💔 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.

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

Whiskey Nights and Neon Dreams

by Ashley James • 2023

At his girlfriend's funeral, a rebel can't hide his forbidden feelings for her uncle.

4.14

929

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏘️ Small Town Escape 🩹 Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family

Whiskey Nights and Neon Dreams

At his girlfriend's funeral, a rebel can't hide his forbidden feelings for her uncle.

by Ashley James 2023

4.14

929 ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏘️ Small Town Escape 🩹 Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family

Never Letting Go

by Erin Trejo • 2017

Her brother's murder forces a nurse back to the outlaw biker and a club war.

3.93

779

🏍️ Motorcycle Club 😞 Tortured Hero ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Pregnancy Loss ⛓️ Captive Heroine

Never Letting Go

Her brother's murder forces a nurse back to the outlaw biker and a club war.

by Erin Trejo 2017

3.93

779 ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club 😞 Tortured Hero ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Pregnancy Loss ⛓️ Captive Heroine

Emerald Blaze

by Ilona Andrews • 2020

A magical murder forces a siren to face a city-devouring abyss and the assassin she loves.

4.44

30k+

🏠 Magical Family Saga 🎤 Siren Protagonist 🗡️ Assassin Hero ⚖️ Arcane Politics ⚡ Dangerous Magic

Emerald Blaze

A magical murder forces a siren to face a city-devouring abyss and the assassin she loves.

by Ilona Andrews 2020

4.44

30k+ ratings

🏠 Magical Family Saga 🎤 Siren Protagonist 🗡️ Assassin Hero ⚖️ Arcane Politics ⚡ Dangerous Magic

Match Penalty

by Kenna King • 2025

A hockey heiress sleeps with her father's rival goalie and wakes to his mugshot.

3.86

8k+

🏒 Hockey Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Angsty Romance 💬 Banter Heavy

Match Penalty

A hockey heiress sleeps with her father's rival goalie and wakes to his mugshot.

by Kenna King 2025

3.86

8k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Angsty Romance 💬 Banter Heavy

When You Got a Good Thing

by Kait Nolan • 2017

A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.

4.21

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds 🩹 Emotional Healing 💕 Heartfelt Romance

When You Got a Good Thing

A funeral brings her home to face the ex-boyfriend she left ten years ago without a word.

by Kait Nolan 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯‍♀️ Sister Bonds 🩹 Emotional Healing 💕 Heartfelt Romance

Someone I Used to Know

by Paige Toon • 2021

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

4.16

11k+

🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🌳 Rural Yorkshire

Someone I Used to Know

A widow comes home to find the foster brother who broke her heart wants her back.

by Paige Toon 2021

4.16

11k+ ratings

🏡 Foster Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Widow Finds Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🌳 Rural Yorkshire

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

by Aimee Brown • 2023

A bookstore manager battles her wealthy boyfriend's family after he secretly joins a reality show.

3.97

749

🎥 Reality Tv Romance 💰 Class Divide Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery 🙇 Groveling Hero

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

A bookstore manager battles her wealthy boyfriend's family after he secretly joins a reality show.

by Aimee Brown 2023

3.97

749 ratings

🎥 Reality Tv Romance 💰 Class Divide Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance 🩹 Addiction And Recovery 🙇 Groveling Hero

The One Day You Were My Husband

by Rosie Walsh • 2026

Thirteen years after her husband vanished, a surgeon finds him alive on a rental site.

3.77

14k+

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔒 Family Secrets 🏥 Medical Drama

The One Day You Were My Husband

Thirteen years after her husband vanished, a surgeon finds him alive on a rental site.

by Rosie Walsh 2026

3.77

14k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller ⏳ Dual Timelines 🔒 Family Secrets 🏥 Medical Drama

The Woman in the Middle

by Milly Johnson • 2021

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

4.31

5k+

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 🔐 Family Secrets 👭 Sibling Rivalry

The Woman in the Middle

After her husband's affair with her best friend, Shay Bastable rebuilds a life of her own.

by Milly Johnson 2021

4.31

5k+ ratings

🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🏠 Elder Care 💔 Marital Betrayal 🔐 Family Secrets 👭 Sibling Rivalry

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

by Jenny Colgan • 2013

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

3.81

18k+

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💞 Reunited Lovers

The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

After a factory accident, Anna's chocolate-shop job in Paris uncovers a decades-old love story.

by Jenny Colgan 2013

3.81

18k+ ratings

🍫 Chocolate Shop Romance 🗼 Expat In Paris 💼 Workplace Romance 👩‍🏫 Female Mentorship 💞 Reunited Lovers

Contando atardeceres

by La Vecina Rubia • 2022

Still mourning her father, she runs into an old summer love. One kiss reignites everything.

