💔 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.

Hockey Boy

by Brittanee Nicole

A hockey star cancels his wedding to fake an engagement with the planner who broke his heart.

3.94

21k+

💍 Fake Engagement 🏒 Hockey Player Hero 🧠 Athlete Mental Health 💒 Wedding Planner 🫂 Found Family

Hockey Boy

A hockey star cancels his wedding to fake an engagement with the planner who broke his heart.

by Brittanee Nicole 2024

3.94

21k+ ratings

💍 Fake Engagement 🏒 Hockey Player Hero 🧠 Athlete Mental Health 💒 Wedding Planner 🫂 Found Family

Count Your Lucky Stars

by Alexandria Bellefleur • 2022

Estranged best friends and former secret lovers become roommates while planning a wedding together.

3.94

28k+

🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn

Count Your Lucky Stars

Estranged best friends and former secret lovers become roommates while planning a wedding together.

by Alexandria Bellefleur 2022

3.94

28k+ ratings

🌈 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn

Después de diciembre

by Joana Marcús • 2020

Jenna's college apartment has one flaw: her brilliant ex lives there, and he's unraveling fast.

4.29

91k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 😢 Angsty Romance

Después de diciembre

Jenna's college apartment has one flaw: her brilliant ex lives there, and he's unraveling fast.

by Joana Marcús 2020

4.29

91k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 😢 Angsty Romance

Jane and Dan at the End of the World

by Colleen Oakley • 2025

Dinner was to end her marriage. Instead, hostage-takers use her failed novel as their script.

3.66

15k+

🎯 Hostage Thriller 💔 Marriage In Crisis ✍️ Struggling Writer 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🌍 Climate Activism

Jane and Dan at the End of the World

Dinner was to end her marriage. Instead, hostage-takers use her failed novel as their script.

by Colleen Oakley 2025

3.66

15k+ ratings

🎯 Hostage Thriller 💔 Marriage In Crisis ✍️ Struggling Writer 💰 Heist Gone Wrong 🌍 Climate Activism

The Best Worst Thing

by Lauren Okie • 2025

Her husband's betrayal sends an IVF podcaster toward the work friend who's loved her all along.

3.91

18k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🤍 Infertility Journey 🥺 Pining Hero 💬 Witty Banter 💔 Marriage In Crisis

The Best Worst Thing

Her husband's betrayal sends an IVF podcaster toward the work friend who's loved her all along.

by Lauren Okie 2025

3.91

18k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🤍 Infertility Journey 🥺 Pining Hero 💬 Witty Banter 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Great and Precious Things

by Rebecca Yarros • 2020

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

4.04

77k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero 👴 Alzheimer's Parent

Great and Precious Things

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

by Rebecca Yarros 2020

4.04

77k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero 👴 Alzheimer's Parent

The House Guest

by Penelope Ward • 2025

An artist lost in grief. An heir trapped by legacy. One mansion, and a love neither expected.

3.90

5k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😢 Angsty Romance

The House Guest

An artist lost in grief. An heir trapped by legacy. One mansion, and a love neither expected.

by Penelope Ward 2025

3.90

5k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 😢 Angsty Romance

House of Shifting Tides

by Olivia Wildenstein • 2024

Voiceless and scaled, she's assigned a single protector: the Crow shifter who was once her mate.

4.09

6k+

🧵 Fated Mates 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Fae Court Politics 👸 Reluctant Queen 💚 Healer Heroine

House of Shifting Tides

Voiceless and scaled, she's assigned a single protector: the Crow shifter who was once her mate.

by Olivia Wildenstein 2024

4.09

6k+ ratings

🧵 Fated Mates 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👑 Fae Court Politics 👸 Reluctant Queen 💚 Healer Heroine

Secret Haven

by Catherine Cowles • 2025

A social worker proposes a fake marriage to her ex-foster brother to save his three half-sisters.

4.46

30k+

🔗 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 👫 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💭 Shared Trauma

Secret Haven

A social worker proposes a fake marriage to her ex-foster brother to save his three half-sisters.

by Catherine Cowles 2025

4.46

30k+ ratings

🔗 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 👫 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💭 Shared Trauma

Even When I'm Gone

by Nicole Fiorina • 2019

His medication stole his emotions; now she’s facing a killer with a boy who feels nothing.

4.16

11k+

💔 Tortured Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🗣️ Dual Pov 🌑 Dark And Emotional 🌱 Trauma Healing

Even When I'm Gone

His medication stole his emotions; now she’s facing a killer with a boy who feels nothing.

by Nicole Fiorina 2019

4.16

11k+ ratings

💔 Tortured Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🗣️ Dual Pov 🌑 Dark And Emotional 🌱 Trauma Healing

An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating

by Cecilia Edward • 2025

Flung from 1690 to today, a lonely witch navigates dating apps and the quiet veterinarian next door.

