50 Books like One Small Thing

If There's No Tomorrow

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2017

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

4.02

21k+

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

If There's No Tomorrow 95%

After a party, she got in a car with drunk friends and was the only survivor.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2017

4.02

21k+ ratings

🏫 Ya Contemporary Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🚗 Drunk Driving 🏥 High School Tragedy

Sad Girls

by Lang Leav • 2017

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

3.33

12k+

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Sad Girls 95%

Audrey told a lie. A girl died. Now she's falling for the boy who lost everything.

by Lang Leav 2017

3.33

12k+ ratings

🖤 Grief And Guilt 💔 Forbidden Romance 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🧠 Anxiety Rep 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Reminders of Him

by Colleen Hoover • 2022

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

4.33

1.7M+

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

Reminders of Him 94%

A young mother fresh from prison falls for the best friend of the man she killed.

by Colleen Hoover 2022

4.33

1.7M+ ratings

💥 Hate To Love 👩‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🚫❤️ Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker 🏘️ Small Town

A pesar de ti

by Colleen Hoover • 2019

The same crash kills her husband and sister, exposing their affair. Now her daughter is spiraling.

4.10

964k+

🎭 Mother-Daughter Drama 🔍 Family Secrets 💘 Forbidden Romance 🎸 Teenage Rebellion 🏠 Found Family

A pesar de ti 94%

The same crash kills her husband and sister, exposing their affair. Now her daughter is spiraling.

by Colleen Hoover 2019

4.10

964k+ ratings

🎭 Mother-Daughter Drama 🔍 Family Secrets 💘 Forbidden Romance 🎸 Teenage Rebellion 🏠 Found Family

Loving Mr. Daniels

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2014

Grieving her twin, Ashlyn falls for a stranger on the train. He's her new English teacher.

4.17

40k+

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing 💛 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 📜 Bucket List Journey

Loving Mr. Daniels 94%

Grieving her twin, Ashlyn falls for a stranger on the train. He's her new English teacher.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2014

4.17

40k+ ratings

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 🖤 Grief And Healing 💛 Found Family 🤫 Secret Relationship 📜 Bucket List Journey

Darling Venom

by Parker S. Huntington • 2021

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

4.25

84k+

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

Darling Venom 94%

Her friend's suicide left a novel to finish and a brother to resist. She's failing at both.

by Parker S. Huntington 2021

4.25

84k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Suicide Grief 📚 Literary World 😞 Survivor's Guilt

Catch the Sun

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2024

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

4.24

39k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

Catch the Sun 94%

When a killer's sister returns home, her only shelter is the boy next door who loved her first.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2024

4.24

39k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🌅 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 💘 Boy Falls First

My Return to the Walter Boys

by Ali Novak • 2025

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

3.73

23k+

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

My Return to the Walter Boys 94%

Grieving Jackie returns to the Walters and the boy she left behind, craving a second chance.

by Ali Novak 2025

3.73

23k+ ratings

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🔺 Love Triangle 🌾 Small Town Romance

Un amigo gratis

by Inma Rubiales • 2019

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

4.16

3k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

Un amigo gratis 94%

A guarded boy falls for the girl whose free-friendship project won't let him stay invisible.

by Inma Rubiales 2019

4.16

3k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👥 Dual Pov

The Boy & His Ribbon

by Pepper Winters • 2018

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

4.40

11k+

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

The Boy & His Ribbon 94%

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.40

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

Slammed

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

4.14

454k+

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

Slammed 94%

Her new neighbor shares her love of poetry and loss. Then she discovers he's her teacher.

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.14

454k+ ratings

🍎 Student Teacher Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🎤 Poetry Slam 💘 Forbidden Love 💀 Terminal Illness

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+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding

Only Love Can Hurt Like This 94%

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

by Paige Toon 2023

3.96

45k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family 👯 Sisterly Bonding

Sunday Morning

by Jewel E. Ann • 2024

The preacher's daughter was supposed to marry the golden boy. Then his older brother came home.

