🏘️ 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.

Summer State of Mind

by Kristy Woodson Harvey

A beach-town NICU nurse falls for the baseball coach who rescued a newborn from a dumpster.

3.74

10k+

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 🌊 Coastal Small Town 📖 Book Club Fiction ☀️ Cozy Summer Read

Summer State of Mind

A beach-town NICU nurse falls for the baseball coach who rescued a newborn from a dumpster.

by Kristy Woodson Harvey 2026

3.74

10k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔒 Family Secrets 🌊 Coastal Small Town 📖 Book Club Fiction ☀️ Cozy Summer Read

Show Me How

by Hannah Cowan • 2025

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

3.88

4k+

🔗 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🎨 Tattoo Artist

Show Me How

A runaway bride strikes a deal with a guarded tattoo artist: intimate lessons, no feelings attached.

by Hannah Cowan 2025

3.88

4k+ ratings

🔗 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Found Family 👰‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🎨 Tattoo Artist

New Hope, Old Grudges

by Anne Malcom • 2023

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

3.81

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff 😢 Angsty Romance

New Hope, Old Grudges

A disgraced LA entrepreneur returns home to find her former bully wearing the sheriff's badge.

by Anne Malcom 2023

3.81

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎄 Holiday Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👮 Small Town Sheriff 😢 Angsty Romance

A Little Bit like Love

by Brooke Blaine • 2017

A wealthy heir returns to the man he left behind, and a storm traps them together.

4.14

5k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🌪️ Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

A Little Bit like Love

A wealthy heir returns to the man he left behind, and a storm traps them together.

by Brooke Blaine 2017

4.14

5k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💛 Friends To Lovers 🌪️ Forced Proximity 🚫 Forbidden Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

The Echo on the Water

by J.A. Huss • 2024

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

4.44

523

🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Echo on the Water

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.44

523 ratings

🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Shots You Take

by Rachel Reid • 2025

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

4.07

29k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey 🌈 Coming Out

The Shots You Take

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

by Rachel Reid 2025

4.07

29k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey 🌈 Coming Out

Seven of Hearts

by Maggie C. Gates • 2025

A nanny's secret night with her best friend's brother turns permanent when two pink lines appear.

3.86

11k+

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 💕 Best Friend's Brother 💞 Co-Parenting To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔄 Breaking Cycles

Seven of Hearts

A nanny's secret night with her best friend's brother turns permanent when two pink lines appear.

by Maggie C. Gates 2025

3.86

11k+ ratings

🍼 Surprise Pregnancy 💕 Best Friend's Brother 💞 Co-Parenting To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔄 Breaking Cycles

Huckleberry Lake

by Catherine Anderson • 2019

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

4.05

1k+

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Huckleberry Lake

Stranded on a deaf foreman's ranch, a deputy learns his silence guards a wound no apology heals.

by Catherine Anderson 2019

4.05

1k+ ratings

🐴 Western Romance 🦻 Deaf Hero ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Wounded Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lizards Hold the Sun

by Dani Trujillo • 2023

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

3.87

315

🏗️ Workplace Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏺 Cultural Preservation 🪶 Indigenous Community

Lizards Hold the Sun

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

by Dani Trujillo 2023

3.87

315 ratings

🏗️ Workplace Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏺 Cultural Preservation 🪶 Indigenous Community

Blacklist

by Geneva Lee • 2020

At her father's funeral, her ex returns armed with a hit list and a fake-dating ultimatum.

3.81

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💎 Class Divide 🔐 Family Secrets

Blacklist

At her father's funeral, her ex returns armed with a hit list and a fake-dating ultimatum.

by Geneva Lee 2020

3.81

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Relationship 💎 Class Divide 🔐 Family Secrets

After the Shut Up Ring

by Cate C. Wells • 2024

She refuses her groom at the altar. Her best friend's brother has quietly loved her for years.

3.69

4k+

🫂 Best Friend's Brother 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Mother Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🤍 Hurt Comfort

After the Shut Up Ring

She refuses her groom at the altar. Her best friend's brother has quietly loved her for years.

by Cate C. Wells 2024

3.69

4k+ ratings

🫂 Best Friend's Brother 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Mother Romance 💕 Childhood Crush 🩹 Abuse Recovery 🤍 Hurt Comfort

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

by Donna Kauffman • 2019

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

3.31

3k+

🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season 💕 Multiple Love Stories 🫂 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Maine

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

A magical bakeshop in Moonbright, Maine, nudges three couples toward love during Halloween season.

by Donna Kauffman 2019

3.31

3k+ ratings

🍪 Magical Baking 🎃 Halloween Season 💕 Multiple Love Stories 🫂 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Maine

Mistakes Were Made

by Lucy Score • 2026

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

4.22

58k+

😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine

Mistakes Were Made

A chaotic literary agent, hit by a grumpy lawyer's truck, moves into his upstairs apartment.

by Lucy Score 2026

4.22

58k+ ratings

😂 Romantic Comedy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine

In Spades

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

A housekeeper raising four siblings falls for the charming guest who secretly owns the inn.

4.09

3k+

👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Heroine 💼 Hidden Billionaire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💬 Banter And Tension

In Spades

A housekeeper raising four siblings falls for the charming guest who secretly owns the inn.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021

4.09

3k+ ratings

👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Heroine 💼 Hidden Billionaire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💬 Banter And Tension

Bend Toward the Sun

by Jen Devon • 2022

A botanist afraid to stay falls for a grieving doctor while restoring his family's wild vineyard.

3.99

4k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏡 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Bend Toward the Sun

A botanist afraid to stay falls for a grieving doctor while restoring his family's wild vineyard.

by Jen Devon 2022

3.99

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏡 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Guarded Heroine 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Wild Card

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

When her fiancé is killed, a pregnant woman moves onto a widowed detective's houseboat.

