☀️ 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.

Their Greatest Strength

by Hannah Cowan • 2025

A football star marries a desperate stranger to save his team, but their fake love becomes real.

4.09

3k+

🎭 Marriage Of Convenience 🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👦 Single Guardian 💬 Witty Banter

Their Greatest Strength

A football star marries a desperate stranger to save his team, but their fake love becomes real.

by Hannah Cowan 2025

4.09

3k+ ratings

🎭 Marriage Of Convenience 🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👦 Single Guardian 💬 Witty Banter

Love at First Book

by Jenn McKinlay • 2024

A librarian moves to an Irish bookshop, clashing with its brooding owner, her idol's guarded son.

3.97

18k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 📚 Bookish Romance 💔 Grief And Healing

Love at First Book

A librarian moves to an Irish bookshop, clashing with its brooding owner, her idol's guarded son.

by Jenn McKinlay 2024

3.97

18k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 📚 Bookish Romance 💔 Grief And Healing

The Worst Best Man

by Lucy Score • 2018

A Brooklyn bridesmaid's war with the billionaire best man becomes a truce when the groom vanishes.

4.07

83k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity 💒 Destination Wedding 💬 Witty Banter

The Worst Best Man

A Brooklyn bridesmaid's war with the billionaire best man becomes a truce when the groom vanishes.

by Lucy Score 2018

4.07

83k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity 💒 Destination Wedding 💬 Witty Banter

Forever Right Now

by Emma Scott • 2017

A recovering addict and a single dad become neighbors. Their walls are there for a reason.

4.19

14k+

👶 Single Parent Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ❤️ Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🌱 Starting Over

Forever Right Now

A recovering addict and a single dad become neighbors. Their walls are there for a reason.

by Emma Scott 2017

4.19

14k+ ratings

👶 Single Parent Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers ❤️ Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🌱 Starting Over

Fifth Avenue Fling

by Rosa Lucas • 2023

Facing deportation, an Irishwoman takes a job with a grumpy billionaire and his grieving daughter.

4.06

17k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family

Fifth Avenue Fling

Facing deportation, an Irishwoman takes a job with a grumpy billionaire and his grieving daughter.

by Rosa Lucas 2023

4.06

17k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family

Keep Me in Your Heart

by Monica Murphy • 2024

Sidelined quarterback. Glitter-tights rebel. One Thanksgiving invitation blurs every line.

3.92

5k+

👔 Prep School Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Keep Me in Your Heart

Sidelined quarterback. Glitter-tights rebel. One Thanksgiving invitation blurs every line.

by Monica Murphy 2024

3.92

5k+ ratings

👔 Prep School Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Bull Moon Rising

by Ruby Dixon • 2024

She marries a minotaur for guild access, just as the moon that strips his control rises.

3.89

19k+

🐂 Monster Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌶️ Spicy

Bull Moon Rising

She marries a minotaur for guild access, just as the moon that strips his control rises.

by Ruby Dixon 2024

3.89

19k+ ratings

🐂 Monster Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌶️ Spicy

Strikeout

by Millie Perez • 2024

After a viral scandal, she becomes nanny to a baseball star and his matchmaking five-year-old.

3.87

7k+

⚾ Sports Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad 👶 Nanny Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Strikeout

After a viral scandal, she becomes nanny to a baseball star and his matchmaking five-year-old.

by Millie Perez 2024

3.87

7k+ ratings

⚾ Sports Romance 👨‍👧 Single Dad 👶 Nanny Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn

Huckleberry Lake

by Catherine Anderson • 2019

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

4.05

1k+

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐎 Ranch Life

Huckleberry Lake

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

by Catherine Anderson 2019

4.05

1k+ ratings

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐎 Ranch Life

Whichwood

by Tahereh Mafi • 2017

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

3.93

6k+

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghost Speaker

Whichwood

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

by Tahereh Mafi 2017

3.93

6k+ ratings

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family 👻 Ghost Speaker

Good Intentions

by Ella Frank • 2021

A guarded executive falls for a bold young cellist, but ambition threatens to pull them apart.

