💘 He Falls First

Romance where the hero is the one undone first—catching feelings before the heroine even notices, pining quietly or pursuing openly. Readers love watching a confident character become beautifully, helplessly vulnerable.

Fearless

by Lauren Roberts

Kingslayer turned reluctant bride must survive deadly trials and hide her love for the Enforcer.

4.03

452k+

🖤 Romantasy 🗡️ Deadly Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 👑 Hidden Royal Identity 😩 Angsty Romance

Fearless

Kingslayer turned reluctant bride must survive deadly trials and hide her love for the Enforcer.

by Lauren Roberts 2025

4.03

452k+ ratings

🖤 Romantasy 🗡️ Deadly Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 👑 Hidden Royal Identity 😩 Angsty Romance

Twisted Lies

by Ana Huang • 2022

To escape a stalker, she fake-dates a CEO whose obsession runs deeper than she knows.

4.16

710k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🖤 Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Romance 💘 Obsessive Love

Twisted Lies

To escape a stalker, she fake-dates a CEO whose obsession runs deeper than she knows.

by Ana Huang 2022

4.16

710k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🖤 Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💰 Billionaire Romance 💘 Obsessive Love

Rival Darling

by Alexandra Moody • 2024

After her hockey-star boyfriend cheats, Violet agrees to a fake relationship with his rival captain.

3.85

56k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 😈 Bad Boy Hero ⚔️ Rival Schools 🏘️ Small Town

Rival Darling

After her hockey-star boyfriend cheats, Violet agrees to a fake relationship with his rival captain.

by Alexandra Moody 2024

3.85

56k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Fake Dating 😈 Bad Boy Hero ⚔️ Rival Schools 🏘️ Small Town

The Secret Fiancée

by Catharina Maura • 2024

At a party, she falls for a stranger who already knows she's his arranged bride.

4.05

39k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Secret Identity 📝 Marriage Of Convenience 🙇 Groveling Hero

The Secret Fiancée

At a party, she falls for a stranger who already knows she's his arranged bride.

by Catharina Maura 2024

4.05

39k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Secret Identity 📝 Marriage Of Convenience 🙇 Groveling Hero

Gloves Off

by Stephanie Archer • 2025

A hockey enforcer marries the team doctor he despises to save his citizenship and her inheritance.

4.24

78k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 😤 Grumpy Hero 💬 Witty Banter

Gloves Off

A hockey enforcer marries the team doctor he despises to save his citizenship and her inheritance.

by Stephanie Archer 2025

4.24

78k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 😤 Grumpy Hero 💬 Witty Banter

King of Sloth

by Ana Huang • 2024

A publicist needs her billionaire client at a gala. His price is a week in Spain.

3.97

249k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

King of Sloth

A publicist needs her billionaire client at a gala. His price is a week in Spain.

by Ana Huang 2024

3.97

249k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

4 Books Twisted Series by Ana [Twisted Love; Twisted Games; Twisted Hate and Twisted Lies]

by Ana Huang • 2023

A fake romance with the billionaire next door becomes her only protection when a stalker resurfaces.

4.37

22k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤝 Fake Relationship 🖤 Possessive Hero 👁️ Stalker Suspense ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

4 Books Twisted Series by Ana [Twisted Love; Twisted Games; Twisted Hate and Twisted Lies]

A fake romance with the billionaire next door becomes her only protection when a stalker resurfaces.

by Ana Huang 2023

4.37

22k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤝 Fake Relationship 🖤 Possessive Hero 👁️ Stalker Suspense ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

A Court of Mist and Fury

by Sarah J. Maas

Wedding cage. Dark bargain. Hidden city. A shattered bride learns to fight.

4.63

3.3M+

🏰 Fae Courts 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery Arc

A Court of Mist and Fury

Wedding cage. Dark bargain. Hidden city. A shattered bride learns to fight.

by Sarah J. Maas 2016

4.63

3.3M+ ratings

🏰 Fae Courts 💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery Arc

Butcher & Blackbird

by Brynne Weaver

Two rival serial killers meet in a cage and turn hunting into a deadly annual flirtation.

4.01

639k+

🖤 Serial Killer Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 😂 Dark Comedy 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Butcher & Blackbird

Two rival serial killers meet in a cage and turn hunting into a deadly annual flirtation.

by Brynne Weaver 2023

4.01

639k+ ratings

🖤 Serial Killer Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 😂 Dark Comedy 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Right Move

by Liz Tomforde • 2023

To secure his captaincy, he fakes romance with his sister's best friend, then forgets the rules.

