💔 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.

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

by Charish Reid • 2023

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

3.91

3k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 🌱 Emotional Healing

Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

A struggling adjunct takes a bar job, not knowing her grumpy boss will be her student.

by Charish Reid 2023

3.91

3k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 🌱 Emotional Healing

Angels Fall

by J.A. Huss • 2018

Six weeks to pay a drug lord. Her only hope: the soldier she never forgave.

4.19

2k+

🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Gritty Romance

Angels Fall

Six weeks to pay a drug lord. Her only hope: the soldier she never forgave.

by J.A. Huss 2018

4.19

2k+ ratings

🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🖤 Gritty Romance

The Summer Getaway

by Susan Mallery • 2022

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

4.07

18k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Starting Over 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama

The Summer Getaway

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

by Susan Mallery 2022

4.07

18k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🌱 Starting Over 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama

Not a Friend

by Taylor Hannah • 2025

A vineyard wedding throws her together with the musician she never got over, boyfriend in tow.

3.99

562

💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Situationship 🎸 Musician Hero ⏳ Dual Timeline 💒 Wedding Weekend

Not a Friend

A vineyard wedding throws her together with the musician she never got over, boyfriend in tow.

by Taylor Hannah 2025

3.99

562 ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Situationship 🎸 Musician Hero ⏳ Dual Timeline 💒 Wedding Weekend

Losing Traction

by Amo Jones • 2016

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

4.25

2k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero 💧 Abandonment Issues

Losing Traction

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

by Amo Jones 2016

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero 💧 Abandonment Issues

Same Time Next Summer

by Annabel Monaghan • 2023

An engaged woman returns to her family's beach house and finds her first love next door.

3.73

149k+

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🏖️ Small Beach Town 🌊 Summer House 🎸 Musician Love Interest

Same Time Next Summer

An engaged woman returns to her family's beach house and finds her first love next door.

by Annabel Monaghan 2023

3.73

149k+ ratings

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 💔 Love Triangle 🏖️ Small Beach Town 🌊 Summer House 🎸 Musician Love Interest

Remember You This Way

by C.R. Jane • 2019

Three rock-star exes. One dangerous husband. A tour where love and menace share the spotlight.

4.03

3k+

❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 👫 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👁️ Stalking 🏠 Found Family

Remember You This Way

Three rock-star exes. One dangerous husband. A tour where love and menace share the spotlight.

by C.R. Jane 2019

4.03

3k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 👫 Friends To Lovers 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👁️ Stalking 🏠 Found Family

Out of the Gate

by Elsie Silver • 2021

The cowboy she's always loved is back on the ranch. Three years later, she's done pretending.

3.59

36k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 😩 Mutual Pining 🏠 Forced Proximity

Out of the Gate

The cowboy she's always loved is back on the ranch. Three years later, she's done pretending.

by Elsie Silver 2021

3.59

36k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 😩 Mutual Pining 🏠 Forced Proximity

Diver's Heart

by K.A. Knight • 2021

Trapped underground with her four exes, a diver faces monsters and a love that won't stay buried.

3.79

13k+

👥 Polyamorous Romance 🌊 Survival Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity

Diver's Heart

Trapped underground with her four exes, a diver faces monsters and a love that won't stay buried.

by K.A. Knight 2021

3.79

13k+ ratings

👥 Polyamorous Romance 🌊 Survival Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity

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+

🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 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

🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Parental Grief 🌧️ Living With Depression 🌲 Pacific Northwest 😢 Angsty Romance

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes

by Xio Axelrod • 2021

A guitarist's dream gig with a rock band reunites her with the childhood friend who vanished.

3.85

6k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Music Industry 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes

A guitarist's dream gig with a rock band reunites her with the childhood friend who vanished.

by Xio Axelrod 2021

3.85

6k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 🫂 Found Family 🎵 Music Industry 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Someday Never Came

by Autumn Lawrence-Barnette • 2024

Midnight text pulls her back to a beach town and a soldier fighting a war within.