4.20

3k+

💔 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Grieving Hero 🛡️ Grumpy Protector

Wild Card

When her fiancé is killed, a pregnant woman moves onto a widowed detective's houseboat.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

💔 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Grieving Hero 🛡️ Grumpy Protector

This Is What Happy Looks Like

by Jennifer E. Smith • 2013

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

3.67

52k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage 🏖️ Beach Town Romance

This Is What Happy Looks Like

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

by Jennifer E. Smith 2013

3.67

52k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage 🏖️ Beach Town Romance

Show Me You Remember

by Hannah Cowan • 2026

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

3.95

3k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Healing

Show Me You Remember

Divorced, she returns to the cowboy who went to prison for her. He won't forgive her.

by Hannah Cowan 2026

3.95

3k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🤠 Cowboy Romance 👥 Brother's Best Friend 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Trauma Healing

Stupid Dirty

by Erin Russell • 2024

An EMT and a disgraced motocross star clash in rural Missouri, their feud masking shared wounds.

4.03

7k+

🏍️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔧 Blue Collar Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma

Stupid Dirty

An EMT and a disgraced motocross star clash in rural Missouri, their feud masking shared wounds.

by Erin Russell 2024

4.03

7k+ ratings

🏍️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🔧 Blue Collar Romance 🧬 Generational Trauma

Whispered Prayers of a Girl

by Alex Grayson • 2017

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

4.35

2k+

👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists 🩹 Emotional Healing

Whispered Prayers of a Girl

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

by Alex Grayson 2017

4.35

2k+ ratings

👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists 🩹 Emotional Healing

El tiempo que tuvimos

by Cherry Chic • 2023

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

4.31

10k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

El tiempo que tuvimos

Ten years after leaving Ireland, she returns to the boy she left under the fairy tree.

by Cherry Chic 2023

4.31

10k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 💛 Eating Disorder 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🥲 Bittersweet

The Fine Art of Faking It

by Lucy Score • 2018

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

4.21

23k+

💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Fine Art of Faking It

Enemies fake a romance to expose their town's matchmakers. The fire between them never died.

by Lucy Score 2018

4.21

23k+ ratings

💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Pride & Puppies

by Lizzie Shane • 2022

A doctor gives up dating for a puppy, while her neighbor sees his chance at last.

3.62

1k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💕 Unrequited Crush 😊 Lighthearted Romance 📚 Austen Inspired

Pride & Puppies

A doctor gives up dating for a puppy, while her neighbor sees his chance at last.

by Lizzie Shane 2022

3.62

1k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 💕 Unrequited Crush 😊 Lighthearted Romance 📚 Austen Inspired

Only Love Can Hurt Like This

by Paige Toon • 2023

An architect flees her broken engagement for Indiana, where a farmer's secret makes love impossible.

3.96

45k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding 🌱 Starting Over

Only Love Can Hurt Like This

An architect flees her broken engagement for Indiana, where a farmer's secret makes love impossible.

by Paige Toon 2023

3.96

45k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding 🌱 Starting Over

Under the Lights

by Abbi Glines • 2016

She left Lawton in handcuffs. She returns to find two boys who never stopped wanting her.

3.80

23k+

🌳 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🔐 Family Secrets 🪦 Survivor's Guilt 🌅 Southern Setting

Under the Lights

She left Lawton in handcuffs. She returns to find two boys who never stopped wanting her.

by Abbi Glines 2016

3.80

23k+ ratings

🌳 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Love Triangle 🔐 Family Secrets 🪦 Survivor's Guilt 🌅 Southern Setting

Not in the Cards

by Maggie C. Gates • 2022

Ex-Navy pilot crashes with sister's best friend; old sparks fly, but her secret could destroy them.

4.14

2k+

🎖️ Military Hero 💑 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👩‍❤️‍👨 Best Friend's Brother 🔥 Slow Burn

Not in the Cards

Ex-Navy pilot crashes with sister's best friend; old sparks fly, but her secret could destroy them.

by Maggie C. Gates 2022

4.14

2k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Hero 💑 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 👩‍❤️‍👨 Best Friend's Brother 🔥 Slow Burn

Betting Man

by Maggie C. Gates • 2022

Brutally attacked, she hides in her oldest friend's cottage, but her abuser is hunting her.

4.36

2k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔍 Romantic Suspense

Betting Man

Brutally attacked, she hides in her oldest friend's cottage, but her abuser is hunting her.

by Maggie C. Gates 2022

4.36

2k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔍 Romantic Suspense

Boyfriend Goals

by Riley Hart • 2022

An unfiltered accountant inherits a Maine bookstore, and the tattooed tenant who finally gets him.

4.16

11k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Tattooed Hero ✋ Explicit Consent

Boyfriend Goals

An unfiltered accountant inherits a Maine bookstore, and the tattooed tenant who finally gets him.

by Riley Hart 2022

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 🔥 Tattooed Hero ✋ Explicit Consent

Dream On, Ramona Riley

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2025

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

3.70

14k+

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection ✨ Hollywood Glamour

Dream On, Ramona Riley

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2025

3.70

14k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection ✨ Hollywood Glamour

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso"

by Elliot Fletcher • 2025

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

3.85

5k+

🏔️ Scottish Highlands ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 💘 He Falls First 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Amor com gelo e açúcar – Uma comédia romântica com hot da mesma autora de "Alto teor amoroso"

His brother's ex returns to their Scottish village, and her crumbling inn forces them together.

by Elliot Fletcher 2025

3.85

5k+ ratings

🏔️ Scottish Highlands ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Brother's Ex 💘 He Falls First 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

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