💔 Second Chance Romance

Former lovers, missed connections, and the ones who got away — reunited by fate or circumstance and forced to confront what went wrong the first time. The emotional stakes are sky-high because the history is already written.

The Rulebreaker

by Piper Rayne

Choosing her cost him his brother. A decade later, the Colts force them together.

4.04

8k+

🍼 Single Parent Romance ⚾ Baseball Romance 🚫 Off-Limits Crush 🏠 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets

The Rulebreaker

Choosing her cost him his brother. A decade later, the Colts force them together.

by Piper Rayne 2026

4.04

8k+ ratings

🍼 Single Parent Romance ⚾ Baseball Romance 🚫 Off-Limits Crush 🏠 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets

The Story of Us

by Lesley Jones • 2014

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

4.15

19k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters 💔 Tragic Romance

The Story of Us

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

by Lesley Jones 2014

4.15

19k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters 💔 Tragic Romance

Countdown

by Fern Michaels • 2014

DC tenants freeze while slumlords cash in, so a band of vigilantes plots their Christmas reckoning.

4.30

2k+

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🎄 Christmas Setting 😄 Light Suspense

Countdown

DC tenants freeze while slumlords cash in, so a band of vigilantes plots their Christmas reckoning.

by Fern Michaels 2014

4.30

2k+ ratings

🔫 Vigilante Justice 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Undercover Operation 🎄 Christmas Setting 😄 Light Suspense

The Dirty Ones

by J.A. Huss • 2018

A novelist and her ex, snowbound with a book that exposes their secret society's darkest rites.

4.04

2k+

🕯️ Secret Society 🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Love Triangle ❄️ Forced Proximity 🧠 Unreliable Memory

The Dirty Ones

A novelist and her ex, snowbound with a book that exposes their secret society's darkest rites.

by J.A. Huss 2018

4.04

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Love Triangle ❄️ Forced Proximity 🧠 Unreliable Memory

Deity

by Sheridan Anne • 2021

Four lovers faked her death. The reason might break her more than the flames did.

4.36

7k+

👥 Reverse Harem 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Dark And Angsty

Deity

Four lovers faked her death. The reason might break her more than the flames did.

by Sheridan Anne 2021

4.36

7k+ ratings

👥 Reverse Harem 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🏠 Found Family 🖤 Dark And Angsty

Worth Fighting For

by Kirsty Moseley • 2016

Grieving and engaged, she comes home to find her ex-convict first love watching.

4.12

2k+

🔒 Protective Hero 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🥀 Grief And Loss 🏡 Small Town Return 💔 Angsty

Worth Fighting For

Grieving and engaged, she comes home to find her ex-convict first love watching.

by Kirsty Moseley 2016

4.12

2k+ ratings

🔒 Protective Hero 🔪 Criminal Underworld 🥀 Grief And Loss 🏡 Small Town Return 💔 Angsty

Demon Sworn

by Ann Denton • 2021

Her brother stolen, a woman's five demon lovers vow to tear Hell apart to save him.

4.28

2k+

🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die ⚡ Magical Awakening 🖤 Dark Humor

Demon Sworn

Her brother stolen, a woman's five demon lovers vow to tear Hell apart to save him.

by Ann Denton 2021

4.28

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die ⚡ Magical Awakening 🖤 Dark Humor

Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes • 2019

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

3.82

158k+

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

Evvie Drake Starts Over

A widow who planned to leave takes in a broken pitcher. Their pact: never ask why.

by Linda Holmes 2019

3.82

158k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Healing 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🌲 Small-Town Maine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💛 Friends To Lovers

Invisible String

by J. Morales • 2025

A boxer finds his childhood love next door. One kiss, years ago, still burns.

4.12

193

🥊 Sports Romance 🫂 Touch-Starved Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Summer Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

Invisible String

A boxer finds his childhood love next door. One kiss, years ago, still burns.

by J. Morales 2025

4.12

193 ratings

🥊 Sports Romance 🫂 Touch-Starved Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort ☀️ Summer Romance 😢 Angsty Romance

Still Into You

by Erin Connor • 2026

To save her career, a music journalist must interview the rock star she never got over.