4.22

4k+

🕰️ Age Gap 💼 Class Difference 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💗 Emotional Vulnerability

Good Intentions

A guarded executive falls for a bold young cellist, but ambition threatens to pull them apart.

by Ella Frank 2021

4.22

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap 💼 Class Difference 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💗 Emotional Vulnerability

The Baby Dragon Café

by Aamna Qureshi • 2025

Her baby dragon café is failing. His inherited dragon is chaos. A deal ties their futures.

3.24

23k+

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ☕ Magical Café 🫂 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Bonding

The Baby Dragon Café

Her baby dragon café is failing. His inherited dragon is chaos. A deal ties their futures.

by Aamna Qureshi 2025

3.24

23k+ ratings

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage ☕ Magical Café 🫂 Found Family 🐉 Dragon Bonding

Alien Heart

by Ursa Dax • 2022

She aches for a destined mate. He burns for her but believes scars make him unworthy.

4.23

2k+

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Scarred Hero 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die ⚔️ Survival Peril

Alien Heart

She aches for a destined mate. He burns for her but believes scars make him unworthy.

by Ursa Dax 2022

4.23

2k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Scarred Hero 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🗡️ Touch Her And Die ⚔️ Survival Peril

Mistakes Were Made

by Lucy Score • 2026

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

4.22

58k+

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine

Mistakes Were Made

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

by Lucy Score 2026

4.22

58k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance 😂 Romantic Comedy 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine

The Husband Hoax

by Saxon James • 2023

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

4.02

12k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference 🗣️ Witty Banter

The Husband Hoax

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

by Saxon James 2023

4.02

12k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference 🗣️ Witty Banter

Luxuria

by Colette Rhodes • 2022

A failed huntress weds a monster king whose court mistakes her hunger for fear.

3.97

18k+

🔗 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monster Hero 💫 Fated Mates 🔥 Slow Burn

Luxuria

A failed huntress weds a monster king whose court mistakes her hunger for fear.

by Colette Rhodes 2022

3.97

18k+ ratings

🔗 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👹 Monster Hero 💫 Fated Mates 🔥 Slow Burn

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

by Megan Bannen • 2022

A demigod marshal and an undertaker can't stand each other. Their secret letters say otherwise.

4.04

50k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💀 Macabre Humor ⚰️ Funeral Home

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

A demigod marshal and an undertaker can't stand each other. Their secret letters say otherwise.

by Megan Bannen 2022

4.04

50k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💀 Macabre Humor ⚰️ Funeral Home

Play the Game

by S.J. Sylvis • 2024

Ruined goalie weds stripper for his image and her brother. One rule: don't fall in love.

4.08

9k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔥 High Heat 😢 Angsty Romance

Play the Game

Ruined goalie weds stripper for his image and her brother. One rule: don't fall in love.

by S.J. Sylvis 2024

4.08

9k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔥 High Heat 😢 Angsty Romance

The Step Bro Situation

by Jesse H. Reign • 2023

A cynical artist shares a guest house with his sunny new stepbrother and one dangerously thin wall.

3.90

6k+

🏠 Stepbrother Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Step Bro Situation

A cynical artist shares a guest house with his sunny new stepbrother and one dangerously thin wall.

by Jesse H. Reign 2023

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏠 Stepbrother Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

A Photo Finish

by Elsie Silver • 2021

Her anonymous online lover is her boss's brother. An injury forces her into his home.

4.02

147k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Wounded Hero 💻 Anonymous Lovers

A Photo Finish

Her anonymous online lover is her boss's brother. An injury forces her into his home.

by Elsie Silver 2021

4.02

147k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Wounded Hero 💻 Anonymous Lovers

Fresh Meet

by Jasmin Miller • 2020

An Olympic swimmer becomes an instant single dad. The nanny he hires is about to upend his world.

3.77

11k+

👶 Single Dad 👩‍👦 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity 🤟 Sign Language

Fresh Meet

An Olympic swimmer becomes an instant single dad. The nanny he hires is about to upend his world.

by Jasmin Miller 2020

3.77

11k+ ratings

👶 Single Dad 👩‍👦 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity 🤟 Sign Language

Alien Mask

by Ursa Dax • 2022

A masked alien exile abducts a human mapmaker. A storm traps them in the mountains together.

