💔 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.

Loving Whiskey

by Brittanee Nicole

He destroyed her for a leak she never made. She's pregnant. He's out of second chances.

4.08

7k+

🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🙇 Groveling Hero 💼 Billionaire Hero 💣 Suspenseful Romance

Loving Whiskey

He destroyed her for a leak she never made. She's pregnant. He's out of second chances.

by Brittanee Nicole 2022

4.08

7k+ ratings

🤰 Surprise Pregnancy 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🙇 Groveling Hero 💼 Billionaire Hero 💣 Suspenseful Romance

Las luces de febrero

by Joana Marcús • 2023

Ellie battles sexism on the court and an old crush; her brother falls for the caregiver.

3.67

16k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏀 Sports Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👫 Sibling Bond 🌈 Gay Awakening

Las luces de febrero

Ellie battles sexism on the court and an old crush; her brother falls for the caregiver.

by Joana Marcús 2023

3.67

16k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏀 Sports Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👫 Sibling Bond 🌈 Gay Awakening

Going the Distance

by Beth Reekles • 2020

Her boyfriend's viral photo shows another girl. The new kid is the one who shows up.

3.65

10k+

📱 Long Distance Relationship 🎓 High School Senior Year 💬 Miscommunication Trope 💔 Angsty Romance 👯 Friend Group Drama

Going the Distance

Her boyfriend's viral photo shows another girl. The new kid is the one who shows up.

by Beth Reekles 2020

3.65

10k+ ratings

📱 Long Distance Relationship 🎓 High School Senior Year 💬 Miscommunication Trope 💔 Angsty Romance 👯 Friend Group Drama

Cocky Bastard

by Penelope Ward • 2015

A guarded lawyer and an Aussie biker share a cross-country ride that turns banter into sparks.

4.13

41k+

🚗 Road Trip Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🩹 Wounded Hero 💒 Fake Wedding

Cocky Bastard

A guarded lawyer and an Aussie biker share a cross-country ride that turns banter into sparks.

by Penelope Ward 2015

4.13

41k+ ratings

🚗 Road Trip Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🩹 Wounded Hero 💒 Fake Wedding

Facing West

by Lucy Lennox • 2017

A baby brings him home to the Texas doctor he never forgot, but old betrayals still burn.

4.16

10k+

🏡 Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Unexpected Guardian 🎨 Tattoo Artist 🩺 Doctor Hero

Facing West

A baby brings him home to the Texas doctor he never forgot, but old betrayals still burn.

by Lucy Lennox 2017

4.16

10k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Unexpected Guardian 🎨 Tattoo Artist 🩺 Doctor Hero

Without the Moon

by Larissa C. Moyer • 2024

A burlesque dancer's childhood love reappears seven years after the trauma that shattered them both.

4.38

374

👧 Childhood Sweethearts 🪢 Trauma Bond 💫 Mutual Pining 🌧️ Melancholy 🏙️ LA Nightlife

Without the Moon

A burlesque dancer's childhood love reappears seven years after the trauma that shattered them both.

by Larissa C. Moyer 2024

4.38

374 ratings

👧 Childhood Sweethearts 🪢 Trauma Bond 💫 Mutual Pining 🌧️ Melancholy 🏙️ LA Nightlife

This Life and All the Rest

by Brit Benson • 2022

She fled her stepbrother and her hometown. Now her father's collapse drags her back into his orbit.

4.28

17k+

💫 Step-Sibling Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Angsty Romance 😢 Tearjerker

This Life and All the Rest

She fled her stepbrother and her hometown. Now her father's collapse drags her back into his orbit.

by Brit Benson 2022

4.28

17k+ ratings

💫 Step-Sibling Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Angsty Romance 😢 Tearjerker

The Love You Fight For

by Brit Benson • 2024

A fleeing senator's daughter collides with a small-town mechanic, reigniting a dangerous attraction.

4.3

7k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🖤 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 🕯️ Slow Burn

The Love You Fight For

A fleeing senator's daughter collides with a small-town mechanic, reigniting a dangerous attraction.

by Brit Benson 2024

4.3

7k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🖤 Trauma Survivor Heroine 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero 🕯️ Slow Burn

Fearless

by B.B. Reid • 2016

Accused of murdering her lover's father, she faces a trial that could destroy their dark love.

4.26

7k+

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Alpha Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💼 Murder Trial 🛡️ Protector Heroine

Fearless

Accused of murdering her lover's father, she faces a trial that could destroy their dark love.

by B.B. Reid 2016

4.26

7k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🖤 Alpha Hero 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💼 Murder Trial 🛡️ Protector Heroine

Lethal Redemption

by April Hunt • 2019

To save the VP's daughter, an FBI profiler infiltrates the cult she escaped as a child.

