🏘️ 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.

The Accidental Dating Experiment

by Lauren Blakely

A therapist's plan to role-play her dates backfires when every fake kiss feels dangerously real.

3.52

23k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Practice Dating 😏 Witty Banter

The Accidental Dating Experiment

A therapist's plan to role-play her dates backfires when every fake kiss feels dangerously real.

by Lauren Blakely 2024

3.52

23k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Practice Dating 😏 Witty Banter

Business Casual

by B.K. Borison • 2024

A guarded tattoo artist and her brother's best friend plan a harvest festival, and sparks fly.

4.06

48k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract ✈️ Long Distance Romance 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Heroine 😎 Charming Hero

Business Casual

A guarded tattoo artist and her brother's best friend plan a harvest festival, and sparks fly.

by B.K. Borison 2024

4.06

48k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract ✈️ Long Distance Romance 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Heroine 😎 Charming Hero

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc • 2024

To save her mom's coffee shop, Lucy must work with the boy whose face she just pied.

2.99

19k+

💕 Rivals To Lovers ☕ Coffee Shop Setting 🍂 Cozy Autumn Vibes 💬 Witty Banter 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice

To save her mom's coffee shop, Lucy must work with the boy whose face she just pied.

by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc 2024

2.99

19k+ ratings

💕 Rivals To Lovers ☕ Coffee Shop Setting 🍂 Cozy Autumn Vibes 💬 Witty Banter 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Don't Kiss the Bride

by Carian Cole • 2021

Trapped by her mother's hoard, a sick teen marries a gruff older man for health insurance.

4.03

35k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Don't Kiss the Bride

Trapped by her mother's hoard, a sick teen marries a gruff older man for health insurance.

by Carian Cole 2021

4.03

35k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Hannah y el sicario

by Vanessa Vale • 2024

After one flight together, a hitman tracks down a shy librarian and won't let go.

3.34

6k+

🎯 Hitman Romance 📚 Librarian Heroine 🖤 Obsessed Hero ⚡ Superpowered Heroine 💰 Mafia Romance

Hannah y el sicario

After one flight together, a hitman tracks down a shy librarian and won't let go.

by Vanessa Vale 2024

3.34

6k+ ratings

🎯 Hitman Romance 📚 Librarian Heroine 🖤 Obsessed Hero ⚡ Superpowered Heroine 💰 Mafia Romance

In Your Dreams

by Sarah Adams • 2025

A struggling chef takes over a restaurant her brother's best friend invented during one phone call.

3.98

90k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🤫 Secret Pining Hero 🧁 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🧠 Anxiety Representation

In Your Dreams

A struggling chef takes over a restaurant her brother's best friend invented during one phone call.

by Sarah Adams 2025

3.98

90k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍🍳 Culinary Romance 🤫 Secret Pining Hero 🧁 Cinnamon Roll Hero 🧠 Anxiety Representation

Small Town Swoon

by Melanie Harlow • 2024

To unlock his heart a Hollywood actor returns home igniting his sister's best friend's secret crush.

4.15

17k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 💘 Childhood Crush 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity

Small Town Swoon

To unlock his heart a Hollywood actor returns home igniting his sister's best friend's secret crush.

by Melanie Harlow 2024

4.15

17k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 💘 Childhood Crush 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity

Latte Darling

by S.J. Tilly • 2022

Stood up by a younger man, a barista falls for his gruff, protective father instead.

4.10

36k+

⏳ Age Gap Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Curvy Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero 🖋️ Tattooed Hero

Latte Darling

Stood up by a younger man, a barista falls for his gruff, protective father instead.

by S.J. Tilly 2022

4.10

36k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💕 Curvy Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero 🖋️ Tattooed Hero

Holiday Ever After

by Hannah Grace • 2025

At Christmas, a corporate fixer and the craftsman who exposed her company can't stop colliding.

3.66

48k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 🌨️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Family Business Drama

Holiday Ever After

At Christmas, a corporate fixer and the craftsman who exposed her company can't stop colliding.

by Hannah Grace 2025

3.66

48k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 🌨️ Forced Proximity ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Family Business Drama

Te espero en el fin del mundo

by Andrea Longarela • 2021

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

4.09

25k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline 💫 Sweeping Romance

Te espero en el fin del mundo

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

by Andrea Longarela 2021

4.09

25k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline 💫 Sweeping Romance

Beneath the Surface

by Emily McIntire • 2021

She trusts a tattooed stranger with her son. He was hired to find her.

