💕 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.

Small Worlds

by Caleb Azumah Nelson • 2023

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

4.26

12k+

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

Small Worlds

A London trumpeter carries a love he cannot name and a father's silence in his chest.

by Caleb Azumah Nelson 2023

4.26

12k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz-Infused Narrative 🇬🇭 Ghanaian Diaspora 👨‍👦 Father Son Reconciliation 🫂 Chosen Family 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma

Corrode

by Sarah Bailey • 2021

A murder binds her to four dangerous men. Amnesia took her away. Memory brings her back.

4.08

15k+

💔 Amnesia Romance 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🐺 Primal Play ⛓️ Abduction Captivity 💀 Touch Her And Die

Corrode

A murder binds her to four dangerous men. Amnesia took her away. Memory brings her back.

by Sarah Bailey 2021

4.08

15k+ ratings

💔 Amnesia Romance 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🐺 Primal Play ⛓️ Abduction Captivity 💀 Touch Her And Die

You, Again

by Kate Goldbeck • 2023

A cynical comic and a romantic chef collide in Brooklyn, then spend years denying their chemistry.

3.54

65k+

😤 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter 💔 Commitment Phobia 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

You, Again

A cynical comic and a romantic chef collide in Brooklyn, then spend years denying their chemistry.

by Kate Goldbeck 2023

3.54

65k+ ratings

😤 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💬 Witty Banter 💔 Commitment Phobia 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

Behind The Veil

by B.L. Brunnemer • 2019

After escaping abuse, a ghost-seer finds five fiercely protective boys in small-town Montana.

4.54

2k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤕 Hurt/Comfort 🛡️ Protective Heroes

Behind The Veil

After escaping abuse, a ghost-seer finds five fiercely protective boys in small-town Montana.

by B.L. Brunnemer 2019

4.54

2k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤕 Hurt/Comfort 🛡️ Protective Heroes

The Unbound Empire

by Melissa Caruso • 2019

A heiress fights a body-stealing warlord to save her empire, her friends, and her soul.

4.36

3k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Dangerous Ally 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Mage Rights

The Unbound Empire

A heiress fights a body-stealing warlord to save her empire, her friends, and her soul.

by Melissa Caruso 2019

4.36

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Dangerous Ally 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚖️ Mage Rights

You and Me on Vacation

by Emily Henry • 2021

Twelve summers, one drunken kiss, two years of silence. Now she wants one last trip.

3.84

1.8M+

🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn ✈️ Summer Travel 💔 Banter And Longing 🌞 Grumpy Sunshine

You and Me on Vacation

Twelve summers, one drunken kiss, two years of silence. Now she wants one last trip.

by Emily Henry 2021

3.84

1.8M+ ratings

🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn ✈️ Summer Travel 💔 Banter And Longing 🌞 Grumpy Sunshine

It's Different This Time

by Joss Richard • 2025

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

3.97

38k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Broadway Theater

It's Different This Time

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

by Joss Richard 2025

3.97

38k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Broadway Theater

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+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 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

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏡 Small Town

Day Death

by Rebecca Quinn • 2025

Forbidden desire at a kink club turns into a fight for survival when nuclear war begins.

4.18

2k+

💔 Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🎖️ Military Romance 🖤 Dark Erotica 🤝 Found Family ☢️ Nuclear Apocalypse

Day Death

Forbidden desire at a kink club turns into a fight for survival when nuclear war begins.

by Rebecca Quinn 2025

4.18

2k+ ratings

💔 Post-Apocalyptic Romance 🎖️ Military Romance 🖤 Dark Erotica 🤝 Found Family ☢️ Nuclear Apocalypse

The Light That Blinds Us

by Andy Darcy Theo • 2024

A haunted boy and three elementals must destroy his dark father before an eclipse consumes them.

