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Before We Came

by Sloane St. James

Her anonymous hookup is the hockey star who first kissed her before she was kidnapped.

3.78

44k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🛏️ One-Night Stand 🚪 Forced Proximity 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

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Before We Came

Her anonymous hookup is the hockey star who first kissed her before she was kidnapped.

by Sloane St. James 2023 348 pages

3.78

44k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🛏️ One-Night Stand 🚪 Forced Proximity 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Web of Vows and Vengeance

by Aria Ashbrook • 2026

A fallen noble enters a magical tournament where the prince who ruined her becomes her temptation.

4.23

27k+

🥀 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Found Family

Web of Vows and Vengeance

A fallen noble enters a magical tournament where the prince who ruined her becomes her temptation.

by Aria Ashbrook 2026 542 pages

4.23

27k+ ratings

🥀 Dark Romantasy ⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Found Family

Stardoc

by S.L. Viehl • 2000

3.80

3k+

Science Fiction

Space Opera

Romance

Aliens

Fantasy

Stardoc

by S.L. Viehl 2000 394 pages

3.80

3k+ ratings

Science Fiction

Space Opera

Romance

Aliens

Fantasy

The Pretenders

by Rebecca Hanover • 2019

At a clone-divided school, a senior develops telepathy, a letter insists she isn't who she thinks.

3.86

3k+

🧬 Clone Identity 🎓 Elite Boarding School 🪞 Replacement Paranoia 🧠 Telepathic Heroine 🧫 Genetic Engineering

The Pretenders

At a clone-divided school, a senior develops telepathy, a letter insists she isn't who she thinks.

by Rebecca Hanover 2019 400 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity 🎓 Elite Boarding School 🪞 Replacement Paranoia 🧠 Telepathic Heroine 🧫 Genetic Engineering

Dawn of the North

by Demi Winters • 2026

A queen and her captive sister share a blood curse as a sentient mist spreads north.

4.40

26k+

⚔️ Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🖤 Dark Romantasy 👑 Reluctant Queen 🕯️ Hidden Heirs 🗡️ Political Intrigue

Dawn of the North

A queen and her captive sister share a blood curse as a sentient mist spreads north.

by Demi Winters 2026 588 pages

4.40

26k+ ratings

⚔️ Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🖤 Dark Romantasy 👑 Reluctant Queen 🕯️ Hidden Heirs 🗡️ Political Intrigue

The Similars

by Rebecca Hanover • 2019

Six clones enroll at Emma's boarding school, and one of them has her dead best friend's face.

3.84

8k+

🧬 Clone Romance 🎭 Secret Society Hazing ⚖️ Clone Rights 🪞 Clone Identity 🧪 Genetic Experimentation

The Similars

Six clones enroll at Emma's boarding school, and one of them has her dead best friend's face.

by Rebecca Hanover 2019 386 pages

3.84

8k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Romance 🎭 Secret Society Hazing ⚖️ Clone Rights 🪞 Clone Identity 🧪 Genetic Experimentation

Ravage

by A.L. Rook • 2024

A gifted survivor hunting the corporation that broke her collides with four dangerous old loves.

4.10

4k+

💞 Why Choose ❤️🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 🗡️ Revenge Mission 👥 Found Family

Ravage

A gifted survivor hunting the corporation that broke her collides with four dangerous old loves.

by A.L. Rook 2024 489 pages

4.10

4k+ ratings

💞 Why Choose ❤️🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 🗡️ Revenge Mission 👥 Found Family

Triple Power Play

by Jessica Lyn • 2025

A hockey star and his coach want the same woman; her pregnancy forces one shared future.