4.39

493k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛋️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 🏀 Pro Basketball

The Right Move

To secure his captaincy, he fakes romance with his sister's best friend, then forgets the rules.

by Liz Tomforde 2023

4.39

493k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛋️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 🏀 Pro Basketball

Daydream

by Hannah Grace • 2024

A college writer after a breakup needs new experiences; her hockey captain friend volunteers a date.

3.89

255k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 📝 Practice Dating 🏒 Hockey Romance 🎓 College Romance ✍️ Writer Heroine

Daydream

A college writer after a breakup needs new experiences; her hockey captain friend volunteers a date.

by Hannah Grace 2024

3.89

255k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 📝 Practice Dating 🏒 Hockey Romance 🎓 College Romance ✍️ Writer Heroine

The Fake Out

by Stephanie Archer • 2023

A hockey star and his guarded former tutor fake a romance, but their chemistry defies the charade.

4.13

146k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter ⏪ Reconnecting 🛡️ Guarded Heroine

The Fake Out

A hockey star and his guarded former tutor fake a romance, but their chemistry defies the charade.

by Stephanie Archer 2023

4.13

146k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter ⏪ Reconnecting 🛡️ Guarded Heroine

A Soul of Ash and Blood

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2023

A prince sent to kidnap the Maiden discovers she's scarred, fierce, and stealing his heart.

3.88

173k+

🖤 Shadow Daddy 🔪 Stabby Heroine ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Recovery

A Soul of Ash and Blood

A prince sent to kidnap the Maiden discovers she's scarred, fierce, and stealing his heart.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2023

3.88

173k+ ratings

🖤 Shadow Daddy 🔪 Stabby Heroine ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero 💀 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Recovery

Consider Me

by Becka Mack

A hockey player who never hears no finally meets a teacher who refuses to say yes.

3.83

238k+

🏒 Reformed Playboy 🏒 Sports Team Family 📚 Teacher And Athlete 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Consider Me

A hockey player who never hears no finally meets a teacher who refuses to say yes.

by Becka Mack 2022

3.83

238k+ ratings

🏒 Reformed Playboy 🏒 Sports Team Family 📚 Teacher And Athlete 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov

Love, Theoretically

by Ali Hazelwood

A physicist moonlighting as a fake girlfriend collides with her arch-rival: her client's brother.

4.08

686k+

🔬 STEM Romance 💍 Fake Dating ⚔️ Academic Rivals 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 🫠 People Pleaser Heroine

Love, Theoretically

A physicist moonlighting as a fake girlfriend collides with her arch-rival: her client's brother.

by Ali Hazelwood 2023

4.08

686k+ ratings

🔬 STEM Romance 💍 Fake Dating ⚔️ Academic Rivals 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 🫠 People Pleaser Heroine

The Wingman

by Stephanie Archer • 2024

Her ex's best friend becomes her dating coach. Their first practice date stops being practice.

3.90

85k+

🔥 Hockey Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 📋 Dating Coach 🏠 Forced Proximity 😈 Reformed Playboy

The Wingman

Her ex's best friend becomes her dating coach. Their first practice date stops being practice.

by Stephanie Archer 2024

3.90

85k+ ratings

🔥 Hockey Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 📋 Dating Coach 🏠 Forced Proximity 😈 Reformed Playboy

Pretty Rings & Broken Things

by Kat Singleton • 2024

Scandal weds a hotel heiress to her family's bitter enemy. In his bed, the charade unravels.

3.99

49k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Rival Families 🎭 Public Image

Pretty Rings & Broken Things

Scandal weds a hotel heiress to her family's bitter enemy. In his bed, the charade unravels.

by Kat Singleton 2024

3.99

49k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⚔️ Rival Families 🎭 Public Image

Mile High

by Liz Tomforde

The one flight attendant who doesn't want a hockey star becomes the one woman he can't bear to lose.

4.02

573k+

🏒 Hockey Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💛 Plus Size Heroine 🔄 Reformed Playboy 💬 Banter Heavy

Mile High

The one flight attendant who doesn't want a hockey star becomes the one woman he can't bear to lose.

by Liz Tomforde 2022

4.02

573k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💛 Plus Size Heroine 🔄 Reformed Playboy 💬 Banter Heavy

Play Along

by Liz Tomforde

A leaked wedding photo forces a baseball doctor to fake her marriage to a star shortstop.

4.46

371k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚾ Baseball Romance 🫂 Touch-Starved Heroine 💔 Grieving Hero 🏨 Forced Proximity

Play Along

A leaked wedding photo forces a baseball doctor to fake her marriage to a star shortstop.

by Liz Tomforde 2024

4.46

371k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⚾ Baseball Romance 🫂 Touch-Starved Heroine 💔 Grieving Hero 🏨 Forced Proximity

The Tearsmith

by Erin Doom

A dream adoption turns dark when the cruel orphan who shadows her is taken in too.