4.23

9k+

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Beneath the Surface

She trusts a tattooed stranger with her son. He was hired to find her.

by Emily McIntire 2021

4.23

9k+ ratings

🍼 Single Parent Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 💔 Hurt/Comfort 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Practice Makes Perfect

by Sarah Adams • 2023

Shy florist enlists her sister's bodyguard to teach her dating, and practice blurs with real desire.

245k+

📋 Dating Coach 🎭 Opposites Attract 🫣 Anxious Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Practice Makes Perfect

Shy florist enlists her sister's bodyguard to teach her dating, and practice blurs with real desire.

by Sarah Adams 2023

245k+ ratings

📋 Dating Coach 🎭 Opposites Attract 🫣 Anxious Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Rekindling the Flame

by Madison Myers • 2024

A lawyer returns to her dying mother, and the mechanic she left. No strings, no risk.

4.04

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Steamy Romance 💋 No Strings Attached 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏙️ City Vs Small Town

Rekindling the Flame

A lawyer returns to her dying mother, and the mechanic she left. No strings, no risk.

by Madison Myers 2024

4.04

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Steamy Romance 💋 No Strings Attached 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏙️ City Vs Small Town

Ruthless Creatures

by J.T. Geissinger

Her new neighbor is a mafia enforcer with one job: kill her.

4.01

121k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎯 Assassin Hero 💔 Grieving Heroine

Ruthless Creatures

Her new neighbor is a mafia enforcer with one job: kill her.

by J.T. Geissinger 2021

4.01

121k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🎯 Assassin Hero 💔 Grieving Heroine

Entangled

by R. Phillips • 2022

After her parents' murder, she returns home, falls for a man, then her first love reappears.

4.25

4k+

💔 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔐 Family Secrets 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏠 Return To Hometown

Entangled

After her parents' murder, she returns home, falls for a man, then her first love reappears.

by R. Phillips 2022

4.25

4k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔐 Family Secrets 🔍 Cold Case Mystery 🏠 Return To Hometown

Great and Precious Things

by Rebecca Yarros • 2020

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

4.04

77k+

💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero 👴 Alzheimer's Parent

Great and Precious Things

A black-sheep soldier returns to a dying father, a hostile town, and his brother's ex.

by Rebecca Yarros 2020

4.04

77k+ ratings

💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Brother's Ex 🪖 Military Hero 🥀 Black Sheep Hero 👴 Alzheimer's Parent

It Happened One Summer

by Tessa Bailey • 2021

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

3.90

724k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero 🔥 Steamy Banter

It Happened One Summer

An LA socialite's banishment to a fishing town pits her against a gruff widowed sea captain.

by Tessa Bailey 2021

3.90

724k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Widowed Hero 🔥 Steamy Banter

Remember Love

by Mary Balogh • 2022

A disgraced earl returns to find the woman he left behind engaged to another man.

3.91

6k+

🏠 Estranged Heir 💖 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Proposal By Heroine 🏴 Welsh Countryside

Remember Love

A disgraced earl returns to find the woman he left behind engaged to another man.

by Mary Balogh 2022

3.91

6k+ ratings

🏠 Estranged Heir 💖 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Family Secrets 💍 Proposal By Heroine 🏴 Welsh Countryside

Left of Forever

by Tarah DeWitt • 2025

Anonymous letters reconnect two exes. A road trip for closure reignites the love they buried.

4.10

37k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🚗 Road Trip Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Co-Parenting Exes 💔 Marriage In Trouble

Left of Forever

Anonymous letters reconnect two exes. A road trip for closure reignites the love they buried.

by Tarah DeWitt 2025

4.10

37k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🚗 Road Trip Romance 👨‍👩‍👦 Co-Parenting Exes 💔 Marriage In Trouble

The Christmas Fix

by Lucy Score • 2017

To save a hurricane-torn town's Christmas, a TV renovator must win over its stubborn city manager.

3.88

112k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👧 Single Dad 🔨 Home Renovation

The Christmas Fix

To save a hurricane-torn town's Christmas, a TV renovator must win over its stubborn city manager.

by Lucy Score 2017

3.88

112k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👧 Single Dad 🔨 Home Renovation

The Heartbreak Hotel

by Ellen O'Clover

Broke and betrayed, Lou opens a heartbreak retreat in her home, falling for her grieving landlord.

