☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The irresistible pairing of a brooding, prickly soul with an irrepressibly warm one. These romances thrive on the slow thaw — watching someone's walls come down one reluctant smile at a time.

Make It Sweet

by Kristen Callihan • 2021

A hockey player who lost his career and an actress who lost her show find each other over pastries.

3.91

29k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🍰 Food As Love Language 🏒 Wounded Athlete 🌱 Starting Over

Make It Sweet

A hockey player who lost his career and an actress who lost her show find each other over pastries.

by Kristen Callihan 2021

3.91

29k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🍰 Food As Love Language 🏒 Wounded Athlete 🌱 Starting Over

Dante

by Cameron Hart • 2023

A mafia underboss resents his dying father but cannot resist the nurse who loves them both.

4.17

427

🔫 Mafia Romance 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero

Dante

A mafia underboss resents his dying father but cannot resist the nurse who loves them both.

by Cameron Hart 2023

4.17

427 ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 💘 He Falls First 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero

Sunshine and Spice

by Aurora Palit • 2024

To rebrand a bazaar and dodge matchmaking, a consultant fakes a romance with the owner's grumpy son.

3.69

1k+

🇧🇩 Desi Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Expectations 🧭 Second Gen Immigrant

Sunshine and Spice

To rebrand a bazaar and dodge matchmaking, a consultant fakes a romance with the owner's grumpy son.

by Aurora Palit 2024

3.69

1k+ ratings

🇧🇩 Desi Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Expectations 🧭 Second Gen Immigrant

Property of the Mountain Man

by Gemma Weir • 2021

A year of quiet coffee-shop longing erupts when the possessive mountain man finally claims her.

3.68

19k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🖤 Possessive Alpha Hero ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏔️ Mountain Man Hero 🏠 Found Family

Property of the Mountain Man

A year of quiet coffee-shop longing erupts when the possessive mountain man finally claims her.

by Gemma Weir 2021

3.68

19k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🖤 Possessive Alpha Hero ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏔️ Mountain Man Hero 🏠 Found Family

Hello Fake Boyfriend

by Kelsie Hoss • 2023

A romance novelist's anti-love rant goes viral, forcing her to fake-date an accountant.

3.95

9k+

🌼 Plus Size Heroine 🤝 Fake Relationship 🔄 Opposites Attract ⏳ Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family

Hello Fake Boyfriend

A romance novelist's anti-love rant goes viral, forcing her to fake-date an accountant.

by Kelsie Hoss 2023

3.95

9k+ ratings

🌼 Plus Size Heroine 🤝 Fake Relationship 🔄 Opposites Attract ⏳ Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family

I Dreamt That You Loved Me

by Emery Rose • 2025

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

4.24

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection 💧 Heart-Wrenching

I Dreamt That You Loved Me

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

by Emery Rose 2025

4.24

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection 💧 Heart-Wrenching

The Game Changer

by Lana Ferguson • 2024

A pastry chef fake-dates her brother's NHL teammate on her baking show, reigniting a lifelong crush.

3.58

36k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🍰 Foodie Romance 💕 Childhood Crush ⭐ Celebrity Romance

The Game Changer

A pastry chef fake-dates her brother's NHL teammate on her baking show, reigniting a lifelong crush.

by Lana Ferguson 2024

3.58

36k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🍰 Foodie Romance 💕 Childhood Crush ⭐ Celebrity Romance

Promise Me

by Jill Mansell • 2023

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

4.14

13k+

🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village 🐕 Unlikely Friendship

Promise Me

A carer inherits a curmudgeon's estate by moving in, then falls for the man next door.

by Jill Mansell 2023

4.14

13k+ ratings

🏡 Unexpected Inheritance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Cozy Village 🐕 Unlikely Friendship

And One Last Thing ...

by Molly Harper • 2010

A scorned wife's tell-all email exiles her to a lake cabin and a grumpy neighbor.

4.05

8k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🎯 Revenge Fantasy 🏚️ Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Protagonist

And One Last Thing ...

A scorned wife's tell-all email exiles her to a lake cabin and a grumpy neighbor.

by Molly Harper 2010

4.05

8k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🎯 Revenge Fantasy 🏚️ Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Beautiful Monster

by Sara Cate • 2020

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

3.77

10k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty Romance

Beautiful Monster

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

by Sara Cate 2020

3.77

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty Romance

Crooked

by Vi Keeland • 2026

A mob daughter in hiding. A bodyguard with a past. One house, no boundaries left unbroken.