3.58

71k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Taboo Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🌊 High Angst

The Tearsmith

A dream adoption turns dark when the cruel orphan who shadows her is taken in too.

by Erin Doom 2020

3.58

71k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Taboo Romance 💔 Traumatized Hero 🩺 Chronic Illness 🌊 High Angst

Bride

by Ali Hazelwood

A Vampyre weds a Werewolf Alpha for peace and secretly hunts for her missing best friend.

3.99

751k+

🏰 Political Marriage 🐺 Werewolf Alpha Hero 🧛 Vampire Heroine 💫 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bride

A Vampyre weds a Werewolf Alpha for peace and secretly hunts for her missing best friend.

by Ali Hazelwood 2024

3.99

751k+ ratings

🏰 Political Marriage 🐺 Werewolf Alpha Hero 🧛 Vampire Heroine 💫 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

First-Time Caller

by B.K. Borison

A single mom's hotline confession goes viral. The host who falls for her must play matchmaker.

3.92

300k+

🧸 Single Mom Romance 🎙️ Radio Show Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity

First-Time Caller

A single mom's hotline confession goes viral. The host who falls for her must play matchmaker.

by B.K. Borison 2025

3.92

300k+ ratings

🧸 Single Mom Romance 🎙️ Radio Show Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity

The Goal

by Elle Kennedy

A Harvard-bound waitress has one rule: no hockey players. Tucker makes her want to break it.

3.85

387k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 💪 Working Class Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance

The Goal

A Harvard-bound waitress has one rule: no hockey players. Tucker makes her want to break it.

by Elle Kennedy 2016

3.85

387k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 💪 Working Class Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Unloved

by Peyton Corinne

She tutors the hockey star who kissed her and vanished; this time, he remembers everything.

4.05

41k+

🏒 Hockey College Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 📚 Tutor Romance 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Unloved

She tutors the hockey star who kissed her and vanished; this time, he remembers everything.

by Peyton Corinne 2025

4.05

41k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey College Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship 📚 Tutor Romance 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Wretched

by Emily McIntire

A DEA agent's anonymous hookup is the drug lord he's sworn to destroy.

3.83

152k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔫 Criminal Underworld 🕵 Undercover Agent 👿 Morally Gray Heroine

Wretched

A DEA agent's anonymous hookup is the drug lord he's sworn to destroy.

by Emily McIntire 2022

3.83

152k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔫 Criminal Underworld 🕵 Undercover Agent 👿 Morally Gray Heroine

Better than the Prom

by Lynn Painter

She brought her crush to prom, but the mixtape for her neighbor says she chose wrong.

4.34

49k+

🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💫 Mutual Pining 👗 Prom Night 🗯️ Witty Banter 🏡 Next Door Neighbors

Better than the Prom

She brought her crush to prom, but the mixtape for her neighbor says she chose wrong.

by Lynn Painter 2022

4.34

49k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💫 Mutual Pining 👗 Prom Night 🗯️ Witty Banter 🏡 Next Door Neighbors

The Paradise Problem

by Christina Lauren

Still married to a billionaire, a broke artist fakes love at his family's private island wedding.

4.06

486k+

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🎨 Opposites Attract 💬 Witty Banter

The Paradise Problem

Still married to a billionaire, a broke artist fakes love at his family's private island wedding.

by Christina Lauren 2024

4.06

486k+ ratings

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏝️ Forced Proximity 🎨 Opposites Attract 💬 Witty Banter

Yo te inventé

by Francesca Zappia

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

4.02

31k+

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Yo te inventé

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

by Francesca Zappia 2015

4.02

31k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Wild Card

by Elsie Silver

A wrong number erased the woman a firefighter cannot forget. Now she is his son's new girlfriend.

4.08

201k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💌 Missed Connection 🚫 Forbidden Romance

Wild Card

A wrong number erased the woman a firefighter cannot forget. Now she is his son's new girlfriend.

by Elsie Silver 2025

4.08

201k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💌 Missed Connection 🚫 Forbidden Romance

The Kiss Quotient

by Helen Hoang • 2018

An autistic economist hires a male escort for dating practice. Their chemistry defies the contract.

3.87

503k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 📝 Relationship Lessons 💼 Escort Hero 🔄 Opposites Attract 💰 Class Differences

The Kiss Quotient

An autistic economist hires a male escort for dating practice. Their chemistry defies the contract.

by Helen Hoang 2018

3.87

503k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 📝 Relationship Lessons 💼 Escort Hero 🔄 Opposites Attract 💰 Class Differences

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