👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance

Love stories featuring fathers navigating parenthood and unexpected romance—where tiny shoes by the door and bedtime routines become the backdrop for falling hard and learning to let someone in.

Never Say Never

by Brea Alepoú

Undercover in the FBI, a mafia heir falls for the single-dad agent hunting his brothers.

4.27

11k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚫ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Him And Die 🏠 Found Family

Never Say Never

Undercover in the FBI, a mafia heir falls for the single-dad agent hunting his brothers.

by Brea Alepoú 2024

4.27

11k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚫ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Him And Die 🏠 Found Family

The Nanny

by Lana Ferguson • 2023

A grad student turned nanny discovers her chef boss was once her OnlyFans subscriber.

3.54

139k+

🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 💻 Sex Work ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Banter And Chemistry

The Nanny

A grad student turned nanny discovers her chef boss was once her OnlyFans subscriber.

by Lana Ferguson 2023

3.54

139k+ ratings

🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 💻 Sex Work ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Banter And Chemistry

Love Unwritten

by Lauren Asher • 2024

A nanny hides her billionaire boss's son's secret as their slow-burn attraction ignites.

4.06

96k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 👶 Nanny Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity

Love Unwritten

A nanny hides her billionaire boss's son's secret as their slow-burn attraction ignites.

by Lauren Asher 2024

4.06

96k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 👶 Nanny Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity

If It Makes You Happy

by Julie Olivia • 2025

A divorcee inherits her late mother's Vermont inn. The baker next door makes leaving impossible.

4.08

93k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 🥖 Baking Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

If It Makes You Happy

A divorcee inherits her late mother's Vermont inn. The baker next door makes leaving impossible.

by Julie Olivia 2025

4.08

93k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 🥖 Baking Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Overtime Kiss

by Lauren Blakely • 2025

A jilted bride takes a nanny job with the hockey player who knows her deepest confessions.

4.04

10k+

👶 Nanny Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 📝 Sex Lessons 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Romance

The Overtime Kiss

A jilted bride takes a nanny job with the hockey player who knows her deepest confessions.

by Lauren Blakely 2025

4.04

10k+ ratings

👶 Nanny Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 📝 Sex Lessons 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Romance

The Good Girl Effect

by Sara Cate • 2025

A widower's new nanny is curious, French, and too intrigued by his locked rope room.

4.03

25k+

🧸 Nanny Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🫂 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Good Girl Effect

A widower's new nanny is curious, French, and too intrigued by his locked rope room.

by Sara Cate 2025

4.03

25k+ ratings

🧸 Nanny Romance ⛓️ BDSM Club 🫂 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The New Guy

by Sarina Bowen • 2023

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

4.09

17k+

🏒 Closeted Athlete 🏢 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The New Guy

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

by Sarina Bowen 2023

4.09

17k+ ratings

🏒 Closeted Athlete 🏢 Forced Proximity 💼 Workplace Romance 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Professor Astor

by Catharina Maura • 2022

Her one-night stand is now her professor, and she's just become nanny to his twins.

4.02

18k+

🎓 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Blended Family 🪷 Desi Family Pressure 💔 Emotional Angst 🔥 Slow Burn Reunion

Professor Astor

Her one-night stand is now her professor, and she's just become nanny to his twins.

by Catharina Maura 2022

4.02

18k+ ratings

🎓 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Blended Family 🪷 Desi Family Pressure 💔 Emotional Angst 🔥 Slow Burn Reunion

The Rules of Dating

by Penelope Ward • 2022

A betrayed tattoo artist swears off men, then meets her new landlord: a single dad.

4.06

14k+

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter ⏳ Slow Burn

The Rules of Dating

A betrayed tattoo artist swears off men, then meets her new landlord: a single dad.

by Penelope Ward 2022

4.06

14k+ ratings

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter ⏳ Slow Burn

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+

👶 Secret Baby 🖤 Trauma Bonded 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 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

👶 Secret Baby 🖤 Trauma Bonded 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🌱 Healing Journey

Fall at Once

by Nora Everly • 2024

An event planner fleeing heartbreak collides with a divorced fire chief in a Colorado mountain town.

3.67

9k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 💕 Found Family 💔 Healing From Heartbreak 🧁 Cozy Bakery Setting

Fall at Once

An event planner fleeing heartbreak collides with a divorced fire chief in a Colorado mountain town.

by Nora Everly 2024

3.67

9k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero 💕 Found Family 💔 Healing From Heartbreak 🧁 Cozy Bakery Setting

Mr. Broody

by Piper Rayne • 2024

Returning to Chicago, Jade plans to avoid her hockey-star ex. His son is in her classroom.