3.65

6k+

🧹 Cozy Witch Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐱 Animal Familiar 💔 Dating App Disasters ⚡ Opposites Attract

An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating

Flung from 1690 to today, a lonely witch navigates dating apps and the quiet veterinarian next door.

by Cecilia Edward 2025

3.65

6k+ ratings

🧹 Cozy Witch Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐱 Animal Familiar 💔 Dating App Disasters ⚡ Opposites Attract

The Bookstore Sisters

by Alice Hoffman • 2022

Summoned home, a dog walker must rescue her estranged sister and their failing island bookstore.

3.98

105k+

🏪 Family Bookstore 👭 Sibling Reconciliation 🏝️ Small Island Life 🥧 Baking Therapy 🌊 Coastal Maine

The Bookstore Sisters

Summoned home, a dog walker must rescue her estranged sister and their failing island bookstore.

by Alice Hoffman 2022

3.98

105k+ ratings

🏪 Family Bookstore 👭 Sibling Reconciliation 🏝️ Small Island Life 🥧 Baking Therapy 🌊 Coastal Maine

The Pairing

by Casey McQuiston • 2024

Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.

3.66

48k+

🚌 Forced Proximity 🌈 Queer Romance 💛 Nonbinary Protagonist 🔥 Sex Positive Romance 🍽️ Foodie Romance

The Pairing

Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.

by Casey McQuiston 2024

3.66

48k+ ratings

🚌 Forced Proximity 🌈 Queer Romance 💛 Nonbinary Protagonist 🔥 Sex Positive Romance 🍽️ Foodie Romance

The Book of Luke

by Lovell Holder

His husband's scandal costs him his kids. He returns to the reality show that broke him.

3.66

4k+

📺 Reality Show Romance 🏈 Closeted Athlete 🎭 Manipulative Partner 🫂 Chosen Family 🖤 Queer Guilt

The Book of Luke

His husband's scandal costs him his kids. He returns to the reality show that broke him.

by Lovell Holder 2025

3.66

4k+ ratings

📺 Reality Show Romance 🏈 Closeted Athlete 🎭 Manipulative Partner 🫂 Chosen Family 🖤 Queer Guilt

Bloody Heart

by Sophie Lark • 2020

A mafia heir carjacks a diplomat's daughter. One forbidden kiss, then nine years of hiding his son.

3.91

52k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🔥 Forbidden Love 🚗 Forced Proximity 💧 High Angst

Bloody Heart

A mafia heir carjacks a diplomat's daughter. One forbidden kiss, then nine years of hiding his son.

by Sophie Lark 2020

3.91

52k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🔥 Forbidden Love 🚗 Forced Proximity 💧 High Angst

Remember Love

by Mary Balogh • 2022

A disgraced earl returns to find the woman he left behind engaged to another man.

3.91

6k+

🏠 Estranged Heir 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Proposal By Heroine 🏴 Welsh Countryside 🏡 Small Town Romance

Remember Love

A disgraced earl returns to find the woman he left behind engaged to another man.

by Mary Balogh 2022

3.91

6k+ ratings

🏠 Estranged Heir 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Proposal By Heroine 🏴 Welsh Countryside 🏡 Small Town Romance

Vampires of El Norte

by Isabel Cañas • 2023

1846. War returns a vaquero to the girl he thought dead, and to the vampires stalking her.

3.88

44k+

🏚️ Colonial Gothic 📜 Historical Horror 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👑 Class Divide Romance 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Vampires of El Norte

1846. War returns a vaquero to the girl he thought dead, and to the vampires stalking her.

by Isabel Cañas 2023

3.88

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Colonial Gothic 📜 Historical Horror 💞 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👑 Class Divide Romance 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

We All Fall Down

by Natalie D. Richards • 2017

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

2.94

9k+

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

We All Fall Down

His punch shattered her. Now the haunted bridge where it happened is calling them both back.

by Natalie D. Richards 2017

2.94

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Small Town 🧠 Psychological Haunting 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma And Healing ⚖️ Guilt And Redemption

Left of Forever

by Tarah DeWitt • 2025

Anonymous letters reconnect two exes. A road trip for closure reignites the love they buried.

4.10

37k+

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🚗 Road Trip Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Co-Parenting Exes 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Marriage In Trouble

Left of Forever

Anonymous letters reconnect two exes. A road trip for closure reignites the love they buried.

by Tarah DeWitt 2025

4.10

37k+ ratings

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🚗 Road Trip Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Co-Parenting Exes 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Marriage In Trouble

My Rules

by T.L. Swan • 2024

His best friend's ex-wife asked for dating advice. He became the lesson she never forgot.

