erotic Anthology ⛓️ Bdsm Dynamics 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🔥 Forbidden Desire 👀 Exhibitionism

Good as Gold

by Sarina Bowen • 2023

They swore never to cross the line. Now she's asking him to father her child.

4.05

5k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family

Good as Gold

They swore never to cross the line. Now she's asking him to father her child.

by Sarina Bowen 2023

4.05

5k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family

Give Me a Sign

by Anna Sortino • 2023

At a Deaf summer camp, a hard-of-hearing teen reclaims the self she lost between two worlds.

4.07

7k+

🦻 Deaf Community 🎧 Hard Of Hearing 🏕️ Summer Camp 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family

Give Me a Sign

At a Deaf summer camp, a hard-of-hearing teen reclaims the self she lost between two worlds.

by Anna Sortino 2023

4.07

7k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Community 🎧 Hard Of Hearing 🏕️ Summer Camp 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family

Don't You Dare

by C.E. Ricci • 2022

A high school dare kiss haunts two best friends into college, where they push every boundary.

4.00

34k+

🩷 Bi Awakening ⚾ Baseball Romance 🏠 College Roommates 📢 Public Outing ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Don't You Dare

A high school dare kiss haunts two best friends into college, where they push every boundary.

by C.E. Ricci 2022

4.00

34k+ ratings

🩷 Bi Awakening ⚾ Baseball Romance 🏠 College Roommates 📢 Public Outing ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Weight of It All

by N.R. Walker • 2016

Dumped for his weight, an actuary joins a gym and meets a trainer who sees him.

4.29

11k+

🏋️ Trainer Client Romance ⚖️ Weight Loss Journey 💪 Gym Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🌤️ Low Angst

The Weight of It All

Dumped for his weight, an actuary joins a gym and meets a trainer who sees him.

by N.R. Walker 2016

4.29

11k+ ratings

🏋️ Trainer Client Romance ⚖️ Weight Loss Journey 💪 Gym Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🌤️ Low Angst

The Wild Side

by Cassie-Ann L. Miller • 2022

Their childhood pact: marry at thirty. He's back, and she's still pretending it was a joke.

3.90

10k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 📝 Childhood Pact 💼 Workaholic Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

The Wild Side

Their childhood pact: marry at thirty. He's back, and she's still pretending it was a joke.

by Cassie-Ann L. Miller 2022

3.90

10k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 📝 Childhood Pact 💼 Workaholic Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

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