3.65

2k+

🜁 Elemental Magic 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Chosen One Prophecy 🖤 Trauma And Magic 🌑 Dark And Emotional

The Light That Blinds Us

A haunted boy and three elementals must destroy his dark father before an eclipse consumes them.

by Andy Darcy Theo 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

🜁 Elemental Magic 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Chosen One Prophecy 🖤 Trauma And Magic 🌑 Dark And Emotional

This Love

by Dani Atkins • 2017

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

4.14

3k+

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🕊️ Forgiving The Past

This Love

Saved from fire, Sophie loves her dying rescuer. He hides a secret about her brother.

by Dani Atkins 2017

4.14

3k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness Romance 🪣 Bucket List Journey 🤫 Hero With A Secret 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🕊️ Forgiving The Past

Lust

by Lana Pecherczyk • 2020

A sin-sensing detective can't bear a touch, until the one man immune to her curse returns.

4.33

925

💫 Fated Mates 😈 Sin-Powered Heroes 🏠 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 🔥 Second Chance Romance

Lust

A sin-sensing detective can't bear a touch, until the one man immune to her curse returns.

by Lana Pecherczyk 2020

4.33

925 ratings

💫 Fated Mates 😈 Sin-Powered Heroes 🏠 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 🔥 Second Chance Romance

Walking in a Witchy Wonderland

by Juliette Cross • 2021

At a New Orleans bar run by six witch sisters, holiday magic rewrites everyone's romantic plans.

4.00

6k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🔮 Witch Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏠 Found Family ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Walking in a Witchy Wonderland

At a New Orleans bar run by six witch sisters, holiday magic rewrites everyone's romantic plans.

by Juliette Cross 2021

4.00

6k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🔮 Witch Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏠 Found Family ☕ Cozy Paranormal

If There's No Tomorrow

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

4.02

21k+

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy 🕊️ Grief And Healing

If There's No Tomorrow

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy 🕊️ Grief And Healing

When He's Sinful

by Suzanne Wright • 2022

Childhood friends hide a fated bond until a stalker shatters their walls and forces them together.

4.16

8k+

💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Traumatized Hero 💔 Damaged Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero 🏠 Found Family

When He's Sinful

Childhood friends hide a fated bond until a stalker shatters their walls and forces them together.

by Suzanne Wright 2022

4.16

8k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Traumatized Hero 💔 Damaged Heroine 🔥 Possessive Hero 🏠 Found Family

Dear Aaron

by Mariana Zapata • 2017

A seamstress and a soldier become pen pals; their letters build a bond meeting could shatter.

3.90

57k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🪖 Military Romance 💞 Emotional Intimacy 🏡 Found Family

Dear Aaron

A seamstress and a soldier become pen pals; their letters build a bond meeting could shatter.

by Mariana Zapata 2017

3.90

57k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🪖 Military Romance 💞 Emotional Intimacy 🏡 Found Family

The Wedding Menu

by Letizia Lorini • 2023

Her father's rival's son is charming, cynical, and hates the one thing she dreams of: marriage.

4.07

6k+

💕 Romantic Comedy 🍳 Culinary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 💫 Second Chance Love

The Wedding Menu

Her father's rival's son is charming, cynical, and hates the one thing she dreams of: marriage.

by Letizia Lorini 2023

4.07

6k+ ratings

💕 Romantic Comedy 🍳 Culinary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 💫 Second Chance Love

Plot Twist

by Erin La Rosa • 2023

A romance writer over love meets her exes on TikTok and falls for the star upstairs.

3.37

9k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ✍️ Romance Writer Heroine 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Plot Twist

A romance writer over love meets her exes on TikTok and falls for the star upstairs.

by Erin La Rosa 2023

3.37

9k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ✍️ Romance Writer Heroine 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Whispers From The Dead

by B.L. Brunnemer • 2017

A teenage necromancer recovering from assault must help the dead cross over before they consume her.

4.46

7k+

🔮 Necromancer Heroine 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏠 Found Family 💫 Reverse Harem 👻 Ghost Medium

Whispers From The Dead

A teenage necromancer recovering from assault must help the dead cross over before they consume her.

by B.L. Brunnemer 2017

4.46

7k+ ratings

🔮 Necromancer Heroine 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏠 Found Family 💫 Reverse Harem 👻 Ghost Medium

Be With Me

by Samantha Young • 2022

A woman in hiding risks one night with the youngest Adair brother as her stalker watches.

