🔄 Second Chance

Stories steeped in the hope that it's not too late — for love rekindled, mistakes redeemed, or lives rebuilt. Readers come here for the deeply satisfying arc of people who get to try again.

The Truths We Burn

by Monty Jay

The perfect cheerleader slaps the pyro. He sees her hidden damage and decides to keep her.

4.17

38k+

👿 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark College Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 😈 Morally Grey Hero

The Truths We Burn

The perfect cheerleader slaps the pyro. He sees her hidden damage and decides to keep her.

by Monty Jay 2022

4.17

38k+ ratings

👿 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Dark College Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding ⚖️ Vigilante Justice 😈 Morally Grey Hero

King of Wrath

by Ana Huang • 2022

An heiress and a CEO clash in an arranged marriage: she seeks freedom, he's bound by blackmail.

4.03

653k+

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🙏 Groveling Hero 🖤 Possessive Hero

King of Wrath

An heiress and a CEO clash in an arranged marriage: she seeks freedom, he's bound by blackmail.

by Ana Huang 2022

4.03

653k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🙏 Groveling Hero 🖤 Possessive Hero

We'll Always Have Summer

by Jenny Han • 2011

She's marrying one brother, but the other confesses he loves her on the wedding's eve.

3.77

676k+

💔 Love Triangle ☀️ Summer Romance 🖤 First Love 🏖️ Beach Town 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Loyalty

We'll Always Have Summer

She's marrying one brother, but the other confesses he loves her on the wedding's eve.

by Jenny Han 2011

3.77

676k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle ☀️ Summer Romance 🖤 First Love 🏖️ Beach Town 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Loyalty

Eat Your Heart Out

by Eden O'Neill • 2023

His way to her stepfather runs straight through her. He never planned to need her more.

4.12

5k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Dating 🥀 Wounded Heroine 🌑 Brooding Hero

Eat Your Heart Out

His way to her stepfather runs straight through her. He never planned to need her more.

by Eden O'Neill 2023

4.12

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Fake Dating 🥀 Wounded Heroine 🌑 Brooding Hero

The Trade

by Meghan Quinn • 2020

Traded to Chicago, a veteran player falls for his teammate's sister. She is married.

4.17

20k+

🧢 Baseball Romance 🗣️ Male Pov ⚡ Teammate's Sister 🚫 Forbidden Attraction 🩹 Wounded Hero

The Trade

Traded to Chicago, a veteran player falls for his teammate's sister. She is married.

by Meghan Quinn 2020

4.17

20k+ ratings

🧢 Baseball Romance 🗣️ Male Pov ⚡ Teammate's Sister 🚫 Forbidden Attraction 🩹 Wounded Hero

Carnage

by Shantel Tessier • 2023

She shot the man she loved. Now he runs the secret society that owns her.

4.28

103k+

🏛️ Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Possessive Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance 🌑 Morally Gray

Carnage

She shot the man she loved. Now he runs the secret society that owns her.

by Shantel Tessier 2023

4.28

103k+ ratings

🏛️ Secret Society ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Possessive Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance 🌑 Morally Gray

Lakestone - Tome 2

by Sarah Rivens • 2025

The man she mourned is alive, and his father needs her to complete his destruction.

4.29

7k+

🖤 Trauma Bonding 💔 Broken Hero 🔒 Captivity 🏚️ Forced Proximity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Lakestone - Tome 2

The man she mourned is alive, and his father needs her to complete his destruction.

by Sarah Rivens 2025

4.29

7k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Bonding 💔 Broken Hero 🔒 Captivity 🏚️ Forced Proximity 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Words

by Ashley Jade

A broke songwriter takes a job as sober companion to the rock star who stole her song.

4.29

76k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Tortured Hero 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🚌 Forced Proximity

The Words

A broke songwriter takes a job as sober companion to the rock star who stole her song.

by Ashley Jade 2022

4.29

76k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Tortured Hero 💪 Plus Size Heroine 🚌 Forced Proximity

Covenant

by Cora Rose • 2025

A shadowy organization grants his wish. The price? Marrying the rival who broke his heart.