3.95

3k+

🏒 Hockey Romance ❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 🤰 Unplanned Pregnancy 🥀 Possessive Hero 🩹 Addiction Recovery

Triple Power Play

A hockey star and his coach want the same woman; her pregnancy forces one shared future.

by Jessica Lyn 2025 282 pages

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance ❤️‍🔥 Why Choose 🤰 Unplanned Pregnancy 🥀 Possessive Hero 🩹 Addiction Recovery

700 Senses of Summer

by Maggie C. Gates • 2025

A burned-out novelist inherits a crumbling beach house beside a firefighter who cannot stay away.

4.02

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🏚️ Inherited Fixer Upper 📜 Hidden Family Secrets

700 Senses of Summer

A burned-out novelist inherits a crumbling beach house beside a firefighter who cannot stay away.

by Maggie C. Gates 2025 370 pages

4.02

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚒 Firefighter Hero ✍️ Writer Heroine 🏚️ Inherited Fixer Upper 📜 Hidden Family Secrets

Devil's Deal

by Layla Fae • 2024

Her village wants the witch dead; only a devil offers protection, and he wants everything.

4.08

4k+

🌾 Slavic Folklore 😈 Demon Bargain 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Witch Outcast 🌙 Dark Fairytale

Devil's Deal

Her village wants the witch dead; only a devil offers protection, and he wants everything.

by Layla Fae 2024 564 pages

4.08

4k+ ratings

🌾 Slavic Folklore 😈 Demon Bargain 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Witch Outcast 🌙 Dark Fairytale

The Loners

by Lex Thomas • 2012

An explosion quarantines a high school, trapping two brothers with infected classmates gone feral.

3.88

8k+

🦠 Deadly Contagion 🚪 Trapped Teens 🗡️ Gang Rivalry 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader

The Loners

An explosion quarantines a high school, trapping two brothers with infected classmates gone feral.

by Lex Thomas 2012 416 pages

3.88

8k+ ratings

🦠 Deadly Contagion 🚪 Trapped Teens 🗡️ Gang Rivalry 🫂 Found Family 👑 Reluctant Leader

Ravage

by Steph Macca • 2025

In a corrupt asylum, Avery wakes in a hidden lab; three dark protectors hunt her.

4.27

33k+

💘 Why Choose 🥀 Enemies To Lovers 🏥 Psychiatric Institution 🎭 Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Romance

Ravage

In a corrupt asylum, Avery wakes in a hidden lab; three dark protectors hunt her.

by Steph Macca 2025 355 pages

4.27

33k+ ratings

💘 Why Choose 🥀 Enemies To Lovers 🏥 Psychiatric Institution 🎭 Secret Society ⛓️ Captive Romance

Crank Palace

by James Dashner • 2020

To protect his friends from what he is becoming, Newt walks into the infected city alone.

4.08

19k+

🦠 Viral Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Descent Into Madness 🛡️ Heroic Sacrifice 🤱 Protective Mother

Crank Palace

To protect his friends from what he is becoming, Newt walks into the infected city alone.

by James Dashner 2020

4.08

19k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Apocalypse 🫂 Found Family 🧠 Descent Into Madness 🛡️ Heroic Sacrifice 🤱 Protective Mother

The Crimson Crown

by Heather Walter

Her failed ascension summons dark power. She infiltrates the kingdom that burns witches to undo it.

3.83

3k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🔮 Sapphic Witches 💔 Second Chance Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Shadow Magic

Immersive

The Crimson Crown

Her failed ascension summons dark power. She infiltrates the kingdom that burns witches to undo it.

by Heather Walter 2024 544 pages

3.83

3k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🔮 Sapphic Witches 💔 Second Chance Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Shadow Magic

Rise of a Queen

by Rina Kent • 2020

A billionaire's contract demands her submission, but she's a serial killer's daughter hiding a past.

4.16

52k+

🖤 Dark Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌀 Psychological Suspense

Rise of a Queen

A billionaire's contract demands her submission, but she's a serial killer's daughter hiding a past.

by Rina Kent 2020 289 pages

4.16

52k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌀 Psychological Suspense

The Levee

by Michael McDowell • 1983

To escape her mother-in-law, a river bride surrenders her baby and turns against the town's levee.

