💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Two people wed for practical reasons — protection, inheritance, alliance, or survival — only to discover that proximity and shared life have a way of kindling something real. The slow burn from arrangement to affection is the heart of the appeal.

Ravished

by Amanda Quick • 1992

To save her fossil caves from thieves, a spinster must trust the scarred viscount everyone fears.

4.02

22k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🖤 Scarred Hero 📚 Bluestocking Heroine 💬 Ruined Reputation 🏚️ Gothic Undertones

Ravished

To save her fossil caves from thieves, a spinster must trust the scarred viscount everyone fears.

by Amanda Quick 1992

4.02

22k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🖤 Scarred Hero 📚 Bluestocking Heroine 💬 Ruined Reputation 🏚️ Gothic Undertones

Morbidly Yours

by Ivy Fairbanks • 2023

A widow offers a fling to her mortician neighbor. He needs a wife. Neither planned on falling.

3.87

39k+

🛏️ Friends With Benefits 🌤️ Grumpy-Sunshine ⚰️ Morbid Humor 🇮🇪 Coastal Ireland 🫂 Found Family

Morbidly Yours

A widow offers a fling to her mortician neighbor. He needs a wife. Neither planned on falling.

by Ivy Fairbanks 2023

3.87

39k+ ratings

🛏️ Friends With Benefits 🌤️ Grumpy-Sunshine ⚰️ Morbid Humor 🇮🇪 Coastal Ireland 🫂 Found Family

The Sweet Gum Tree

by Katherine Allred • 2005

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

4.25

31k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💔 Angsty Romance

The Sweet Gum Tree

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

by Katherine Allred 2005

4.25

31k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💔 Angsty Romance

Savage Promises

by Deborah Garland • 2025

She's planning her sister's wedding to the mafia enforcer she kissed at eighteen and never forgot.

3.90

3k+

🍀 Irish Mafia 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance 😭 High Angst

Savage Promises

She's planning her sister's wedding to the mafia enforcer she kissed at eighteen and never forgot.

by Deborah Garland 2025

3.90

3k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Mafia 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Second Chance 😭 High Angst

Mafia Vows

by L. Steele • 2022

Desperate to protect her daughter, a single mother marries a dominant Mafia underboss.

4.20

2k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Mafia Vows

Desperate to protect her daughter, a single mother marries a dominant Mafia underboss.

by L. Steele 2022

4.20

2k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Same Time Next Year

by Tessa Bailey • 2023

A bartender marries a hockey player to keep his visa. One rule: don't fall in love.

3.40

111k+

🏒 Hockey Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🥺 Hurt Comfort

Same Time Next Year

A bartender marries a hockey player to keep his visa. One rule: don't fall in love.

by Tessa Bailey 2023

3.40

111k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🥺 Hurt Comfort

Mafia Obsession

by L. Steele • 2022

Kidnapped and caged with a mafia heir, an actress must fake desire while the camera watches.

4.05

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding 🇮🇹 Italian Mafia

Mafia Obsession

Kidnapped and caged with a mafia heir, an actress must fake desire while the camera watches.

by L. Steele 2022

4.05

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔗 Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonding 🇮🇹 Italian Mafia

Imperfect Intentions

by Charmaine Pauls • 2022

Her stepbrother's blackmail pits her against the possessive programmer who wants to marry her.

4.08

677

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💪 Disabled Heroine 🌑 Morally Gray Hero ⛓️ Criminal Romance

Imperfect Intentions

Her stepbrother's blackmail pits her against the possessive programmer who wants to marry her.

by Charmaine Pauls 2022

4.08

677 ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💪 Disabled Heroine 🌑 Morally Gray Hero ⛓️ Criminal Romance

The Huntress

by Kate Quinn • 2019

A photographer's new stepmother is a Nazi. Two war-scarred hunters and her camera are closing in.

