🤫 Secret Relationship

The intoxicating tension of love kept hidden—stolen moments, coded glances, and the ever-present risk of discovery that makes every encounter feel electric.

Defy

by L.J. Shen • 2016

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

3.84

49k+

🎭 Teacher Student Romance ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance 🔥 Spicy Romance

Defy

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.84

49k+ ratings

🎭 Teacher Student Romance ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance 🔥 Spicy Romance

What Was Meant to Be

by Q.B. Tyler • 2022

Her godfather returns to stop her wedding, and the secret they buried could destroy her family.

3.88

21k+

🔥 Forbidden Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👨 Dad's Best Friend 💔 Angsty Romance

What Was Meant to Be

Her godfather returns to stop her wedding, and the secret they buried could destroy her family.

by Q.B. Tyler 2022

3.88

21k+ ratings

🔥 Forbidden Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👨 Dad's Best Friend 💔 Angsty Romance

Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston • 2019

The First Son and a prince fake a friendship; in private, they aren't pretending anymore.

4.05

1.2M+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 👑 Royal Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Rom-Com 🌈 Coming Out

Red, White & Royal Blue

The First Son and a prince fake a friendship; in private, they aren't pretending anymore.

by Casey McQuiston 2019

4.05

1.2M+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 👑 Royal Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Rom-Com 🌈 Coming Out

White Noise

by Lark Taylor • 2023

A journalist and a rock star, trapped in an elevator, share one kiss they can't undo.

4.09

3k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💡 Bi Awakening 🛗 Forced Proximity 🌸 Late Bloomer Romance 💔 Angsty Romance

White Noise

A journalist and a rock star, trapped in an elevator, share one kiss they can't undo.

by Lark Taylor 2023

4.09

3k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💡 Bi Awakening 🛗 Forced Proximity 🌸 Late Bloomer Romance 💔 Angsty Romance

Reckless

by S.C. Stephens • 2013

She's his secret wife; the world thinks he belongs to a pop princess.

4.40

78k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Angsty Romance 📰 Public Scandal 🎵 Music Industry 🤝 Rebuilding Trust

Reckless

She's his secret wife; the world thinks he belongs to a pop princess.

by S.C. Stephens 2013

4.40

78k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Angsty Romance 📰 Public Scandal 🎵 Music Industry 🤝 Rebuilding Trust

Verona Comics

by Jennifer Dugan • 2020

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

3.58

4k+

⚔️ Rival Families 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Verona Comics

Two teens bond at Comic-Con, only to discover their families are bitter business rivals.

by Jennifer Dugan 2020

3.58

4k+ ratings

⚔️ Rival Families 💘 Forbidden Romance 👥 Dual Pov 💔 Angsty Romance 🧠 Mental Health Rep

While We're Young

by K.L. Walther • 2025

Three seniors skip school for one day in Philadelphia, where secret romances and old wounds collide.

3.55

10k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Best Friend's Brother ⏰ Single Day Story 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔄 Rekindled Friendship

While We're Young

Three seniors skip school for one day in Philadelphia, where secret romances and old wounds collide.

by K.L. Walther 2025

3.55

10k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Best Friend's Brother ⏰ Single Day Story 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔄 Rekindled Friendship

The Last Best Kiss

by Claire LaZebnik • 2014

She blew her shot with the nerdy boy. Senior year, he returns transformed and utterly indifferent.

3.78

4k+

🎩 Austen Retelling 💕 Second Chance Romance ✨ Nerd Glow Up 💔 Pining Heroine 👥 High School Ensemble

The Last Best Kiss

She blew her shot with the nerdy boy. Senior year, he returns transformed and utterly indifferent.

by Claire LaZebnik 2014

3.78

4k+ ratings

🎩 Austen Retelling 💕 Second Chance Romance ✨ Nerd Glow Up 💔 Pining Heroine 👥 High School Ensemble

Misconduct

by Penelope Douglas • 2015

She kissed a stranger at Mardi Gras. Now he's her student's father and completely off-limits.

3.87

45k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👦 Single Parent 🩹 Trauma Healing ⚖️ Power Dynamics 🎭 New Orleans

Misconduct

She kissed a stranger at Mardi Gras. Now he's her student's father and completely off-limits.

by Penelope Douglas 2015

3.87

45k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👦 Single Parent 🩹 Trauma Healing ⚖️ Power Dynamics 🎭 New Orleans

Face Offs & Cheap Shots

by Eden Finley • 2020

A scholarship jock and rich charmer fight for captain until a fake kiss turns real.

4.17

23k+

🏒 College Hockey Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 💰 Class Divide

Face Offs & Cheap Shots

A scholarship jock and rich charmer fight for captain until a fake kiss turns real.

by Eden Finley 2020

4.17

23k+ ratings

🏒 College Hockey Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌈 Gay Awakening 💰 Class Divide

The Last Guy on Earth

by Sarina Bowen • 2025

Traded to his ex-lover's team, a veteran goalie can't outskate the past.