3.97

4k+

👭 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Love 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor ☀️ Summer Love 🕊️ Life After Loss

Contando atardeceres

Still mourning her father, she runs into an old summer love. One kiss reignites everything.

by La Vecina Rubia 2022

3.97

4k+ ratings

👭 Found Family 🔥 Slow-Burn Love 😅 Self-Deprecating Humor ☀️ Summer Love 🕊️ Life After Loss

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé

by Jennifer Peel • 2019

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

4.15

2k+

🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad 🏡 Found Family

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

by Jennifer Peel 2019

4.15

2k+ ratings

🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad 🏡 Found Family

Into the Dawn

by Reece Barden • 2025

His missing father. Her deadly clan. A shifter kidnaps his former mate and their bond wakes.

4.21

394

💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Shifter Clan Politics 🌿 Trauma Healing 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Touch Her And Die

Into the Dawn

His missing father. Her deadly clan. A shifter kidnaps his former mate and their bond wakes.

by Reece Barden 2025

4.21

394 ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Shifter Clan Politics 🌿 Trauma Healing 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Touch Her And Die

Show Down

by Tawna Fenske • 2021

A botched proposal ended them. Now he's building cabins on her reality show compound.

4.04

438

👥 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter 📺 Reality Tv Setting 🏠 Small Town Romance

Show Down

A botched proposal ended them. Now he's building cabins on her reality show compound.

by Tawna Fenske 2021

4.04

438 ratings

👥 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter 📺 Reality Tv Setting 🏠 Small Town Romance

Shattered Gods

by Katee Robert • 2026

She spent a decade planning revolution. Her first love returned with an army to finish it.

3.24

3k+

🖤 Polyamorous Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Heroine 🌶️ Dark And Steamy

Shattered Gods

She spent a decade planning revolution. Her first love returned with an army to finish it.

by Katee Robert 2026

3.24

3k+ ratings

🖤 Polyamorous Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Heroine 🌶️ Dark And Steamy

Rock Bottom Girl

by Lucy Score • 2019

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

4.25

74k+

🌾 Small Town Romance ⚽ Sports Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🏡 Small Town Return 🌅 Starting Over

Rock Bottom Girl

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

by Lucy Score 2019

4.25

74k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance ⚽ Sports Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🏡 Small Town Return 🌅 Starting Over

Fool Me Once

by Hannah Gray • 2025

Fleeing her abuser, she must move in with the hockey star who shattered her heart.

4.05

4k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤍 Abuse Survivor 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Fool Me Once

Fleeing her abuser, she must move in with the hockey star who shattered her heart.

by Hannah Gray 2025

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤍 Abuse Survivor 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

I Dreamt That You Loved Me

by Emery Rose • 2025

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

4.24

3k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💧 Heart-Wrenching

I Dreamt That You Loved Me

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

by Emery Rose 2025

4.24

3k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💧 Heart-Wrenching

Like I Promised

by Charlie Novak • 2022

His ex-boyfriend is now the contractor renovating the cliffside cottage he inherited.

4.00

1k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Like I Promised

His ex-boyfriend is now the contractor renovating the cliffside cottage he inherited.

by Charlie Novak 2022

4.00

1k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Fool Me Once

by Ashley Winstead • 2022

Her dream campaign hinges on the ex-boyfriend she sabotaged years ago and never got over.

3.49

13k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Fool Me Once

Her dream campaign hinges on the ex-boyfriend she sabotaged years ago and never got over.

by Ashley Winstead 2022

3.49

13k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👯 Female Friendship 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Wedding of the Year

by Jill Mansell • 2024

At a Cornish wedding, Lottie's teenage rival Max returns, their old spark more forbidden than ever.

4.07

8k+

⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌊 Cornish Seaside 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over

The Wedding of the Year

At a Cornish wedding, Lottie's teenage rival Max returns, their old spark more forbidden than ever.

by Jill Mansell 2024

4.07

8k+ ratings

⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌊 Cornish Seaside 🫂 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over

An Italian Wedding Adventure

by Leonie Mack • 2025

A merger strands a wedding planner on an Italian peak with the mountaineer who broke her heart.