4.02

3k+

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero ✉️ Love Letters 🔗 Soulmates

Someday Never Came

Midnight text pulls her back to a beach town and a soldier fighting a war within.

by Autumn Lawrence-Barnette 2024

4.02

3k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🩹 Wounded Hero ✉️ Love Letters 🔗 Soulmates

If the Sun Never Sets

by Ana Huang • 2020

Five years after their breakup, her new design client is the one man she can't forgive.

3.74

55k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 💌 Groveling Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance 👥 Found Family 🗽 New York City

If the Sun Never Sets

Five years after their breakup, her new design client is the one man she can't forgive.

by Ana Huang 2020

3.74

55k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 💌 Groveling Hero 🌧️ Angsty Romance 👥 Found Family 🗽 New York City

After Felix

by Lily Morton • 2020

A sharp Londoner and a journalist try no strings, until a wedding secret destroys them.

4.31

4k+

🔥 Friends With Benefits 💬 Witty Banter 🛡️ Guarded Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Angsty Romance

After Felix

A sharp Londoner and a journalist try no strings, until a wedding secret destroys them.

by Lily Morton 2020

4.31

4k+ ratings

🔥 Friends With Benefits 💬 Witty Banter 🛡️ Guarded Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Angsty Romance

The Burning Side

by Sarah Damoff • 2026

Her husband asks for a divorce. A fire burns their house. They must now salvage what remains.

4.21

58k+

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiver 🤠 Rural Texas 📚 Book Club Fiction

The Burning Side

Her husband asks for a divorce. A fire burns their house. They must now salvage what remains.

by Sarah Damoff 2026

4.21

58k+ ratings

💔 Marriage In Crisis 🧬 Generational Trauma 🧠 Alzheimer's Caregiver 🤠 Rural Texas 📚 Book Club Fiction

Crash Landing

by Annie McQuaid • 2025

Her plane crashes on a deserted island. The pilot is the man who broke her heart.

3.45

3k+

🏝️ Deserted Island 🔥 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Healing Journey

Crash Landing

Her plane crashes on a deserted island. The pilot is the man who broke her heart.

by Annie McQuaid 2025

3.45

3k+ ratings

🏝️ Deserted Island 🔥 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Healing Journey

The Amethyst Kingdom

by A.K. Mulford • 2024

A reluctant heir vies for her crown against the ex-lover she cannot forgive or resist.

4.03

2k+

🏆 Royal Competition 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family 🔥 Redemption Arc

The Amethyst Kingdom

A reluctant heir vies for her crown against the ex-lover she cannot forgive or resist.

by A.K. Mulford 2024

4.03

2k+ ratings

🏆 Royal Competition 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Leader 👥 Found Family 🔥 Redemption Arc

Bad Boys Break Hearts

by Micalea Smeltzer • 2020

A scholarship kid collides with the baseball star she abandoned at eleven.

3.65

18k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Slow Burn 🏫 College Campus 🫂 Found Family

Bad Boys Break Hearts

A scholarship kid collides with the baseball star she abandoned at eleven.

by Micalea Smeltzer 2020

3.65

18k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Slow Burn 🏫 College Campus 🫂 Found Family

Turning Back

by J.A. Huss • 2017

She fled two men and their bed. A year later, they find her with a baby.

4.18

4k+

🍼 Secret Baby ⛓️ Bdsm Triad 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Heroine 🩹 Hurt Comfort 😢 Angsty Romance

Turning Back

She fled two men and their bed. A year later, they find her with a baby.

by J.A. Huss 2017

4.18

4k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby ⛓️ Bdsm Triad 🏃‍♀️ Runaway Heroine 🩹 Hurt Comfort 😢 Angsty Romance

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

by Breanne Randall • 2023

A kitchen witch's curse ties her magic to heartbreak, and her first love just came home.