4.00

596

🔒 Cult Thriller 🎭 Undercover Couple 🏠 Found Family 🎖️ Ex-Military Hero 💪 Survivor Heroine

Lethal Redemption

To save the VP's daughter, an FBI profiler infiltrates the cult she escaped as a child.

by April Hunt 2019

4.00

596 ratings

🔒 Cult Thriller 🎭 Undercover Couple 🏠 Found Family 🎖️ Ex-Military Hero 💪 Survivor Heroine

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith

by Rebecca Ide • 2025

Sealed inside a decaying manor, an heir must trust his first love to catch a killer.

3.62

973

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🔒 Closed Circle Murder 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith

Sealed inside a decaying manor, an heir must trust his first love to catch a killer.

by Rebecca Ide 2025

3.62

973 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🔒 Closed Circle Murder 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Homemaker

by Jewel E. Ann • 2025

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

4.33

6k+

👶 Secret Baby 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Homemaker

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

by Jewel E. Ann 2025

4.33

6k+ ratings

👶 Secret Baby 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Kingmaker

by Kennedy Ryan • 2019

She fought his pipeline. He stole her heart. Years later, she runs his brother's presidential bid.

4.02

26k+

🏛️ Political Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Indigenous Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 😢 High Angst

The Kingmaker

She fought his pipeline. He stole her heart. Years later, she runs his brother's presidential bid.

by Kennedy Ryan 2019

4.02

26k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Indigenous Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 😢 High Angst

Dance of a Burning Sea

by E.J. Mellow • 2021

Kidnapped by the pirate who broke her heart, a fire dancer wagers three days against a year.

4.24

9k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔗 Captive Romance 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance

Dance of a Burning Sea

Kidnapped by the pirate who broke her heart, a fire dancer wagers three days against a year.

by E.J. Mellow 2021

4.24

9k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identities 🔗 Captive Romance 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance

Unwritten by the Gods

by Caty Rogan

A rebel infiltrates a pleasure house and finds the warrior she loved and their secret daughter.

4.48

1k+

👶 Secret Child 💔 Forbidden Love ⚡ Defying The Gods ✊ Women-Led Rebellion 🏠 Found Family

Unwritten by the Gods

A rebel infiltrates a pleasure house and finds the warrior she loved and their secret daughter.

by Caty Rogan

4.48

1k+ ratings

👶 Secret Child 💔 Forbidden Love ⚡ Defying The Gods ✊ Women-Led Rebellion 🏠 Found Family

More Than Words

by Mia Sheridan • 2018

A translator in France rediscovers her childhood love, now a composer hiding a shameful secret.

3.86

31k+

🧸 Childhood Friends 🎵 Musician Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🤫 Hidden Disability 📜 Dual Timeline Romance

More Than Words

A translator in France rediscovers her childhood love, now a composer hiding a shameful secret.

by Mia Sheridan 2018

3.86

31k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Friends 🎵 Musician Romance 💔 Wounded Hero 🤫 Hidden Disability 📜 Dual Timeline Romance

Obsidio

by Amie Kaufman • 2018

Refugees launch a desperate mission: free a frozen colony and expose the corporation behind it all.

4.44

58k+

📄 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🚀 Space Opera 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🤖 AI Morality ⛓️ Occupied Territory

Obsidio

Refugees launch a desperate mission: free a frozen colony and expose the corporation behind it all.

by Amie Kaufman 2018

4.44

58k+ ratings

📄 Epistolary Sci-Fi 🚀 Space Opera 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🤖 AI Morality ⛓️ Occupied Territory

92 Pacific Boulevard

by Debbie Macomber • 2006

Ten abandoned puppies and an ex-husband with a younger woman crash a tree farmer's Christmas.

4.15

11k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ✨ Cozy Christmas Energy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Blended Family 🐕 Animal Rescue

92 Pacific Boulevard

Ten abandoned puppies and an ex-husband with a younger woman crash a tree farmer's Christmas.

by Debbie Macomber 2006

4.15

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance 🎄 Holiday Romance ✨ Cozy Christmas Energy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Blended Family 🐕 Animal Rescue

More of You

by A.L. Jackson • 2018

Threats invade her crumbling plantation. Her only hope is the man who broke her heart.

4.06

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

More of You

Threats invade her crumbling plantation. Her only hope is the man who broke her heart.

by A.L. Jackson 2018

4.06

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

Hands Down

by Mariana Zapata • 2020

She brings bad news to the quarterback she once loved, cracking open ten years of silence.

3.88

52k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏈 Football Romance 🧒 Childhood Friends 🏠 Found Family 😌 Low Angst

Hands Down

She brings bad news to the quarterback she once loved, cracking open ten years of silence.

by Mariana Zapata 2020

3.88

52k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏈 Football Romance 🧒 Childhood Friends 🏠 Found Family 😌 Low Angst

Smart, Sexy and Secretive

by Tammy Falkner • 2013

Three months gone. One deaf artist waiting. She's back, but her father already chose her husband.

