🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Romances that make you ache with anticipation, building desire through lingering glances, almost-touches, and chapters of restrained longing before the payoff. The patience is the pleasure — every small step forward feels seismic.

Call It What You Want

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2019

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

4.01

18k+

📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Call It What You Want

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2019

4.01

18k+ ratings

📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst 🕊️ Redemption Arc

Can You Take It?

by Jeneane O'Riley • 2025

He died for love and woke in the fae underworld, bound to its dark, magnetic heir.

3.42

9k+

🏚️ Underworld Journey 💀 Underworld Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc 🔒 Forced Proximity

Can You Take It?

He died for love and woke in the fae underworld, bound to its dark, magnetic heir.

by Jeneane O'Riley 2025

3.42

9k+ ratings

🏚️ Underworld Journey 💀 Underworld Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔄 Redemption Arc 🔒 Forced Proximity

To Carve a Fae Heart

by Tessonja Odette • 2020

Two sisters are taken as fae brides, but the king only wants one.

3.75

11k+

👰 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Protective Sister 🗣️ True Name Magic 🌹 Gothic Fae 👑 Morally Grey King

To Carve a Fae Heart

Two sisters are taken as fae brides, but the king only wants one.

by Tessonja Odette 2020

3.75

11k+ ratings

👰 Forced Marriage 🛡️ Protective Sister 🗣️ True Name Magic 🌹 Gothic Fae 👑 Morally Grey King

The Blood Forest

by Sara C. Roethle • 2017

A girl without memory seeks a shroud the Faie Queen would kill to possess.

4.30

4k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 👑 Reluctant Queen 🖤 Found Family 🗡️ Cursed Protector 🌀 Fated Prophecy

The Blood Forest

A girl without memory seeks a shroud the Faie Queen would kill to possess.

by Sara C. Roethle 2017

4.30

4k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 👑 Reluctant Queen 🖤 Found Family 🗡️ Cursed Protector 🌀 Fated Prophecy

Animales difíciles

by Rosa Montero • 2025

A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.

3.81

829

🤖 Cyberpunk Detective 🧠 Memory Transfer 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🫂 Found Family

Animales difíciles

A fragile cloned detective probes a brain-bank bombing and a plot to build a superintelligence.

by Rosa Montero 2025

3.81

829 ratings

🤖 Cyberpunk Detective 🧠 Memory Transfer 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🫂 Found Family

You, Again

by Kate Goldbeck • 2023

A cynical comic and a romantic chef collide in Brooklyn, then spend years denying their chemistry.

3.54

65k+

😤 Enemies To Lovers 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Commitment Phobia 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

You, Again

A cynical comic and a romantic chef collide in Brooklyn, then spend years denying their chemistry.

by Kate Goldbeck 2023

3.54

65k+ ratings

😤 Enemies To Lovers 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Commitment Phobia 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance

The Rules of Dating a Younger Man

by Vi Keeland • 2024

Her charity co-lead is the stranger she kissed and a decade younger than her rules allow.

4.02

3k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Widow Finds Love Again 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Rules of Dating a Younger Man

Her charity co-lead is the stranger she kissed and a decade younger than her rules allow.

by Vi Keeland 2024

4.02

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Widow Finds Love Again 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

A Different Blue

by Amy Harmon • 2013

Everyone in school calls her a slut. Her history teacher calls her by her name.

4.24

39k+

🚫 Student Teacher Romance 💔 Foster Care Survivor 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🥀 Bittersweet

A Different Blue

Everyone in school calls her a slut. Her history teacher calls her by her name.

by Amy Harmon 2013

4.24

39k+ ratings

🚫 Student Teacher Romance 💔 Foster Care Survivor 🤰 Teen Pregnancy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🥀 Bittersweet

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 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 💔 Second Chance Romance 🪖 Ex-Military Hero 🤝 Found Family 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Tethered

by Elayna R. Gallea • 2023

Forced to wed a vampire prince, a scholar is bound by a curse that makes separation agony.

3.62

32k+

💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Forced Proximity 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere 🏰 Vampire Court

Tethered

Forced to wed a vampire prince, a scholar is bound by a curse that makes separation agony.

by Elayna R. Gallea 2023

3.62

32k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Forced Proximity 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere 🏰 Vampire Court

A Crown of Cruel Lies

by Lana Pecherczyk • 2022

A deaf fae warrior bonds with a human inventor. The Spring Court will destroy them both.