4.21

11k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Angsty Romance

The Last Guy on Earth

Traded to his ex-lover's team, a veteran goalie can't outskate the past.

by Sarina Bowen 2025

4.21

11k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Angsty Romance

The Prodigal Son

by Sara Cate • 2025

A closeted country singer and a preacher with a secret past risk everything for a forbidden love.

4.42

8k+

✝️ Religious Trauma 🛑 Conversion Therapy 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🎸 Musician Hero 🏡 Found Family

The Prodigal Son

A closeted country singer and a preacher with a secret past risk everything for a forbidden love.

by Sara Cate 2025

4.42

8k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Trauma 🛑 Conversion Therapy 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🎸 Musician Hero 🏡 Found Family

Wicked Lies Boys Tell

by K. Webster • 2019

A fake engagement reunites estranged best friends, and the kiss that broke them still burns.

3.98

9k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Friends To Lovers 💍 Fake Engagement 😢 Angsty Romance 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Wicked Lies Boys Tell

A fake engagement reunites estranged best friends, and the kiss that broke them still burns.

by K. Webster 2019

3.98

9k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Friends To Lovers 💍 Fake Engagement 😢 Angsty Romance 🌈 Coming Out Journey

Worship

by Ella James • 2019

A Brooklyn artist swims to a yacht and finds a megachurch pastor hiding from himself.

3.93

6k+

💔 Forbidden Romance 🚪 Closeted Hero 😢 Angsty Romance 🌙 Strangers To Lovers ⛪ Church Romance

Worship

A Brooklyn artist swims to a yacht and finds a megachurch pastor hiding from himself.

by Ella James 2019

3.93

6k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Romance 🚪 Closeted Hero 😢 Angsty Romance 🌙 Strangers To Lovers ⛪ Church Romance

Lavash at First Sight

by Taleen Voskuni • 2024

At a food industry conference, two queer Armenian women from rival families fall in love in secret.

3.65

2k+

🇦🇲 Armenian American 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Diaspora 🍳 Food Industry Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 🔁 Second Chance

Lavash at First Sight

At a food industry conference, two queer Armenian women from rival families fall in love in secret.

by Taleen Voskuni 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

🇦🇲 Armenian American 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Diaspora 🍳 Food Industry Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 🔁 Second Chance

Through the Ever Night

by Veronica Rossi • 2013

His people want her dead. She returns for him, chasing a myth to save a child.

4.13

74k+

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers ⚖️ Love Vs Duty 🌍 Climate Collapse 🏕️ Tribal Survival

Through the Ever Night

His people want her dead. She returns for him, chasing a myth to save a child.

by Veronica Rossi 2013

4.13

74k+ ratings

🖤 Dystopian Romance 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers ⚖️ Love Vs Duty 🌍 Climate Collapse 🏕️ Tribal Survival

Stepbrother Dearest

by Willow Dixon • 2023

After a brutal attack, a dancer's reluctant caretaker is the stepbrother he's hated for years.

3.95

7k+

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💚 Trauma Healing

Stepbrother Dearest

After a brutal attack, a dancer's reluctant caretaker is the stepbrother he's hated for years.

by Willow Dixon 2023

3.95

7k+ ratings

🖤 Stepbrother Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 💚 Trauma Healing

Line of Scrimmage

by Erin MacKenzie • 2023

A teacher flees heartbreak to her NFL brother's spare room and secretly falls for his teammate.

3.79

5k+

🏈 Football Romance 💘 Teammate's Sister 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Emotional Healing 💛 He Falls First

Line of Scrimmage

A teacher flees heartbreak to her NFL brother's spare room and secretly falls for his teammate.

by Erin MacKenzie 2023

3.79

5k+ ratings

🏈 Football Romance 💘 Teammate's Sister 🔥 Slow Burn 🩹 Emotional Healing 💛 He Falls First

Against All Odds

by C.W. Farnsworth • 2024

A reckless hookup in Colorado becomes a hockey star's forbidden tutor, and his coach's daughter.

3.94

14k+

🏒 College Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Coach's Daughter 🌙 One Night Stand 📚 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero

Against All Odds

A reckless hookup in Colorado becomes a hockey star's forbidden tutor, and his coach's daughter.

by C.W. Farnsworth 2024

3.94

14k+ ratings

🏒 College Hockey Romance 👨‍👧 Coach's Daughter 🌙 One Night Stand 📚 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero

Almost Beautiful

by Jamie McGuire • 2022

A secret wedding, a campus fire, and the investigation that turns their marriage into an alibi.