3.95

16k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Forced Proximity 👦 Child As Matchmaker 🏒 Hockey World

Mr. Broody

Returning to Chicago, Jade plans to avoid her hockey-star ex. His son is in her classroom.

by Piper Rayne 2024

3.95

16k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Forced Proximity 👦 Child As Matchmaker 🏒 Hockey World

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 🔄 Second Chance 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 🥀 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 🔄 Second Chance 👶 Surprise Pregnancy 🥀 Grief And Healing

Hello Single Dad

by Kelsie Hoss • 2021

A guidance counselor falls for a single dad, only to find he is her student's father.

3.95

15k+

👗 Plus Size Heroine 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 💪 Body Positivity

Hello Single Dad

A guidance counselor falls for a single dad, only to find he is her student's father.

by Kelsie Hoss 2021

3.95

15k+ ratings

👗 Plus Size Heroine 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Found Family 💪 Body Positivity

Born to Be Badger

by Shelly Laurenston • 2023

A honey badger spy, poisoned and proud, must accept a tiger single dad as her protector.

4.44

5k+

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🖤 Dark Humor 🐯 Predator Shifters 💥 Action Romance

Born to Be Badger

A honey badger spy, poisoned and proud, must accept a tiger single dad as her protector.

by Shelly Laurenston 2023

4.44

5k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🖤 Dark Humor 🐯 Predator Shifters 💥 Action Romance

Once Upon A Kiss

by Danielle Baker • 2026

A party princess falls for the single-dad firefighter next door. His custody war demands he choose.

4.11

559

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Once Upon A Kiss

A party princess falls for the single-dad firefighter next door. His custody war demands he choose.

by Danielle Baker 2026

4.11

559 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍🚒 Firefighter Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Quiet Beautiful Things

by Samantha Christy • 2024

A playboy gains a deaf daughter and falls for her teacher, who doesn't date hearing men.

4.43

10k+

🦻 Deaf Representation 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Quiet Beautiful Things

A playboy gains a deaf daughter and falls for her teacher, who doesn't date hearing men.

by Samantha Christy 2024

4.43

10k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Representation 🏠 Found Family 🏡 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Bright Lights, Big Christmas

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2023

An aimless artist gets a second chance running her family's Christmas tree stand in New York.

3.74

61k+

🎄 Cozy Christmas Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🌲 Family Business 🔄 Second Chances 🗽 Christmas In NYC

Bright Lights, Big Christmas

An aimless artist gets a second chance running her family's Christmas tree stand in New York.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2023

3.74

61k+ ratings

🎄 Cozy Christmas Fiction 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🌲 Family Business 🔄 Second Chances 🗽 Christmas In NYC

I Know How This Ends

by Holly Smale • 2025

One touch reveals their future: the wedding, the stepdaughter, the heartbreak. She leans in anyway.

4.11

5k+

🕰️ Precognitive Romance 📋 Dating Experiment 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 👯 Female Friendship

I Know How This Ends

One touch reveals their future: the wedding, the stepdaughter, the heartbreak. She leans in anyway.

by Holly Smale 2025

4.11

5k+ ratings

🕰️ Precognitive Romance 📋 Dating Experiment 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn 👯 Female Friendship

Behind the Camera

by Chelsea Curto • 2024

An NFL kicker's new nanny is the team photographer he's forbidden to love.

4.12

14k+

🍼 Nanny To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💕 Sweet And Steamy

Behind the Camera

An NFL kicker's new nanny is the team photographer he's forbidden to love.

by Chelsea Curto 2024

4.12

14k+ ratings

🍼 Nanny To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Forbidden Romance 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💕 Sweet And Steamy

Hello Doctor

by Kelsie Hoss • 2023

Broke and uninsured, she nannies for her childhood crush, a single dad she's never stopped wanting.

4.11

9k+

👶 Nanny Romance 💕 Best Friend's Sister 💭 Childhood Crush 🏠 Forced Proximity 💪 Plus Size Heroine

Hello Doctor

Broke and uninsured, she nannies for her childhood crush, a single dad she's never stopped wanting.

by Kelsie Hoss 2023

4.11

9k+ ratings

👶 Nanny Romance 💕 Best Friend's Sister 💭 Childhood Crush 🏠 Forced Proximity 💪 Plus Size Heroine

Daddy Issues

by Kate Goldbeck • 2025

Stalled at 26, a no-strings situationship, and the single dad next door who offers something real.

3.42

10k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Friends With Benefits 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🩹 Emotional Healing

Daddy Issues

Stalled at 26, a no-strings situationship, and the single dad next door who offers something real.

by Kate Goldbeck 2025

3.42

10k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Friends With Benefits 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter 🩹 Emotional Healing

Drive Me Wilde

by Tess Oliver • 2025

Indi Nash flees L.A. for her hometown and the man she blames for her greatest loss.

4.25

2k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Return 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🩹 Healing Journey ⚖️ Custody Battle

Drive Me Wilde

Indi Nash flees L.A. for her hometown and the man she blames for her greatest loss.

by Tess Oliver 2025

4.25

2k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Return 🫂 Found Family ❤️‍🩹 Healing Journey ⚖️ Custody Battle

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