4.14

17k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👤 Brother Love Triangle 🔥 Good Girl Bad Boy 🖤 Angsty Romance

Sunday Morning 93%

The preacher's daughter was supposed to marry the golden boy. Then his older brother came home.

by Jewel E. Ann 2024

4.14

17k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👤 Brother Love Triangle 🔥 Good Girl Bad Boy 🖤 Angsty Romance

The Air He Breathes

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A widow and a grieving recluse use each other as stand-ins for their dead spouses.

4.12

75k+

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 😢 Tearjerker Romance

The Air He Breathes 93%

A widow and a grieving recluse use each other as stand-ins for their dead spouses.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.12

75k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 😢 Tearjerker Romance

The Coldest Winter

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2023

After one reckless night, a student teacher finds her stranger sitting in her new classroom.

4.01

12k+

📝 Student Teacher 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌸 Good Girl 💔 Shared Grief 😩 Angsty Romance

The Coldest Winter 93%

After one reckless night, a student teacher finds her stranger sitting in her new classroom.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2023

4.01

12k+ ratings

📝 Student Teacher 🖤 Damaged Hero 🌸 Good Girl 💔 Shared Grief 😩 Angsty Romance

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

4.03

468k+

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

A Thousand Boy Kisses 93%

Childhood soulmates reunite after years apart, only to learn her days are numbered.

by Tillie Cole 2016

4.03

468k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Terminal Illness 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Summer We Fell

by Elizabeth O'Roark • 2023

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

4.00

40k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine

The Summer We Fell 93%

She was his teammate's girl. One forbidden summer changed everything. Now she's back.

by Elizabeth O'Roark 2023

4.00

40k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🎤 Musician Heroine

If He Had Been With Me

by Laura Nowlin • 2013

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

3.78

598k+

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

If He Had Been With Me 93%

She always loved the boy next door. She never told him. Now she never will.

by Laura Nowlin 2013

3.78

598k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 💔 Unspoken Love ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🌊 Growing Apart

Little Pieces of Light

by Emma Scott • 2025

They reunite at prep school, but lost promises and class divides threaten their second chance.

4.12

2k+

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔒 Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker

Little Pieces of Light 93%

They reunite at prep school, but lost promises and class divides threaten their second chance.

by Emma Scott 2025

4.12

2k+ ratings

💞 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔒 Forbidden Love 😭 Tearjerker

Beverly

by Laura J. Robert • 2025

A broken foster boy, the cop's daughter who saves him, and a love that undoes them.

3.49

2k+

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Love 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Unsent Love Letters

Beverly 93%

A broken foster boy, the cop's daughter who saves him, and a love that undoes them.

by Laura J. Robert 2025

3.49

2k+ ratings

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance Love 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 💌 Unsent Love Letters

Boulevard

by Flor M. Salvador • 2020

A clumsy senior falls for a drug-using outcast. Her best friend forbids it. His demons agree.

3.64

107k+

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Tragic Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 🎵 Music And Love

Boulevard 93%

A clumsy senior falls for a drug-using outcast. Her best friend forbids it. His demons agree.

by Flor M. Salvador 2020

3.64

107k+ ratings

🖤 Good Girl Bad Boy ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Tragic Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 🎵 Music And Love

Until the Storm Breaks

by Nate Wilder • 2025

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

4.07

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Until the Storm Breaks 93%

A bartender's secret tattoo meets its author when a funeral traps them side by side.

by Nate Wilder 2025

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🤗 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Everything We Never Said

by Sloan Harlow • 2024

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

3.84

25k+

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Everything We Never Said 93%

After her best friend dies, Ella finds her diary and falls for the forbidden boyfriend.

by Sloan Harlow 2024

3.84

25k+ ratings

🎭 Ya Romantic Suspense 💔 Best Friend's Boyfriend 🚫 Forbidden Romance 🖤 Grief And Guilt ☁️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Ashes of Life

by Erica Lucke Dean • 2015

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

4.07

1k+

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Ashes of Life 93%

After her parents' sudden death, a grieving teen is trapped living with the stepmother she resents.

by Erica Lucke Dean 2015

4.07

1k+ ratings

🪦 Parental Loss 🏠 Found Family 💔 Destructive Coping 🌱 Emotional Recovery 🔄 Alternating Pov

