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Love & Magic Shaking

by Kelly St. Clare • 2022

A cupid's dates always end in flames. A detective wants to be the one who doesn't burn.

4.28

3k+

💔 Cursed In Love 💘 Magical Matchmaking 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏛️ Corrupt Magical Elite

Love & Magic Shaking

A cupid's dates always end in flames. A detective wants to be the one who doesn't burn.

by Kelly St. Clare 2022

4.28

3k+ ratings

💔 Cursed In Love 💘 Magical Matchmaking 👥 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏛️ Corrupt Magical Elite

The Husband Hoax

by Saxon James • 2023

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

4.02

12k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Husband Hoax

One needs a wedding date, the other a husband. Fake dating was the easy part.

by Saxon James 2023

4.02

12k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏠 Found Family 💰 Class Difference ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Ice Ice Baby

by Carly Robyn • 2025

Boston hockey captain meets a bookish woman who doesn't recognize his face. He's hooked.

3.82

6k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🐌 Slow Burn 📚 Bookish Heroine 💔 Grieving Hero

Ice Ice Baby

Boston hockey captain meets a bookish woman who doesn't recognize his face. He's hooked.

by Carly Robyn 2025

3.82

6k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Friends To Lovers 🐌 Slow Burn 📚 Bookish Heroine 💔 Grieving Hero

Baggage Claim

by Juliana Smith • 2022

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

3.67

13k+

🎄 Christmas Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town

Baggage Claim

Dreading a family Christmas, she lets her charming flight companion pose as her fake boyfriend.

by Juliana Smith 2022

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎄 Christmas Romance 🎭 Fake Dating ✈️ Forced Proximity 💔 Family Estrangement 🏔️ Mountain Town

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

by Megan Bannen • 2022

A demigod marshal and an undertaker can't stand each other. Their secret letters say otherwise.

4.04

50k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💀 Macabre Humor

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

A demigod marshal and an undertaker can't stand each other. Their secret letters say otherwise.

by Megan Bannen 2022

4.04

50k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💀 Macabre Humor

Mad Man

by Onley James • 2022

Felix begged his psychopath boss to take his virginity. Now neither can pretend it meant nothing.

4.22

11k+

🖤 Psychopath Romance 🩹 Trauma Bonding 👔 Workplace Romance 🏠 Found Family 💅 Fashion Industry

Mad Man

Felix begged his psychopath boss to take his virginity. Now neither can pretend it meant nothing.

by Onley James 2022

4.22

11k+ ratings

🖤 Psychopath Romance 🩹 Trauma Bonding 👔 Workplace Romance 🏠 Found Family 💅 Fashion Industry

Not the Witch You Wed

by April Asher • 2022

To dodge forced mating, a witch without magic and her Alpha wolf rival fake a romance.

3.77

15k+

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Witch Shifter Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom

Not the Witch You Wed

To dodge forced mating, a witch without magic and her Alpha wolf rival fake a romance.

by April Asher 2022

3.77

15k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🐺 Witch Shifter Romance 😂 Paranormal Romcom

Three Mages and a Margarita

by Annette Marie • 2018

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

4.13

25k+

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Three Mages and a Margarita

A fiery waitress stumbles into a bartending job at a magical guild where humans are forbidden.

by Annette Marie 2018

4.13

25k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Guild 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🍺 Magical Pub 👤 Human In Magical World 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

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+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

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

🏡 Small Town Romance 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Fake Dating 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Austenland

by Shannon Hale • 2007

A Darcy-obsessed New Yorker inherits a trip to an immersive Regency resort where love is scripted.

3.56

91k+

🎩 Austen-Inspired Romance 💞 Love Triangle 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🤫 Secret Romance

Austenland

A Darcy-obsessed New Yorker inherits a trip to an immersive Regency resort where love is scripted.

by Shannon Hale 2007

3.56

91k+ ratings

🎩 Austen-Inspired Romance 💞 Love Triangle 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🤫 Secret Romance

A Little Tempting

by Kelsie Rae • 2024

When a shy student partners with a hockey-playing escort, a masked kiss changes everything.

