💔 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 Girl I Was

by Jeneva Rose

Fired and dumped in one night, Alexis wakes in 2002, face to face with her eighteen-year-old self.

3.79

32k+

🕰️ Therapeutic Time Travel 📟 Early 2000s Nostalgia 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 👯 Found Family 🥲 Bittersweet Humor

The Girl I Was

Fired and dumped in one night, Alexis wakes in 2002, face to face with her eighteen-year-old self.

by Jeneva Rose 2021

3.79

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Therapeutic Time Travel 📟 Early 2000s Nostalgia 💕 Mother-Daughter Bond 👯 Found Family 🥲 Bittersweet Humor

The Ex Vows

by Jessica Joyce • 2024

She's salvaging her best friend's wedding, and her co-planner is the ex she never got over.

4.05

72k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💒 Wedding Romance 😟 Relationship Anxiety 🌸 Earnest And Tender

The Ex Vows

She's salvaging her best friend's wedding, and her co-planner is the ex she never got over.

by Jessica Joyce 2024

4.05

72k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💒 Wedding Romance 😟 Relationship Anxiety 🌸 Earnest And Tender

Three Days in June

by Anne Tyler • 2025

At her daughter's wedding, Gail faces the ex-husband she betrayed and a secret she buried.

3.59

126k+

🏡 Domestic Fiction 💒 Wedding Weekend 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension 🌱 Late-Life Renewal 🥀 Bittersweet Reflection

Three Days in June

At her daughter's wedding, Gail faces the ex-husband she betrayed and a secret she buried.

by Anne Tyler 2025

3.59

126k+ ratings

🏡 Domestic Fiction 💒 Wedding Weekend 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension 🌱 Late-Life Renewal 🥀 Bittersweet Reflection

The Professor

by Charlotte Brontë • 1857

An orphan rejects his family's patronage, finding purpose and love in a Belgian schoolroom.

3.54

30k+

🕰️ Victorian England 🏭 Social Realism 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Teacher Protagonist ⚖️ Marriage Of Equals

The Professor

An orphan rejects his family's patronage, finding purpose and love in a Belgian schoolroom.

by Charlotte Brontë 1857

3.54

30k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian England 🏭 Social Realism 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Teacher Protagonist ⚖️ Marriage Of Equals

The Infinity Between Us

by N.S. Perkins • 2021

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

3.82

29k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief 🥀 Bittersweet

The Infinity Between Us

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

by N.S. Perkins 2021

3.82

29k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief 🥀 Bittersweet

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

Her first love wants a second chance, but her abusive ex still controls her life.

4.40

11k+

💕 First Love Reunion 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🏠 Found Family 💔 Breaking The Cycle 🫂 Abuse Recovery

It Starts with Us, It Ends with Us Collection

Her first love wants a second chance, but her abusive ex still controls her life.

by Colleen Hoover 2022

4.40

11k+ ratings

💕 First Love Reunion 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🏠 Found Family 💔 Breaking The Cycle 🫂 Abuse Recovery

Finding Cinderella

by Colleen Hoover • 2013

A school-closet kiss, a vanished girl, a year of searching: she's back, hiding their child.

3.92

213k+

🍼 Secret Baby 💕 High School Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Angsty Romance 📖 Companion Novella

Finding Cinderella

A school-closet kiss, a vanished girl, a year of searching: she's back, hiding their child.

by Colleen Hoover 2013

3.92

213k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby 💕 High School Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Angsty Romance 📖 Companion Novella

The Enemy

by Sarah Adams • 2020

Her high school nemesis, now a star chef, returns to cater a wedding in her bakery.

3.73

52k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meddling Family 🍩 Bakery Romance

The Enemy

Her high school nemesis, now a star chef, returns to cater a wedding in her bakery.

by Sarah Adams 2020

3.73

52k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meddling Family 🍩 Bakery Romance

The Dating Plan

by Sara Desai • 2021

A fake engagement. A color-coded spreadsheet. And the one man she swore she'd never trust again.

3.62

47k+

🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Matchmaking Family 💬 Witty Banter

The Dating Plan

A fake engagement. A color-coded spreadsheet. And the one man she swore she'd never trust again.

by Sara Desai 2021

3.62

47k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Brother's Best Friend ⚡ Opposites Attract 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Matchmaking Family 💬 Witty Banter

Illuminae

by Amie Kaufman • 2015

Fleeing a corporate attack, two exes board a warship whose damaged AI has begun sacrificing crew.

4.24

162k+

🔖 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🤖 Rogue AI ⌨️ Hacker Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple 🩸 Survival Horror

Illuminae

Fleeing a corporate attack, two exes board a warship whose damaged AI has begun sacrificing crew.

by Amie Kaufman 2015

4.24

162k+ ratings

🔖 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🤖 Rogue AI ⌨️ Hacker Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple 🩸 Survival Horror

The Favorites

by Layne Fargo • 2025

Two outcast ice dancers rise to Olympic gold, until scandal strips their medals and their bond.

