💕 Second Chance At Love

Romances built on the bittersweet premise that love sometimes returns — former flames, missed connections, and the courage it takes to try again with an open heart.

Counting Miracles

by Nicholas Sparks

A veteran chasing his father's trail meets a divorced doctor who locked her heart for good.

4.15

89k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mother Romance 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Family Secrets

Counting Miracles

A veteran chasing his father's trail meets a divorced doctor who locked her heart for good.

by Nicholas Sparks 2024

4.15

89k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mother Romance 🪖 Military Veteran Hero 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Family Secrets

Safe Haven

by Nicholas Sparks • 2010

Fleeing abuse, she hides in a coastal town where a widower's kindness makes invisibility impossible.

4.22

403k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 💔 Widowed Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Domestic Suspense

Safe Haven

Fleeing abuse, she hides in a coastal town where a widower's kindness makes invisibility impossible.

by Nicholas Sparks 2010

4.22

403k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🛡️ Abuse Survivor Heroine 💔 Widowed Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔪 Domestic Suspense

Everyone Has A Story

by Savi Sharma • 2015

An aspiring writer looking for her story finds it in a banker who has lost his.

3.33

13k+

🇮🇳 Indian Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👥 Dual Pov Romance

Everyone Has A Story

An aspiring writer looking for her story finds it in a banker who has lost his.

by Savi Sharma 2015

3.33

13k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👥 Dual Pov Romance

Maybe Now

by Colleen Hoover • 2018

New love, old loyalties, and a woman with cystic fibrosis who skydives into a second chance.

3.86

215k+

🏥 Chronic Illness Romance 🎸 Musician Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing

Maybe Now

New love, old loyalties, and a woman with cystic fibrosis who skydives into a second chance.

by Colleen Hoover 2018

3.86

215k+ ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness Romance 🎸 Musician Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing

Nora Goes Off Script

by Annabel Monaghan • 2022

She wrote the script. He stepped off the screen and into her tea house.

4.05

215k+

🎬 Hollywood Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ✍️ Meta Romance

Nora Goes Off Script

She wrote the script. He stepped off the screen and into her tea house.

by Annabel Monaghan 2022

4.05

215k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ✍️ Meta Romance

Accidental Heroes

by Danielle Steel • 2018

A cryptic postcard at JFK sends investigators scrambling to stop a mid-flight hijacking.

4.14

14k+

🛩️ Aviation Thriller 🎭 Ensemble Cast 🫂 Found Family 🌅 Redemption Arc ⏰ Ticking Clock Suspense

Accidental Heroes

A cryptic postcard at JFK sends investigators scrambling to stop a mid-flight hijacking.

by Danielle Steel 2018

4.14

14k+ ratings

🛩️ Aviation Thriller 🎭 Ensemble Cast 🫂 Found Family 🌅 Redemption Arc ⏰ Ticking Clock Suspense

Red Mountain

by Boo Walker • 2016

On a Washington wine mountain, lost souls find family, love, and a reason to start over.

4.05

19k+

🍇 Vineyard Life 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Community 🦋 Divorce Recovery 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Red Mountain

On a Washington wine mountain, lost souls find family, love, and a reason to start over.

by Boo Walker 2016

4.05

19k+ ratings

🍇 Vineyard Life 🏠 Found Family 🏘️ Small Town Community 🦋 Divorce Recovery 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Twilight

by Meg Cabot • 2005

A ghost-seeing teen loves a spirit. Saving him via time travel may cost her their love.

4.24

43k+

👻 Paranormal Ghost Romance 🏫 High School Paranormal 💔 Forbidden Supernatural Love 👀 Girl Who Sees Ghosts ⏳ Time Travel Romance

Twilight

A ghost-seeing teen loves a spirit. Saving him via time travel may cost her their love.

by Meg Cabot 2005

4.24

43k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Ghost Romance 🏫 High School Paranormal 💔 Forbidden Supernatural Love 👀 Girl Who Sees Ghosts ⏳ Time Travel Romance

Lately Lesbian

by J.D. Simmons • 2019

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

4.12

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Lately Lesbian

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

by J.D. Simmons 2019

4.12

17 ratings

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth

by Barbara O'Neal • 2025

Two women fleeing the past follow a dead mother's letters around the world, seeking second chances.

4.35

16k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Found Family ✉️ Letters From The Dead 🍽️ Culinary Travel 💔 Intergenerational Grief

The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth

Two women fleeing the past follow a dead mother's letters around the world, seeking second chances.

by Barbara O'Neal 2025

4.35

16k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Found Family ✉️ Letters From The Dead 🍽️ Culinary Travel 💔 Intergenerational Grief

Wish You Were Here

by Renee Carlino • 2017

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

3.92

18k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🍂 Bittersweet

Wish You Were Here

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

by Renee Carlino 2017

3.92

18k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🍂 Bittersweet

Seeing Other People

by Emily Wibberley • 2025

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

3.91

3k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 🌴 Contemporary Los Angeles

Seeing Other People

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

by Emily Wibberley 2025

3.91

3k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 🌴 Contemporary Los Angeles

Happily Letter After

by Vi Keeland • 2020

Posing as dog trainer, a columnist grants girl's Santa wish and falls for her widowed dad.