4.36

10k+

🏒 College Hockey 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔄 Opposites Attract 💊 Chronic Illness Rep 🤝 Found Family

A Little Tempting

When a shy student partners with a hockey-playing escort, a masked kiss changes everything.

by Kelsie Rae 2024

4.36

10k+ ratings

🏒 College Hockey 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔄 Opposites Attract 💊 Chronic Illness Rep 🤝 Found Family

A Duke to Die for

by Amelia Grey • 2009

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

3.39

1k+

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 😤 Jealous Hero 💪 Capable Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

A Duke to Die for

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

by Amelia Grey 2009

3.39

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 😤 Jealous Hero 💪 Capable Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Final Play

by Eden Finley • 2019

A pregnant sister fleeing Tennessee tests two husbands against the family that broke them.

4.21

8k+

🫂 Chosen Family 💔 Toxic Family 👶 Reluctant Parent 🔥 Sweet And Steamy 📚 Series Finale

Final Play

A pregnant sister fleeing Tennessee tests two husbands against the family that broke them.

by Eden Finley 2019

4.21

8k+ ratings

🫂 Chosen Family 💔 Toxic Family 👶 Reluctant Parent 🔥 Sweet And Steamy 📚 Series Finale

The Wrong Lady Meets Lord Right

by Suzanne Allain • 2024

Posing as her heiress cousin, a poor relation falls for a lord who believes the lie.

3.73

3k+

🎭 Mistaken Identity 👒 Poor Relation Heroine 💕 Dual Romance 📚 Bookish Heroine 🤣 Comedy Of Errors

The Wrong Lady Meets Lord Right

Posing as her heiress cousin, a poor relation falls for a lord who believes the lie.

by Suzanne Allain 2024

3.73

3k+ ratings

🎭 Mistaken Identity 👒 Poor Relation Heroine 💕 Dual Romance 📚 Bookish Heroine 🤣 Comedy Of Errors

Because of Miss Bridgerton

by Julia Quinn • 2016

Stranded on a roof, a spinster has one way down: the arms of her lifelong rival.

3.93

85k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌳 Childhood Rivals 🏇 Tomboy Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Because of Miss Bridgerton

Stranded on a roof, a spinster has one way down: the arms of her lifelong rival.

by Julia Quinn 2016

3.93

85k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌳 Childhood Rivals 🏇 Tomboy Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

by Beth Brower • 2023

A sharp-tongued orphan and her scarred tenant dare to consider love, risking scandal and heartbreak.

4.72

31k+

📖 Fictional Diary 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

A sharp-tongued orphan and her scarred tenant dare to consider love, risking scandal and heartbreak.

by Beth Brower 2023

4.72

31k+ ratings

📖 Fictional Diary 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💔 Wounded Hero

Business or Pleasure

by Rachel Lynn Solomon • 2023

Her worst one-night stand is the actor she's ghostwriting for, and he wants lessons.

3.72

36k+

🛏️ Intimacy Lessons 💥 Disastrous One-Night Stand 🎭 Actor Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🔥 Sex-Positive Romance

Business or Pleasure

Her worst one-night stand is the actor she's ghostwriting for, and he wants lessons.

by Rachel Lynn Solomon 2023

3.72

36k+ ratings

🛏️ Intimacy Lessons 💥 Disastrous One-Night Stand 🎭 Actor Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🔥 Sex-Positive Romance

This Is Not a Game

by Kelly Mullen • 2025

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

3.41

6k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

This Is Not a Game

Blackmailed into a mansion party, a grandmother and her granddaughter are snowed in with a killer.

by Kelly Mullen 2025

3.41

6k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🤫 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy ❄️ Snowbound Mansion

Between Us

by Mhairi McFarlane • 2023

Her boyfriend's show exposes her trauma. She investigates, finding a betrayal darker than fiction.

3.70

26k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Blurred Boundaries 🚩 Unreliable Partner

Between Us

Her boyfriend's show exposes her trauma. She investigates, finding a betrayal darker than fiction.

by Mhairi McFarlane 2023

3.70

26k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Infidelity 🎭 Blurred Boundaries 🚩 Unreliable Partner

Not That Impressed

by Ranee S. Clark • 2025

Reality TV's villain and a brooding linebacker clash, but siblings' romance pulls them together.

3.95

1k+

🎭 Austen Retelling 📺 Reality TV Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance 👯 Sisterhood

Not That Impressed

Reality TV's villain and a brooding linebacker clash, but siblings' romance pulls them together.

by Ranee S. Clark 2025

3.95

1k+ ratings

🎭 Austen Retelling 📺 Reality TV Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance 👯 Sisterhood

Perfect on Paper

by Sophie Gonzales • 2021

Her secret advice locker discovered, a teen is blackmailed into coaching a classmate back to his ex.