3.93

3k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 👑 Mafia Princess 🏠 Forced Proximity 💋 Fake Dating 🎭 Hidden Identities

Crooked

A mob daughter in hiding. A bodyguard with a past. One house, no boundaries left unbroken.

by Vi Keeland 2026

3.93

3k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 👑 Mafia Princess 🏠 Forced Proximity 💋 Fake Dating 🎭 Hidden Identities

Let it Show

by Tawna Fenske • 2021

A grumpy brewer ignites with the compound psychologist, but she's hiding a truth about his ex.

4.11

960

🎬 Reality Tv Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood

Let it Show

A grumpy brewer ignites with the compound psychologist, but she's hiding a truth about his ex.

by Tawna Fenske 2021

4.11

960 ratings

🎬 Reality Tv Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood

The Kiss Curse

by Erin Sterling • 2022

Old rivals open competing witch shops until a love spell forces the kiss they've been denying.

3.74

86k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Cozy Witch Romance 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🎃 Cozy Halloween

The Kiss Curse

Old rivals open competing witch shops until a love spell forces the kiss they've been denying.

by Erin Sterling 2022

3.74

86k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Cozy Witch Romance 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🎃 Cozy Halloween

Indigo

by Beverly Jenkins • 1996

An Underground Railroad agent hides a wounded legend. His arrogance asks for trust she cannot give.

4.30

6k+

🕯️ Antebellum Romance 🚂 Underground Railroad 🖤 Black Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine

Indigo

An Underground Railroad agent hides a wounded legend. His arrogance asks for trust she cannot give.

by Beverly Jenkins 1996

4.30

6k+ ratings

🕯️ Antebellum Romance 🚂 Underground Railroad 🖤 Black Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine

The Fortune Flip

by Lauren Kung Jessen • 2026

A divorced analyst shares a lottery ticket with a Broadway carpenter. Her luck soars. His crumbles.

3.82

813

🎲 Strangers To Lovers 🍬 Found Family 💔 Healing From Divorce 💰 Sudden Wealth 🍀 Superstition And Luck

The Fortune Flip

A divorced analyst shares a lottery ticket with a Broadway carpenter. Her luck soars. His crumbles.

by Lauren Kung Jessen 2026

3.82

813 ratings

🎲 Strangers To Lovers 🍬 Found Family 💔 Healing From Divorce 💰 Sudden Wealth 🍀 Superstition And Luck

Never Flirt with a Dragon

by Lola Glass • 2024

One touch at a wedding, and a human artist belongs to a dragon she barely knows.

3.90

5k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🐉 Dragon Shifter 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Never Flirt with a Dragon

One touch at a wedding, and a human artist belongs to a dragon she barely knows.

by Lola Glass 2024

3.90

5k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🐉 Dragon Shifter 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Well Matched

by Jen DeLuca • 2021

A divorced mom plays fake girlfriend to a younger gym teacher. Their act becomes too convincing.

3.84

29k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💬 Witty Banter 🌸 Midlife Romance

Well Matched

A divorced mom plays fake girlfriend to a younger gym teacher. Their act becomes too convincing.

by Jen DeLuca 2021

3.84

29k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💬 Witty Banter 🌸 Midlife Romance

The Physician's Barbarian

by Amy Padilla • 2025

A physician becomes barbarian tribute to save his sister and is claimed by a gentle horsemaster.

4.16

2k+

🗣️ Language Barrier Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💊 Healer Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 👶 Single Parent Romance

The Physician's Barbarian

A physician becomes barbarian tribute to save his sister and is claimed by a gentle horsemaster.

by Amy Padilla 2025

4.16

2k+ ratings

🗣️ Language Barrier Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💊 Healer Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 👶 Single Parent Romance

Beneath

by Ariel Sullivan • 2026

An immune medic in a nuclear bunker joins a surface squad where caring means exile.

4.11

21k+

🖤 Dystopian Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Bunker Society 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☢️ Post Nuclear Wasteland

Beneath

An immune medic in a nuclear bunker joins a surface squad where caring means exile.

by Ariel Sullivan 2026

4.11

21k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Romance 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Bunker Society 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☢️ Post Nuclear Wasteland

Power Play

by Chelsea Curto • 2024

A reporter proposes a deal: fake dates for sex lessons with hockey's most guarded goalie.

4.03

90k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💒 Marriage Of Convenience 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Sex Positivity 🏒 Professional Hockey

Power Play

A reporter proposes a deal: fake dates for sex lessons with hockey's most guarded goalie.

by Chelsea Curto 2024

4.03

90k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💒 Marriage Of Convenience 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Sex Positivity 🏒 Professional Hockey

Dreams Come True at the Fairytale Museum

by Jaimie Admans • 2025

He plans to close her fairytale museum. Their deal to save it changes everything between them.