3.76

63k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌳 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 👑 Controlling Matriarch 🕯️ Folk Magic

The Levee

To escape her mother-in-law, a river bride surrenders her baby and turns against the town's levee.

by Michael McDowell 1983 216 pages

3.76

63k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌳 Family Saga 🌊 Aquatic Horror 👑 Controlling Matriarch 🕯️ Folk Magic

The Game

by Leonor Soliz • 2025

A quarterback's one-night stand from six years ago is now the PR exec rebranding his team.

3.83

1k+

🏈 Football Romance 🔁 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 💗 Plus Size Heroine

The Game

A quarterback's one-night stand from six years ago is now the PR exec rebranding his team.

by Leonor Soliz 2025 358 pages

3.83

1k+ ratings

🏈 Football Romance 🔁 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💼 Workplace Romance 💗 Plus Size Heroine

The Butler

by Clare Mackintosh • 2026

A butler arrives at a Riviera villa where first light exposes a corpse in the pool.

3.63

2k+

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🛎️ Upstairs Downstairs 💸 Wealthy Dysfunction 🥂 Social Satire

The Butler

A butler arrives at a Riviera villa where first light exposes a corpse in the pool.

by Clare Mackintosh 2026 208 pages

3.63

2k+ ratings

🔐 Locked Room Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🛎️ Upstairs Downstairs 💸 Wealthy Dysfunction 🥂 Social Satire

Bones Don't Lie

by Melinda Leigh • 2018

A sunken car surfaces with a skeleton, forcing a small town to reopen its coldest case.

4.41

41k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👀 Stalker Threat 🥀 Widowed Heroine 💔 Wounded Hero

Bones Don't Lie

A sunken car surfaces with a skeleton, forcing a small town to reopen its coldest case.

by Melinda Leigh 2018 341 pages

4.41

41k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👀 Stalker Threat 🥀 Widowed Heroine 💔 Wounded Hero

The Path to Loving Him

by Meghan Quinn • 2025

4.23

35k+

Romance

Forced Proximity

Sports

Contemporary Romance

Sports Romance

The Path to Loving Him

by Meghan Quinn 2025 460 pages

4.23

35k+ ratings

Romance

Forced Proximity

Sports

Contemporary Romance

Sports Romance

Pulp

by Charles Bukowski

A broke PI's client is Death: find a dead French writer walking around Hollywood.

3.67

45k+

🔍 Noir Parody 🥃 Down-And-Out Detective 💀 Death Personified 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌴 Seedy Los Angeles

Immersive

Pulp

A broke PI's client is Death: find a dead French writer walking around Hollywood.

by Charles Bukowski 1994 208 pages

3.67

45k+ ratings

🔍 Noir Parody 🥃 Down-And-Out Detective 💀 Death Personified 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌴 Seedy Los Angeles

Wish

by Sara Flanagan • 2024

A genie bound to a flask falls for the fae enslaved to the same bloodline.

3.58

5k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💞 Fated Mates 🔪 Vengeful Heroine ⛓️ Captive Heroine 🩸 Blood Magic

Wish

A genie bound to a flask falls for the fae enslaved to the same bloodline.

by Sara Flanagan 2024 582 pages

3.58

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance 💞 Fated Mates 🔪 Vengeful Heroine ⛓️ Captive Heroine 🩸 Blood Magic

Out of Time

by Jodi Taylor • 2025

A dead dinosaur in rural Wales sends Time Police into a temporal crime scene that detonates.

4.54

2k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 👥 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up 📋 Bureaucratic Satire

Out of Time

A dead dinosaur in rural Wales sends Time Police into a temporal crime scene that detonates.

by Jodi Taylor 2025 524 pages

4.54

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 👥 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up 📋 Bureaucratic Satire

Lockdown

by Alexander Gordon Smith • 2009

Framed for murder, a teen lands in a buried prison where missing inmates return as monsters.