4.30

2k+

🛸 Alien Abduction Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Alien Mask

A masked alien exile abducts a human mapmaker. A storm traps them in the mountains together.

by Ursa Dax 2022

4.30

2k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏔️ Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Edin

by Lily Mayne • 2021

His friend is captive underground. His only hope is the purple monster who calls him pretty.

4.23

17k+

💜 Monster Human Romance 🧸 Gentle Giant Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort 📏 Size Difference 🏚️ Dystopian Romance

Edin

His friend is captive underground. His only hope is the purple monster who calls him pretty.

by Lily Mayne 2021

4.23

17k+ ratings

💜 Monster Human Romance 🧸 Gentle Giant Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort 📏 Size Difference 🏚️ Dystopian Romance

Born to Be Badger

by Shelly Laurenston • 2023

A honey badger spy, poisoned and proud, must accept a tiger single dad as her protector.

4.44

5k+

🫂 Found Family 👧 Single Dad Romance 🖤 Dark Humor 🐯 Predator Shifters 💥 Action Romance

Born to Be Badger

A honey badger spy, poisoned and proud, must accept a tiger single dad as her protector.

by Shelly Laurenston 2023

4.44

5k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 👧 Single Dad Romance 🖤 Dark Humor 🐯 Predator Shifters 💥 Action Romance

There’s Pumpkin About You

by Athena Carstairs • 2025

A party planner's last chance rests on a grumpy pumpkin farmer who wants her gone.

3.44

4k+

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🧠 Autistic Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

There’s Pumpkin About You

A party planner's last chance rests on a grumpy pumpkin farmer who wants her gone.

by Athena Carstairs 2025

3.44

4k+ ratings

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🧠 Autistic Hero 🔒 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Perfect on Paper

by Sophie Gonzales • 2021

Her secret advice locker discovered, a teen is blackmailed into coaching a classmate back to his ex.

3.95

36k+

🖤 Blackmail To Lovers 💘 Best Friend Crush 🏳️‍🌈 Bi Protagonist 🫂 Queer Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Perfect on Paper

Her secret advice locker discovered, a teen is blackmailed into coaching a classmate back to his ex.

by Sophie Gonzales 2021

3.95

36k+ ratings

🖤 Blackmail To Lovers 💘 Best Friend Crush 🏳️‍🌈 Bi Protagonist 🫂 Queer Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Darling Daffodils Farm

by Brittanee Nicole • 2026

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

3.89

8k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

Darling Daffodils Farm

A baker's feud with the brooding cowboy running her family farm starts to feel like love.

by Brittanee Nicole 2026

3.89

8k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧁 Baking Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing ☕ Cozy Romance

My Lucky Charm

by Courtney Walsh • 2024

She's hired to soften hockey's grumpiest star. He's the stranger she kissed at midnight.

4.29

15k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 👧 Single Father 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

My Lucky Charm

She's hired to soften hockey's grumpiest star. He's the stranger she kissed at midnight.

by Courtney Walsh 2024

4.29

15k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💼 Workplace Romance 👧 Single Father 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Shattered Truths

by H. Hunting • 2023

A Jeep near-miss pulls a broke hockey player into a figure skater's world of privilege.

4.29

6k+

🏒 Hockey Romance ⛸️ Figure Skating 💰 Class Difference 🔥 Slow Burn 🤕 Hurt/Comfort

Shattered Truths

A Jeep near-miss pulls a broke hockey player into a figure skater's world of privilege.

by H. Hunting 2023

4.29

6k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance ⛸️ Figure Skating 💰 Class Difference 🔥 Slow Burn 🤕 Hurt/Comfort

Wish I Were Here

by Melissa Wiesner • 2024

Her identity erased from every database, a mathematician must trust a doorman with Mafia ties.

3.67

4k+

👪 Found Family 💔 Absent Mother 🕴️ Mafia Family 📐 Women In Stem 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Wish I Were Here

Her identity erased from every database, a mathematician must trust a doorman with Mafia ties.

by Melissa Wiesner 2024

3.67

4k+ ratings

👪 Found Family 💔 Absent Mother 🕴️ Mafia Family 📐 Women In Stem 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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