4.21

17k+

🤟 Deaf Love Interest 🫂 Found Family 💝 Sacrifice For Love 🎵 Music School 👨‍👧 Family Disapproval

Smart, Sexy and Secretive

Three months gone. One deaf artist waiting. She's back, but her father already chose her husband.

by Tammy Falkner 2013

4.21

17k+ ratings

🤟 Deaf Love Interest 🫂 Found Family 💝 Sacrifice For Love 🎵 Music School 👨‍👧 Family Disapproval

The Hollow Alpha

by Himera Ink • 2025

A king rejects his fated mate, she severs the bond, and his hellhound breaks free.

3.83

5k+

🖤 Rejected Mates 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Shifter Court 😢 High Angst 🐺 Beast Within

The Hollow Alpha

A king rejects his fated mate, she severs the bond, and his hellhound breaks free.

by Himera Ink 2025

3.83

5k+ ratings

🖤 Rejected Mates 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Shifter Court 😢 High Angst 🐺 Beast Within

Only You

by Samantha Young • 2023

She returns to the Highlands to find the boy she loved is now a Hollywood stranger.

4.19

6k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🎬 Celebrity Hero 🩹 Trauma Healing 💔 Mutual Pining 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highland Village

Only You

She returns to the Highlands to find the boy she loved is now a Hollywood stranger.

by Samantha Young 2023

4.19

6k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🎬 Celebrity Hero 🩹 Trauma Healing 💔 Mutual Pining 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highland Village

The Devil's Den

by Penny Dee • 2023

To settle an old score, a mafia king forces his childhood love into marriage.

3.93

10k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dark Hero 😢 Angsty Romance

The Devil's Den

To settle an old score, a mafia king forces his childhood love into marriage.

by Penny Dee 2023

3.93

10k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🖤 Dark Hero 😢 Angsty Romance

Born By Moonlight

by Krista Street • 2021

Comet magic is killing her. Her last hope is the alpha werewolf who shattered her heart.

4.12

7k+

🖤 Fated Mates ✨ Magical Illness 💫 Amnesia Romance 🌟 Cosmic Prophecy 👥 Dual Pov Romance

Born By Moonlight

Comet magic is killing her. Her last hope is the alpha werewolf who shattered her heart.

by Krista Street 2021

4.12

7k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates ✨ Magical Illness 💫 Amnesia Romance 🌟 Cosmic Prophecy 👥 Dual Pov Romance

Written with Regret

by Aly Martinez • 2019

His world implodes when the woman who abandoned his baby returns, demanding a second chance.

4.34

14k+

👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🖤 Trauma Bonded 🔥 Slow Burn 🌱 Healing Journey

Written with Regret

His world implodes when the woman who abandoned his baby returns, demanding a second chance.

by Aly Martinez 2019

4.34

14k+ ratings

👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🖤 Trauma Bonded 🔥 Slow Burn 🌱 Healing Journey

You Deserve Each Other

by Sarah Hogle • 2020

Engaged and miserable, Naomi and Nicholas wage a petty war, daring each other to end it.

3.86

145k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👿 Meddling In-Laws 💬 Witty Banter 🙃 Sarcastic Narrator

You Deserve Each Other

Engaged and miserable, Naomi and Nicholas wage a petty war, daring each other to end it.

by Sarah Hogle 2020

3.86

145k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👿 Meddling In-Laws 💬 Witty Banter 🙃 Sarcastic Narrator

A Sea of Unspoken Things

by Adrienne Young • 2025

An artist returns to her forest hometown after her twin's death. Their psychic bond reveals murder.

3.67

29k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🔎 Missing Girl 👯 Twin Bond ✨ Psychic Visions 🌲 Forested Small Town

A Sea of Unspoken Things

An artist returns to her forest hometown after her twin's death. Their psychic bond reveals murder.

by Adrienne Young 2025

3.67

29k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🔎 Missing Girl 👯 Twin Bond ✨ Psychic Visions 🌲 Forested Small Town

Nightborn

by Jessica Thorne • 2020

When an exiled king's forced marriage erases his love for a soldier, a magical plague awakens.

4.10

888

💍 Forced Marriage 🔮 Memory Loss 🦠 Magical Plague 🤝 Found Family 🧩 Hidden Heritage

Nightborn

When an exiled king's forced marriage erases his love for a soldier, a magical plague awakens.

by Jessica Thorne 2020

4.10

888 ratings

💍 Forced Marriage 🔮 Memory Loss 🦠 Magical Plague 🤝 Found Family 🧩 Hidden Heritage

Winning With Him

by Lauren Blakely • 2021

A rookie catcher falls for a veteran shortstop, but his father's addiction threatens to out them.

4.20

5k+

🧢 Baseball Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🛋️ Therapy And Healing 👨‍👨‍👦 Chosen Family 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

Winning With Him

A rookie catcher falls for a veteran shortstop, but his father's addiction threatens to out them.

by Lauren Blakely 2021

4.20

5k+ ratings

🧢 Baseball Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🛋️ Therapy And Healing 👨‍👨‍👦 Chosen Family 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

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