4.30

219k+

🕵️ Nazi Hunting ✈️ Night Witches 🖤 Dangerous Stepmother 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Huntress

A photographer's new stepmother is a Nazi. Two war-scarred hunters and her camera are closing in.

by Kate Quinn 2019

4.30

219k+ ratings

🕵️ Nazi Hunting ✈️ Night Witches 🖤 Dangerous Stepmother 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Proposal Play

by Lauren Blakely • 2025

After a Vegas wedding, a hockey star must fake a marriage with his best friend's sister.

4.00

14k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🫶 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 🧠 Mental Health Rep

The Proposal Play

After a Vegas wedding, a hockey star must fake a marriage with his best friend's sister.

by Lauren Blakely 2025

4.00

14k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🫶 Friends To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Roomies

by Christina Lauren • 2017

A green-card marriage to her subway crush: the one rule was don't fall in love.

3.75

90k+

🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Musician Romance 🎭 Theater Setting 💋 Steamy

Roomies

A green-card marriage to her subway crush: the one rule was don't fall in love.

by Christina Lauren 2017

3.75

90k+ ratings

🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🎵 Musician Romance 🎭 Theater Setting 💋 Steamy

Mafia Crown

by L. Steele • 2022

Her dead lover's identical twin took a bullet for her. He remembers nothing. He craves everything.

4.26

2k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🤍 Amnesia Trope 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Power Play

Mafia Crown

Her dead lover's identical twin took a bullet for her. He remembers nothing. He craves everything.

by L. Steele 2022

4.26

2k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🤍 Amnesia Trope 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Power Play

Keep Me

by Sara Cate • 2024

A broke heiress marries a Scottish recluse. One year, ten million, one rule: don't fall.

3.90

42k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 🌑 Brooding Hero 💔 Angsty Romance

Keep Me

A broke heiress marries a Scottish recluse. One year, ten million, one rule: don't fall.

by Sara Cate 2024

3.90

42k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 🌑 Brooding Hero 💔 Angsty Romance

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+

🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👦 Single Guardian ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 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

🏈 Football Romance 🏠 Found Family 👩‍👦 Single Guardian ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Witty Banter

Then You're Mine

by W. Winters • 2021

A mafia heir tests his lover's loyalty with a staged arrest. Marriage becomes her only protection.

3.96

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌑 Morally Gray Hero 💚 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Then You're Mine

A mafia heir tests his lover's loyalty with a staged arrest. Marriage becomes her only protection.

by W. Winters 2021

3.96

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌑 Morally Gray Hero 💚 Trauma Healing ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

The Texan's Wager

by Jodi Thomas • 2002

Banished women enter a frontier wife lottery. Bailee draws a silent farmer who speaks in sign.

3.88

8k+

🤠 Western Romance 🤫 Silent Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 🧏 Deaf Representation

The Texan's Wager

Banished women enter a frontier wife lottery. Bailee draws a silent farmer who speaks in sign.

by Jodi Thomas 2002

3.88

8k+ ratings

🤠 Western Romance 🤫 Silent Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 🧏 Deaf Representation

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 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌶️ 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 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌶️ Spicy

Captive Passions

by Fern Michaels • 1977

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

3.96

1k+

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

Captive Passions

To avenge her sister she weds a Dutch official, and hunts his ships by night.

by Fern Michaels 1977

3.96

1k+ ratings

🖤 Bodice Ripper 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance ⚔️ Revenge Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

These Gentle Wolves

by Clare Sager • 2023

To rescue her friend, a baker's daughter weds a monstrous fae for one year.

3.97

914

🥀 Dark Fairy Tale 🏡 Forced Proximity 🐺 Shifter Hero 🔮 Fae Bargains 🏰 Gothic Fae

These Gentle Wolves

To rescue her friend, a baker's daughter weds a monstrous fae for one year.

by Clare Sager 2023

3.97

914 ratings

🥀 Dark Fairy Tale 🏡 Forced Proximity 🐺 Shifter Hero 🔮 Fae Bargains 🏰 Gothic Fae

Choosing Theo

by Victoria Aveline • 2020

She picks the scarred alien warrior everyone fears. He's certain she's hiding something.