3.95

36k+

🖤 Blackmail To Lovers 💘 Best Friend Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏳️‍🌈 Bi Protagonist 🫂 Queer Found Family

Perfect on Paper

Her secret advice locker discovered, a teen is blackmailed into coaching a classmate back to his ex.

by Sophie Gonzales 2021

3.95

36k+ ratings

🖤 Blackmail To Lovers 💘 Best Friend Crush ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏳️‍🌈 Bi Protagonist 🫂 Queer Found Family

Blaze of Glory

by Michael Pryor • 2006

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

3.79

1k+

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Blaze of Glory

A half-dead young magician, a royal hunting party, and a conspiracy to assassinate the Crown Prince.

by Michael Pryor 2006

3.79

1k+ ratings

🛠️ Steampunk Fantasy 🧪 Magic As Science 💀 Death Magic 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 🎭 Corrupted Mentor

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell • 2023

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

3.99

7k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder

A romance writer returns home, moves in with her former crush, and finds a vanishing body.

by Gracie Ruth Mitchell 2023

3.99

7k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuths 🕵️‍♀️ Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy-Sunshine

Here Be Sexist Vampires

by Suzanne Wright • 2012

A low-blood vampire and her chauvinistic co-commander wage a war of pride and desire.

4.04

27k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 🐺 Alpha Male 🧛 Vampire Hierarchy

Here Be Sexist Vampires

A low-blood vampire and her chauvinistic co-commander wage a war of pride and desire.

by Suzanne Wright 2012

4.04

27k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 🐺 Alpha Male 🧛 Vampire Hierarchy

Zemsta

by Aleksander Fredro • 1838

A wall divides two feuding nobles; behind their backs, their children fall in love.

3.16

16k+

🏰 Feuding Neighbors 🎭 Farce Comedy 💔 Forbidden Love 🤡 Buffoon Sidekick 🕸️ Scheming Families

Zemsta

A wall divides two feuding nobles; behind their backs, their children fall in love.

by Aleksander Fredro 1838

3.16

16k+ ratings

🏰 Feuding Neighbors 🎭 Farce Comedy 💔 Forbidden Love 🤡 Buffoon Sidekick 🕸️ Scheming Families

Hopelessly Bromantic

by Lauren Blakely • 2022

A writer and an actor share a London flat, set rules against romance, and fail spectacularly.

4.14

4k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👬 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥺 Mutual Pining 🎭 Actor Hero

Hopelessly Bromantic

A writer and an actor share a London flat, set rules against romance, and fail spectacularly.

by Lauren Blakely 2022

4.14

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 👬 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🥺 Mutual Pining 🎭 Actor Hero

Higher Demon

by Louisa Masters • 2024

An arrogant demon ambassador and the hunter who can't afford to want him.

4.26

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Demon Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔗 Supernatural Bond 👑 Political Intrigue

Higher Demon

An arrogant demon ambassador and the hunter who can't afford to want him.

by Louisa Masters 2024

4.26

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👹 Demon Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔗 Supernatural Bond 👑 Political Intrigue

Next In Line

by J. Bengtsson • 2021

A rock star's brother runs from fame and straight into the arms of a tour guide.

4.54

2k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother 💔 Wounded Hero 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

Next In Line

A rock star's brother runs from fame and straight into the arms of a tour guide.

by J. Bengtsson 2021

4.54

2k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother 💔 Wounded Hero 🫂 Chosen Family 🩹 Trauma Healing

Just Breaking The Rules

by Lauren Blakely • 2026

To open a bakery, she partners with her brother's hockey-star best friend. Their rule: no romance.

3.89

9k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💔 Brother's Best Friend 👧 Single Dad 💕 Childhood Crush 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Just Breaking The Rules

To open a bakery, she partners with her brother's hockey-star best friend. Their rule: no romance.

by Lauren Blakely 2026

3.89

9k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💔 Brother's Best Friend 👧 Single Dad 💕 Childhood Crush 🏘️ Small Town Romance

Annie Knows Everything

by Rachel Wood • 2026

Bluffing through a data job, a charming extrovert meets the one boss immune to her charm.

3.87

14k+

🏢 Workplace Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🤝 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

Annie Knows Everything

Bluffing through a data job, a charming extrovert meets the one boss immune to her charm.

by Rachel Wood 2026

3.87

14k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🤝 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family

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