☀️ 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.

The Love Haters

by Katherine Center

A producer can't swim. Her assignment: film a rescue swimmer. His brother says she's his girlfriend.

3.79

155k+

🏖️ Beach Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 💔 Forbidden Crush 🚁 Rescue Worker Hero 💪 Body Acceptance

The Love Haters

A producer can't swim. Her assignment: film a rescue swimmer. His brother says she's his girlfriend.

by Katherine Center 2025

3.79

155k+ ratings

🏖️ Beach Town Romance 🤝 Forced Proximity 💔 Forbidden Crush 🚁 Rescue Worker Hero 💪 Body Acceptance

Under One Roof

by Ali Hazelwood • 2022

An environmental scientist inherits half a house and a fossil fuel lawyer determined to oust her.

3.64

214k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Roommate Romance 🗣️ Witty Banter 🔬 Stem Heroine ❄️ Snowed In

Under One Roof

An environmental scientist inherits half a house and a fossil fuel lawyer determined to oust her.

by Ali Hazelwood 2022

3.64

214k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Roommate Romance 🗣️ Witty Banter 🔬 Stem Heroine ❄️ Snowed In

Love Unwritten

by Lauren Asher • 2024

A nanny hides her billionaire boss's son's secret as their slow-burn attraction ignites.

4.06

96k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 👶 Nanny Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity

Love Unwritten

A nanny hides her billionaire boss's son's secret as their slow-burn attraction ignites.

by Lauren Asher 2024

4.06

96k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 👶 Nanny Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity

Beach Read

by Emily Henry • 2020

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

3.97

1.7M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🌊 Summer Romance

Beach Read

A romance novelist inheriting a secret lake house discovers her college rival living next door.

by Emily Henry 2020

3.97

1.7M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Book About Books ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🌊 Summer Romance

I Hope This Finds You Well

by Natalie Sue • 2024

She's the office nobody. Now she can read everyone's emails. Even the cute HR guy's.

3.73

136k+

🎭 Workplace Dramedy 💼 Office Romance 😰 Social Anxiety 🤫 Office Secrets 🖤 Wry Humor

I Hope This Finds You Well

She's the office nobody. Now she can read everyone's emails. Even the cute HR guy's.

by Natalie Sue 2024

3.73

136k+ ratings

🎭 Workplace Dramedy 💼 Office Romance 😰 Social Anxiety 🤫 Office Secrets 🖤 Wry Humor

Daydreamer

by Susie Tate • 2024

A dreamy office misfit and her grumpy billionaire boss clash over ambition and a family promise.

3.93

31k+

💼 Billionaire Boss 📎 Office Romance ✍️ Secret Writer 🙇 Groveling Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

Daydreamer

A dreamy office misfit and her grumpy billionaire boss clash over ambition and a family promise.

by Susie Tate 2024

3.93

31k+ ratings

💼 Billionaire Boss 📎 Office Romance ✍️ Secret Writer 🙇 Groveling Hero 🔥 Slow Burn

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary • 2019

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

3.98

463k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence 🛏️ Only One Bed 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery

The Flatshare

An editor and a night nurse share a flat but never meet, falling in love through kitchen notes.

by Beth O'Leary 2019

3.98

463k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🐌 Slow Burn Romance ✍️ Written Correspondence 🛏️ Only One Bed 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery

Whispers of Fire

by Cassie Kellergan • 2024

A mute cult bride, the outlaw biker next door, and a wedding he intends to destroy.

3.38

5k+

🔥 Cult Survivor 🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Whispers of Fire

A mute cult bride, the outlaw biker next door, and a wedding he intends to destroy.

by Cassie Kellergan 2024

3.38

5k+ ratings

🔥 Cult Survivor 🏍️ Biker Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Sunshine Court

by Nora Sakavic • 2024

Pulled from the Ravens, a survivor meets a captain whose care he cannot repay with suffering.

4.51

27k+

🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏑 College Athletics

The Sunshine Court

Pulled from the Ravens, a survivor meets a captain whose care he cannot repay with suffering.

by Nora Sakavic 2024

4.51

27k+ ratings

🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏑 College Athletics

El arte de ser nosotros

by Inma Rubiales • 2023

Handcuffed to the campus bad boy, a shy writer's carefully built walls begin to crumble.

