🙇 Groveling Hero

Romance novels where the hero must earn forgiveness through genuine, often agonizing repentance after deeply hurting the heroine. Readers savor the emotional catharsis of watching a proud man humble himself completely for love.

Loving Whiskey

by Brittanee Nicole

He destroyed her for a leak she never made. She's pregnant. He's out of second chances.

4.08

7k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Billionaire Hero 💣 Suspenseful Romance

Loving Whiskey

He destroyed her for a leak she never made. She's pregnant. He's out of second chances.

by Brittanee Nicole 2022

4.08

7k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Billionaire Hero 💣 Suspenseful Romance

Keeping Denver

by Sandy Alvarez • 2020

A homeless woman hides her past from the billionaire boss who is becoming her only lifeline.

3.50

15k+

💰 Billionaire Romance ✨ Rags To Riches 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💔 High Angst ⚖️ Law Office

Keeping Denver

A homeless woman hides her past from the billionaire boss who is becoming her only lifeline.

by Sandy Alvarez 2020

3.50

15k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance ✨ Rags To Riches 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💔 High Angst ⚖️ Law Office

The Bromance Book Club

by Lyssa Kay Adams • 2019

A baseball star joins a secret club where men read romance novels to save his marriage.

3.86

136k+

🏚️ Marriage In Crisis ⚾ Sports Romance 📚 Bookish Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧱 Emotional Walls

The Bromance Book Club

A baseball star joins a secret club where men read romance novels to save his marriage.

by Lyssa Kay Adams 2019

3.86

136k+ ratings

🏚️ Marriage In Crisis ⚾ Sports Romance 📚 Bookish Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧱 Emotional Walls

With This Man

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2018

After she left him, her possessive husband spirals into a deadly bender only she can stop.

4.4

16k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 😭 High Angst 🔥 Addictive Love ⛓️ Power Play Romance

With This Man

After she left him, her possessive husband spirals into a deadly bender only she can stop.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2018

4.4

16k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 😭 High Angst 🔥 Addictive Love ⛓️ Power Play Romance

Traitor

by Himera Ink • 2025

Her MC president promised safety. He branded her a traitor instead.

3.79

3k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💚 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Heroine Revenge Arc 🦅 Survivor Heroine 🏠 Found Family

Traitor

Her MC president promised safety. He branded her a traitor instead.

by Himera Ink 2025

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 💚 Trauma Recovery 🔪 Heroine Revenge Arc 🦅 Survivor Heroine 🏠 Found Family

Nova

by Rebecca Yarros • 2017

His ex is trapped on a ship with him. The cliffs hurt less than her silence.

3.97

23k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🚢 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance 🌏 Global Adventure

Nova

His ex is trapped on a ship with him. The cliffs hurt less than her silence.

by Rebecca Yarros 2017

3.97

23k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🚢 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance 🌏 Global Adventure

Carnal Secrets

by Suzanne Wright • 2014

When his fated mate flees his rejection, an alpha abandons his pack to reclaim her.

4.01

24k+

🐺 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Bond 🏘️ Shifter Pack ⚔️ Shifter Hunters 👑 Alpha Female

Carnal Secrets

When his fated mate flees his rejection, an alpha abandons his pack to reclaim her.

by Suzanne Wright 2014

4.01

24k+ ratings

🐺 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Bond 🏘️ Shifter Pack ⚔️ Shifter Hunters 👑 Alpha Female

Tangled

by Emma Chase • 2013

A cocky playboy must collaborate with the brilliant, engaged rival he's been trying to seduce.

4.03

121k+

🚹 Male Pov Romance 🏢 Office Rivals To Lovers 😈 Reformed Playboy 🎤 Banter-Heavy Narration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meddling Family

Tangled

A cocky playboy must collaborate with the brilliant, engaged rival he's been trying to seduce.

by Emma Chase 2013

4.03

121k+ ratings

🚹 Male Pov Romance 🏢 Office Rivals To Lovers 😈 Reformed Playboy 🎤 Banter-Heavy Narration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meddling Family

Love Her or Lose Her

by Tessa Bailey • 2020

Rosie walks out on her silent husband. To win her back, Dominic must finally find his words.

3.60

91k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤐 Strong Silent Type 🩹 Hurt Comfort 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🔧 Blue Collar Romance

Love Her or Lose Her

Rosie walks out on her silent husband. To win her back, Dominic must finally find his words.

by Tessa Bailey 2020

3.60

91k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🤐 Strong Silent Type 🩹 Hurt Comfort 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🔧 Blue Collar Romance

Second Down Scrooge

by Lisa Suzanne • 2024

Co-parenting with her NFL ex was the plan. Falling for him again over Christmas wasn't.