4.20

6k+

👊 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🕯️ Secret Society 🏠 Found Family 📜 Dark Bargains

Covenant

A shadowy organization grants his wish. The price? Marrying the rival who broke his heart.

by Cora Rose 2025

4.20

6k+ ratings

👊 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🕯️ Secret Society 🏠 Found Family 📜 Dark Bargains

Freestyle

by Bea Paige • 2020

At her elite academy, a street dancer faces the four men she loved and left behind.

3.99

14k+

💔 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Found Family 💃 Dance Battles 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🏛️ Elite Academy

Freestyle

At her elite academy, a street dancer faces the four men she loved and left behind.

by Bea Paige 2020

3.99

14k+ ratings

💔 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Found Family 💃 Dance Battles 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🏛️ Elite Academy

Skin of a Sinner

by Avina St. Graves

The boy who vanished returns to slaughter her family and reclaim her as his.

3.59

39k+

🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Obsessive Hero 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔗 Forced Proximity 🏠 Found Family

Skin of a Sinner

The boy who vanished returns to slaughter her family and reclaim her as his.

by Avina St. Graves 2023

3.59

39k+ ratings

🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Obsessive Hero 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔗 Forced Proximity 🏠 Found Family

People We Meet on Vacation

by Emily Henry • 2021

Best friends estranged for two years take one last summer trip, one bed between them.

3.84

1.8M+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏡 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed 🔥 Slow Burn

People We Meet on Vacation

Best friends estranged for two years take one last summer trip, one bed between them.

by Emily Henry 2021

3.84

1.8M+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏡 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed 🔥 Slow Burn

Empire of Lust

by Rina Kent • 2022

One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.

4.14

30k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 🔒 Possessive Hero

Empire of Lust

One masked night. A secret daughter. Now her rival is the father she can't escape.

by Rina Kent 2022

4.14

30k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 🔒 Possessive Hero

The Bonus

by T.L. Swan • 2024

Her billionaire boss never noticed her. One night, then she fled, pregnant with his twins.

4.00

50k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🌲 Small Town 🔥 Steamy

The Bonus

Her billionaire boss never noticed her. One night, then she fled, pregnant with his twins.

by T.L. Swan 2024

4.00

50k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🌲 Small Town 🔥 Steamy

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2022

Her Grand Slam record under threat, a tennis legend comes out of retirement at thirty-seven.

4.20

735k+

🎾 Tennis Fiction 🏆 Sports Comeback 🏃‍♀️ Female Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Sports Drama ⚔️ Generational Rivalry

Carrie Soto Is Back

Her Grand Slam record under threat, a tennis legend comes out of retirement at thirty-seven.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2022

4.20

735k+ ratings

🎾 Tennis Fiction 🏆 Sports Comeback 🏃‍♀️ Female Athlete Protagonist 🎭 Emotional Sports Drama ⚔️ Generational Rivalry

Heart Bones

by Colleen Hoover • 2020

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

4.20

685k+

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

Heart Bones

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

by Colleen Hoover 2020

4.20

685k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

Summer in the City

by Alex Aster • 2025

To break her writer's block, she fake-dates the billionaire who once mistook her pride for greed.

3.70

109k+

🎭 Fake Dating ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Billionaire Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Heroine

Summer in the City

To break her writer's block, she fake-dates the billionaire who once mistook her pride for greed.

by Alex Aster 2025

3.70

109k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Billionaire Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity ✍️ Writer Heroine

Empire of Hate

by Rina Kent

To save her brother, she takes a job with the man who once destroyed her.

3.88

32k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Empire of Hate

To save her brother, she takes a job with the man who once destroyed her.

by Rina Kent 2022

3.88

32k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Inferno

by Luna Mason • 2025

Under false names, a captive assassin and an Irish mafia heir share one incendiary night.

4.09

10k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Child 🩹 Trauma Healing 💍 Forced Marriage 😭 High Angst

Inferno

Under false names, a captive assassin and an Irish mafia heir share one incendiary night.

by Luna Mason 2025

4.09

10k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Child 🩹 Trauma Healing 💍 Forced Marriage 😭 High Angst

Bloodied Hands

by Adelaide Forrest • 2020

He shattered her heart. Ten years later, the mafia boss has her in his sights again.