4.02

275k+

⛸️ Ice Dancing 🌎 Us Against The World 🖤 Toxic Love 🔪 Ruthless Ambition 🎬 Documentary Style

The Favorites

Two outcast ice dancers rise to Olympic gold, until scandal strips their medals and their bond.

by Layne Fargo 2025

4.02

275k+ ratings

⛸️ Ice Dancing 🌎 Us Against The World 🖤 Toxic Love 🔪 Ruthless Ambition 🎬 Documentary Style

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel García Márquez • 1985

A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.

3.94

552k+

💔 Unrequited Love 🌧️ Melancholic Atmosphere 🏝️ Caribbean Setting 🏚️ Colonial Decay 🚢 River Journey

Love in the Time of Cholera

A penniless suitor waits a lifetime for his first love, who marries a celebrated doctor.

by Gabriel García Márquez 1985

3.94

552k+ ratings

💔 Unrequited Love 🌧️ Melancholic Atmosphere 🏝️ Caribbean Setting 🏚️ Colonial Decay 🚢 River Journey

Find Me

by André Aciman • 2019

Ten years after their summer romance, Oliver returns to Italy. Elio has spent a decade waiting.

3.25

87k+

💕 Age Gap Romance 📚 Literary Romance 🕯️ Holocaust Legacy 🎵 Musical Mystery 🌊 Melancholic Longing

Find Me

Ten years after their summer romance, Oliver returns to Italy. Elio has spent a decade waiting.

by André Aciman 2019

3.25

87k+ ratings

💕 Age Gap Romance 📚 Literary Romance 🕯️ Holocaust Legacy 🎵 Musical Mystery 🌊 Melancholic Longing

The Fix

by Mia Sheridan

To rescue her abducted son, a woman must rely on the man she once helped destroy.

4.12

38k+

🚨 Child Abduction 🔪 Revenge Thriller ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🖤 Trauma Healing 🔍 Family Secrets

The Fix

To rescue her abducted son, a woman must rely on the man she once helped destroy.

by Mia Sheridan 2025

4.12

38k+ ratings

🚨 Child Abduction 🔪 Revenge Thriller ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation 🖤 Trauma Healing 🔍 Family Secrets

Middletide

by Sarah Crouch • 2024

A writer returns to his hometown, a suspicious death, and a diary that accuses him of murder.

3.51

20k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🎭 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⏳ Dual Timeline ✍️ Writer Protagonist

Middletide

A writer returns to his hometown, a suspicious death, and a diary that accuses him of murder.

by Sarah Crouch 2024

3.51

20k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🎭 Wrongful Accusation ⚖️ Courtroom Drama ⏳ Dual Timeline ✍️ Writer Protagonist

City of Night Birds

by Juhea Kim • 2024

A ballerina returns to St. Petersburg, where dancing again forces her to confront buried secrets.

3.62

14k+

🩰 Ballet 🌃 St. Petersburg 🎭 Sacrifice For Art ✍️ Lyrical Prose 📖 Book Club

City of Night Birds

A ballerina returns to St. Petersburg, where dancing again forces her to confront buried secrets.

by Juhea Kim 2024

3.62

14k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet 🌃 St. Petersburg 🎭 Sacrifice For Art ✍️ Lyrical Prose 📖 Book Club

Wild and Wrangled

by Lyla Sage • 2025

Left at the altar, a single mother discovers her new landlord is the cowboy she left behind.

3.92

130k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🐴 Ranch Setting

Wild and Wrangled

Left at the altar, a single mother discovers her new landlord is the cowboy she left behind.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.92

130k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🐴 Ranch Setting

These Violent Delights

by Chloe Gong • 2020

Rival gang heirs and former lovers must ally to stop a madness devouring 1926 Shanghai.

3.79

171k+

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔪 Rival Gangs 🦠 Body Horror

These Violent Delights

Rival gang heirs and former lovers must ally to stop a madness devouring 1926 Shanghai.

by Chloe Gong 2020

3.79

171k+ ratings

🎭 Shakespeare Retelling 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔪 Rival Gangs 🦠 Body Horror

Coach

by Devney Perry • 2023

Back as head coach, her former best friend wants a second chance their jobs forbid.

3.94

59k+

👨‍👧 Single Father 💼 Workplace Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏈 College Football 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Coach

Back as head coach, her former best friend wants a second chance their jobs forbid.

by Devney Perry 2023

3.94

59k+ ratings

👨‍👧 Single Father 💼 Workplace Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏈 College Football 🏘️ Small Town Romance

One for the Money

by Janet Evanovich • 1994

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

4.05

581k+

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor 🏖️ Beach Read

One for the Money

An unemployed lingerie buyer turns bounty hunter. Her first target: the ex cop accused of murder.

by Janet Evanovich 1994

4.05

581k+ ratings

🕵️ Comic Mystery 🤦 Accidental Detective 💬 Witty Banter 😄 Dark Humor 🏖️ Beach Read

Wrath

by Ella James

The stranger he saved from the lake becomes his stepbrother, his rival, and his deepest secret.