4.30

281

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Museum Setting 🧚‍♀️ Fairytale Themed

Dreams Come True at the Fairytale Museum

He plans to close her fairytale museum. Their deal to save it changes everything between them.

by Jaimie Admans 2025

4.30

281 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Museum Setting 🧚‍♀️ Fairytale Themed

The Sweetest Fix

by Tessa Bailey • 2021

After missing her big break, a dancer targets a grumpy baker to reach his famous father.

3.90

7k+

🤐 Hidden Motives 🔥 Steamy Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🍪 Bakery 🗽 New York City

The Sweetest Fix

After missing her big break, a dancer targets a grumpy baker to reach his famous father.

by Tessa Bailey 2021

3.90

7k+ ratings

🤐 Hidden Motives 🔥 Steamy Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🍪 Bakery 🗽 New York City

Finding Hayes

by Laura Pavlov • 2024

Inheriting a farmhouse comes with a thirty-day deadline to marry the best friend she abandoned.

4.30

20k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔄 Second Chance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Finding Hayes

Inheriting a farmhouse comes with a thirty-day deadline to marry the best friend she abandoned.

by Laura Pavlov 2024

4.30

20k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔄 Second Chance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Instant Gratification

by Jill Shalvis • 2009

A city doctor takes over her dad's mountain clinic and collides with the reckless guide next door.

4.06

9k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance 💬 Witty Banter 👪 Found Family 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

Instant Gratification

A city doctor takes over her dad's mountain clinic and collides with the reckless guide next door.

by Jill Shalvis 2009

4.06

9k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🩺 Medical Romance 💬 Witty Banter 👪 Found Family 🔒 Emotionally Guarded

Tame the Heart

by Ava Hunter • 2023

A heart condition hidden, she makes a summer deal with a Montana cowboy sworn off love.

3.98

21k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Broken Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness

Tame the Heart

A heart condition hidden, she makes a summer deal with a Montana cowboy sworn off love.

by Ava Hunter 2023

3.98

21k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Broken Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness

Shelter for a Shifter

by Lauren Connolly • 2022

A witch breaks her cat's curse and frees a werewolf who has loved her for three years.

3.95

3k+

🐺 Witch Werewolf Romance 🐈‍⬛ Cursed Shifter 🫂 Found Family 💞 Fated Mates 🔮 Empath Witch

Shelter for a Shifter

A witch breaks her cat's curse and frees a werewolf who has loved her for three years.

by Lauren Connolly 2022

3.95

3k+ ratings

🐺 Witch Werewolf Romance 🐈‍⬛ Cursed Shifter 🫂 Found Family 💞 Fated Mates 🔮 Empath Witch

The Grump Next Door

by Brighton Walsh • 2025

A single mom's one-night stand is her new landlord, and he's anything but pleased.

4.18

9k+

💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏈 Sports Romance

The Grump Next Door

A single mom's one-night stand is her new landlord, and he's anything but pleased.

by Brighton Walsh 2025

4.18

9k+ ratings

💍 Fake Dating 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏈 Sports Romance

The Hazard and the Hitman

by Cambria Hebert • 2026

Broke and concussed, he asks a stranger to be his fake boyfriend. The stranger is a hitman.

4.14

3k+

🎯 Hitman Romance 💍 Fake Boyfriend 🩹 Hurt Comfort 👥 Found Family 😰 Anxious Hero

The Hazard and the Hitman

Broke and concussed, he asks a stranger to be his fake boyfriend. The stranger is a hitman.

by Cambria Hebert 2026

4.14

3k+ ratings

🎯 Hitman Romance 💍 Fake Boyfriend 🩹 Hurt Comfort 👥 Found Family 😰 Anxious Hero

Oscar

by B.J. Alpha • 2022

An obsessive mafia leader hires an escort for total control, but she refuses his rulebook.

4.18

3k+

🔪 Mafia Romance 📝 Contract Relationship 🚫 Touch Averse Hero 🧠 Neurodivergent Lead ⛓️ Power Exchange

Oscar

An obsessive mafia leader hires an escort for total control, but she refuses his rulebook.

by B.J. Alpha 2022

4.18

3k+ ratings

🔪 Mafia Romance 📝 Contract Relationship 🚫 Touch Averse Hero 🧠 Neurodivergent Lead ⛓️ Power Exchange

Hello Trouble

by Kelsie Hoss • 2025

Her small-town exit plan meets a gruff mechanic: her best friend's off-limits brother-in-law.

4.17

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚫 Off Limits Crush 👯 Matchmaking Friends 🔧 Blue Collar Hero 💬 Banter Filled Romance

Hello Trouble

Her small-town exit plan meets a gruff mechanic: her best friend's off-limits brother-in-law.

by Kelsie Hoss 2025

4.17

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚫 Off Limits Crush 👯 Matchmaking Friends 🔧 Blue Collar Hero 💬 Banter Filled Romance

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