💕 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.

When He Was Wicked

by Julia Quinn

He loved her before she married his cousin. Now she's a widow, and he's done hiding.

3.98

268k+

🖤 Widow Romance 💔 Pining Hero ⚡ Forbidden Love 😢 Angsty Romance 🔥 High Heat

When He Was Wicked

He loved her before she married his cousin. Now she's a widow, and he's done hiding.

by Julia Quinn 2004

3.98

268k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 💔 Pining Hero ⚡ Forbidden Love 😢 Angsty Romance 🔥 High Heat

Emma

by Jane Austen • 1815

She has money and charm, but the one heart she cannot match is her own.

4.05

996k+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 👑 Regency Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🏡 Cozy Village Life

Emma

She has money and charm, but the one heart she cannot match is her own.

by Jane Austen 1815

4.05

996k+ ratings

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 👑 Regency Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🏡 Cozy Village Life

Notes from the Midnight Driver

by Jordan Sonnenblick • 2006

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

4.05

10k+

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 🔍 Family Secrets

Notes from the Midnight Driver

A sixteen-year-old's drunken crash earns him a hundred hours with a hostile, jazz-obsessed old man.

by Jordan Sonnenblick 2006

4.05

10k+ ratings

🫂 Intergenerational Bond ⚖️ Community Service 🏥 Nursing Home 🎶 Music Heals 🔍 Family Secrets

Antes de diciembre

by Joana Marcús • 2021

Her boyfriend demanded freedom. The boy next door made her want to close every door.

4.36

138k+

🎓 College Romance 💔 Toxic First Love 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏚️ Family Trauma 🔄 Breaking Toxic Cycles

Antes de diciembre

Her boyfriend demanded freedom. The boy next door made her want to close every door.

by Joana Marcús 2021

4.36

138k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance 💔 Toxic First Love 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏚️ Family Trauma 🔄 Breaking Toxic Cycles

Before I Fall

by Lauren Oliver • 2010

A popular teen relives her last day, forced to repair the life her cruelty shattered.

3.88

347k+

⏳ Time Loop 👑 Queen Bee Redemption 💔 Bullying And Guilt 🕊️ Self Sacrifice 💅 Mean Girl Clique

Before I Fall

A popular teen relives her last day, forced to repair the life her cruelty shattered.

by Lauren Oliver 2010

3.88

347k+ ratings

⏳ Time Loop 👑 Queen Bee Redemption 💔 Bullying And Guilt 🕊️ Self Sacrifice 💅 Mean Girl Clique

The Ex Vows

by Jessica Joyce • 2024

She's salvaging her best friend's wedding, and her co-planner is the ex she never got over.

4.05

72k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💒 Wedding Romance 😟 Relationship Anxiety 🌸 Earnest And Tender

The Ex Vows

She's salvaging her best friend's wedding, and her co-planner is the ex she never got over.

by Jessica Joyce 2024

4.05

72k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💒 Wedding Romance 😟 Relationship Anxiety 🌸 Earnest And Tender

Grumpy Darling

by Alexandra Moody • 2025

When her grumpy hockey star best friend becomes her flirting coach, their practice blurs into real.

4.05

20k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏒 Hockey Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Flirting Lessons 👧 Childhood Friends

Grumpy Darling

When her grumpy hockey star best friend becomes her flirting coach, their practice blurs into real.

by Alexandra Moody 2025

4.05

20k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏒 Hockey Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Flirting Lessons 👧 Childhood Friends

On the Same Page

by Haley Cass • 2023

A news producer exhausted by dating discovers her roommate might be the connection she's craved.

4.33

16k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🎭 Opposites Attract

On the Same Page

A news producer exhausted by dating discovers her roommate might be the connection she's craved.

by Haley Cass 2023

4.33

16k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🎭 Opposites Attract

Addicted for Now

by Krista Ritchie • 2013

In love and in recovery, a sex addict and an alcoholic battle an anonymous blackmailer.

4.14

89k+

🌿 Addiction Recovery 💔 Codependent Love 👥 Found Family 🌩️ Angsty ✉️ Blackmail

Addicted for Now

In love and in recovery, a sex addict and an alcoholic battle an anonymous blackmailer.

by Krista Ritchie 2013

4.14

89k+ ratings

🌿 Addiction Recovery 💔 Codependent Love 👥 Found Family 🌩️ Angsty ✉️ Blackmail

Esta canción (no) es para ti

by Laura Nowlin • 2016

Two best friends start a band, then a third joins, and their love triangle threatens everything.

2.47

8k+

🎸 Garage Band 🏳️‍🌈 Asexual Protagonist 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 👥 Found Family 💕 Unconventional Love

Esta canción (no) es para ti

Two best friends start a band, then a third joins, and their love triangle threatens everything.

by Laura Nowlin 2016

2.47

8k+ ratings

🎸 Garage Band 🏳️‍🌈 Asexual Protagonist 💜 Bisexual Protagonist 👥 Found Family 💕 Unconventional Love

Shadow and Bone

by Leigh Bardugo • 2012

A soldier's hidden light magic attracts a dark leader intent on making her his ultimate weapon.