4.07

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 👶 Single Parent 👨‍👩‍👧 Co-Parenting

Second Down Scrooge

Co-parenting with her NFL ex was the plan. Falling for him again over Christmas wasn't.

by Lisa Suzanne 2024

4.07

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 👶 Single Parent 👨‍👩‍👧 Co-Parenting

Intoxication

by Charlene Namdhari • 2020

She spent one passionate night with a stranger. Now she is falling for his son.

4.21

3k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🌙 One Night Stand 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 High Angst

Intoxication

She spent one passionate night with a stranger. Now she is falling for his son.

by Charlene Namdhari 2020

4.21

3k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap 🌙 One Night Stand 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 High Angst

This Woman

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2022

A grieving sex club owner meets an interior designer, and his carefully numbed world cracks open.

4.33

4k+

👤 Male Pov Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🔥 Sex Club Setting 💢 Possessive Alpha 💔 Angsty Romance

This Woman

A grieving sex club owner meets an interior designer, and his carefully numbed world cracks open.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2022

4.33

4k+ ratings

👤 Male Pov Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🔥 Sex Club Setting 💢 Possessive Alpha 💔 Angsty Romance

Fearless

by B.B. Reid • 2016

Accused of murdering her lover's father, she faces a trial that could destroy their dark love.

4.26

7k+

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Alpha Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Second Chance Romance 💼 Murder Trial

Fearless

Accused of murdering her lover's father, she faces a trial that could destroy their dark love.

by B.B. Reid 2016

4.26

7k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Alpha Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Second Chance Romance 💼 Murder Trial

Bearfoot and Pregnant

by Milly Taiden • 2016

A matchmaker pairs a plus-size skeptic with a bear-shifter king who swears she's his fated mate.

4.19

3k+

🐻 Bear Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 🪐 Alien Planet Setting

Bearfoot and Pregnant

A matchmaker pairs a plus-size skeptic with a bear-shifter king who swears she's his fated mate.

by Milly Taiden 2016

4.19

3k+ ratings

🐻 Bear Shifter Romance 💫 Fated Mates 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 🪐 Alien Planet Setting

Boy in Luv

by Jay Crownover • 2019

A soldier loves her for a week, then leaves. Home from war, she's done waiting.

3.79

10k+

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 💰 Class Difference 😢 Angsty Reunion 🍍 Playful Courtship

Boy in Luv

A soldier loves her for a week, then leaves. Home from war, she's done waiting.

by Jay Crownover 2019

3.79

10k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 💰 Class Difference 😢 Angsty Reunion 🍍 Playful Courtship

What Are The Odds

by Madi Leigh • 2024

Two rival captains bet on bedding the new Australian swimmer. One falls in love.

3.87

18k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏈 Sports Rivalry 💔 Bet Turns Real 🌏 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 College Campus

What Are The Odds

Two rival captains bet on bedding the new Australian swimmer. One falls in love.

by Madi Leigh 2024

3.87

18k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏈 Sports Rivalry 💔 Bet Turns Real 🌏 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 College Campus

Ruin

by Samantha Towle • 2018

A champion boxer discovers his lost love dancing in a club, raising their daughter in secret.

3.79

24k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥊 Sports Romance 👶 Secret Baby 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💔 Angsty Romance

Ruin

A champion boxer discovers his lost love dancing in a club, raising their daughter in secret.

by Samantha Towle 2018

3.79

24k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🥊 Sports Romance 👶 Secret Baby 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💔 Angsty Romance

Midnight Poison

by Penny Dee

Pregnant with his heir and accused of betrayal, she flees the mob boss who owns her.

4.02

5k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 👶 Pregnancy Trope ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance

Midnight Poison

Pregnant with his heir and accused of betrayal, she flees the mob boss who owns her.

by Penny Dee 2024

4.02

5k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🇷🇺 Russian Mafia 👶 Pregnancy Trope ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captive Romance

You Were Never Not Mine

by Monica Murphy • 2025

Her high school bully is now campus royalty, and he's forgotten her. She'll make him remember.

3.81

5k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Bully Romance 🎓 College Romance 💰 Class Tension 🩹 Trauma Healing

You Were Never Not Mine

Her high school bully is now campus royalty, and he's forgotten her. She'll make him remember.

by Monica Murphy 2025

3.81

5k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Bully Romance 🎓 College Romance 💰 Class Tension 🩹 Trauma Healing

Heads You Lose

by Bea Paige • 2022

Exiled for saving her, a fighter returns to win back the crime queen who shot him.