4.38

3k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates 🦻 Deaf Hero 👑 Reluctant King 🗝️ Hidden Heir

A Crown of Cruel Lies

A deaf fae warrior bonds with a human inventor. The Spring Court will destroy them both.

by Lana Pecherczyk 2022

4.38

3k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates 🦻 Deaf Hero 👑 Reluctant King 🗝️ Hidden Heir

Tomb of the Sun King

by Jacquelyn Benson • 2024

A scholar and her rugged surveyor must find the Staff of Moses before colonial rivals do.

4.30

4k+

🏺 Archaeological Adventure 🌞 Egyptian Mythology 📚 Women Scholars ✊ Colonial Resistance 👥 Found Family

Tomb of the Sun King

A scholar and her rugged surveyor must find the Staff of Moses before colonial rivals do.

by Jacquelyn Benson 2024

4.30

4k+ ratings

🏺 Archaeological Adventure 🌞 Egyptian Mythology 📚 Women Scholars ✊ Colonial Resistance 👥 Found Family

The Unbound Empire

by Melissa Caruso • 2019

A heiress fights a body-stealing warlord to save her empire, her friends, and her soul.

4.36

3k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Dangerous Ally 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Unbound Empire

A heiress fights a body-stealing warlord to save her empire, her friends, and her soul.

by Melissa Caruso 2019

4.36

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Dangerous Ally 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Realm of Ash

by Tasha Suri • 2019

A widow's forbidden blood unlocks a realm of ancestral memory where a dying empire's cure awaits.

3.98

4k+

🕌 Indian-Inspired Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 🖤 Widow's Journey 👑 Court Intrigue 👻 Ancestral Memory

Realm of Ash

A widow's forbidden blood unlocks a realm of ancestral memory where a dying empire's cure awaits.

by Tasha Suri 2019

3.98

4k+ ratings

🕌 Indian-Inspired Fantasy 🩸 Blood Magic 🖤 Widow's Journey 👑 Court Intrigue 👻 Ancestral Memory

Song of the Fae

by Tricia O'Malley • 2022

When Fae warriors seize her boat, an Irish captain's magic binds her to their brooding commander.

4.15

8k+

🍀 Celtic Fae ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 👥 Found Family

Song of the Fae

When Fae warriors seize her boat, an Irish captain's magic binds her to their brooding commander.

by Tricia O'Malley 2022

4.15

8k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Fae ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🌊 Nautical Fantasy 👥 Found Family

Binding 13

by Chloe Walsh • 2018

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

4.20

9k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🐦 Wounded Bird Heroine 🌱 Trauma Healing 👥 Dual POV

Binding 13

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

by Chloe Walsh 2018

4.20

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🐦 Wounded Bird Heroine 🌱 Trauma Healing 👥 Dual POV

Curse of the Troll

by Emma Hamm • 2019

A cursed bear seeks a scarred warrior's help, but one glimpse will doom him.

4.13

523

🐻 Bear Bridegroom ⚔️ Scarred Heroine ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🛏️ Forced Proximity 🤗 Gentle Hero

Curse of the Troll

A cursed bear seeks a scarred warrior's help, but one glimpse will doom him.

by Emma Hamm 2019

4.13

523 ratings

🐻 Bear Bridegroom ⚔️ Scarred Heroine ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🛏️ Forced Proximity 🤗 Gentle Hero

New Order

by Helen Harper • 2014

Turned vampire against her will, a London PI hunts for a cure as the supernatural families close in.

3.98

3k+

😎 Noir Urban Fantasy 🔍 Vampire Private Eye 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 🏛️ Vampire Family Politics 💼 Corporate Magic

New Order

Turned vampire against her will, a London PI hunts for a cure as the supernatural families close in.

by Helen Harper 2014

3.98

3k+ ratings

😎 Noir Urban Fantasy 🔍 Vampire Private Eye 🧛 Reluctant Vampire 🏛️ Vampire Family Politics 💼 Corporate Magic

Reign & Ruin

by J.D. Evans • 2020

A princess trapped by a forced betrothal makes a bargain with a rival nation's outcast prince.

4.18

16k+

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🏛️ Court Intrigue 💍 Political Marriage 💕 Allies To Lovers ⚔️ Outcast Hero

Reign & Ruin

A princess trapped by a forced betrothal makes a bargain with a rival nation's outcast prince.

by J.D. Evans 2020

4.18

16k+ ratings

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🏛️ Court Intrigue 💍 Political Marriage 💕 Allies To Lovers ⚔️ Outcast Hero

Lure of Oblivion

by Suzanne Wright • 2017

A witness under fire. A haunted B&B. A wolf shifter who will kill to keep her.

4.19

11k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🐺 Wolf Shifters 👻 Haunted House 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Lure of Oblivion

A witness under fire. A haunted B&B. A wolf shifter who will kill to keep her.

by Suzanne Wright 2017

4.19

11k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🐺 Wolf Shifters 👻 Haunted House 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Echo of Wings

by Sophia St. Germain • 2024

A rebel with a fatal illness enters a tyrant's deadly trials to avenge her father's execution.

