💔 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.

Devil in Boots

by Stacey Marie Brown • 2023

He killed her father. Now he's her only hope to survive a fae lord's fatal vow.

4.10

823

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Steamy Romance 🐱 Cat Shifter

Devil in Boots

He killed her father. Now he's her only hope to survive a fae lord's fatal vow.

by Stacey Marie Brown 2023

4.10

823 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Pirate Romance 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Steamy Romance 🐱 Cat Shifter

Bad Wrong Things

by C.P. Harris • 2022

The boy he rescued became the man he craves. Their love could destroy them.

3.94

6k+

🚫 Taboo Romance ⏳ Forbidden Age Gap 🌀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Possessive Hero 😢 Emotional Angst

Bad Wrong Things

The boy he rescued became the man he craves. Their love could destroy them.

by C.P. Harris 2022

3.94

6k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance ⏳ Forbidden Age Gap 🌀 Toxic Obsession 🔒 Possessive Hero 😢 Emotional Angst

The Pentagram Child

by Stephanie Hudson • 2014

A demon king left her. His return awakens old desire and a prophecy written in blood.

4.54

5k+

💫 Fated Mates 🔥 Demonic Hero 🔮 Prophecy And Destiny 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Pentagram Child

A demon king left her. His return awakens old desire and a prophecy written in blood.

by Stephanie Hudson 2014

4.54

5k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🔥 Demonic Hero 🔮 Prophecy And Destiny 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Hidden Identity

Mr. Charming

by Piper Rayne • 2025

Assigned to her hockey star ex's team, she fakes a new romance to guard her heart.

4.02

12k+

🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Secret Pining 🏒 Hockey Team Dynamics

Mr. Charming

Assigned to her hockey star ex's team, she fakes a new romance to guard her heart.

by Piper Rayne 2025

4.02

12k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Boyfriend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 👀 Secret Pining 🏒 Hockey Team Dynamics

Cut and Run

by Fern Michaels • 2019

When a wealthy widow is kidnapped in Spain, her friends deploy every weapon they have.

4.41

5k+

🦸 Vigilante Justice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hostage Rescue 🌄 Rural Spain 💔 Estranged Heirs

Cut and Run

When a wealthy widow is kidnapped in Spain, her friends deploy every weapon they have.

by Fern Michaels 2019

4.41

5k+ ratings

🦸 Vigilante Justice 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎯 Hostage Rescue 🌄 Rural Spain 💔 Estranged Heirs

The Weekenders

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2016

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

3.76

40k+

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing 💪 Resilient Heroine

The Weekenders

Her marriage was ending; then her husband vanished, his debts surfaced, and a body washed ashore.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2016

3.76

40k+ ratings

🏖️ Beach Town Mystery 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💰 Financial Betrayal 🔍 Amateur Sleuthing 💪 Resilient Heroine

The Summer I Saved You

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2023

A single mother's new boss is the boy she watched from the dock one childhood summer.

3.85

13k+

🏢 Workplace Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom 💗 Childhood Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌱 Healing Journey

The Summer I Saved You

A single mother's new boss is the boy she watched from the dock one childhood summer.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2023

3.85

13k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mom 💗 Childhood Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌱 Healing Journey

The Shadow Throne

by Django Wexler • 2014

A princess who cannot die secretly leads the revolution against her own kingdom's secret police.

4.12

12k+

🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Political Intrigue 💕 Sapphic Romance ⚔️ Woman Passing As Man 👥 Found Family

The Shadow Throne

A princess who cannot die secretly leads the revolution against her own kingdom's secret police.

by Django Wexler 2014

4.12

12k+ ratings

🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🎭 Political Intrigue 💕 Sapphic Romance ⚔️ Woman Passing As Man 👥 Found Family

Sweet

by Tammara Webber • 2015

After ditching med school, she comes home to the garage owner who saved her from drowning.

3.9

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Sweet

After ditching med school, she comes home to the garage owner who saved her from drowning.

by Tammara Webber 2015

3.9

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌊 Coastal Small Town

The Sweet Gum Tree

by Katherine Allred • 2005

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

4.25

31k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Angsty Romance

The Sweet Gum Tree

Alix loves the town outcast, but violence exiles him and a secret traps her fifteen years.

by Katherine Allred 2005

4.25

31k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛤️ Wrong Side Of The Tracks 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 💔 Angsty Romance

The Book of Autumn

by Molly O'Sullivan • 2025

At her desert alma mater, a Magician faces a murder and the soul-bound ex she fled.