3.91

1.1M+

💘 Love Triangle 🏰 Magical Academy 🪆 Russian-Inspired Fantasy ⛓️ Oppressed Magic Users 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Shadow and Bone

A soldier's hidden light magic attracts a dark leader intent on making her his ultimate weapon.

by Leigh Bardugo 2012

3.91

1.1M+ ratings

💘 Love Triangle 🏰 Magical Academy 🪆 Russian-Inspired Fantasy ⛓️ Oppressed Magic Users 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Flashback

by Shannon Messenger

Dark echoes turn Sophie's fear into pain while the enemy exposes her ally's monstrous family secret.

4.32

47k+

🧠 Telepathic Bond 🏰 Elvin Intrigue 🔑 Hidden Family Legacy ⚔️ Brother Vs Brother 🧬 Engineered Child

Flashback

Dark echoes turn Sophie's fear into pain while the enemy exposes her ally's monstrous family secret.

by Shannon Messenger 2018

4.32

47k+ ratings

🧠 Telepathic Bond 🏰 Elvin Intrigue 🔑 Hidden Family Legacy ⚔️ Brother Vs Brother 🧬 Engineered Child

He's Not My Type

by Meghan Quinn • 2023

A flood sends her crashing with a brooding hockey player, and their close quarters ignite.

4.25

83k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🖤 Grief And Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero

He's Not My Type

A flood sends her crashing with a brooding hockey player, and their close quarters ignite.

by Meghan Quinn 2023

4.25

83k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🖤 Grief And Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero

To Catch a Firefly

by Emmy Sanders • 2024

Childhood best friends: one dreams of leaving Nebraska, the other has loved him since they met.

4.39

24k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💭 Mutual Pining 🌱 Childhood Friends ✍️ Lyrical Writing

To Catch a Firefly

Childhood best friends: one dreams of leaving Nebraska, the other has loved him since they met.

by Emmy Sanders 2024

4.39

24k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💭 Mutual Pining 🌱 Childhood Friends ✍️ Lyrical Writing

The Infinity Between Us

by N.S. Perkins • 2021

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

3.82

29k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief 🥀 Bittersweet

The Infinity Between Us

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

by N.S. Perkins 2021

3.82

29k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief 🥀 Bittersweet

Travis

by Mia Sheridan • 2021

A reformed troublemaker falls for a plant rescuer in a town that remembers his every mistake.

3.86

45k+

🔄 Reformed Playboy 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 😢 Angsty Romance 🌱 Gardening Heroine

Travis

A reformed troublemaker falls for a plant rescuer in a town that remembers his every mistake.

by Mia Sheridan 2021

3.86

45k+ ratings

🔄 Reformed Playboy 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 😢 Angsty Romance 🌱 Gardening Heroine

The Play

by Elle Kennedy

Hockey captain: celibate. Psych partner: taken. Their friendship is the play he never saw coming.

4.00

168k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 😈 Reformed Playboy 🎓 College Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Play

Hockey captain: celibate. Psych partner: taken. Their friendship is the play he never saw coming.

by Elle Kennedy 2019

4.00

168k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 😈 Reformed Playboy 🎓 College Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Love Wager

by Lynn Painter • 2023

Friends wager on who finds love first. A fake wedding date blurs every line.

3.85

114k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💬 Witty Banter 🛏️ Only One Bed 🚪 Open Door Romance 💒 Wedding Weekend

The Love Wager

Friends wager on who finds love first. A fake wedding date blurs every line.

by Lynn Painter 2023

3.85

114k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💬 Witty Banter 🛏️ Only One Bed 🚪 Open Door Romance 💒 Wedding Weekend

Addicted to You

by Krista Ritchie • 2013

A fake romance hides her sex addiction and his alcoholism, but their lies are destroying them.

3.70

197k+

🎭 Fake Relationship 💔 Codependent Love 🖤 Gritty Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery 🥃 Wounded Hero

Addicted to You

A fake romance hides her sex addiction and his alcoholism, but their lies are destroying them.

by Krista Ritchie 2013

3.70

197k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Relationship 💔 Codependent Love 🖤 Gritty Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery 🥃 Wounded Hero

Hook, Line, and Sinker

by Tessa Bailey • 2022

A fisherman offers his roommate flirting lessons, never expecting to be the one who falls.

3.87

458k+

🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💋 Flirting Lessons 🔥 Reformed Playboy 🌊 Coastal Small Town 🛠️ Blue Collar Hero

Hook, Line, and Sinker

A fisherman offers his roommate flirting lessons, never expecting to be the one who falls.

by Tessa Bailey 2022

3.87

458k+ ratings

🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💋 Flirting Lessons 🔥 Reformed Playboy 🌊 Coastal Small Town 🛠️ Blue Collar Hero

Kiss a Villain

by Mia Darling • 2024

A mafia heir saves a near-dead boy, hides him; their bond becomes a forbidden craving.