3.68

1k+

🤝 Forced Proximity 💒 Destination Wedding ⛰️ Adventure Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

An Italian Wedding Adventure

A merger strands a wedding planner on an Italian peak with the mountaineer who broke her heart.

by Leonie Mack 2025

3.68

1k+ ratings

🤝 Forced Proximity 💒 Destination Wedding ⛰️ Adventure Romance 🕯️ Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Le Fay

by Sophie Keetch • 2024

Morgan le Fay fled her husband. Now prophecy, law, and her brother demand she become the villain.

4.31

5k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🖤 Villain Origin Story 🔥 Women's Rage 🌿 Healer Protagonist 📜 Feminist Mythology

Le Fay

Morgan le Fay fled her husband. Now prophecy, law, and her brother demand she become the villain.

by Sophie Keetch 2024

4.31

5k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🖤 Villain Origin Story 🔥 Women's Rage 🌿 Healer Protagonist 📜 Feminist Mythology

Reign of a Billionaire

by Eva Winners • 2024

She's the love he buried. He just bought her at auction. She remembers nothing.

4.25

3k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔗 Trauma Bonded 🔪 Vengeance Driven ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance

Reign of a Billionaire

She's the love he buried. He just bought her at auction. She remembers nothing.

by Eva Winners 2024

4.25

3k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔗 Trauma Bonded 🔪 Vengeance Driven ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance

Le sourire contagieux des croissants au beurre

by Camille Andrea • 2021

A million-dollar coffee lures a French pastry mogul into chasing a happiness money cannot brew.

3.43

505

📖 Philosophical Fable 💭 Midlife Crisis 👴 Unlikely Mentor 🔁 Life Swap 🗽 New York City

Le sourire contagieux des croissants au beurre

A million-dollar coffee lures a French pastry mogul into chasing a happiness money cannot brew.

by Camille Andrea 2021

3.43

505 ratings

📖 Philosophical Fable 💭 Midlife Crisis 👴 Unlikely Mentor 🔁 Life Swap 🗽 New York City

Thrown for a Loop

by Sarina Bowen • 2025

Disgraced and desperate, a figure skater takes a coaching job with her ex-lover's hockey team.

3.82

7k+

💼 Workplace Romance ⛸️ Figure Skating 🖤 Wounded Hero 🤝 Forced Proximity 🧲 Opposites Attract

Thrown for a Loop

Disgraced and desperate, a figure skater takes a coaching job with her ex-lover's hockey team.

by Sarina Bowen 2025

3.82

7k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance ⛸️ Figure Skating 🖤 Wounded Hero 🤝 Forced Proximity 🧲 Opposites Attract

The Missed Connection

by Tia Williams • 2026

Her airport crush goes viral, then vanishes. Tracking him down means facing the PI she fled.

3.61

10k+

🎬 Romantic Comedy 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔍 Private Investigator Hero 💔 Love Triangle 📱 Going Viral

The Missed Connection

Her airport crush goes viral, then vanishes. Tracking him down means facing the PI she fled.

by Tia Williams 2026

3.61

10k+ ratings

🎬 Romantic Comedy 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔍 Private Investigator Hero 💔 Love Triangle 📱 Going Viral

The House of New Beginnings

by Lucy Diamond • 2017

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

3.90

6k+

🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 👭 Female Friendship 🍳 Healing Through Food 👵 Elder Wisdom

The House of New Beginnings

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

by Lucy Diamond 2017

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🌱 Starting Over 👭 Female Friendship 🍳 Healing Through Food 👵 Elder Wisdom

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

by Lynda Cohen Loigman • 2024

Sixty years after a love elixir failed, a retired pharmacist finds her first love next door.

4.04

30k+

🌿 Folk Healing Traditions 🏥 Generational Healing 💝 Late Life Love ✨ Cozy Magical Realism ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern

Sixty years after a love elixir failed, a retired pharmacist finds her first love next door.

by Lynda Cohen Loigman 2024

4.04

30k+ ratings

🌿 Folk Healing Traditions 🏥 Generational Healing 💝 Late Life Love ✨ Cozy Magical Realism ⏳ Dual Timeline

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