3.76

32k+

🍂 Cozy Romance Energy 🩹 Healing Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Grieving Hero

The Heartbreak Hotel

Broke and betrayed, Lou opens a heartbreak retreat in her home, falling for her grieving landlord.

by Ellen O'Clover 2025

3.76

32k+ ratings

🍂 Cozy Romance Energy 🩹 Healing Romance ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Grieving Hero

Lost and Lassoed

by Lyla Sage • 2024

A grumpy single-dad rancher and his longtime enemy: one roof, one summer, one undeniable attraction.

4.18

170k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Dad 🔑 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Slow Burn

Lost and Lassoed

A grumpy single-dad rancher and his longtime enemy: one roof, one summer, one undeniable attraction.

by Lyla Sage 2024

4.18

170k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Dad 🔑 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Slow Burn

Ruckus

by L.J. Shen • 2017

She fell for her sister's boyfriend. Now he's her landlord, and he wants a second chance.

4.14

73k+

👫 Sister's Boyfriend 💞 Second Chance Romance 😈 Alphahole Hero 💊 Chronic Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline

Ruckus

She fell for her sister's boyfriend. Now he's her landlord, and he wants a second chance.

by L.J. Shen 2017

4.14

73k+ ratings

👫 Sister's Boyfriend 💞 Second Chance Romance 😈 Alphahole Hero 💊 Chronic Illness ⏳ Dual Timeline

Falling for Gage

by Mia Sheridan • 2024

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

3.95

15k+

💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Town

Falling for Gage

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

by Mia Sheridan 2024

3.95

15k+ ratings

💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Town

Pretend You're Mine

by Lucy Score • 2015

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

4.22

110k+

🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Pretend You're Mine

Broke and stranded, she agrees to fake-date a soldier who buried his heart with his wife.

by Lucy Score 2015

4.22

110k+ ratings

🤝 Fake Dating 🖤 Wounded Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🪖 Military Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Do-Over

by Sharon M. Peterson • 2022

A public breakup pushes Perci to ban dating. Her neighbor's fake romance offer tests that rule.

4.05

7k+

🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Difficult Mothers 💪 Body Positivity 🌱 Fresh Start

The Do-Over

A public breakup pushes Perci to ban dating. Her neighbor's fake romance offer tests that rule.

by Sharon M. Peterson 2022

4.05

7k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Relationship 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💔 Difficult Mothers 💪 Body Positivity 🌱 Fresh Start

All Rhodes Lead Here

by Mariana Zapata • 2021

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

4.21

169k+

🐌 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

All Rhodes Lead Here

She's starting over in the mountains. He's the game warden who wants her gone.

by Mariana Zapata 2021

4.21

169k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 👨‍👦 Single Dad 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

Once Upon a Time in Dollywood

by Ashley Jordan • 2025

A grieving playwright and a divorced single father collide as neighbors in the Smoky Mountains.

3.71

9k+

🖤 Grief Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 👨‍👦 Single Father 💚 Emotional Healing 💔 Adoption Trauma

Once Upon a Time in Dollywood

A grieving playwright and a divorced single father collide as neighbors in the Smoky Mountains.

by Ashley Jordan 2025

3.71

9k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 🏡 Neighbors To Lovers 👨‍👦 Single Father 💚 Emotional Healing 💔 Adoption Trauma

Imago

by N.R. Walker • 2017

A shy lepidopterist and a Tasmanian park ranger hunt a lost butterfly and discover one another.

4.04

5k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn ☕ Cozy Romance Energy 🌿 Nature Romance 🌾 Rural Australia

Imago

A shy lepidopterist and a Tasmanian park ranger hunt a lost butterfly and discover one another.

by N.R. Walker 2017

4.04

5k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn ☕ Cozy Romance Energy 🌿 Nature Romance 🌾 Rural Australia

Donde no puedas encontrarme

by Tamara Molina • 2024

Fleeing a toxic love, she finds refuge in Italy and a man who loves without breaking.

4.27

15k+

🩹 Toxic Love Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Emotionally Raw

Donde no puedas encontrarme

Fleeing a toxic love, she finds refuge in Italy and a man who loves without breaking.

by Tamara Molina 2024

4.27

15k+ ratings

🩹 Toxic Love Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Emotionally Raw

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