3.33

1k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Magical College 🔗 Soul Bond 🔍 Magical Investigation 🕯️ Secret Society

The Book of Autumn

At her desert alma mater, a Magician faces a murder and the soul-bound ex she fled.

by Molly O'Sullivan 2025

3.33

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Magical College 🔗 Soul Bond 🔍 Magical Investigation 🕯️ Secret Society

The Rumble and the Glory

by J.A. Huss • 2024

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

4.25

988

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Rumble and the Glory

A former Marine comes home to find his high school sweetheart living in his childhood house.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.25

988 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Boyfriend Comeback

by Lauren Blakely • 2022

After one night together, his quarterback rival ghosts him. Then a trade makes them neighbors.

4.11

5k+

⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌈 Coming Out 🔥 High Heat

The Boyfriend Comeback

After one night together, his quarterback rival ghosts him. Then a trade makes them neighbors.

by Lauren Blakely 2022

4.11

5k+ ratings

⚔️ Rivals To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🌈 Coming Out 🔥 High Heat

Resting Witch Face

by Juliette Cross • 2022

To secure werewolf rights, a witch enforcer must campaign beside the vampire overlord she left.

4.18

12k+

💫 Fated Mates 🏛️ Supernatural Politics 🧛 Alpha Vampire ✨ Witch Sisterhood 🎷 Magical New Orleans

Resting Witch Face

To secure werewolf rights, a witch enforcer must campaign beside the vampire overlord she left.

by Juliette Cross 2022

4.18

12k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🏛️ Supernatural Politics 🧛 Alpha Vampire ✨ Witch Sisterhood 🎷 Magical New Orleans

Prototype

by M.D. Waters • 2014

A clone with another's past flees her creator-husband, who will wipe her memory to reclaim her.

3.77

2k+

🧬 Clone Identity ✊ Resistance Movement 🌃 Dystopian Love Story 👤 Obsessive Ex 🤥 Friend Betrayal

Prototype

A clone with another's past flees her creator-husband, who will wipe her memory to reclaim her.

by M.D. Waters 2014

3.77

2k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity ✊ Resistance Movement 🌃 Dystopian Love Story 👤 Obsessive Ex 🤥 Friend Betrayal

The Understatement of the Year

by Sarina Bowen • 2014

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

4.06

22k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 💗 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 🩹 Hurt Comfort

The Understatement of the Year

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

by Sarina Bowen 2014

4.06

22k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete 💗 Teammates To Lovers 🤫 Secret Relationship 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Between the Pines

by Amber Palmer • 2025

Fleeing a cheating cowboy, she meets a scarred bartender in Tennessee. One night she can't outrun.

3.83

17k+

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Grumpy Cowboy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Between the Pines

Fleeing a cheating cowboy, she meets a scarred bartender in Tennessee. One night she can't outrun.

by Amber Palmer 2025

3.83

17k+ ratings

🐴 Cowboy Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Grumpy Cowboy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

It's Different This Time

by Joss Richard • 2025

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

3.97

38k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Broadway Theater

It's Different This Time

An actress inherits a brownstone with the best friend she spent a decade almost loving.

by Joss Richard 2025

3.97

38k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 💫 Almost Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎭 Broadway Theater

Always On My Mind

by Beth Moran • 2023

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

4.23

12k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌳 English Village

Always On My Mind

Living with the man whose accident she caused would be easier if he remembered their kiss.

by Beth Moran 2023

4.23

12k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🧠 Amnesia Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌳 English Village

Etéreo

by Joana Marcús • 2020

Jenna returns to college. The ex she fled is now her roommate, and he's spiraling.

4.43

32k+

🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💪 Addiction Recovery 💬 Sarcastic Banter

Etéreo

Jenna returns to college. The ex she fled is now her roommate, and he's spiraling.

by Joana Marcús 2020

4.43

32k+ ratings

🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 💪 Addiction Recovery 💬 Sarcastic Banter

Meeting Mungo Thunk

by Keith A. Pearson • 2018

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

4.49

3k+

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 😂 British Humor 🫂 Odd Couple Friendship 🏠 Small Town England

Meeting Mungo Thunk

Jilted and broke, a window cleaner rents to a lodger whose logic feels almost supernatural.

by Keith A. Pearson 2018

4.49

3k+ ratings

🧑 Lovable Underachiever 👻 Supernatural Mentor 😂 British Humor 🫂 Odd Couple Friendship 🏠 Small Town England

Secrets

by Fern Michaels • 2022

A fire-scarred trunk lands at an art center, pulling a psychic into a decades-old disappearance.