Yo te inventé

by Francesca Zappia • 2015

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

4.02

31k+

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Yo te inventé 93%

Her first friend was a hallucination. Now he's her chemistry partner, and she's falling.

by Francesca Zappia 2015

4.02

31k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Ya 💥 Enemies To Lovers 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

You'd Be Home Now

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2021

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

4.13

82k+

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

You'd Be Home Now 93%

When a fatal crash exposes her brother's addiction, she becomes the family's invisible caretaker.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2021

4.13

82k+ ratings

💊 Sibling Addiction 🤫 Secret Relationship 📢 Slut-Shaming 💉 Opioid Crisis 🕊️ Survivor Guilt

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her

by Laura Nowlin

Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.

3.86

74k+

👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😭 Tearjerker

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her Summary

Friends to Lovers Series Volume 1 and 2 If He Had Been with Me + If Only I had Told Her 93%

Neighbors since birth, they've shared everything but the one truth that could change it all.

by Laura Nowlin

3.86

74k+ ratings

👫 Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Romance ⏰ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 😭 Tearjerker

August and Everything After

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski • 2018

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

3.41

5k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

August and Everything After 93%

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski 2018

3.41

5k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

Poker Face

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

A pastry chef's anonymous gym crush is also the celebrity judge of her baking competition.

4.00

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chef 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Poker Face 93%

A pastry chef's anonymous gym crush is also the celebrity judge of her baking competition.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021

4.00

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 👨‍🍳 Celebrity Chef 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Easy

by Tammara Webber • 2012

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

4.07

230k+

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Easy 93%

A freshman's attraction to her campus rescuer unravels when she discovers he's also her tutor.

by Tammara Webber 2012

4.07

230k+ ratings

🎓 New Adult Romance 🏫 Campus Romance 🛡️ Mysterious Protector 🎭 Hidden Identity ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

The Boy & His Ribbon

by Pepper Winters • 2018

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

4.40

11k+

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

The Boy & His Ribbon 93%

At ten, he fled captivity carrying an infant. At twenty-eight, he can't escape loving her.

by Pepper Winters 2018

4.40

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Forbidden Romance 🛡️ Guardian Ward Romance 💔 Trauma Bonded 🥀 Mutual Pining 🏠 Found Family

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback

by Simone Elkeles • 2007

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

3.99

44k+

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback Summary

Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (2008) Paperback 93%

He's back from juvie. She still limps. Their small town can't hold the secret between them.

by Simone Elkeles 2007

3.99

44k+ ratings

💕 Ya Contemporary Romance 😈 Bad Reputation Hero 🩹 Scarred Heroine 🔒 Forced Proximity 💢 Enemies To Lovers

Forbidden

by Tabitha Suzuma • 2010

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

3.95

76k+

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety 🍷 Neglectful Parent 💔 Tragic Romance

Forbidden 93%

Raising their siblings alone, a teenage brother and sister cross the line from co-parents to lovers.

by Tabitha Suzuma 2010

3.95

76k+ ratings

🚫 Taboo Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parentified Siblings 😰 Social Anxiety 🍷 Neglectful Parent 💔 Tragic Romance

Heart Bones

by Colleen Hoover • 2020

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

4.20

685k+

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

Heart Bones 93%

Two guarded strangers agree to one summer with no strings. But the truth will pull them under.

by Colleen Hoover 2020

4.20

685k+ ratings

☀️ Summer Fling 💰 Class Divide 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏖️ Beach Town

The Love of My Next Life

by Brit Benson • 2022

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

4.12

20k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst

The Love of My Next Life 93%

Hating her best friend's brother was easy until their parents got engaged.

by Brit Benson 2022

4.12

20k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Wounded Bad Boy 😩 High Angst

Write Me for You

by Tillie Cole • 2025

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

4.30

9k+

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

Write Me for You 93%

Two dying teens meet at a ranch and fall in love, determined to write their ending.