4.07

1k+

🏴 Rebellion Fantasy 💞 Fated Mates ⚔️ Deadly Trials 👥 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir

Echo of Wings

A rebel with a fatal illness enters a tyrant's deadly trials to avenge her father's execution.

by Sophia St. Germain 2024

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏴 Rebellion Fantasy 💞 Fated Mates ⚔️ Deadly Trials 👥 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir

The Silvered Serpents

by Roshani Chokshi • 2020

Desperate to outrun grief, a fractured crew chases godhood into a frozen palace that demands blood.

4.07

21k+

🫂 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗝️ Secret Society

The Silvered Serpents

Desperate to outrun grief, a fractured crew chases godhood into a frozen palace that demands blood.

by Roshani Chokshi 2020

4.07

21k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💰 Heist Fantasy ⚔️ Morally Grey Hero 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🗝️ Secret Society

The Moonfire Bride

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2021

Ransomed as a fae bride, she must never set eyes on her shadowed husband.

3.74

6k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🔗 Fae Bargain Romance 👤 Unseen Husband 🏰 Gilded Cage 👯‍♀️ Sister Bond

The Moonfire Bride

Ransomed as a fae bride, she must never set eyes on her shadowed husband.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2021

3.74

6k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🔗 Fae Bargain Romance 👤 Unseen Husband 🏰 Gilded Cage 👯‍♀️ Sister Bond

Enslaved

by Sylvia Mercedes

Enslaved to a fae prince, a librarian traps his library's nightmares. Loving him is the danger.

4.26

1k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Magical Library 🫂 Found Family ⚖️ Fae Bargains 🗡️ Cursed Hero

Enslaved

Enslaved to a fae prince, a librarian traps his library's nightmares. Loving him is the danger.

by Sylvia Mercedes

4.26

1k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Magical Library 🫂 Found Family ⚖️ Fae Bargains 🗡️ Cursed Hero

Shard

by Kelly St. Clare • 2019

A scarred pit fighter. An ice queen. A tournament where her hand is the prize. He must win.

4.05

737

⚔️ Fantasy Tournament ❄️ Ice Queen 😞 Pining Hero 😭 Angsty Romance 👑 Court Intrigue

Shard

A scarred pit fighter. An ice queen. A tournament where her hand is the prize. He must win.

by Kelly St. Clare 2019

4.05

737 ratings

⚔️ Fantasy Tournament ❄️ Ice Queen 😞 Pining Hero 😭 Angsty Romance 👑 Court Intrigue

Pieces of the Night

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2026

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.16

9k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏡 Small Town

Pieces of the Night

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.16

9k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing 🏡 Small Town

Bright Heart

by Emma Hamm • 2022

A dragon shifter killed her mother. Now he needs the rebel leader's help to save his species.

4.08

2k+

🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Leader 🧝 Fae Court Politics

Bright Heart

A dragon shifter killed her mother. Now he needs the rebel leader's help to save his species.

by Emma Hamm 2022

4.08

2k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Shifter Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Leader 🧝 Fae Court Politics

The Kiss Of Death

by Shanen Ricci • 2024

A violinist enters a brutal university controlled by the boy she kissed and destroyed years ago.

4.07

967

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Wounded Antihero 🎻 Musical Prodigy 💫 Second Chance Love

The Kiss Of Death

A violinist enters a brutal university controlled by the boy she kissed and destroyed years ago.

by Shanen Ricci 2024

4.07

967 ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Wounded Antihero 🎻 Musical Prodigy 💫 Second Chance Love

The Starlight Heir

by Amalie Howard • 2025

A desert bladesmith enters a deadly bride competition, only to clash with a mysterious gardener.

3.35

9k+

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👑 Disguised Royalty 👰 Bride Trials 🏜️ Desert Fantasy

The Starlight Heir

A desert bladesmith enters a deadly bride competition, only to clash with a mysterious gardener.

by Amalie Howard 2025

3.35

9k+ ratings

💘 Enemies To Lovers 🔮 Forbidden Magic 👑 Disguised Royalty 👰 Bride Trials 🏜️ Desert Fantasy

La monaca

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby • 2010

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

3.51

542

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty 🕊️ Female Emancipation 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

La monaca

A noble family in decline has only one use for its most rebellious daughter: the convent.

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby 2010

3.51

542 ratings

🏛️ 19th Century Italy ⛪ Convent Life 💔 Love Vs Duty 🕊️ Female Emancipation 🏚️ Aristocratic Decline

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