4.47

52k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Friends With Benefits 🩹 Emotional Healing 📚 College Romance 🇪🇸 Contemporary Spain

El arte de ser nosotros

Handcuffed to the campus bad boy, a shy writer's carefully built walls begin to crumble.

by Inma Rubiales 2023

4.47

52k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Friends With Benefits 🩹 Emotional Healing 📚 College Romance 🇪🇸 Contemporary Spain

Right Man, Right Time

by Meghan Quinn • 2023

A betrayed hockey star fakes a relationship with a student journalist who needs access to his team.

4.10

102k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Third Act Breakup 💕 Grand Gesture

Right Man, Right Time

A betrayed hockey star fakes a relationship with a student journalist who needs access to his team.

by Meghan Quinn 2023

4.10

102k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Third Act Breakup 💕 Grand Gesture

The Rom-Commers

by Katherine Center • 2024

A rom-com writer lands a dream job with a cynical legend who doesn't believe in love.

4.04

244k+

🎬 Hollywood ✍️ Writing A Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Rom-Commers

A rom-com writer lands a dream job with a cynical legend who doesn't believe in love.

by Katherine Center 2024

4.04

244k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood ✍️ Writing A Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn

To Sir Phillip, With Love

by Julia Quinn • 2003

A spinster accepts a proposal by letter, then finds a gruff widower with unruly children.

3.69

323k+

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Widower Hero ✉️ Epistolary Courtship 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father 💬 Witty Banter

To Sir Phillip, With Love

A spinster accepts a proposal by letter, then finds a gruff widower with unruly children.

by Julia Quinn 2003

3.69

323k+ ratings

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Widower Hero ✉️ Epistolary Courtship 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father 💬 Witty Banter

Hans

by S.J. Tilly

A vigilante watches his neighbor for a year, until her intimate photos land in his mailbox.

4.25

52k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🗡️ Vigilante Hero 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💀 Touch Her And Die

Hans

A vigilante watches his neighbor for a year, until her intimate photos land in his mailbox.

by S.J. Tilly 2023

4.25

52k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🗡️ Vigilante Hero 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💀 Touch Her And Die

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

by Mariana Zapata • 2016

To shed her debt, a former assistant weds the football star whose visa depends on it.

4.15

308k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn 🏈 Football Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Workplace Romance

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

To shed her debt, a former assistant weds the football star whose visa depends on it.

by Mariana Zapata 2016

4.15

308k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn 🏈 Football Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Workplace Romance

Wish I Could Tell You

by Durjoy Datta • 2019

At a crowdfunding startup, his life hinges on a viral love confession that may be staged.

3.67

2k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 📹 Viral Fame 🏥 Medical Crisis 💔 Bittersweet 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Wish I Could Tell You

At a crowdfunding startup, his life hinges on a viral love confession that may be staged.

by Durjoy Datta 2019

3.67

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance 📹 Viral Fame 🏥 Medical Crisis 💔 Bittersweet 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Good Spirits

by B.K. Borison • 2025

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

3.97

143k+

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic ✨ Cozy Magical Realism

Good Spirits

A grumpy Ghost of Christmas Past falls for the messy antiques dealer he's supposed to haunt.

by B.K. Borison 2025

3.97

143k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Interest 📋 Afterlife Bureaucracy 💞 Mutual Healing 🎄 Holiday Magic ✨ Cozy Magical Realism

The Snowball Effect

by Haley Cass • 2024

Enemies, roommates, fake girlfriends. A barista and an academic discover the lie outgrew them both.

4.37

12k+

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family

The Snowball Effect

Enemies, roommates, fake girlfriends. A barista and an academic discover the lie outgrew them both.

by Haley Cass 2024

4.37

12k+ ratings

💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family

Redeemed

by Lauren Asher • 2021

A fallen F1 driver fakes a relationship with an optimistic trespasser hunting her father in Italy.