4.08

55k+

🛸 Alien Abduction 🏠 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Scarred Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Choosing Theo

She picks the scarred alien warrior everyone fears. He's certain she's hiding something.

by Victoria Aveline 2020

4.08

55k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Abduction 🏠 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Scarred Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die

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 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ 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 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ Witty Banter

Rose Red

by E.J. Rekab • 2023

The fae king's immortal hunter captures a witch, then marries her to keep her alive.

3.71

1k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Fae Court Politics 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚰️ Cursed Immortal Hero 🔮 Witch Persecution

Rose Red

The fae king's immortal hunter captures a witch, then marries her to keep her alive.

by E.J. Rekab 2023

3.71

1k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Fae Court Politics 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance ⚰️ Cursed Immortal Hero 🔮 Witch Persecution

The Sound of Secrets

by Jay Crownover • 2024

She married a billionaire to escape his murderous mother. Trusting him was never part of the deal.

4.19

381

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Scarred Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine 🕯️ Family Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn

The Sound of Secrets

She married a billionaire to escape his murderous mother. Trusting him was never part of the deal.

by Jay Crownover 2024

4.19

381 ratings

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Scarred Hero 💔 Wounded Heroine 🕯️ Family Secrets 🔥 Slow Burn

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 ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🖤 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 ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔥 High Heat 😢 Angsty Romance

The Songbird of Venice

by Victoria Sportelli • 2024

An orphan singer in Venice weds a noble widower, gaining a daughter and a lethal enemy.

4.19

153

🎭 Orphan Heroine 💔 Widower Hero 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family 👑 Cinderella Arc 🏛️ Class Divide Romance

The Songbird of Venice

An orphan singer in Venice weds a noble widower, gaining a daughter and a lethal enemy.

by Victoria Sportelli 2024

4.19

153 ratings

🎭 Orphan Heroine 💔 Widower Hero 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended Family 👑 Cinderella Arc 🏛️ Class Divide Romance

The Social Graces

by Renée Rosen • 2021

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

3.98

16k+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

The Social Graces

In Gilded Age New York, an old-money queen and an ambitious newcomer battle for society’s throne.

by Renée Rosen 2021

3.98

16k+ ratings

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💎 Old Money New Money 🚪 Ambitious Outsider ⚔️ Female Rivalry 📰 Society Scandal

Ifigenia

by Teresa de la Parra • 1924

Europe freed her. Caracas demands a proper husband and the quiet burial of her desires.

4.06

573

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌎 Latin American Classic ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Trapped By Society

Ifigenia

Europe freed her. Caracas demands a proper husband and the quiet burial of her desires.

by Teresa de la Parra 1924

4.06

573 ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌎 Latin American Classic ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Trapped By Society

The Auction

by L. Knight • 2023

To save her brother, she auctions her virginity. The winning bidder: the man who destroyed her.

3.83

7k+

🖤 Dark Billionaire Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 💫 Second Chance Romance 😤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma And Healing

The Auction

To save her brother, she auctions her virginity. The winning bidder: the man who destroyed her.

by L. Knight 2023

3.83

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Billionaire Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 💫 Second Chance Romance 😤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Trauma And Healing

Scarred King

by Naomi West • 2024

A secretary job interview. A Bratva king's counteroffer: conceive his baby the old-fashioned way.

4.21

6k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Bratva Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Scarred Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Scarred King

A secretary job interview. A Bratva king's counteroffer: conceive his baby the old-fashioned way.

by Naomi West 2024

4.21

6k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🔪 Bratva Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Scarred Hero ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

Inharmonious

by Tammye Huf • 2025

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

4.41

878

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 🏡 Housing Discrimination 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga

Inharmonious

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

by Tammye Huf 2025

4.41

878 ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 🏡 Housing Discrimination 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga

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