34 Books like Remain

The Dead Romantics

by Ashley Poston • 2022

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

3.91

268k+

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Dead Romantics 94%

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

by Ashley Poston 2022

3.91

268k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist

The Smallest Part

by Amy Harmon • 2018

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

4.16

14k+

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father

The Smallest Part 93%

Ghosts and secrets complicate a hairdresser's devotion to her dead best friend's husband and child.

by Amy Harmon 2018

4.16

14k+ ratings

🐌 Slow Burn 🏡 Found Family 👨‍👧 Single Father

Message in a Bottle

by Nicholas Sparks • 1998

His bottled love letter led her to him. Now she must compete with a ghost.

3.98

249k+

🕯️ Grieving Widower 🖤 Tragic Romance 💔 Second Chance Love

Message in a Bottle 93%

His bottled love letter led her to him. Now she must compete with a ghost.

by Nicholas Sparks 1998

3.98

249k+ ratings

🕯️ Grieving Widower 🖤 Tragic Romance 💔 Second Chance Love

Lirio rojo

by Nora Roberts • 2005

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

4.11

44k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse

Lirio rojo 93%

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

by Nora Roberts 2005

4.11

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.66

43k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Soul Searching 93%

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.66

43k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Pen Pal

by J.T. Geissinger • 2022

Letters from a prisoner promise forever. A roofer stakes his claim. The house wants revenge.

4.11

218k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🪦 Posthumous Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Pen Pal 92%

Letters from a prisoner promise forever. A roofer stakes his claim. The house wants revenge.

by J.T. Geissinger 2022

4.11

218k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🪦 Posthumous Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The Hollow

by Jessica Verday • 2009

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

3.74

21k+

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend

The Hollow 92%

After her best friend drowns in Sleepy Hollow, her only comfort is a ghost who cannot love.

by Jessica Verday 2009

3.74

21k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Boyfriend 🌫️ Small Town Gothic 🖤 Grieving A Friend

Inheritance

by Nora Roberts • 2023

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

4.26

77k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse

Inheritance 92%

Her broken engagement delivers her to a Maine manor where brides die and a curse waits.

by Nora Roberts 2023

4.26

77k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse

A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope

by K.M. Moronova • 2024

In purgatory, a dead artist falls for a phantom dancer, chasing a bucket list toward healing.

4.19

8k+

🖤 Ghost Romance 📝 Unfinished Business 📋 Bucket List Quest

A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope 92%

In purgatory, a dead artist falls for a phantom dancer, chasing a bucket list toward healing.

by K.M. Moronova 2024

4.19

8k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Romance 📝 Unfinished Business 📋 Bucket List Quest

Prom Night in Purgatory

by Amy Harmon • 2012

She loves a boy from 1958 trapped in Purgatory. When he wakes in her time, he's forgotten her.

4.09

5k+

🕰️ Time-Slip Romance 👻 Ghostly Love Story 💔 Amnesia Romance

Prom Night in Purgatory 92%

She loves a boy from 1958 trapped in Purgatory. When he wakes in her time, he's forgotten her.

by Amy Harmon 2012

4.09

5k+ ratings

🕰️ Time-Slip Romance 👻 Ghostly Love Story 💔 Amnesia Romance

The Law of Moses

by Amy Harmon • 2014

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

4.34

39k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance

The Law of Moses 92%

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

by Amy Harmon 2014

4.34

39k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance

Apartment 2B

by K. Webster • 2014

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

3.82

2k+

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

Apartment 2B 92%

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

by K. Webster 2014

3.82

2k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

You've Reached Sam

by Dustin Thao • 2021

After Sam dies, Julie calls his phone just to hear his voicemail. He picks up.

3.61

178k+

🥀 First Love 💔 Teen Grief 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance

You've Reached Sam 92%

After Sam dies, Julie calls his phone just to hear his voicemail. He picks up.

by Dustin Thao 2021

3.61

178k+ ratings

🥀 First Love 💔 Teen Grief 🌧️ Bittersweet Romance

Every Breath

by Nicholas Sparks • 2018

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

4.07

122k+

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

Every Breath 92%

A safari guide and a nurse: one week of love, one impossible choice, decades of silence.

by Nicholas Sparks 2018

4.07

122k+ ratings

🕊️ Second Chance Romance 🕯️ Terminal Illness Love Story 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Architect of Song

by A.G. Howard • 2016

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

4.03

2k+

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap

The Architect of Song 92%

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

by A.G. Howard 2016

4.03

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap

Existence

by Abbi Glines • 2004

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

3.92

63k+

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle

Existence 92%

She sees souls. He is Death. Their love breaks the rules, and the price is her life or his.

by Abbi Glines 2004

3.92

63k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Love Interest 👻 Sees Dead People 💔 Paranormal Love Triangle

Grim

by D.J. Krimmer • 2025

A reaper assigned to collect a dying woman falls for her instead. She has nine days left.

