🏘️ Small Town Romance

Love stories steeped in community, where everyone knows your name and your business. The charm lies in cozy settings, familiar faces, and the way intimacy deepens when there's nowhere to hide.

Severed Heart

by Kate Stewart

His best friend's French aunt taught him war. He enlisted the morning after their forbidden night.

4.67

21k+

🕯️ Age Gap Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🥀 Terminal Illness 🔗 Abuse Survivor

Severed Heart

His best friend's French aunt taught him war. He enlisted the morning after their forbidden night.

by Kate Stewart 2024

4.67

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Age Gap Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🥀 Terminal Illness 🔗 Abuse Survivor

The Best of Me

by Nicholas Sparks • 2010

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

3.99

195k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice 😭 Heartbreaking

The Best of Me

At a hometown funeral, he sees his first love again. She's married; he's still hers.

by Nicholas Sparks 2010

3.99

195k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tragic Romance ↔️ Opposites Attract 🕊️ Heroic Sacrifice 😭 Heartbreaking

The Christmas Tree Farm

by Laurie Gilmore • 2024

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

3.65

234k+

🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

The Christmas Tree Farm

She hates Christmas, bought a tree farm, and can't shake the fixer next door.

by Laurie Gilmore 2024

3.65

234k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter 🫂 Found Family

Done and Dusted

by Lyla Sage • 2023

A barrel racer returns home to heal and starts sleeping with her brother's best friend.

3.79

305k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 👬 Brothers Best Friend 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🐴 Rodeo

Done and Dusted

A barrel racer returns home to heal and starts sleeping with her brother's best friend.

by Lyla Sage 2023

3.79

305k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 👬 Brothers Best Friend 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🐴 Rodeo

Secretly Yours

by Tessa Bailey • 2023

A spontaneous gardener's secret love notes to an uptight professor upend his Napa Valley retreat.

3.26

157k+

🔄 Opposites Attract ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Anonymous Love Notes

Secretly Yours

A spontaneous gardener's secret love notes to an uptight professor upend his Napa Valley retreat.

by Tessa Bailey 2023

3.26

157k+ ratings

🔄 Opposites Attract ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Anonymous Love Notes

Mind Games

by Nora Roberts • 2024

A psychic designer creates a mental trap for the killer invading her mind from behind bars.

4.28

48k+

🔮 Psychic Suspense 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👨‍👦 Single Father Hero ⛰️ Appalachian Setting 👵 Matriarchal Family

Mind Games

A psychic designer creates a mental trap for the killer invading her mind from behind bars.

by Nora Roberts 2024

4.28

48k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Suspense 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👨‍👦 Single Father Hero ⛰️ Appalachian Setting 👵 Matriarchal Family

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2022

To win a bet, a photographer seduces her stepsister's best friend and accidentally falls in love.

4.05

125k+

🏠 Return To Hometown 👩‍👧 Single Mom Romance 🫂 Found Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 💬 Witty Banter

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

To win a bet, a photographer seduces her stepsister's best friend and accidentally falls in love.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2022

4.05

125k+ ratings

🏠 Return To Hometown 👩‍👧 Single Mom Romance 🫂 Found Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 💬 Witty Banter

To Catch a Firefly

by Emmy Sanders • 2024

Childhood best friends: one dreams of leaving Nebraska, the other has loved him since they met.

4.39

24k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 💭 Mutual Pining 🌱 Childhood Friends ✍️ Lyrical Writing

To Catch a Firefly

Childhood best friends: one dreams of leaving Nebraska, the other has loved him since they met.

by Emmy Sanders 2024

4.39

24k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 💭 Mutual Pining 🌱 Childhood Friends ✍️ Lyrical Writing

The Fiancé Dilemma

by Elena Armas • 2024

A runaway-bride mayor fakes an engagement with her sister's best friend to dodge a PR nightmare.