4.09

31k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 📚 Dating Lessons 🦋 Divorced Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

My Rules

His best friend's ex-wife asked for dating advice. He became the lesson she never forgot.

by T.L. Swan 2024

4.09

31k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 📚 Dating Lessons 🦋 Divorced Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

by Jennifer Hartmann

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

4.16

16k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2023

4.16

16k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance 🏥 Terminal Illness

Te espero en el fin del mundo

by Andrea Longarela • 2021

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

4.09

25k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline 💫 Sweeping Romance

Te espero en el fin del mundo

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

by Andrea Longarela 2021

4.09

25k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline 💫 Sweeping Romance

How to Say I Do

by Tal Bauer • 2023

A Texas rancher meets a jilted New Yorker. One week in Cancun turns strangers into soulmates.

4.42

9k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🌃 Opposites Attract 🩹 Hurt Comfort 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🏖️ Vacation Romance

How to Say I Do

A Texas rancher meets a jilted New Yorker. One week in Cancun turns strangers into soulmates.

by Tal Bauer 2023

4.42

9k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 🌃 Opposites Attract 🩹 Hurt Comfort 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🏖️ Vacation Romance

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

by Jesse Q. Sutanto • 2024

Chinese New Year, Jakarta: a missing deed, a hostage husband, and four aunties staging the rescue.

3.52

12k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Caper 📞 Meddling Relatives 🎭 Amateur Heist ⚡ Generation Clash 🤪 Madcap Comedy

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

Chinese New Year, Jakarta: a missing deed, a hostage husband, and four aunties staging the rescue.

by Jesse Q. Sutanto 2024

3.52

12k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Caper 📞 Meddling Relatives 🎭 Amateur Heist ⚡ Generation Clash 🤪 Madcap Comedy

The Robin on the Oak Throne

by K.A. Linde • 2025

A thief with hidden Fae heritage is forced into an alliance with the warlock who betrayed her.

4.08

11k+

💎 Heist Fantasy 🔗 Soulmate Bond 👪 Found Family 🧠 Memory Loss 💖 Romantasy

The Robin on the Oak Throne

A thief with hidden Fae heritage is forced into an alliance with the warlock who betrayed her.

by K.A. Linde 2025

4.08

11k+ ratings

💎 Heist Fantasy 🔗 Soulmate Bond 👪 Found Family 🧠 Memory Loss 💖 Romantasy

Ruin

by Samantha Towle • 2018

A champion boxer discovers his lost love dancing in a club, raising their daughter in secret.

3.79

24k+

🥊 Sports Romance 👶 Secret Baby 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🙇 Groveling Hero 💔 Angsty Romance

Ruin

A champion boxer discovers his lost love dancing in a club, raising their daughter in secret.

by Samantha Towle 2018

3.79

24k+ ratings

🥊 Sports Romance 👶 Secret Baby 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🙇 Groveling Hero 💔 Angsty Romance

The Summer We Fell

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2023

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

4.00

40k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine ⏳ Dual Timeline

The Summer We Fell

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2023

4.00

40k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine ⏳ Dual Timeline

One Foot in the Grave

by Jeaniene Frost • 2008

A half-vampire hunter's vampire ex crashes her friend's wedding with news: someone wants her dead.

4.28

109k+

🌙 Vampire Hunter Heroine 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🤝 Found Family 💔 Parental Betrayal 💬 Witty Banter

One Foot in the Grave

A half-vampire hunter's vampire ex crashes her friend's wedding with news: someone wants her dead.

by Jeaniene Frost 2008

4.28

109k+ ratings

🌙 Vampire Hunter Heroine 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🤝 Found Family 💔 Parental Betrayal 💬 Witty Banter

Melt With You

by Jennifer Dugan • 2022

One hookup ruined their friendship. A failing ice cream truck forces them onto the road together.

3.47

7k+

🫂 Best Friends To Lovers 🚛 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎓 Summer Before College

Melt With You

One hookup ruined their friendship. A failing ice cream truck forces them onto the road together.

by Jennifer Dugan 2022

3.47

7k+ ratings

🫂 Best Friends To Lovers 🚛 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎓 Summer Before College

Before Sunrise

by Diana Palmer • 2006

A museum curator is targeted after a murder. Her FBI protector: the man who once left her behind.

4.02

3k+

🏛️ Archaeological Mystery 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 👨‍👦 Single Guardian Hero 🪶 Native American Heritage 🌲 Wilderness Survival

Before Sunrise

A museum curator is targeted after a murder. Her FBI protector: the man who once left her behind.

by Diana Palmer 2006

4.02

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Archaeological Mystery 🕰️ Age Gap Romance 👨‍👦 Single Guardian Hero 🪶 Native American Heritage 🌲 Wilderness Survival

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