🌱 Starting Over

Stories and guides for people rebuilding from the ground up after divorce, loss, career collapse, or personal crisis. These books honor the terror and the freedom of the blank page.

The Summer Getaway

by Susan Mallery • 2022

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

4.07

18k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama 💝 Second Chance Romance

The Summer Getaway

A divorced mother flees to her great-aunt's mansion, where the new heir makes staying irresistible.

by Susan Mallery 2022

4.07

18k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔑 Generational Secrets 💔 Mother Daughter Conflict 📜 Inheritance Drama 💝 Second Chance Romance

Show Time

by Tawna Fenske • 2020

When a producer hires a CFO for his cult-compound reality show, their chemistry defies the script.

4.10

2k+

🎬 Reality TV Romance 🏘️ Small Town Charm 😂 Romantic Comedy Energy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐕 Rescue Dog

Show Time

When a producer hires a CFO for his cult-compound reality show, their chemistry defies the script.

by Tawna Fenske 2020

4.10

2k+ ratings

🎬 Reality TV Romance 🏘️ Small Town Charm 😂 Romantic Comedy Energy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐕 Rescue Dog

Far and Away

by Amy Poeppel • 2025

A viral scandal drives a mother to swap her Dallas home for a stranger's Berlin apartment.

3.95

10k+

🏠 House Swap 📱 Social Media Scandal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👩‍👦 Mother Son Relationship

Far and Away

A viral scandal drives a mother to swap her Dallas home for a stranger's Berlin apartment.

by Amy Poeppel 2025

3.95

10k+ ratings

🏠 House Swap 📱 Social Media Scandal 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 👩‍👦 Mother Son Relationship

The House Beneath the Cliffs

by Sharon Gosling • 2021

Heartbroken, a chef buys a cliffside cottage in remote Scotland and cooks her way to belonging.

4.00

1k+

🍳 Culinary Romance 🌊 Remote Scottish Coast 🫂 Found Family 💝 Second Chance Love 🌅 Healing Journey

The House Beneath the Cliffs

Heartbroken, a chef buys a cliffside cottage in remote Scotland and cooks her way to belonging.

by Sharon Gosling 2021

4.00

1k+ ratings

🍳 Culinary Romance 🌊 Remote Scottish Coast 🫂 Found Family 💝 Second Chance Love 🌅 Healing Journey

If You're Happy

by Fiona Robertson • 2022

Sixteen stories of ordinary people who keep choosing happiness after life has broken their hearts.

4.27

138

🔗 Interconnected Stories 📖 Literary Realism 💔 Grief And Healing 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🍂 Bittersweet

If You're Happy

Sixteen stories of ordinary people who keep choosing happiness after life has broken their hearts.

by Fiona Robertson 2022

4.27

138 ratings

🔗 Interconnected Stories 📖 Literary Realism 💔 Grief And Healing 🌱 Quiet Resilience 🍂 Bittersweet

Tough Love

by Melanie A. Smith • 2021

A jaded lawyer caring for her dying grandmother falls for the guarded doctor next door.

4.07

194

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Grief And Healing 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏠 Found Family

Tough Love

A jaded lawyer caring for her dying grandmother falls for the guarded doctor next door.

by Melanie A. Smith 2021

4.07

194 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Grief And Healing 🩹 Wounded Hero 🏠 Found Family

You've Got Chain Mail

by Sam Parks • 2024

Seeking friendship, a designer joins a D&D group. The guarded builder across the table wants more.

3.50

261

🎲 Geeky Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Hero

You've Got Chain Mail

Seeking friendship, a designer joins a D&D group. The guarded builder across the table wants more.

by Sam Parks 2024

3.50

261 ratings

🎲 Geeky Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🛡️ Emotionally Guarded Hero

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

by Jenny Colgan • 2012

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

3.92

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story 🍬 Food And Romance

Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop of Dreams

A London nurse must sell her great-aunt's crumbling sweetshop. The village has other ideas.

by Jenny Colgan 2012

3.92

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🌿 English Countryside 💔 Wartime Love Story 🍬 Food And Romance

Make It Sweet

by Kristen Callihan • 2021

A hockey player who lost his career and an actress who lost her show find each other over pastries.

3.91

29k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🍰 Food As Love Language 🏒 Wounded Athlete

Make It Sweet

A hockey player who lost his career and an actress who lost her show find each other over pastries.

by Kristen Callihan 2021

3.91

29k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🍰 Food As Love Language 🏒 Wounded Athlete

Dear Heart, You Screwed Me

by Ashlee Rose • 2022

She buried her fiancé, fled to New York, and accidentally married her best friend's father.

3.55

6k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💍 Accidental Marriage ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero

Dear Heart, You Screwed Me

She buried her fiancé, fled to New York, and accidentally married her best friend's father.

by Ashlee Rose 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💍 Accidental Marriage ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé

by Jennifer Peel • 2019

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

4.15

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad

My Not So Wicked Ex-Fiancé

Her ex-fiancé moves to her small town, unaware her parents faked the photos that made her run.

by Jennifer Peel 2019

4.15

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Small Town Romance 💰 Class Differences 🏚️ Meddling Parents 👯 Girl Squad

Rock Bottom Girl

by Lucy Score • 2019

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

4.25

74k+

🌾 Small Town Romance ⚽ Sports Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Return

Rock Bottom Girl

Broke and jobless, Marley returns to her town, coaches soccer, and fake-dates her high school crush.

by Lucy Score 2019

4.25

74k+ ratings

🌾 Small Town Romance ⚽ Sports Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Return

The Wedding of the Year

by Jill Mansell • 2024

At a Cornish wedding, Lottie's teenage rival Max returns, their old spark more forbidden than ever.