3.90

4k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎤 Journalist Heroine 🎶 Band Family 💼 Workplace Romance 😈 Reformed Bad Boy

Still Into You

To save her career, a music journalist must interview the rock star she never got over.

by Erin Connor 2026

3.90

4k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎤 Journalist Heroine 🎶 Band Family 💼 Workplace Romance 😈 Reformed Bad Boy

Blacklist

by Geneva Lee • 2020

At her father's funeral, her ex returns armed with a hit list and a fake-dating ultimatum.

3.81

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💎 Class Divide 🔐 Family Secrets 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Blacklist

At her father's funeral, her ex returns armed with a hit list and a fake-dating ultimatum.

by Geneva Lee 2020

3.81

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💎 Class Divide 🔐 Family Secrets 🏚️ Southern Gothic

His to Keep

by Autumn Archer • 2020

Kidnapped by a stalker, her only chance is the possessive club owner she left behind.

4.05

4k+

🩸 Kidnapped Heroine 🖤 Possessive Hero 🔥 Steamy Suspense 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🍸 Exclusive Sex Club

His to Keep

Kidnapped by a stalker, her only chance is the possessive club owner she left behind.

by Autumn Archer 2020

4.05

4k+ ratings

🩸 Kidnapped Heroine 🖤 Possessive Hero 🔥 Steamy Suspense 🌱 Trauma Recovery 🍸 Exclusive Sex Club

Little Lies

by H. Hunting • 2020

Her brother's best friend saved her life. Now he's her roommate and his silence is absolute.

4.03

20k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Anxiety Rep 🩹 Hurt Comfort 😢 Angsty Romance

Little Lies

Her brother's best friend saved her life. Now he's her roommate and his silence is absolute.

by H. Hunting 2020

4.03

20k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Anxiety Rep 🩹 Hurt Comfort 😢 Angsty Romance

Sweet Collide

by Ava Harrison • 2024

When a hockey star hires a fake girlfriend, she conceals that they were childhood best friends.

3.68

13k+

💍 Fake Dating 🍬 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏡 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

Sweet Collide

When a hockey star hires a fake girlfriend, she conceals that they were childhood best friends.

by Ava Harrison 2024

3.68

13k+ ratings

💍 Fake Dating 🍬 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏡 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

Defenseless Hearts

by Meagan Brandy • 2018

Her fiancé is a monster, and only her brother's best friend, a quarterback, sees the truth.

4.09

10k+

👦 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Abusive Relationship 🖤 Angsty Romance

Defenseless Hearts

Her fiancé is a monster, and only her brother's best friend, a quarterback, sees the truth.

by Meagan Brandy 2018

4.09

10k+ ratings

👦 Brother's Best Friend 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Abusive Relationship 🖤 Angsty Romance

The Wednesday Letters

by Jason F. Wright • 2007

When both parents die overnight, three siblings find decades of weekly letters and a hidden truth.

3.62

22k+

🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Hidden Paternity 🏠 Sibling Reunion 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Bed And Breakfast

The Wednesday Letters

When both parents die overnight, three siblings find decades of weekly letters and a hidden truth.

by Jason F. Wright 2007

3.62

22k+ ratings

🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Hidden Paternity 🏠 Sibling Reunion 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Bed And Breakfast

The Shots You Take

by Rachel Reid • 2025

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

4.07

29k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey 🌈 Coming Out

The Shots You Take

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

by Rachel Reid 2025

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey 🌈 Coming Out

Midnight Stage

by Sheridan Anne

Her last-chance job lands her on tour with the rockstar who abandoned her eight years ago.

4.04

5k+

🎸 Rockstar Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🎵 Music Industry

Midnight Stage

Her last-chance job lands her on tour with the rockstar who abandoned her eight years ago.

by Sheridan Anne 2024

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎸 Rockstar Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🎵 Music Industry

The Prince and the Pawn

by B.B. Reid • 2020

After the mafia heir's public betrayal, she hides his baby and hopes he never finds out.

4.10

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🙇 Groveling Hero 😢 Tortured Hero 👥 Found Family

The Prince and the Pawn

After the mafia heir's public betrayal, she hides his baby and hopes he never finds out.

by B.B. Reid 2020

4.10

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🙇 Groveling Hero 😢 Tortured Hero 👥 Found Family

Autumn Queens & Shadows

by Wendy Heiss • 2023

A frozen queen's wedding ends in blood. Her lost love returns. A rival covets her crown.