by Tillie Cole 2025

4.30

9k+ ratings

🤒 Sick Lit 🫂 Found Family 📚 Metafiction 💞 First Love 💔 Tragic Romance

Pieces of the Night

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2026

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

4.17

8k+

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

Pieces of the Night 93%

Accidentally kidnapped in a blizzard, she helps her desperate captor, sparking an unlikely love.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2026

4.17

8k+ ratings

🖤 Angsty Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Healing

The Sea of Tranquility

by Katja Millay • 2012

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

4.28

89k+

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

The Sea of Tranquility 93%

A mute girl, a grieving boy, and a garage where silence says everything.

by Katja Millay 2012

4.28

89k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Romance 💔 Broken Boy Broken Girl 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 😢 Tearjerker

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2023

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

4.16

16k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak Summary

An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak 93%

Ten years after losing him, she's his new receptionist. One rule: never mention his dead sister.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2023

4.16

16k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 💔 Second Chance Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔧 Workplace Romance

Hopeless

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

4.22

690k+

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕵️ Dark Secrets 🌧️ Sexual Abuse Survivor

Hopeless 93%

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.22

690k+ ratings

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕵️ Dark Secrets 🌧️ Sexual Abuse Survivor

Until Friday Night

by Abbi Glines • 2015

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

3.86

69k+

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

Until Friday Night 93%

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

by Abbi Glines 2015

3.86

69k+ ratings

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

I Dreamt That You Loved Me

by Emery Rose • 2025

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

4.24

3k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

I Dreamt That You Loved Me 93%

She finds a notebook full of aching confessions, then meets its author: her best friend's boyfriend.

by Emery Rose 2025

4.24

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 🎸 Rock Star Romance ✨ Fated Connection ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Infinity Between Us

by N.S. Perkins • 2021

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

3.82

29k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief

The Infinity Between Us 93%

After a family betrayal, estranged sweethearts must share their beach house for one summer.

by N.S. Perkins 2021

3.82

29k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👫 Childhood Friends 🏠 Forced Proximity 💔 Shared Grief

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven • 2015

A grieving girl meets a troubled boy on a ledge. Wandering Indiana, they fall in love.

4.11

633k+

🖤 Tragic Teen Love 💔 Mental Health Romance 🧠 Bipolar Representation 💧 Grief And Guilt 🏘️ Midwest Small Town

All the Bright Places 93%

A grieving girl meets a troubled boy on a ledge. Wandering Indiana, they fall in love.

by Jennifer Niven 2015

4.11

633k+ ratings

🖤 Tragic Teen Love 💔 Mental Health Romance 🧠 Bipolar Representation 💧 Grief And Guilt 🏘️ Midwest Small Town

Letters to the Lost

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2017

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

4.31

52k+

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

Letters to the Lost 93%

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2017

4.31

52k+ ratings

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

The Homemaker

by Jewel E. Ann • 2025

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

4.33

6k+

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The Homemaker 93%

A two-week romance. Eight years later, she is the live-in homemaker for his future in-laws.

by Jewel E. Ann 2025

4.33

6k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 👶 Secret Baby 💘 Forbidden Love 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏘️ Found Family

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by Jasmine Warga • 2015

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

3.95

63k+

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

My Heart and Other Black Holes 93%

A suicidal girl and a guilt-ridden boy make a suicide pact and stumble into love instead.

by Jasmine Warga 2015

3.95

63k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Pact 🌐 Online Strangers To Lovers 🥀 Guilt And Grief 💕 Healing Romance 👪 Dysfunctional Family

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

by Tess Sharpe • 2023

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

4.15

13k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] Summary

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] 93%

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

by Tess Sharpe 2023

4.15

13k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

Losing Traction

by Amo Jones • 2016

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

4.25

2k+

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Losing Traction 93%

Two scorching weeks with a rockstar. Two years of silence. Now she's trapped on his tour.

by Amo Jones 2016

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏍️ Motorcycle Club Romance 🎸 Rockstar Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 🚐 Forced Proximity 🖤 Possessive Hero

Art & Soul

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2015

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

4.24

9k+

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

Art & Soul 93%

A pregnant artist and a grieving boy, paired for class, find love born of shared wounds.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2015

4.24

9k+ ratings

🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Friends To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness 🌱 Emotional Healing

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