🏠 Neighbors To Lovers

Romance blooms across hallways, shared walls, and borrowed cups of sugar, where proximity becomes its own slow-burning form of foreplay. The charm lies in the inevitability — they can't avoid each other even if they tried.

Wrong Text, Right Love

by Claudia Y. Burgoa • 2020

When a sex therapist drunk-texts her ex, a guarded tech billionaire answers. He's her new neighbor.

3.76

7k+

📱 Wrong Number Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Reclusive Hero 😂 Rom Com Energy

Wrong Text, Right Love

When a sex therapist drunk-texts her ex, a guarded tech billionaire answers. He's her new neighbor.

by Claudia Y. Burgoa 2020

3.76

7k+ ratings

📱 Wrong Number Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Reclusive Hero 😂 Rom Com Energy

The Legend Next Door

by Jesse H. Reign • 2025

When a grieving hockey star moves next door, a warmhearted artist sees a man, not a legend.

4.22

8k+

🧒 Single Dad 💡 Bi Awakening ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤗 Hurt Comfort 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Legend Next Door

When a grieving hockey star moves next door, a warmhearted artist sees a man, not a legend.

by Jesse H. Reign 2025

4.22

8k+ ratings

🧒 Single Dad 💡 Bi Awakening ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤗 Hurt Comfort 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Enjoying the Show

by Marie Harte • 2007

Caught watching her hot neighbor, a shy woman faces an ultimatum: dinner, or the police.

3.50

3k+

👀 Voyeur Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦋 Shy Heroine 🔥 High Heat

Enjoying the Show

Caught watching her hot neighbor, a shy woman faces an ultimatum: dinner, or the police.

by Marie Harte 2007

3.50

3k+ ratings

👀 Voyeur Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦋 Shy Heroine 🔥 High Heat

Detour

by A. Marie • 2020

Fleeing her mother's abuse, she moves next door to a man who won't let her hide.

3.76

10k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Detour

Fleeing her mother's abuse, she moves next door to a man who won't let her hide.

by A. Marie 2020

3.76

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💔 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Honor

by Danielle Baker • 2026

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

4.09

25k+

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 👫 Brother's Best Friend

Honor

A pregnant widow moves next door to a firefighter who delivers her baby and never leaves.

by Danielle Baker 2026

4.09

25k+ ratings

🔥 Wildland Firefighter 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Mom Romance ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 👫 Brother's Best Friend

So Much More

by Kim Holden • 2016

Betrayed and battling MS, a single dad risks opening his heart to the mysterious woman downstairs.

4.10

6k+

🧔 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family 🏥 Chronic Illness 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance At Love

So Much More

Betrayed and battling MS, a single dad risks opening his heart to the mysterious woman downstairs.

by Kim Holden 2016

4.10

6k+ ratings

🧔 Single Dad 🫂 Found Family 🏥 Chronic Illness 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💞 Second Chance At Love

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 ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️ 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 ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️ Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🌱 Starting Over

The Charmer

by Riley Hart • 2023

A plus-size activist strikes a cuddle pact with the charming neighbor who once humiliated him.

4.17

3k+

🖤 Body Positive Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💪 Plus Size Hero 🌈 Queer Found Family

The Charmer

A plus-size activist strikes a cuddle pact with the charming neighbor who once humiliated him.

by Riley Hart 2023

4.17

3k+ ratings

🖤 Body Positive Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💪 Plus Size Hero 🌈 Queer Found Family

Pride & Puppies

by Lizzie Shane • 2022

A doctor gives up dating for a puppy, while her neighbor sees his chance at last.

3.62

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Unrequited Crush 😊 Lighthearted Romance 📚 Austen Inspired

Pride & Puppies

A doctor gives up dating for a puppy, while her neighbor sees his chance at last.

by Lizzie Shane 2022

3.62

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Unrequited Crush 😊 Lighthearted Romance 📚 Austen Inspired

Quinn

by Hattie Jude • 2021

Her neighbor seduced her, then shattered her family. Now he's begging for a second chance.

4.05

722

🖤 Dark High School Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🙏 Groveling Hero 🗡️ Revenge Plot 💔 Trauma Bonding

Quinn

Her neighbor seduced her, then shattered her family. Now he's begging for a second chance.

by Hattie Jude 2021

4.05

722 ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🙏 Groveling Hero 🗡️ Revenge Plot 💔 Trauma Bonding

The Air He Breathes

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A widow and a grieving recluse use each other as stand-ins for their dead spouses.