4.32

93k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦿 Disabled Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc

Redeemed

A fallen F1 driver fakes a relationship with an optimistic trespasser hunting her father in Italy.

by Lauren Asher 2021

4.32

93k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦿 Disabled Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc

Secretly Yours

by Tessa Bailey • 2023

A spontaneous gardener's secret love notes to an uptight professor upend his Napa Valley retreat.

3.26

157k+

🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Anonymous Love Notes 💬 Witty Banter

Secretly Yours

A spontaneous gardener's secret love notes to an uptight professor upend his Napa Valley retreat.

by Tessa Bailey 2023

3.26

157k+ ratings

🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Anonymous Love Notes 💬 Witty Banter

Marriage for One

by Ella Maise

To open her coffee shop, she weds a stranger. Faking love with him grows dangerously real.

3.84

105k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Fake Relationship 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Marriage for One

To open her coffee shop, she weds a stranger. Faking love with him grows dangerously real.

by Ella Maise 2022

3.84

105k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Fake Relationship 🩹 Hurt Comfort

The Christmas Tree Farm

by Laurie Gilmore • 2024

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

3.65

234k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

The Christmas Tree Farm

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

by Laurie Gilmore 2024

3.65

234k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

Nine Month Contract

by Amy Daws • 2024

A mountain loner's surrogacy ad draws a vibrant woman with a pig and a rule: no attachment.

4.00

72k+

⛰️ Mountain Man Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Independent Heroine

Nine Month Contract

A mountain loner's surrogacy ad draws a vibrant woman with a pig and a rule: no attachment.

by Amy Daws 2024

4.00

72k+ ratings

⛰️ Mountain Man Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Independent Heroine

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+

🫶 Friends To Lovers 🏒 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

🫶 Friends To Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Flirting Lessons 👧 Childhood Friends

La casa en el mar más azul

by T.J. Klune • 2020

A lonely caseworker falls for a hidden island orphanage of magical kids and their enigmatic master.

4.36

1.0M+

🏡 Found Family ☕ Cozy Fantasy 🕰️ Slow-Burn Romance 🏠 Magical Orphanage 📋 Bureaucratic Satire

La casa en el mar más azul

A lonely caseworker falls for a hidden island orphanage of magical kids and their enigmatic master.

by T.J. Klune 2020

4.36

1.0M+ ratings

🏡 Found Family ☕ Cozy Fantasy 🕰️ Slow-Burn Romance 🏠 Magical Orphanage 📋 Bureaucratic Satire

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 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 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 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Grief And Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero

Empire of Desire

by Rina Kent • 2021

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

3.70

44k+

🚫 Father's Best Friend 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Possessive Hero 😩 Angsty Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

Empire of Desire

Marrying her father's best friend saves her legacy but reignites the desire she's buried for years.

by Rina Kent 2021

3.70

44k+ ratings

🚫 Father's Best Friend 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Possessive Hero 😩 Angsty Romance 🔐 Family Secrets

Fangirl Down

by Tessa Bailey • 2024

To save his career, a surly golf pro makes his most devoted fan his caddie.

3.77

139k+

🏌️ Sports Romance 💫 Fangirl Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏆 Sports Comeback 🔥 Steamy

Fangirl Down

To save his career, a surly golf pro makes his most devoted fan his caddie.

by Tessa Bailey 2024

3.77

139k+ ratings

🏌️ Sports Romance 💫 Fangirl Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏆 Sports Comeback 🔥 Steamy

If It Makes You Happy

by Julie Olivia • 2025

A divorcee inherits her late mother's Vermont inn. The baker next door makes leaving impossible.

4.08

93k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 🥖 Baking Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

If It Makes You Happy

A divorcee inherits her late mother's Vermont inn. The baker next door makes leaving impossible.

by Julie Olivia 2025

4.08

93k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 🥖 Baking Romance 🔥 Slow Burn

My Killer Vacation

by Tessa Bailey • 2022

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

3.58

144k+

🏖️ Vacation Romance 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town 🛡️ Protective Hero

My Killer Vacation

A beach house corpse and a grumpy bounty hunter turn her vacation into a steamy mystery.

by Tessa Bailey 2022

3.58

144k+ ratings

🏖️ Vacation Romance 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Beach Town 🛡️ Protective Hero

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