3.19

49k+

🧙‍♀️ Small Town Witches 🥧 Culinary Magic 🪄 Family Curse ☕️ Cozy Magical Realism 🏥 Terminal Illness

The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic

A kitchen witch's curse ties her magic to heartbreak, and her first love just came home.

by Breanne Randall 2023

3.19

49k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Small Town Witches 🥧 Culinary Magic 🪄 Family Curse ☕️ Cozy Magical Realism 🏥 Terminal Illness

She Likes Piña Coladas

by Brittanee Nicole • 2021

Six years of searching end when her travel ad brings back the one-night stranger.

3.87

2k+

🪖 Military Hero Romance 🔍 Missed Connections ✈️ Travel Romance 💬 Banter Heavy Romance ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing

She Likes Piña Coladas

Six years of searching end when her travel ad brings back the one-night stranger.

by Brittanee Nicole 2021

3.87

2k+ ratings

🪖 Military Hero Romance 🔍 Missed Connections ✈️ Travel Romance 💬 Banter Heavy Romance ❤️‍🩹 Emotional Healing

Forever Never

by Lucy Score • 2021

A hunted artist on frozen Mackinac Island hides across from the cop who always loved her.

3.96

100k+

🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👫 Ex's Brother ⛓️ Light BDSM ❄️ Snowy Small Town

Forever Never

A hunted artist on frozen Mackinac Island hides across from the cop who always loved her.

by Lucy Score 2021

3.96

100k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👫 Ex's Brother ⛓️ Light BDSM ❄️ Snowy Small Town

If Tomorrow Never Comes

by Allison Ashley • 2025

Before her transplant, one night with a stranger. A year later, he is her donor's boyfriend.

3.99

18k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 🏥 Illness And Love 🌸 Tender Romance 🍂 Bittersweet 🧁 Bakery Romance

If Tomorrow Never Comes

Before her transplant, one night with a stranger. A year later, he is her donor's boyfriend.

by Allison Ashley 2025

3.99

18k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 🏥 Illness And Love 🌸 Tender Romance 🍂 Bittersweet 🧁 Bakery Romance

Returning Home

by Kelly Elliott • 2022

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

4.16

1k+

🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town 🗣️ Small Town Gossip

Returning Home

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

by Kelly Elliott 2022

4.16

1k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town 🗣️ Small Town Gossip

My Best Bet

by S.C. Kate • 2024

A hockey player's daughter joins a skating class taught by the woman he loved and lost.

4.01

2k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline

My Best Bet

A hockey player's daughter joins a skating class taught by the woman he loved and lost.

by S.C. Kate 2024

4.01

2k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline

Fender

by Crystal Daniels • 2021

A biker learns his ER nurse is the woman who fled, and her daughter is his.

4.17

3k+

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💪 Single Mother 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

Fender

A biker learns his ER nurse is the woman who fled, and her daughter is his.

by Crystal Daniels 2021

4.17

3k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💪 Single Mother 🫂 Found Family 🛡️ Protective Hero

Just The Way You Are

by Aimee Brown • 2019

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

4.22

389

👫 Friends To Lovers 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov 🎵 Music Romance

Just The Way You Are

Her sister's widower returns with a girlfriend, forcing her to admit she's loved him for years.

by Aimee Brown 2019

4.22

389 ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🥀 Grief And Loss 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Dual Pov 🎵 Music Romance

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues

by Jess Everlee • 2023

Two childhood friends running a Victorian molly house face a raid and their unspoken love.

3.75

1k+

🖤 Gay Historical Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divide

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues

Two childhood friends running a Victorian molly house face a raid and their unspoken love.

by Jess Everlee 2023

3.75

1k+ ratings

🖤 Gay Historical Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family ⚖️ Class Divide

His Darling Freckles

by Alecsa Kayser

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

3.83

395

➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty

His Darling Freckles

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

by Alecsa Kayser

3.83

395 ratings

➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn 😢 Angsty

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

by Laura Dockrill • 2024

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

3.86

3k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 💌 Love Letters

I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

When Ella catches a wedding bouquet, sixteen years of secretly loving Lowe come crashing back.

by Laura Dockrill 2024

3.86

3k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor 💌 Love Letters

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