4.12

75k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 😢 Tearjerker Romance 💔 Trauma-Bonded Couple

The Air He Breathes

A widow and a grieving recluse use each other as stand-ins for their dead spouses.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.12

75k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 😢 Tearjerker Romance 💔 Trauma-Bonded Couple

The Anti-Boyfriend

by Penelope Ward • 2020

A single mom and her playboy neighbor agree to intimacy without commitment, no feelings allowed.

3.86

16k+

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Friends With Benefits 💔 Reformed Playboy 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🌈 Disability Rep

The Anti-Boyfriend

A single mom and her playboy neighbor agree to intimacy without commitment, no feelings allowed.

by Penelope Ward 2020

3.86

16k+ ratings

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Friends With Benefits 💔 Reformed Playboy 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 🌈 Disability Rep

Butterfly in Frost

by Sylvia Day • 2019

On Puget Sound, a surgeon's fresh start is upended: her ex-husband just became her neighbor.

3.62

23k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Parental Grief 🌧️ Living With Depression 🌲 Pacific Northwest 😢 Angsty Romance

Butterfly in Frost

On Puget Sound, a surgeon's fresh start is upended: her ex-husband just became her neighbor.

by Sylvia Day 2019

3.62

23k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💔 Parental Grief 🌧️ Living With Depression 🌲 Pacific Northwest 😢 Angsty Romance

Beautiful Monster

by Sara Cate • 2020

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

3.77

10k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty Romance

Beautiful Monster

A nineteen-year-old artist. Her forty-year-old neighbor. One mural, and every line blurs.

by Sara Cate 2020

3.77

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty Romance

Float

by Kate Marchant • 2022

An Alaskan girl who can't swim falls for the brooding Florida lifeguard next door.

3.91

14k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Brooding Love Interest 🌊 Small Beach Town

Float

An Alaskan girl who can't swim falls for the brooding Florida lifeguard next door.

by Kate Marchant 2022

3.91

14k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Brooding Love Interest 🌊 Small Beach Town

The Weight of Sand

by Wolf Gunnar • 2025

A Marine veteran builds his neighbor's porch to quiet the war still raging in his head.

4.46

236

🎖️ Veteran Fiction 💥 War Trauma 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family ✍️ Lyrical Prose

The Weight of Sand

A Marine veteran builds his neighbor's porch to quiet the war still raging in his head.

by Wolf Gunnar 2025

4.46

236 ratings

🎖️ Veteran Fiction 💥 War Trauma 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Friendly Fire

by Saxon James • 2021

Born minutes apart, childhood best friends become neighbors and a prank war masks years of longing.

4.03

4k+

👯 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 💜 Asexual Romance 🎭 Prank Wars 💭 Mutual Pining

Friendly Fire

Born minutes apart, childhood best friends become neighbors and a prank war masks years of longing.

by Saxon James 2021

4.03

4k+ ratings

👯 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 💜 Asexual Romance 🎭 Prank Wars 💭 Mutual Pining

700 Senses of Summer

by Maggie C. Gates • 2025

A burned-out novelist inherits a crumbling beach house beside a firefighter who cannot stay away.

4.02

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🏚️ Inherited Fixer Upper 📜 Hidden Family Secrets

700 Senses of Summer

A burned-out novelist inherits a crumbling beach house beside a firefighter who cannot stay away.

by Maggie C. Gates 2025

4.02

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🏚️ Inherited Fixer Upper 📜 Hidden Family Secrets

Betrayed Love

by Brynne Asher • 2022

Fleeing a life built on a kidnapping secret, she crashes into her guarded CEO neighbor.

4.54

4k+

🕵️ Suspenseful Romance 😬 High Angst 🧑‍🍼 Instant Parenthood 👔 Billionaire Hero 🧩 Family Secrets

Betrayed Love

Fleeing a life built on a kidnapping secret, she crashes into her guarded CEO neighbor.

by Brynne Asher 2022

4.54

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Suspenseful Romance 😬 High Angst 🧑‍🍼 Instant Parenthood 👔 Billionaire Hero 🧩 Family Secrets

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