4.21

7k+

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🛋️ Cozy Mystery Energy 👫 Lost Siblings Reunited 🎨 Artists' Colony

Secrets

A fire-scarred trunk lands at an art center, pulling a psychic into a decades-old disappearance.

by Fern Michaels 2022

4.21

7k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Sleuth 🤝 Found Family 🛋️ Cozy Mystery Energy 👫 Lost Siblings Reunited 🎨 Artists' Colony

Forever Reign

by V.B. Lacey • 2024

A dead huntress must give up the world's stolen magic and her king to save nature.

4.08

1k+

🔥 Elemental Magic 👪 Found Family 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice

Forever Reign

A dead huntress must give up the world's stolen magic and her king to save nature.

by V.B. Lacey 2024

4.08

1k+ ratings

🔥 Elemental Magic 👪 Found Family 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🕊️ Self-Sacrifice

Everafter Song

by Emily R. King • 2019

A clockwork-hearted fugitive must stop an immortal prince before his song wakes the ancient giants.

4.22

2k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⏳ Time Travel Fantasy 🩵 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Hero 🎻 Music As Magic

Everafter Song

A clockwork-hearted fugitive must stop an immortal prince before his song wakes the ancient giants.

by Emily R. King 2019

4.22

2k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⏳ Time Travel Fantasy 🩵 Found Family ⚔️ Reluctant Hero 🎻 Music As Magic

Scandalo a Hollywood

by Felicia Kingsley • 2025

A gossip-king's deal with his journalist rival reignites old wounds and a spark neither saw coming.

4.07

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Hollywood Setting 👶 Secret Child 💬 Witty Banter 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity

Scandalo a Hollywood

A gossip-king's deal with his journalist rival reignites old wounds and a spark neither saw coming.

by Felicia Kingsley 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Hollywood Setting 👶 Secret Child 💬 Witty Banter 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity

The Protégé

by Brianna Hale • 2018

A cellist returns to her conductor guardian, asking for the discipline and love she once fled.

3.75

2k+

🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 👔 Daddy Kink 🤝 Power Exchange ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🖤 Darkly Sensual

The Protégé

A cellist returns to her conductor guardian, asking for the discipline and love she once fled.

by Brianna Hale 2018

3.75

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 👔 Daddy Kink 🤝 Power Exchange ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🖤 Darkly Sensual

Cowboy Casual

by Holly Renee • 2025

Blaire Monroe flees D.C. scandal for Tennessee, crashing into the single-dad cowboy she left behind.

4.06

34k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👧 Single Dad 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Cowboy Casual

Blaire Monroe flees D.C. scandal for Tennessee, crashing into the single-dad cowboy she left behind.

by Holly Renee 2025

4.06

34k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👧 Single Dad 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Lust

by Lana Pecherczyk • 2020

A sin-sensing detective can't bear a touch, until the one man immune to her curse returns.

4.33

925

💫 Fated Mates 💕 Friends To Lovers 😈 Sin-Powered Heroes 🏠 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch

Lust

A sin-sensing detective can't bear a touch, until the one man immune to her curse returns.

by Lana Pecherczyk 2020

4.33

925 ratings

💫 Fated Mates 💕 Friends To Lovers 😈 Sin-Powered Heroes 🏠 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch

The Maintenance Man

by Michael Baisden • 1999

A male escort with his father's charm meets a dancer who wants the man beneath the moves.

4.25

7k+

💼 Male Escort Fiction 🔄 Reformed Playboy 🌶️ Steamy Drama 📼 1990s Setting 🪦 Father Wound

The Maintenance Man

A male escort with his father's charm meets a dancer who wants the man beneath the moves.

by Michael Baisden 1999

4.25

7k+ ratings

💼 Male Escort Fiction 🔄 Reformed Playboy 🌶️ Steamy Drama 📼 1990s Setting 🪦 Father Wound

The Librarians

by Sherry Thomas • 2025

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

3.37

7k+

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Librarians

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

by Sherry Thomas 2025

3.37

7k+ ratings

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

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