4.21

674

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die ❄️ Frozen Kingdom

Autumn Queens & Shadows

A frozen queen's wedding ends in blood. Her lost love returns. A rival covets her crown.

by Wendy Heiss 2023

4.21

674 ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌑 Morally Grey Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die ❄️ Frozen Kingdom

Colección integral de Jane Austen

by Jane Austen • 1981

Seven women, one Regency world: love, pride, and the winding road to knowing your own heart.

4.57

34k+

🏛️ Regency Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💔 Quiet Yearning

Colección integral de Jane Austen

Seven women, one Regency world: love, pride, and the winding road to knowing your own heart.

by Jane Austen 1981

4.57

34k+ ratings

🏛️ Regency Romance 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 💔 Quiet Yearning

Show Me You Remember

by Hannah Cowan • 2026

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

3.95

3k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Healing

Show Me You Remember

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

by Hannah Cowan 2026

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Healing

El tiempo que tuvimos

by Cherry Chic • 2023

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

4.31

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

El tiempo que tuvimos

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

by Cherry Chic 2023

4.31

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

Love Overboard

by Kandi Steiner • 2026

A reality superyacht show reunites a chief stewardess with the ex who broke her heart.

3.77

16k+

💼 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 📺 Reality Tv Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

Love Overboard

A reality superyacht show reunites a chief stewardess with the ex who broke her heart.

by Kandi Steiner 2026

3.77

16k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 🔒 Forced Proximity 📺 Reality Tv Setting 💔 Love Triangle 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

Saved by the Demon Prince

by Lauren Crowne • 2023

A demon prince shatters a fae city's veil for her. She has already moved on.

4.16

203

🖤 Fated Mates 🚫 Forbidden Love 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Found Family 🦋 Winged Fae

Saved by the Demon Prince

A demon prince shatters a fae city's veil for her. She has already moved on.

by Lauren Crowne 2023

4.16

203 ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🚫 Forbidden Love 💔 Love Triangle 🤝 Found Family 🦋 Winged Fae

You Never Forget Your First

by Millie Perez • 2022

Snowed in with her brother's best friend, she can't outrun the feelings she buried years ago.

3.67

1k+

🫣 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 💬 Banter Heavy 🔥 High Heat

You Never Forget Your First

Snowed in with her brother's best friend, she can't outrun the feelings she buried years ago.

by Millie Perez 2022

3.67

1k+ ratings

🫣 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤝 Found Family 💬 Banter Heavy 🔥 High Heat

The Fine Art of Faking It

by Lucy Score • 2018

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

4.21

23k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Fine Art of Faking It

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

by Lucy Score 2018

4.21

23k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Selkie Santa

by Lilith Stone • 2024

Harper wants her ex's brother. His pregnant ex sows doubt. A monster home holiday show forces truth.

3.83

304

🦭 Selkie Romance 👹 Monster Romance 😬 Ex's Brother 🎭 Forced Proximity 👴 Retirement Home

The Selkie Santa

Harper wants her ex's brother. His pregnant ex sows doubt. A monster home holiday show forces truth.

by Lilith Stone 2024

3.83

304 ratings

🦭 Selkie Romance 👹 Monster Romance 😬 Ex's Brother 🎭 Forced Proximity 👴 Retirement Home

Crash

by Harper Dallas • 2019

A devastating avalanche forces a snowboarder's ex to risk her heart on a second chance.

3.74

1k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏔️ Mountain Setting 😢 Angsty Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing

Crash

A devastating avalanche forces a snowboarder's ex to risk her heart on a second chance.

by Harper Dallas 2019

3.74

1k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏔️ Mountain Setting 😢 Angsty Romance 🩹 Emotional Healing

Until Next Summer

by Ali Brady • 2024

One last summer session at a closing camp reopens a decade-old wound between estranged best friends.

3.88

7k+

⛺ Summer Camp 👯 Female Friendship 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Summer Nostalgia

Until Next Summer

One last summer session at a closing camp reopens a decade-old wound between estranged best friends.

by Ali Brady 2024

3.88

7k+ ratings

⛺ Summer Camp 👯 Female Friendship 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 🌅 Summer Nostalgia

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