4.18

14k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Stepbrother Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏈 College Football Romance ⚠️ Conversion Therapy

Wrath

The stranger he saved from the lake becomes his stepbrother, his rival, and his deepest secret.

by Ella James 2021

4.18

14k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Stepbrother Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏈 College Football Romance ⚠️ Conversion Therapy

ASAP

by Axie Oh • 2024

Quitting her idol debut, a CEO's daughter risks her family's empire for her K-pop ex.

3.90

10k+

🎤 K-Pop Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Idol Industry 😰 Parental Pressure

ASAP

Quitting her idol debut, a CEO's daughter risks her family's empire for her K-pop ex.

by Axie Oh 2024

3.90

10k+ ratings

🎤 K-Pop Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Idol Industry 😰 Parental Pressure

Pictures of You

by Emma Grey • 2024

A widow with amnesia flees her husband's funeral into a stranger's car to reclaim her past.

3.99

60k+

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Amnesia 🔐 Family Secrets ⛓️ Coercive Control 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Pictures of You

A widow with amnesia flees her husband's funeral into a stranger's car to reclaim her past.

by Emma Grey 2024

3.99

60k+ ratings

🔍 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Amnesia 🔐 Family Secrets ⛓️ Coercive Control 🌱 Trauma Recovery

The Republic of Thieves

by Scott Lynch • 2013

A master thief, cured of poison by a mage, must rig an election against his brilliant ex-lover.

4.21

122k+

🎭 Heist Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue 💔 Rivals To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Witty Banter

The Republic of Thieves

A master thief, cured of poison by a mage, must rig an election against his brilliant ex-lover.

by Scott Lynch 2013

4.21

122k+ ratings

🎭 Heist Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue 💔 Rivals To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Witty Banter

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

by Emma R. Alban • 2024

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

3.76

22k+

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💌 Secret Relationship 🎩 Rebellious Heroine

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

by Emma R. Alban 2024

3.76

22k+ ratings

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💌 Secret Relationship 🎩 Rebellious Heroine

The Breakaway

by Jennifer Weiner • 2023

A bike tour leader juggles her mother's judgment, her boyfriend's plans, and an old flame's return.

3.75

63k+

🔺 Love Triangle 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🪞 Body Image 🫄 Teen Pregnancy 🍂 Upstate New York

The Breakaway

A bike tour leader juggles her mother's judgment, her boyfriend's plans, and an old flame's return.

by Jennifer Weiner 2023

3.75

63k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 🪞 Body Image 🫄 Teen Pregnancy 🍂 Upstate New York

Bitten

by Kelley Armstrong • 2001

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

4.02

106k+

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero 🔥 Dark Sensuality

Bitten

A rogue werewolf's attacks force the only female werewolf back to her pack and possessive ex.

by Kelley Armstrong 2001

4.02

106k+ ratings

🐺 Werewolf Pack Politics 🌕 Reluctant Werewolf 💞 Fated Mates 🖤 Alpha Hero 🔥 Dark Sensuality

The Light We Lost

by Jill Santopolo • 2017

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

3.84

201k+

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City 💔 Ugly Cry

The Light We Lost

They met on 9/11. He chased war zones; she built a life without him.

by Jill Santopolo 2017

3.84

201k+ ratings

🖤 Love Triangle 💌 First Love 🥀 Bittersweet 🗽 New York City 💔 Ugly Cry

Wreck the Halls

by Tessa Bailey • 2023

Faking peace on live TV, two rock-star kids reunite their mothers' band and fight their desire.

3.36

118k+

🎬 Reality Tv Romance 🎸 Rock Star Legacy 🏠 Forced Proximity 😳 Awkward Heroine 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Healing

Wreck the Halls

Faking peace on live TV, two rock-star kids reunite their mothers' band and fight their desire.

by Tessa Bailey 2023

3.36

118k+ ratings

🎬 Reality Tv Romance 🎸 Rock Star Legacy 🏠 Forced Proximity 😳 Awkward Heroine 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Healing

Between Never and Forever

by Shain Rose • 2024

A pop star's PR romance derails when her secret ex forces a fake engagement.

3.85

19k+

🎤 Pop Star Romance 💍 Fake Engagement ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 🖤 Possessive Hero 😭 Angsty Contemporary

Between Never and Forever

A pop star's PR romance derails when her secret ex forces a fake engagement.

by Shain Rose 2024

3.85

19k+ ratings

🎤 Pop Star Romance 💍 Fake Engagement ⛓️ Trauma Bonding 🖤 Possessive Hero 😭 Angsty Contemporary

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