3.62

42k+

💍 Fake Engagement 🤝 Best Friend's Sibling 💒 Runaway Bride 🔒 Family Secrets 📰 Media Scandal

The Fiancé Dilemma

A runaway-bride mayor fakes an engagement with her sister's best friend to dodge a PR nightmare.

by Elena Armas 2024

3.62

42k+ ratings

💍 Fake Engagement 🤝 Best Friend's Sibling 💒 Runaway Bride 🔒 Family Secrets 📰 Media Scandal

A Novel Love Story

by Ashley Poston • 2024

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

3.61

134k+

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

A Novel Love Story

She finds the town from her favorite books, its characters real and their stories unresolved.

by Ashley Poston 2024

3.61

134k+ ratings

✨ Magical Realism Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏡 Forced Proximity 💔 Heartbreak Healing

Love Arranged

by Lauren Asher • 2025

A florist's anonymous soulmate is unmasked: the cold politician she must now pretend to marry.

3.98

48k+

🎭 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💌 Anonymous Connection 🧠 OCD Representation 🌱 Healing From Loss

Love Arranged

A florist's anonymous soulmate is unmasked: the cold politician she must now pretend to marry.

by Lauren Asher 2025

3.98

48k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Engagement ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💌 Anonymous Connection 🧠 OCD Representation 🌱 Healing From Loss

Nine Month Contract

by Amy Daws • 2024

A mountain loner's surrogacy ad draws a vibrant woman with a pig and a rule: no attachment.

4.00

72k+

⛰️ Mountain Man Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Independent Heroine

Nine Month Contract

A mountain loner's surrogacy ad draws a vibrant woman with a pig and a rule: no attachment.

by Amy Daws 2024

4.00

72k+ ratings

⛰️ Mountain Man Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Independent Heroine

Things We Left Behind

by Lucy Score • 2023

A librarian's feud with a powerful man combusts after her father's funeral leaves her unguarded.

4.39

423k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔍 Romantic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Things We Left Behind

A librarian's feud with a powerful man combusts after her father's funeral leaves her unguarded.

by Lucy Score 2023

4.39

423k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔍 Romantic Suspense 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

If It Makes You Happy

by Julie Olivia

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

4.08

93k+

👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad 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

👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 🥖 Baking Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Savor It

by Tarah DeWitt • 2024

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

3.82

45k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance 🌲 Pacific Northwest

Savor It

A cynical chef and his sunny neighbor fake-date for a summer festival with his departure looming.

by Tarah DeWitt 2024

3.82

45k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💍 Fake Dating 👨‍👧 Single Guardian 🍽️ Foodie Romance 🌲 Pacific Northwest

Coach

by Devney Perry • 2023

Back as head coach, her former best friend wants a second chance their jobs forbid.

3.94

59k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father 💼 Workplace Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏈 College Football

Coach

Back as head coach, her former best friend wants a second chance their jobs forbid.

by Devney Perry 2023

3.94

59k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father 💼 Workplace Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏈 College Football

Lovelight Farms

by B.K. Borison • 2021

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

3.80

178k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday 🔥 Slow Burn

Lovelight Farms

A struggling Christmas tree farmer and her best friend fake a relationship for a contest prize.

by B.K. Borison 2021

3.80

178k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🤝 Fake Dating 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🎄 Cozy Holiday 🔥 Slow Burn

Fall I Want

by Lyra Parish • 2024

The man from her dreams is real, he hates her coffee, and he needs a fake girlfriend.

3.44

36k+

💍 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🍂 Autumn Vibes 💔 Healing From Heartbreak 🕯️ Cozy Romance Energy

Fall I Want

The man from her dreams is real, he hates her coffee, and he needs a fake girlfriend.

by Lyra Parish 2024

3.44

36k+ ratings

💍 Fake Dating ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🍂 Autumn Vibes 💔 Healing From Heartbreak 🕯️ Cozy Romance Energy

Wild River

by Laura Pavlov • 2024

To save her father's bar, a psychologist butts heads with the guarded lawyer she cannot resist.

4.11

24k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity 💬 Banter-Heavy Romance

Wild River

To save her father's bar, a psychologist butts heads with the guarded lawyer she cannot resist.

by Laura Pavlov 2024

4.11

24k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔒 Forced Proximity 💬 Banter-Heavy Romance

Ranger

by Rebecca Sharp • 2023

A romance author fleeing scandal weds her shy genius landlord when a stalker tracks her down.

