🔄 Second Chance

Stories steeped in the hope that it's not too late — for love rekindled, mistakes redeemed, or lives rebuilt. Readers come here for the deeply satisfying arc of people who get to try again.

Fierce Monarch

by M.J. Crouch • 2024

A mafia queen's lover is a traitor. His psychopath brother wants her dead and her empire.

4.42

386

🖤 Mafia Romance 👑 Queenpin Heroine ❤️ Why Choose 😭 Groveling Hero 🫂 Found Family

Fierce Monarch

A mafia queen's lover is a traitor. His psychopath brother wants her dead and her empire.

by M.J. Crouch 2024

4.42

386 ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 👑 Queenpin Heroine ❤️ Why Choose 😭 Groveling Hero 🫂 Found Family

Heartless

by Michelle Horst • 2017

A cruel bet makes a guarded waitress his target. Her refusal turns her into his obsession.

3.88

8k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 😈 Redeemed Playboy 🏠 Found Family 😢 High Angst

Heartless

A cruel bet makes a guarded waitress his target. Her refusal turns her into his obsession.

by Michelle Horst 2017

3.88

8k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 😈 Redeemed Playboy 🏠 Found Family 😢 High Angst

Unbreak My Heart

by Nicole Jacquelyn • 2016

She loved him first. He married her best friend. Then tragedy left her raising his four children.

3.88

16k+

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Unrequited Love 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🥀 Grief And Healing

Unbreak My Heart

She loved him first. He married her best friend. Then tragedy left her raising his four children.

by Nicole Jacquelyn 2016

3.88

16k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 💔 Unrequited Love 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🥀 Grief And Healing

Dare Me to Stay

by A.J. Wilding • 2026

A single mother hiding his child owes a debt to the mafia heir she once fled.

4.37

2k+

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 👩‍👧 Single Parent

Dare Me to Stay

A single mother hiding his child owes a debt to the mafia heir she once fled.

by A.J. Wilding 2026

4.37

2k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance 🖤 Dark Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 👩‍👧 Single Parent

Don't Leave Me

by Eden Emory • 2023

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

3.96

3k+

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Found Family

Don't Leave Me

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

by Eden Emory 2023

3.96

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Found Family

After Ever Happy

by Anna Todd • 2015

A paternity lie shatters Hardin's world; Tessa must choose between holding on and letting go.

3.93

164k+

💔 Toxic Love 😤 Self-Destructive Hero 🖋️ Book Within A Book 🏫 College Romance 😩 Angsty Romance

After Ever Happy

A paternity lie shatters Hardin's world; Tessa must choose between holding on and letting go.

by Anna Todd 2015

3.93

164k+ ratings

💔 Toxic Love 😤 Self-Destructive Hero 🖋️ Book Within A Book 🏫 College Romance 😩 Angsty Romance

The One and Only Crystal Druid

by Annette Marie • 2021

To stop a heart-stealing fae, a vengeful witch must trust the druid who once betrayed her.

4.32

7k+

🧙‍♀️ Coven Politics 🧚 Fae Bargains 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Morally Grey Heroine 🌿 Druid Hero

The One and Only Crystal Druid

To stop a heart-stealing fae, a vengeful witch must trust the druid who once betrayed her.

by Annette Marie 2021

4.32

7k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Coven Politics 🧚 Fae Bargains 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Morally Grey Heroine 🌿 Druid Hero

27 Lies

by M.J. Fields • 2016

A soldier's secret affair with a family friend shatters when she admits she loves him.

4.41

1k+

🪖 Military Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🚫 Forbidden Love 🖤 Closed-Off Hero 🩹 Military Trauma

27 Lies

A soldier's secret affair with a family friend shatters when she admits she loves him.

by M.J. Fields 2016

4.41

1k+ ratings

🪖 Military Romance 👶 Secret Baby 🚫 Forbidden Love 🖤 Closed-Off Hero 🩹 Military Trauma

The Winter Kissed Kings

by Ivy Fox • 2023

A queen's marriage must unite four kingdoms. Three kings claim her; one locks her in chains.

4.02

468

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 💕 Polyamorous Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Friends To Enemies ⛓️ Captive Romance

The Winter Kissed Kings

A queen's marriage must unite four kingdoms. Three kings claim her; one locks her in chains.

by Ivy Fox 2023

4.02

468 ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 💕 Polyamorous Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Friends To Enemies ⛓️ Captive Romance

Broken Mafia Bride

by Kayla Mason • 2025

A mafia bride with no memory hides from the groom hunting her through the underworld.