4.12

20k+

🕳️ Underground Prison 🏃 Prison Escape ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧪 Human Experimentation 🧬 Body Horror

Lockdown

Framed for murder, a teen lands in a buried prison where missing inmates return as monsters.

by Alexander Gordon Smith 2009 296 pages

4.12

20k+ ratings

🕳️ Underground Prison 🏃 Prison Escape ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🧪 Human Experimentation 🧬 Body Horror

Blue Willow

by Doris Gates • 1940

1930s California: migrant child Janey clings to a willow-pattern plate, her wish to belong.

3.88

3k+

🚜 Migrant Farmworkers 🌁 1930s California 👭 Cross-Cultural Friends 🍽️ Cherished Heirloom 🏡 Longing For Home

Blue Willow

1930s California: migrant child Janey clings to a willow-pattern plate, her wish to belong.

by Doris Gates 1940 176 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

🚜 Migrant Farmworkers 🌁 1930s California 👭 Cross-Cultural Friends 🍽️ Cherished Heirloom 🏡 Longing For Home

Never Tear Us Apart

by Monica Murphy • 2016

A woman who survived abduction tells her story. Her kidnapper's son reappears under a false name.

3.83

4k+

🖤 Dark New Adult 🩹 Love After Trauma 💌 Secret Letters 📺 True Crime Media 🥺 Abduction Survivor

Never Tear Us Apart

A woman who survived abduction tells her story. Her kidnapper's son reappears under a false name.

by Monica Murphy 2016 398 pages

3.83

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark New Adult 🩹 Love After Trauma 💌 Secret Letters 📺 True Crime Media 🥺 Abduction Survivor

Gift from the Tree

by Willa Rae • 2024

4.18

7k+

Fantasy

Why Choose

Paranormal

Dragons

Magic

Gift from the Tree

by Willa Rae 2024 471 pages

4.18

7k+ ratings

Fantasy

Why Choose

Paranormal

Dragons

Magic

Montana Sanctuary

by Josie Jade • 2022

A woman fleeing a violent ex finds refuge at a Montana ranch, until his threats follow.

4.29

13k+

🖤 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Wounded Hero 🐾 Animal Therapy 🏔️ Montana Ranch ⏳ Slow Burn Romance

Montana Sanctuary

A woman fleeing a violent ex finds refuge at a Montana ranch, until his threats follow.

by Josie Jade 2022 288 pages

4.29

13k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Wounded Hero 🐾 Animal Therapy 🏔️ Montana Ranch ⏳ Slow Burn Romance

Betrayed Love

by Brynne Asher • 2022

Fleeing a life built on a kidnapping secret, she crashes into her guarded CEO neighbor.

4.54

3k+

🕵️ Suspenseful Romance 😬 High Angst 🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers 🧑‍🍼 Instant Parenthood 👔 Billionaire Hero

Betrayed Love

Fleeing a life built on a kidnapping secret, she crashes into her guarded CEO neighbor.

by Brynne Asher 2022 411 pages

4.54

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Suspenseful Romance 😬 High Angst 🏘️ Neighbors To Lovers 🧑‍🍼 Instant Parenthood 👔 Billionaire Hero

The Saints

by Lex Thomas • 2013

A bus wreck seals the doors, trapping them inside with infected outsiders and warring gangs.

4.11

3k+

🦠 Viral Dystopia 🚪 Quarantined Teens ⚔️ Dystopian Gangs 🩸 Survival Horror 🖤 Found Family

The Saints

A bus wreck seals the doors, trapping them inside with infected outsiders and warring gangs.

by Lex Thomas 2013 384 pages

4.11

3k+ ratings

🦠 Viral Dystopia 🚪 Quarantined Teens ⚔️ Dystopian Gangs 🩸 Survival Horror 🖤 Found Family

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