4.41

9k+

👻 Reaper Romance 📋 Bureaucratic Afterlife 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Grim 92%

A reaper assigned to collect a dying woman falls for her instead. She has nine days left.

by D.J. Krimmer 2025

4.41

9k+ ratings

👻 Reaper Romance 📋 Bureaucratic Afterlife 🏚️ Southern Gothic

Seeing Other People

by Emily Wibberley • 2025

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

3.94

2k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family

Seeing Other People 92%

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

by Emily Wibberley 2025

3.94

2k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family

Shadows in the Moonlight

by Santa Montefiore • 2024

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

4.32

5k+

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance

Shadows in the Moonlight 92%

A psychic relives a Victorian tragedy to free a mother's ghost from a Cornish manor.

by Santa Montefiore 2024

4.32

5k+ ratings

🖤 Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted Manor ⏳ Timeslip Romance

Wayward Souls

by Devon Monk • 2020

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

4.02

754

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip

Wayward Souls 92%

Bound to Route 66 with her ghost husband, she hunts for a magic that could end their curse.

by Devon Monk 2020

4.02

754 ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🥀 Cursed Lovers 🛣️ Supernatural Road Trip

Shadowland

by Jenny Carroll • 2000

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

4.04

71k+

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit

Shadowland 92%

She helps the dead cross over. Her bedroom ghost won't leave. Her school ghost wants revenge.

by Jenny Carroll 2000

4.04

71k+ ratings

👻 Supernatural Calling 💕 Ghost Love Interest 😡 Vengeful Spirit

When Haru Was Here

by Dustin Thao • 2024

After losing his sister, Eric meets Haru in Tokyo, a boy who understands him, then vanishes.

3.78

12k+

👻 Ghostly Romance ✨ Magical Realism 🌈 Queer Grief

When Haru Was Here 92%

After losing his sister, Eric meets Haru in Tokyo, a boy who understands him, then vanishes.

by Dustin Thao 2024

3.78

12k+ ratings

👻 Ghostly Romance ✨ Magical Realism 🌈 Queer Grief

A Box Full of Darkness

by Simone St. James • 2026

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

3.75

18k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist

A Box Full of Darkness 92%

Twenty years after her brother vanished, a reluctant medium is summoned home by his ghost.

by Simone St. James 2026

3.75

18k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 👻 Medium Protagonist

Love at First Fright

by Nadia El-Fassi • 2025

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

3.61

3k+

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers

Love at First Fright 91%

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

by Nadia El-Fassi 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers

Transcend

by Jewel E. Ann • 2018

A nanny with memories of a past life discovers her employer was her first love.

4.35

14k+

🔁 Reincarnation Romance 👶 Nanny Romance 💔 Widower Hero

Transcend 91%

A nanny with memories of a past life discovers her employer was her first love.

by Jewel E. Ann 2018

4.35

14k+ ratings

🔁 Reincarnation Romance 👶 Nanny Romance 💔 Widower Hero

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays

by H.R. Mason • 2019

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

3.85

272

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Nothing Hidden Ever Stays 91%

An orphan inherits a haunted estate that forces her to relive her ancestors' violent deaths.

by H.R. Mason 2019

3.85

272 ratings

🕯️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

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

Until the Storm Breaks 91%

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

Beautiful Creatures

by Kami Garcia • 2009

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

3.78

623k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age

Beautiful Creatures 91%

A Southern boy loves a witch whose sixteenth birthday will curse her soul.

by Kami Garcia 2009

3.78

623k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🕯️ Generational Curse 🌙 Witch Coming Of Age

The Warlord Wants Forever

by Kresley Cole • 2006

A Valkyrie prisoner's touch awakens her vampire captor's heart. He will never stop hunting her.

4.02

65k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Vampire Fated Mates 🔮 Magical Compulsion

The Warlord Wants Forever 91%

A Valkyrie prisoner's touch awakens her vampire captor's heart. He will never stop hunting her.

by Kresley Cole 2006

4.02

65k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Vampire Fated Mates 🔮 Magical Compulsion

Diavola

by Jennifer Marie Thorne • 2024

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

3.80

43k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips

Diavola 91%

A crumbling Italian villa, a locked tower, and a ghost that will not let Anna leave.

by Jennifer Marie Thorne 2024

3.80

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🌴 Vacation Horror ⏳ Time Slips

Signs of Cupidity

by Raven Kennedy • 2018

A lonely invisible cupid becomes flesh and lands at the mercy of three exiled fae warriors.

4.06

28k+

🏹 Cupid Heroine 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🏡 Forced Proximity

Signs of Cupidity 91%

A lonely invisible cupid becomes flesh and lands at the mercy of three exiled fae warriors.

by Raven Kennedy 2018

4.06

28k+ ratings

🏹 Cupid Heroine 👑 Fae Court Intrigue 🏡 Forced Proximity

Legacy of Lies

by Elizabeth Chandler • 2000

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

3.96

4k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions

Legacy of Lies 91%

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

by Elizabeth Chandler 2000

3.96

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions

The Dinner List

by Rebecca Serle • 2018

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

3.54

59k+

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing

The Dinner List 91%

Five impossible guests at her birthday dinner, each one holding a piece of the past she buried.

by Rebecca Serle 2018

3.54

59k+ ratings

🥀 Bittersweet Romance 💔 The One Who Got Away 🕊️ Father-Daughter Healing

Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace • 2022

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

3.94

182k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified

Belladonna 91%

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

by Adalyn Grace 2022

3.94

182k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified

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