4.21

3k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Dark Redemption 🥊 Fight Club Backdrop

Heads You Lose

Exiled for saving her, a fighter returns to win back the crime queen who shot him.

by Bea Paige 2022

4.21

3k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Dark Redemption 🥊 Fight Club Backdrop

Bad Intentions

by Ella Frank • 2021

One night with an icy mogul under a borrowed name. Monday morning, they share a boardroom.

4.17

5k+

❄️ Ice King Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov

Bad Intentions

One night with an icy mogul under a borrowed name. Monday morning, they share a boardroom.

by Ella Frank 2021

4.17

5k+ ratings

❄️ Ice King Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Dual Pov

Tame Him

by Caitlyn Dare • 2020

He played their sex tape as revenge, then saved her life. She remembers neither.

4.09

4k+

🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Found Family 🏫 Prep School

Tame Him

He played their sex tape as revenge, then saved her life. She remembers neither.

by Caitlyn Dare 2020

4.09

4k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Revenge Plot 🫂 Found Family 🏫 Prep School

Throne of Truth

by Pepper Winters • 2017

Kidnapped by a friend-turned-captor, an heiress must trust the ex-con who shattered her heart.

3.96

9k+

🖤 Dark Captive Romance ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🔪 Touch Her And Die 😈 Obsessed Villain 💔 Trauma Recovery

Throne of Truth

Kidnapped by a friend-turned-captor, an heiress must trust the ex-con who shattered her heart.

by Pepper Winters 2017

3.96

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Captive Romance ⛓️ Wrongful Imprisonment 🔪 Touch Her And Die 😈 Obsessed Villain 💔 Trauma Recovery

Fierce Monarch

by M.J. Crouch • 2024

A mafia queen's lover is a traitor. His psychopath brother wants her dead and her empire.

4.42

386

🖤 Mafia Romance 👑 Queenpin Heroine ❤️ Why Choose 🔥 Second Chance 🫂 Found Family

Fierce Monarch

A mafia queen's lover is a traitor. His psychopath brother wants her dead and her empire.

by M.J. Crouch 2024

4.42

386 ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 👑 Queenpin Heroine ❤️ Why Choose 🔥 Second Chance 🫂 Found Family

Touching Oblivion

by Albany Walker • 2022

Two brothers become her whole world, until one finds her pills and calls her an addict.

4.22

9k+

🔥 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Mental Health Rep 💔 Angsty Romance 🎓 College Romance

Touching Oblivion

Two brothers become her whole world, until one finds her pills and calls her an addict.

by Albany Walker 2022

4.22

9k+ ratings

🔥 Why Choose Romance 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Mental Health Rep 💔 Angsty Romance 🎓 College Romance

A Very Mafia Christmas

by L. Steele • 2022

A mafia consigliere traps his captive doctor in a fake holiday marriage. One rule: don't fall.

4.11

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 Power Play ❄️ Snowed In

A Very Mafia Christmas

A mafia consigliere traps his captive doctor in a fake holiday marriage. One rule: don't fall.

by L. Steele 2022

4.11

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ⛓️ Captive Romance 🖤 Power Play ❄️ Snowed In

The Prince and the Pawn

by B.B. Reid • 2020

After the mafia heir's public betrayal, she hides his baby and hopes he never finds out.

4.10

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 😢 Tortured Hero 👥 Found Family

The Prince and the Pawn

After the mafia heir's public betrayal, she hides his baby and hopes he never finds out.

by B.B. Reid 2020

4.10

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 😢 Tortured Hero 👥 Found Family

Quinn

by Hattie Jude • 2021

Her neighbor seduced her, then shattered her family. Now he's begging for a second chance.

4.05

722

🖤 Dark High School Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Plot 💔 Trauma Bonding

Quinn

Her neighbor seduced her, then shattered her family. Now he's begging for a second chance.

by Hattie Jude 2021

4.05

722 ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Plot 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Vow

by Maggie Cole • 2023

A musician discovers her husband's devotion was a long game of revenge against her father.

3.92

4k+

⛓️ Bdsm Lifestyle 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🖤 Possessive Hero 🎤 Rock Star Romance 🌑 Dark And Angsty

The Vow

A musician discovers her husband's devotion was a long game of revenge against her father.

by Maggie Cole 2023

3.92

4k+ ratings

⛓️ Bdsm Lifestyle 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🖤 Possessive Hero 🎤 Rock Star Romance 🌑 Dark And Angsty

Grim

by K. Loraine • 2025

Rejected by her four horsemen, a succubus falls captive to the Devil, who wants an heir.

4.48

778

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🦋 Succubus Heroine

Grim

Rejected by her four horsemen, a succubus falls captive to the Devil, who wants an heir.

by K. Loraine 2025

4.48

778 ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 😈 Enemies To Lovers 🏚️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🦋 Succubus Heroine

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