4.00

6k+

🏠 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Trauma And Healing 👁️ Stalking Threat

Be With Me

A woman in hiding risks one night with the youngest Adair brother as her stalker watches.

by Samantha Young 2022

4.00

6k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🏔️ Scottish Highlands 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Trauma And Healing 👁️ Stalking Threat

Show Me How

by Hannah Cowan • 2025

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

3.88

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🎨 Tattoo Artist

Show Me How

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

by Hannah Cowan 2025

3.88

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Forced Proximity 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🎨 Tattoo Artist

Promise Me

by Sara Cate • 2026

A reclusive artist must host his estranged best friend's wedding, still in love with the groom.

4.18

8k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🥀 Mutual Pining ⛓️ Kink Awakening ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏰 Scottish Manor

Promise Me

A reclusive artist must host his estranged best friend's wedding, still in love with the groom.

by Sara Cate 2026

4.18

8k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 🥀 Mutual Pining ⛓️ Kink Awakening ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏰 Scottish Manor

The Proposal Play

by Lauren Blakely • 2025

After a Vegas wedding, a hockey star must fake a marriage with his best friend's sister.

4.00

14k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Fake Relationship 🧠 Mental Health Rep

The Proposal Play

After a Vegas wedding, a hockey star must fake a marriage with his best friend's sister.

by Lauren Blakely 2025

4.00

14k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Fake Relationship 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Together We Rot

by Skyla Arndt • 2023

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

3.50

6k+

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Decaying Small Town

Together We Rot

Her mother vanished into a church that sacrifices sons. The boy she loves is next.

by Skyla Arndt 2023

3.50

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Horror 🦋 Monstrous Transformation 🩸 Ritual Sacrifice 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🏚️ Decaying Small Town

The Severed Realm

by Michael G. Manning • 2018

Killing a prince to save a child puts a grieving archmage on trial as reality breaks.

4.50

1k+

🏰 Epic Court Politics ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🌑 Magical Corruption 🌧️ Melancholy Fantasy 🌐 Cosmic Stakes

The Severed Realm

Killing a prince to save a child puts a grieving archmage on trial as reality breaks.

by Michael G. Manning 2018

4.50

1k+ ratings

🏰 Epic Court Politics ⚖️ Courtroom Drama 🌑 Magical Corruption 🌧️ Melancholy Fantasy 🌐 Cosmic Stakes

Art & Soul

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

4.24

9k+

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing 🏫 High School Setting

Art & Soul

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.24

9k+ ratings

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing 🏫 High School Setting

When I Awake

by Dani Atkins • 2023

She lost ten years. Her fiancé married her best friend. Her daughter calls someone else Mom.

4.30

1k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🏠 Blended Family 🥲 Bittersweet Love Story 📚 Book Club Fiction

When I Awake

She lost ten years. Her fiancé married her best friend. Her daughter calls someone else Mom.

by Dani Atkins 2023

4.30

1k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 🏠 Blended Family 🥲 Bittersweet Love Story 📚 Book Club Fiction

Bananapants

by Penny Reid • 2024

Her best friend walked out ten years ago. He walks back in while she's impersonating an heiress.

4.01

6k+

🔄 Second Chance 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Bananapants

Her best friend walked out ten years ago. He walks back in while she's impersonating an heiress.

by Penny Reid 2024

4.01

6k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💬 Witty Banter 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

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 🌪️ Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏖️ Small Town Romance

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 🌪️ Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏖️ Small Town Romance

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin

by Mariana Zapata • 2015

Fleeing a breakup, she joins her twin's tour, where a lead singer makes love worth risking.

3.85

37k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 🚐 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin

Fleeing a breakup, she joins her twin's tour, where a lead singer makes love worth risking.

by Mariana Zapata 2015

3.85

37k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 🚐 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

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