4.14

31k+

👨‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🖤 Grieving Widower ✉️ Anonymous Letters 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Happily Letter After

Posing as dog trainer, a columnist grants girl's Santa wish and falls for her widowed dad.

by Vi Keeland 2020

4.14

31k+ ratings

👨‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🖤 Grieving Widower ✉️ Anonymous Letters 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

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 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🏥 Chronic Illness 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🏥 Chronic Illness 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Last Sad Love Song

by Kimberly Brown • 2022

A betrayed baker bids on a stranger at auction and finds a love worth the risk.

4.52

3k+

🖤 Black Romance 🧁 Baking And Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Sweet And Steamy 😌 Low Angst Romance

The Last Sad Love Song

A betrayed baker bids on a stranger at auction and finds a love worth the risk.

by Kimberly Brown 2022

4.52

3k+ ratings

🖤 Black Romance 🧁 Baking And Romance 🏡 Found Family 🔥 Sweet And Steamy 😌 Low Angst Romance

Hello Single Dad

by Kelsie Hoss • 2021

A guidance counselor falls for a single dad, only to find he is her student's father.

3.95

15k+

👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 👗 Plus Size Heroine 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family

Hello Single Dad

A guidance counselor falls for a single dad, only to find he is her student's father.

by Kelsie Hoss 2021

3.95

15k+ ratings

👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 👗 Plus Size Heroine 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family

The Summer of Serendipity

by Ali McNamara • 2017

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

3.90

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

The Summer of Serendipity

Sent to find an Irish dream home, a guarded woman discovers a house that finds people.

by Ali McNamara 2017

3.90

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ✨ Magical Realism Romance 🇮🇪 Irish Setting 🫂 Found Family 🔍 Cozy Mystery Energy

Maurice

by E.M. Forster • 1971

After his first love marries, an Edwardian gentleman finds a second chance with a bold gamekeeper.

4.08

60k+

🏰 Edwardian England 📚 Queer Classic 🌱 Gay Coming Of Age 💔 Cross Class Romance 🤝 Platonic To Romantic

Maurice

After his first love marries, an Edwardian gentleman finds a second chance with a bold gamekeeper.

by E.M. Forster 1971

4.08

60k+ ratings

🏰 Edwardian England 📚 Queer Classic 🌱 Gay Coming Of Age 💔 Cross Class Romance 🤝 Platonic To Romantic

Stay A Little Longer

by Kait Nolan • 2019

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

4.32

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family 🏡 Homecoming Healing

Stay A Little Longer

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

by Kait Nolan 2019

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family 🏡 Homecoming Healing

Well Matched

by Jen DeLuca • 2021

A divorced mom plays fake girlfriend to a younger gym teacher. Their act becomes too convincing.

3.84

29k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💬 Witty Banter

Well Matched

A divorced mom plays fake girlfriend to a younger gym teacher. Their act becomes too convincing.

by Jen DeLuca 2021

3.84

29k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👩‍👧 Single Mother 💬 Witty Banter

Three Bedrooms in Manhattan

by Georges Simenon • 1946

Adrift in Manhattan, a French actor meets a woman just as lost. Over three rooms, they risk love.

3.36

5k+

🖤 Noir Romance 🌃 Midnight Encounter 🧳 Expatriate Loneliness 🚶‍♂️ Walking New York At Night 💔 Jealousy And Confession

Three Bedrooms in Manhattan

Adrift in Manhattan, a French actor meets a woman just as lost. Over three rooms, they risk love.

by Georges Simenon 1946

3.36

5k+ ratings

🖤 Noir Romance 🌃 Midnight Encounter 🧳 Expatriate Loneliness 🚶‍♂️ Walking New York At Night 💔 Jealousy And Confession

Well Bred

by Adriana Anders • 2024

Nearly forty and out of options, she agrees to let her ex-con cook get her pregnant.

3.82

3k+

🥵 Breeding Kink 🔒 Ex-Con Hero 🍳 Restaurant Setting 📋 Arrangement Turns Real 🏠 Found Family

Well Bred

Nearly forty and out of options, she agrees to let her ex-con cook get her pregnant.

by Adriana Anders 2024

3.82

3k+ ratings

🥵 Breeding Kink 🔒 Ex-Con Hero 🍳 Restaurant Setting 📋 Arrangement Turns Real 🏠 Found Family

Just My Type

by Tara Sivec • 2019

A glitch sends her snark to a wounded vet; his reply starts a banter-fueled romance.

4.26

5k+

💌 Epistolary Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mom Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Banter Heavy 🫂 Found Family

Just My Type

A glitch sends her snark to a wounded vet; his reply starts a banter-fueled romance.

by Tara Sivec 2019

4.26

5k+ ratings

💌 Epistolary Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mom Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💬 Banter Heavy 🫂 Found Family

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