4.07

8k+

💞 Second Chance Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌊 Cornish Seaside 🫂 Found Family

The Wedding of the Year

At a Cornish wedding, Lottie's teenage rival Max returns, their old spark more forbidden than ever.

by Jill Mansell 2024

4.07

8k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌊 Cornish Seaside 🫂 Found Family

Always, in December

by Emily Stone • 2021

She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.

3.72

34k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 🥀 Tragic Love Story 💫 Chance Encounter 🤍 Secret Illness 💌 Unsent Letters

Always, in December

She dreads December until a bike crash with a London stranger opens her guarded heart.

by Emily Stone 2021

3.72

34k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 🥀 Tragic Love Story 💫 Chance Encounter 🤍 Secret Illness 💌 Unsent Letters

The House of New Beginnings

by Lucy Diamond • 2017

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

3.90

6k+

🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍳 Healing Through Food 👵 Elder Wisdom

The House of New Beginnings

Three heartbroken women land in the same Brighton building. The right neighbors become family.

by Lucy Diamond 2017

3.90

6k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 💕 Second Chance Romance 🍳 Healing Through Food 👵 Elder Wisdom

The Lies That Bind

by Emily Giffin • 2020

A journalist loses her new love on 9/11, then discovers the wife he never mentioned.

3.76

82k+

💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏙️ Post 9/11 🤫 Secrets And Lies 📟 Early Aughts

The Lies That Bind

A journalist loses her new love on 9/11, then discovers the wife he never mentioned.

by Emily Giffin 2020

3.76

82k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏙️ Post 9/11 🤫 Secrets And Lies 📟 Early Aughts

The Trouble With Her

by Kat T. Masen • 2021

To escape her best friend, she married a stranger. He never stopped loving her.

4.32

3k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn ⚠️ Toxic Marriage 💭 Pining Hero

The Trouble With Her

To escape her best friend, she married a stranger. He never stopped loving her.

by Kat T. Masen 2021

4.32

3k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn ⚠️ Toxic Marriage 💭 Pining Hero

The Time of My Life

by Cecelia Ahern • 2011

Her neglected life appears as a scruffy man, demanding she face every lie she's told.

3.86

23k+

✨ Everyday Magic 🔄 Quarter-Life Crisis ☎️ Wrong Number Romance 🎭 Living A Lie 👪 Family Expectations

The Time of My Life

Her neglected life appears as a scruffy man, demanding she face every lie she's told.

by Cecelia Ahern 2011

3.86

23k+ ratings

✨ Everyday Magic 🔄 Quarter-Life Crisis ☎️ Wrong Number Romance 🎭 Living A Lie 👪 Family Expectations

Abby Offsides

by Anna McCallie • 2026

Starting over in a Liverpool football job, she's drawn to the team's married Scottish star.

3.95

5k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Abby Offsides

Starting over in a Liverpool football job, she's drawn to the team's married Scottish star.

by Anna McCallie 2026

3.95

5k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

by Cathy Cassidy • 2024

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

3.84

113

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

by Cathy Cassidy 2024

3.84

113 ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Only for Love

by Natasha Madison • 2026

A trapped wife meets a hockey player who recognizes her suffering. His dare: choose herself.

4.32

6k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💙 Patient Hero

Only for Love

A trapped wife meets a hockey player who recognizes her suffering. His dare: choose herself.

by Natasha Madison 2026

4.32

6k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🫂 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💙 Patient Hero

Claimed by the Mountain Man

by Gemma Weir • 2021

Fleeing her past, a single mom collides with a Montana mountain man determined to keep her.

4.09

6k+

🏔️ Mountain Man 👶 Single Parent ⚡ Insta Love 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🏠 Found Family

Claimed by the Mountain Man

Fleeing her past, a single mom collides with a Montana mountain man determined to keep her.

by Gemma Weir 2021

4.09

6k+ ratings

🏔️ Mountain Man 👶 Single Parent ⚡ Insta Love 🗣️ Small Town Gossip 🏠 Found Family

Celebrations at the Chateau

by Jo Thomas • 2018

A French château inheritance comes with a catch: a lifetime tenant and a town's old grudge.

4.14

2k+

🇫🇷 Rural France 🎄 Holiday Romance 🍽️ Culinary Fiction 🗝️ Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Community

Celebrations at the Chateau

A French château inheritance comes with a catch: a lifetime tenant and a town's old grudge.

by Jo Thomas 2018

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇫🇷 Rural France 🎄 Holiday Romance 🍽️ Culinary Fiction 🗝️ Family Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Community

Perfect Love Story

by Natasha Madison • 2018

Her husband's death reveals a double life, sending her seaside into a guarded single dad's path.

4.20

8k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌊 Seaside Small Town

Perfect Love Story

Her husband's death reveals a double life, sending her seaside into a guarded single dad's path.

by Natasha Madison 2018

4.20

8k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🌊 Seaside Small Town

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