🧠 Mental Health Journey

Candid, often hopeful narratives of seeking help, finding treatment, and learning to live with mental health challenges — stories that normalize the winding road to wellness.

Saint

by Sierra Simone

A monk's ex arrives at the abbey to announce his wedding, and buried desire finally surfaces.

3.89

38k+

🙏 Monk Hero 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship ⛪ Monastery Setting

Saint

A monk's ex arrives at the abbey to announce his wedding, and buried desire finally surfaces.

by Sierra Simone 2021

3.89

38k+ ratings

🙏 Monk Hero 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🤫 Secret Relationship ⛪ Monastery Setting

Without Merit

by Colleen Hoover • 2017

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

3.66

330k+

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters 💔 Sister's Boyfriend 💚 Emotional Healing

Without Merit

Wanting her twin's boyfriend is just the latest disappointment in Merit's collection.

by Colleen Hoover 2017

3.66

330k+ ratings

🏚️ Dysfunctional Family 🤫 Family Secrets 👯 Twin Sisters 💔 Sister's Boyfriend 💚 Emotional Healing

No Tomorrow

by Carian Cole • 2018

When a shy woman falls for a homeless street musician, his addiction keeps tearing them apart.

4.15

22k+

💫 Second Chance Love 🎸 Wounded Musician Hero 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 🏠 Found Family

No Tomorrow

When a shy woman falls for a homeless street musician, his addiction keeps tearing them apart.

by Carian Cole 2018

4.15

22k+ ratings

💫 Second Chance Love 🎸 Wounded Musician Hero 💊 Addiction And Recovery 👶 Accidental Pregnancy 🏠 Found Family

I Wish You All the Best

by Mason Deaver • 2019

Thrown out by their parents, a nonbinary teen builds a home with a sister long estranged.

4.14

55k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Coming Of Age 💛 Found Family ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎨 Art As Therapy

I Wish You All the Best

Thrown out by their parents, a nonbinary teen builds a home with a sister long estranged.

by Mason Deaver 2019

4.14

55k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Coming Of Age 💛 Found Family ✨ Nonbinary Protagonist 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎨 Art As Therapy

Some Kind of Perfect

by Krista Ritchie • 2016

Three couples raise kids on camera, battling to keep addiction from becoming the family inheritance.

4.59

32k+

🏡 Family Saga 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏠 Domestic Romance 📸 Fame And Scandal

Some Kind of Perfect

Three couples raise kids on camera, battling to keep addiction from becoming the family inheritance.

by Krista Ritchie 2016

4.59

32k+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Addiction Recovery 🏠 Domestic Romance 📸 Fame And Scandal

What Happens at the Lake

by Vi Keeland • 2024

After her life implodes, she inherits a hoarded lake house and a scowling ex-hockey neighbor.

4.15

7k+

🏡 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔨 Fixer-Upper Romance 🏒 Former Athlete Hero

What Happens at the Lake

After her life implodes, she inherits a hoarded lake house and a scowling ex-hockey neighbor.

by Vi Keeland 2024

4.15

7k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔨 Fixer-Upper Romance 🏒 Former Athlete Hero

Seporsi Mie Ayam Sebelum Mati

by Brian Khrisna • 2025

He plans to die today. His only wish: chicken noodles from a Jakarta street stall.

3.80

4k+

🖤 Suicidal Protagonist 🏙️ Urban Loneliness 🤝 Found Family ⏱️ One Day Timeline ✨ Quietly Hopeful

Seporsi Mie Ayam Sebelum Mati

He plans to die today. His only wish: chicken noodles from a Jakarta street stall.

by Brian Khrisna 2025

3.80

4k+ ratings

🖤 Suicidal Protagonist 🏙️ Urban Loneliness 🤝 Found Family ⏱️ One Day Timeline ✨ Quietly Hopeful

The Smallest Part

by Amy Harmon • 2018

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

4.16

14k+

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father 👻 Ghostly Visitations 💔 Heartbreak And Hope

The Smallest Part

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

by Amy Harmon 2018

4.16

14k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father 👻 Ghostly Visitations 💔 Heartbreak And Hope

Queenie

by Candice Carty-Williams • 2019

A Black journalist unravels after a breakup, numbing the pain with casual sex and toxic encounters.

3.85

158k+

🏙️ Contemporary London 👩🏾 Black Womanhood 💔 Self-Destructive Spiral 👩‍💼 Workplace Racism 😂 Darkly Comic

Queenie

A Black journalist unravels after a breakup, numbing the pain with casual sex and toxic encounters.

by Candice Carty-Williams 2019

3.85

158k+ ratings

🏙️ Contemporary London 👩🏾 Black Womanhood 💔 Self-Destructive Spiral 👩‍💼 Workplace Racism 😂 Darkly Comic

Play Fake

by Riley Paige • 2025

A cheated-on linebacker and a trapped cheerleader fake a romance. Their hearts refuse to play along.

3.93

3k+

🏈 College Sports Romance 🤝 Fake Dating Turns Real 📣 Jock And Cheerleader 🩹 Mutual Healing 🫂 Found Family

Play Fake

A cheated-on linebacker and a trapped cheerleader fake a romance. Their hearts refuse to play along.

by Riley Paige 2025

3.93

3k+ ratings

🏈 College Sports Romance 🤝 Fake Dating Turns Real 📣 Jock And Cheerleader 🩹 Mutual Healing 🫂 Found Family

Adelaide

by Genevieve Wheeler • 2023

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

3.93

49k+

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 👭 Chosen Family 🌧️ Melancholy

Adelaide

An American woman in London pours herself into a man who cannot love her back.

by Genevieve Wheeler 2023

3.93

49k+ ratings

🖤 Sad Girl Fiction 🥀 Toxic Relationship 💔 Emotionally Unavailable 👭 Chosen Family 🌧️ Melancholy

Game Face

by Shari Green • 2023

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

4.26

226

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist 👬 Male Friendship 💔 Grief And Loss

Game Face

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

by Shari Green 2023

4.26

226 ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist 👬 Male Friendship 💔 Grief And Loss

Alegrias e Tristezas de Martha Friel

by Meg Mason • 2020

She is razor-funny and falling apart. He is patient and powerless. Neither knows why.

4.06

128k+

🏠 Domestic Drama 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Dysfunctional Family 🖤 Dark Comedy 🔪 Acerbic Narrator 💔 Marriage Under Strain

Alegrias e Tristezas de Martha Friel

She is razor-funny and falling apart. He is patient and powerless. Neither knows why.

by Meg Mason 2020

4.06

128k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Drama 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Dysfunctional Family 🖤 Dark Comedy 🔪 Acerbic Narrator 💔 Marriage Under Strain

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