3.54

11k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💪 Survivor Heroine

Bloodied Hands

He shattered her heart. Ten years later, the mafia boss has her in his sights again.

by Adelaide Forrest 2020

3.54

11k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💪 Survivor Heroine

Finding Delaware

by Bree Wiley

A dirt-bike crash, a sudden wedding, and two enemies forced under one roof for a year.

4.19

12k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👬 Stepbrothers 👥 Forced Proximity 🏳️‍🌈 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Finding Delaware

A dirt-bike crash, a sudden wedding, and two enemies forced under one roof for a year.

by Bree Wiley 2024

4.19

12k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👬 Stepbrothers 👥 Forced Proximity 🏳️‍🌈 Internalized Homophobia ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Bitter Heat

by Mia Knight • 2019

A blizzard traps an heiress with her ex-husband, who demands marriage to save her family's business.

3.81

11k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 💰 Billionaire 🖤 Possessive Hero 😩 Angsty

Bitter Heat

A blizzard traps an heiress with her ex-husband, who demands marriage to save her family's business.

by Mia Knight 2019

3.81

11k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 💰 Billionaire 🖤 Possessive Hero 😩 Angsty

Love Redesigned

by Lauren Asher • 2023

Reunited by a crash, a billionaire and his rival restore a historic house, risking a second chance.

3.99

162k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Love Redesigned

Reunited by a crash, a billionaire and his rival restore a historic house, risking a second chance.

by Lauren Asher 2023

3.99

162k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Vicious

by L.J. Shen • 2016

A billionaire hires the servant's daughter he tormented in school and revenge fuels dark passion.

3.92

170k+

🖤 Bully Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Tortured Hero 💰 Class Divide 😢 Angsty

Vicious

A billionaire hires the servant's daughter he tormented in school and revenge fuels dark passion.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.92

170k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Tortured Hero 💰 Class Divide 😢 Angsty

Code of Silence

by Shantel Tessier • 2020

A mafia prince forced to marry the woman he left behind discovers their reunion could destroy him.

3.87

34k+

🕶️ Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Rival Mafia Families

Code of Silence

A mafia prince forced to marry the woman he left behind discovers their reunion could destroy him.

by Shantel Tessier 2020

3.87

34k+ ratings

🕶️ Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Rival Mafia Families

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did

by Monica Murphy

At an elite boarding school, her bully steals her diary. His silence demands her total surrender.

3.56

68k+

🖤 Bully Romance 📚 Dark Academia ⛓️ Blackmail Bargain 🔒 Possessive Hero 🔥 Mutual Obsession

Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did

At an elite boarding school, her bully steals her diary. His silence demands her total surrender.

by Monica Murphy 2021

3.56

68k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 📚 Dark Academia ⛓️ Blackmail Bargain 🔒 Possessive Hero 🔥 Mutual Obsession

Twisted Pawn

by L.J. Shen

A mafia heir must give the woman he has stalked to his rival as a bride.

4.11

36k+

🕴️ Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 👧 Childhood Bond 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Twisted Pawn

A mafia heir must give the woman he has stalked to his rival as a bride.

by L.J. Shen 2026

4.11

36k+ ratings

🕴️ Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 👧 Childhood Bond 🌱 Trauma Recovery

June First

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2022

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

4.11

40k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 😢 Angsty Romance

June First

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2022

4.11

40k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 😢 Angsty Romance

False Start

by Kandi Steiner • 2024

Fake dating her NFL ex protects a single mother. Her secret could destroy their second chance.

3.94

14k+

🎭 Fake Dating 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💔 Hurt Comfort

False Start

Fake dating her NFL ex protects a single mother. Her secret could destroy their second chance.

by Kandi Steiner 2024

3.94

14k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🛡️ Protective Hero 👨‍👩‍👦 Blended Family 💔 Hurt Comfort

Burn Butterfly Burn

by Reese Rivers • 2023

Four football stars destroy their best friend when they discover she's the masked dancer they crave.

4.15

19k+

🔥 Why Choose 🎭 Secret Identity 🏈 Football Romance 🫂 Found Family 🙏 Groveling Hero

Burn Butterfly Burn

Four football stars destroy their best friend when they discover she's the masked dancer they crave.

by Reese Rivers 2023

4.15

19k+ ratings

🔥 Why Choose 🎭 Secret Identity 🏈 Football Romance 🫂 Found Family 🙏 Groveling Hero

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