3.92

4k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 😢 Angst 🗡️ Betrayal

Kiss a Villain

A mafia heir saves a near-dead boy, hides him; their bond becomes a forbidden craving.

by Mia Darling 2024

3.92

4k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 😢 Angst 🗡️ Betrayal

An Old-Fashioned Girl

by Louisa May Alcott • 1870

A country girl's quiet integrity unsettles a wealthy city family and their charming, careless son.

4.09

23k+

🏠 Domestic Fiction 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌾 Country Girl In The City 🏛️ Victorian New England ☕ Cozy Classic

An Old-Fashioned Girl

A country girl's quiet integrity unsettles a wealthy city family and their charming, careless son.

by Louisa May Alcott 1870

4.09

23k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Fiction 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌾 Country Girl In The City 🏛️ Victorian New England ☕ Cozy Classic

Panic

by Lauren Oliver • 2014

A dead-end town's secret game of fear turns deadly when a challenge kills a man.

3.55

63k+

🏚️ Small Town Thriller 🎲 Dangerous Game 👩‍👧 Protective Older Sister ⚔️ Revenge Quest ☀️ Summer Dread

Panic

A dead-end town's secret game of fear turns deadly when a challenge kills a man.

by Lauren Oliver 2014

3.55

63k+ ratings

🏚️ Small Town Thriller 🎲 Dangerous Game 👩‍👧 Protective Older Sister ⚔️ Revenge Quest ☀️ Summer Dread

Five Little Indians

by Michelle Good • 2020

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

4.46

47k+

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

Five Little Indians

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

by Michelle Good 2020

4.46

47k+ ratings

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

Heartstopper

by Alice Oseman • 2018

After befriending a quiet gay classmate, a rugby player confronts an attraction he never expected.

4.41

897k+

📖 Graphic Novel Romance 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🏈 Jock And Nerd 💜 Bisexual Awakening 🥺 Soft Boys In Love

Heartstopper

After befriending a quiet gay classmate, a rugby player confronts an attraction he never expected.

by Alice Oseman 2018

4.41

897k+ ratings

📖 Graphic Novel Romance 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🏈 Jock And Nerd 💜 Bisexual Awakening 🥺 Soft Boys In Love

Addicted After All

by Krista Ritchie

Childhood sweethearts in recovery prepare for a baby as the world bets against them.

4.39

52k+

🩹 Addiction Recovery 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Addicted After All

Childhood sweethearts in recovery prepare for a baby as the world bets against them.

by Krista Ritchie 2014

4.39

52k+ ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance

She Gets the Girl

by Rachael Lippincott • 2022

A guarded flirt coaches a shy freshman to win her crush. Neither expects to fall instead.

4.07

76k+

🎭 Sapphic Rom-Com 📚 College Romance 💕 Practice Dating 🧲 Opposites Attract 💬 Banter Heavy

She Gets the Girl

A guarded flirt coaches a shy freshman to win her crush. Neither expects to fall instead.

by Rachael Lippincott 2022

4.07

76k+ ratings

🎭 Sapphic Rom-Com 📚 College Romance 💕 Practice Dating 🧲 Opposites Attract 💬 Banter Heavy

Ruin and Rising

by Leigh Bardugo • 2014

A powerless sun mage chases a firebird to stop a shadow king from weaponizing the dark.

3.97

595k+

🇷🇺 Russian-Inspired Fantasy 🔀 Chosen One Subversion 💔 Hero Loses Power 🧙 Magical Elite 🏴 Underground Resistance

Ruin and Rising

A powerless sun mage chases a firebird to stop a shadow king from weaponizing the dark.

by Leigh Bardugo 2014

3.97

595k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian-Inspired Fantasy 🔀 Chosen One Subversion 💔 Hero Loses Power 🧙 Magical Elite 🏴 Underground Resistance

Irresponsible Puckboy

by Eden Finley • 2022

Two hockey teammates fake-marry on a dare. The paperwork is real; so is one's hidden love.

4.02

25k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 💔 Secret Pining 🌈 Sexuality Awakening 🏠 Forced Proximity

Irresponsible Puckboy

Two hockey teammates fake-marry on a dare. The paperwork is real; so is one's hidden love.

by Eden Finley 2022

4.02

25k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 💔 Secret Pining 🌈 Sexuality Awakening 🏠 Forced Proximity

Beautiful World, Where Are You

by Sally Rooney • 2021

A novelist swipes right on a warehouse worker. Her best friend falls for a lifelong friend.

3.52

503k+

📱 Millennial Fiction 👭 Female Friendship 🔄 Cross-Class Romance 🌊 Coastal Ireland ✉️ Epistolary Elements

Beautiful World, Where Are You

A novelist swipes right on a warehouse worker. Her best friend falls for a lifelong friend.

by Sally Rooney 2021

3.52

503k+ ratings

📱 Millennial Fiction 👭 Female Friendship 🔄 Cross-Class Romance 🌊 Coastal Ireland ✉️ Epistolary Elements

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