4.45

153

🖤 Mafia Romance 💭 Amnesia Romance 👶 Secret Baby ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family

Broken Mafia Bride

A mafia bride with no memory hides from the groom hunting her through the underworld.

by Kayla Mason 2025

4.45

153 ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💭 Amnesia Romance 👶 Secret Baby ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family

Don't Stop Me

by Eden Emory • 2022

One anonymous night with a masked domme leaves her craving more. Her ex has the photos.

3.86

6k+

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance ⏳ Age-Gap Romance ⛓️ Domme/Sub Dynamic 🚫 Toxic Ex 📩 Blackmail

Don't Stop Me

One anonymous night with a masked domme leaves her craving more. Her ex has the photos.

by Eden Emory 2022

3.86

6k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance ⏳ Age-Gap Romance ⛓️ Domme/Sub Dynamic 🚫 Toxic Ex 📩 Blackmail

Villainous Kingpin

by Eva Winners • 2022

An Olympic skater falls into a mafia kingpin's arms. He buries her crime, then claims her.

4.20

5k+

⛸️ Figure Skater Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🔒 Forced Proximity 👑 Secret Parentage

Villainous Kingpin

An Olympic skater falls into a mafia kingpin's arms. He buries her crime, then claims her.

by Eva Winners 2022

4.20

5k+ ratings

⛸️ Figure Skater Heroine 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🖤 Possessive Antihero 🔒 Forced Proximity 👑 Secret Parentage

Morgan

by Riley Hart • 2024

A father's stroke returns him to the best friend he abandoned and feelings he can't bury.

4.01

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🩵 Hurt Comfort

Morgan

A father's stroke returns him to the best friend he abandoned and feelings he can't bury.

by Riley Hart 2024

4.01

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 🩵 Hurt Comfort

Stay

by Briana Michaels • 2024

His college ex walks into his life as a client, wearing a ring that says stay away.

4.04

4k+

💔 Exes To Lovers 🎓 College Sweethearts ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 💧 Emotional Angst 🏠 Found Family

Stay

His college ex walks into his life as a client, wearing a ring that says stay away.

by Briana Michaels 2024

4.04

4k+ ratings

💔 Exes To Lovers 🎓 College Sweethearts ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 💧 Emotional Angst 🏠 Found Family

Every Silent Lie

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2025

Every December she hides in hotel bars. This year, a stranger named Dec finds her.

4.58

2k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Every Silent Lie

Every December she hides in hotel bars. This year, a stranger named Dec finds her.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2025

4.58

2k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Sunshine and Bullets

by Coralee June • 2018

Three possessive men from her past find her. The secret she's hiding could tear them apart.

4.09

8k+

🛡️ Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Serial Killer 🖤 Trauma Recovery

Sunshine and Bullets

Three possessive men from her past find her. The secret she's hiding could tear them apart.

by Coralee June 2018

4.09

8k+ ratings

🛡️ Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Serial Killer 🖤 Trauma Recovery

Ruined Castles

by Amo Jones • 2021

Pregnant with his twins, she flees her crime-lord lover. He will hunt her across the world.

4.41

5k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Toxic Relationship 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Possessive Hero 🫂 Found Family

Ruined Castles

Pregnant with his twins, she flees her crime-lord lover. He will hunt her across the world.

by Amo Jones 2021

4.41

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Toxic Relationship 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Possessive Hero 🫂 Found Family

Justice

by K.C. Lynn • 2018

A damaged soldier's rejection sends her fleeing with a daughter he meets six years too late.

4.23

5k+

🍼 Secret Baby 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Small Town Romance 😢 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

Justice

A damaged soldier's rejection sends her fleeing with a daughter he meets six years too late.

by K.C. Lynn 2018

4.23

5k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby 🫂 Found Family 🏡 Small Town Romance 😢 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

Whispered Sins

by Rebecca Baker • 2025

A Brooklyn idealist mistakes a billionaire for his assistant. Her candor slips past his defenses.

4.14

5k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💼 Opposites Attract 💎 Class Difference

Whispered Sins

A Brooklyn idealist mistakes a billionaire for his assistant. Her candor slips past his defenses.

by Rebecca Baker 2025

4.14

5k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💼 Opposites Attract 💎 Class Difference

Score to Settle

by Bella North • 2025

To save her career, a journalist moves in with the NFL bad boy who broke her heart.

3.80

1k+

🏈 Football Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 😈 Reformed Bad Boy

Score to Settle

To save her career, a journalist moves in with the NFL bad boy who broke her heart.

by Bella North 2025

3.80

1k+ ratings

🏈 Football Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 😈 Reformed Bad Boy

Broken in the Dark

by Ashley Elizabeth • 2025

Freed from a monster, she weds her first love for safety, but danger wears a familiar face.