4.26

20k+

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏡 Forced Proximity ✍️ Author Heroine 🔄 Opposites Attract

Ranger

A romance author fleeing scandal weds her shy genius landlord when a stalker tracks her down.

by Rebecca Sharp 2023

4.26

20k+ ratings

🏠 Marriage Of Convenience 🧠 Neurodivergent Hero 🏡 Forced Proximity ✍️ Author Heroine 🔄 Opposites Attract

Catch the Sun

by Jennifer Hartmann

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

4.24

39k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Catch the Sun

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024

4.24

39k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Love Redesigned

by Lauren Asher • 2023

Reunited by a crash, a billionaire and his rival restore a historic house, risking a second chance.

3.99

162k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Second Chance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Love Redesigned

Reunited by a crash, a billionaire and his rival restore a historic house, risking a second chance.

by Lauren Asher 2023

3.99

162k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💞 Second Chance 💰 Billionaire Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Final Offer

by Lauren Asher • 2023

A single mother refuses to sell the lake house that her ex-boyfriend needs to claim his inheritance.

4.18

314k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity ❤️‍🩹 Addiction Recovery 😭 Emotional Romance

Final Offer

A single mother refuses to sell the lake house that her ex-boyfriend needs to claim his inheritance.

by Lauren Asher 2023

4.18

314k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity ❤️‍🩹 Addiction Recovery 😭 Emotional Romance

Beating Heart

by Laura Pavlov • 2024

His son's pediatrician moves in next door, melting his defenses, but the boy's mother returns.

4.39

24k+

👨‍👦 Single Father 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🚪 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🩺 Medical Romance

Beating Heart

His son's pediatrician moves in next door, melting his defenses, but the boy's mother returns.

by Laura Pavlov 2024

4.39

24k+ ratings

👨‍👦 Single Father 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🚪 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🩺 Medical Romance

Just My Luck

by Lena Hendrix • 2024

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

4.17

16k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee 🫂 Found Family

Just My Luck

A single mom marries her grumpy brewery boss for her trust fund, swearing it stays business.

by Lena Hendrix 2024

4.17

16k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👔 Boss Employee 🫂 Found Family

The Gingerbread Bakery

by Laurie Gilmore • 2025

At a Christmas wedding, a baker and her old rival can't hide the love they buried.

3.91

121k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Forced Proximity 🎄 Holiday Romance ☕ Cozy Christmas

The Gingerbread Bakery

At a Christmas wedding, a baker and her old rival can't hide the love they buried.

by Laurie Gilmore 2025

3.91

121k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Forced Proximity 🎄 Holiday Romance ☕ Cozy Christmas

Downpour

by Maggie C. Gates • 2024

His bull-riding career ended in a wheelchair. Her job is to help him live again.

4.02

25k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Downpour

His bull-riding career ended in a wheelchair. Her job is to help him live again.

by Maggie C. Gates 2024

4.02

25k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Truly Madly Deeply

by L.J. Shen • 2024

One night with her best friend's brother sent her running. Five years on, he's her boss.

3.93

73k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👫 Best Friend's Brother 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

Truly Madly Deeply

One night with her best friend's brother sent her running. Five years on, he's her boss.

by L.J. Shen 2024

3.93

73k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👫 Best Friend's Brother 👨‍🍳 Chef Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

Jasper Vale

by Devney Perry • 2023

A Vegas wedding ties a dreamer to a guarded fighter, but her family can never know.

4.09

68k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Jasper Vale

A Vegas wedding ties a dreamer to a guarded fighter, but her family can never know.

by Devney Perry 2023

4.09

68k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🛡️ Protective Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Purity

by Skyler Mason • 2022

Breaking free from a purity ring childhood, she asks her best friend to be her first.

3.12

17k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine 😶‍🌫️ Mutual Pining ☀️ Summer Romance 🌧️ Angsty Romance

Purity

Breaking free from a purity ring childhood, she asks her best friend to be her first.

by Skyler Mason 2022

3.12

17k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🎀 Virgin Heroine 😶‍🌫️ Mutual Pining ☀️ Summer Romance 🌧️ Angsty Romance

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