3.94

6k+

🎓 College Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 👊 Underground Fighter 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Loyalty 💔 Trauma Healing

Almost Beautiful

A secret wedding, a campus fire, and the investigation that turns their marriage into an alibi.

by Jamie McGuire 2022

3.94

6k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 👊 Underground Fighter 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Loyalty 💔 Trauma Healing

Shutout

by Avery Keelan • 2023

After a masked hookup, a goalie's anonymous partner becomes his roommate and teammate's sister.

3.99

52k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 👫 Brother's Teammate 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌙 One Night Stand 💔 Angsty Romance

Shutout

After a masked hookup, a goalie's anonymous partner becomes his roommate and teammate's sister.

by Avery Keelan 2023

3.99

52k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 👫 Brother's Teammate 🏠 Forced Proximity 🌙 One Night Stand 💔 Angsty Romance

Throttled

by Lauren Asher • 2020

When Maya joins the F1 circuit to vlog, her brother’s worst enemy becomes her forbidden temptation.

3.75

264k+

🏎️ Racing Romance 🛏️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Steamy Romance 😩 Angsty Romance 🛋️ Therapy And Healing

Throttled

When Maya joins the F1 circuit to vlog, her brother’s worst enemy becomes her forbidden temptation.

by Lauren Asher 2020

3.75

264k+ ratings

🏎️ Racing Romance 🛏️ Forced Proximity 🔥 Steamy Romance 😩 Angsty Romance 🛋️ Therapy And Healing

Savage Rivals

by Becca Steele • 2021

Two rival football captains wage an obsessive war, until hatred blurs into a secret hunger.

3.94

13k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 💎 Class Divide ⚽ Sports Rivalry 🌈 Coming Out 👥 Dual Pov

Savage Rivals

Two rival football captains wage an obsessive war, until hatred blurs into a secret hunger.

by Becca Steele 2021

3.94

13k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 💎 Class Divide ⚽ Sports Rivalry 🌈 Coming Out 👥 Dual Pov

Scoring With Him

by Lauren Blakely • 2021

A rookie catcher falls for his veteran teammate, who has one rule: never date a teammate.

4.11

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Openly Gay Athletes ⚾ Baseball Romance 💞 Teammates To Lovers 🌟 Rookie And Veteran 🔥 Sexual Awakening

Scoring With Him

A rookie catcher falls for his veteran teammate, who has one rule: never date a teammate.

by Lauren Blakely 2021

4.11

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Openly Gay Athletes ⚾ Baseball Romance 💞 Teammates To Lovers 🌟 Rookie And Veteran 🔥 Sexual Awakening

The Romance Line

by Lauren Blakely • 2024

Rehabbing a grumpy goalie's image, a publicist discovers their mutual hostility is just foreplay.

4.04

17k+

🖤 Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏒 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

The Romance Line

Rehabbing a grumpy goalie's image, a publicist discovers their mutual hostility is just foreplay.

by Lauren Blakely 2024

4.04

17k+ ratings

🖤 Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏒 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Loving Mr. Daniels

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2014

Grieving her twin, Ashlyn falls for a stranger on the train. He's her new English teacher.

4.17

40k+

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing 💛 Found Family 📜 Bucket List Journey 💔 Heartbreaking

Loving Mr. Daniels

Grieving her twin, Ashlyn falls for a stranger on the train. He's her new English teacher.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2014

4.17

40k+ ratings

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing 💛 Found Family 📜 Bucket List Journey 💔 Heartbreaking

When You Come Back to Me

by Emma Scott • 2020

When a closeted quarterback meets a conversion therapy survivor, their chemistry could ruin them.

4.41

7k+

🏈 Closeted Athlete 💫 Opposites Attract 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌱 Trauma Recovery

When You Come Back to Me

When a closeted quarterback meets a conversion therapy survivor, their chemistry could ruin them.

by Emma Scott 2020

4.41

7k+ ratings

🏈 Closeted Athlete 💫 Opposites Attract 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Clueless Puckboy

by Eden Finley • 2023

An injury puts a closeted rookie in his team trainer's hands. The man is off-limits. Desire isn't.

3.94

14k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌈 Coming Out Journey 😰 Anxious Hero

Clueless Puckboy

An injury puts a closeted rookie in his team trainer's hands. The man is off-limits. Desire isn't.

by Eden Finley 2023

3.94

14k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🌈 Coming Out Journey 😰 Anxious Hero

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 🔁 Second Chance Romance 🛋️ 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 🔁 Second Chance Romance 🛋️ Therapy And Healing 👨‍👨‍👦 Chosen Family 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out

Fire and Ash

by Sara Cate • 2022

A roadside hookup with a scarred mechanic turns forbidden when the stranger is his student.

3.81

7k+

👨‍🏫 Teacher Student Romance 💔 Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔥 Scarred Hero

Fire and Ash

A roadside hookup with a scarred mechanic turns forbidden when the stranger is his student.

by Sara Cate 2022

3.81

7k+ ratings

👨‍🏫 Teacher Student Romance 💔 Age Gap Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔥 Scarred Hero

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