4.05

861

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩹 Trauma Healing 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Found Family

Broken in the Dark

Freed from a monster, she weds her first love for safety, but danger wears a familiar face.

by Ashley Elizabeth 2025

4.05

861 ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩹 Trauma Healing 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Found Family

Him

by Sarina Bowen • 2015

Old friends, new rivals, one drunken dare: now summer camp reignites a chemistry they can't deny.

4.18

112k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 💗 Bi-Awakening 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out 🏕️ Summer Camp Romance

Him

Old friends, new rivals, one drunken dare: now summer camp reignites a chemistry they can't deny.

by Sarina Bowen 2015

4.18

112k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 💗 Bi-Awakening 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out 🏕️ Summer Camp Romance

The No Try Zone

by Valerie Pepper • 2026

A Vegas dare weds a physical therapist to her brother's rugby coach, her new boss.

4.00

222

🏈 Sports Romance 💍 Accidental Marriage 🤫 Secret Relationship 💼 Workplace Romance 🌙 One-Night Stand

The No Try Zone

A Vegas dare weds a physical therapist to her brother's rugby coach, her new boss.

by Valerie Pepper 2026

4.00

222 ratings

🏈 Sports Romance 💍 Accidental Marriage 🤫 Secret Relationship 💼 Workplace Romance 🌙 One-Night Stand

King of Pain

by J.P. Joseph • 2026

A wounded athlete meets a criminal's son at a record store. Two survivors, one fragile trust.

4.24

5k+

🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Healing ⛪ Religious Trauma

King of Pain

A wounded athlete meets a criminal's son at a record store. Two survivors, one fragile trust.

by J.P. Joseph 2026

4.24

5k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Healing ⛪ Religious Trauma

Undeniably Convenient

by J. Saman • 2024

A trauma surgeon's baby pact with her ex-flame boss comes with one rule: no romance.

4.08

12k+

🩺 Medical Romance 👶 Co-Parenting Pact 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 👨👩👧👦 Found Family

Undeniably Convenient

A trauma surgeon's baby pact with her ex-flame boss comes with one rule: no romance.

by J. Saman 2024

4.08

12k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Romance 👶 Co-Parenting Pact 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 👨👩👧👦 Found Family

The Sweetest Fix

by Tessa Bailey • 2021

After missing her big break, a dancer targets a grumpy baker to reach his famous father.

3.90

7k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤐 Hidden Motives 🔥 Steamy Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🍪 Bakery

The Sweetest Fix

After missing her big break, a dancer targets a grumpy baker to reach his famous father.

by Tessa Bailey 2021

3.90

7k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤐 Hidden Motives 🔥 Steamy Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🍪 Bakery

Finding Hayes

by Laura Pavlov • 2024

Inheriting a farmhouse comes with a thirty-day deadline to marry the best friend she abandoned.

4.30

20k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Finding Hayes

Inheriting a farmhouse comes with a thirty-day deadline to marry the best friend she abandoned.

by Laura Pavlov 2024

4.30

20k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Twisted Cross Ranch

by K. Loraine • 2024

Inheriting a ranch means sharing her heart with three men and surviving the Russian mob.

4.27

321

🤠 Cowboy Romance ❓ Why Choose 🔫 Mafia Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🩹 Trauma Healing

Twisted Cross Ranch

Inheriting a ranch means sharing her heart with three men and surviving the Russian mob.

by K. Loraine 2024

4.27

321 ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ❓ Why Choose 🔫 Mafia Suspense 🕵️ Undercover Agent 🩹 Trauma Healing

Unforgiving Queen

by Eva Winners • 2023

When his brother's wedding approaches, the mafia prince who destroyed the bride comes to claim her.

4.18

3k+

🔫 Dark Mafia 🚫 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Possessive Hero

Unforgiving Queen

When his brother's wedding approaches, the mafia prince who destroyed the bride comes to claim her.

by Eva Winners 2023

4.18

3k+ ratings

🔫 Dark Mafia 🚫 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 🖤 Possessive Hero

Dirty Grovel

by Naomi West • 2025

Pregnant and on the run, she's caught at sea by the Bratva heir she once loved.

4.28

5k+

🔥 Bratva Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 🙇 Groveling Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance 🚢 Forced Proximity

Dirty Grovel

Pregnant and on the run, she's caught at sea by the Bratva heir she once loved.

by Naomi West 2025

4.28

5k+ ratings

🔥 Bratva Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 🙇 Groveling Hero ⛓️ Captive Romance 🚢 Forced Proximity

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