💔 Grief-Stricken Romance

Two people fall in love while still reeling from loss, their connection complicated by the ghosts they each carry into the relationship.

The Life We Almost Had

by Amelia Henley • 2020

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

3.81

1k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

The Life We Almost Had 91%

A wife enters her comatose husband's mind for a glimpse of the child they never had.

by Amelia Henley 2020

3.81

1k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Infertility Struggle ✨ Alternate Realities 💋 Emotional Infidelity 😭 Tearjerker

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 📝 Found Letters 🏘️ Coastal Small Town

Message in a Bottle 91%

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 📝 Found Letters 🏘️ Coastal Small Town

Remain

by Nicholas Sparks • 2025

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

3.78

60k+

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love 🌅 Bittersweet Ending 😢 Tearjerker

Remain 91%

Grieving his sister, an architect falls for the murdered ghost haunting his rented Victorian.

by Nicholas Sparks 2025

3.78

60k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Story 🔍 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Impossible Love 🌅 Bittersweet Ending 😢 Tearjerker

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 91%

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

For You

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2023

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

4.61

2k+

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

For You 90%

Her honeymoon ends in a hospital. Years later, a stranger's love makes her question her vows.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2023

4.61

2k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness 💔 Caregiver Burden 🌅 Love After Loss 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🥀 Grieving Widow

Cruel and Beautiful

by A.M. Hargrove • 2015

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

4.25

5k+

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

Cruel and Beautiful 90%

She promised her dying husband she'd live. Two years on, his friend makes sure she does.

by A.M. Hargrove 2015

4.25

5k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers ⏳ Dual Timeline 💌 Love Letters 😢 Tearjerker

For Lucy

by Jewel E. Ann • 2021

A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.

4.43

7k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Estranged Spouses 🤫 Family Secret 😢 Grieving Parents 😭 Ugly Cry Book

For Lucy 90%

A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.

by Jewel E. Ann 2021

4.43

7k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Estranged Spouses 🤫 Family Secret 😢 Grieving Parents 😭 Ugly Cry Book

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 90%

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

If Only I Had Told Her

by Laura Nowlin • 2024

Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.

3.85

210k+

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Ya Romance 🤫 Secret Pining 👶 Pregnancy After Loss ☀️ Summer Romance

If Only I Had Told Her 90%

Childhood best friends. A long-awaited confession. Then a car crash that leaves one of them behind.

by Laura Nowlin 2024

3.85

210k+ ratings

👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Tragic Ya Romance 🤫 Secret Pining 👶 Pregnancy After Loss ☀️ Summer Romance

The Wrong Heart

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

4.41

28k+

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Wrong Heart 90%

Her husband's heart beats in a stranger. She writes him. The wrong man answers.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.41

28k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 📧 Anonymous Messages 🔗 Trauma Bonding 🩹 Scarred Hero 🎭 Mistaken Identity

The Happy Ever After Playlist

by Abby Jimenez • 2020

A stray dog pulls a grieving artist into the orbit of a musician she cannot resist.

4.17

347k+

🎸 Musician Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 💌 Strangers To Lovers 📱 Long Distance Love 🕊️ Love After Loss

The Happy Ever After Playlist 90%

A stray dog pulls a grieving artist into the orbit of a musician she cannot resist.

by Abby Jimenez 2020

4.17

347k+ ratings

🎸 Musician Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 💌 Strangers To Lovers 📱 Long Distance Love 🕊️ Love After Loss

Antes de ella

by Flor M. Salvador • 2019

Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.

3.84

11k+

💔 Tragic Love Story 🖤 Broken Hero 😢 Grief And Guilt 😭 Tearjerker 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Antes de ella 90%

Drowning in guilt and addiction, Luke meets a girl whose light makes survival worth the fight.

by Flor M. Salvador 2019

3.84

11k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Love Story 🖤 Broken Hero 😢 Grief And Guilt 😭 Tearjerker 🩹 Addiction And Recovery

Without You

by Marley Valentine • 2020

Deacon resented his brother's boyfriend Julian. Then grief left them with only each other.

4.21

14k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Emotional Healing

Without You 90%

Deacon resented his brother's boyfriend Julian. Then grief left them with only each other.

by Marley Valentine 2020

4.21

14k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Emotional Healing

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 90%

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

The Story of Us

by Lesley Jones • 2014

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

4.15

19k+

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters

The Story of Us 90%

A hidden letter destroyed her future with her brother's rock star bandmate. Now he's back.

by Lesley Jones 2014

4.15

19k+ ratings

🎸 Rock Star Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 🌻 Childhood Soulmates 🎤 Brother's Bandmate 💌 Lost Letters

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 90%

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

Forever, Interrupted

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2013

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

3.64

220k+

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

Forever, Interrupted 90%

Nine days after their elopement, he dies. His mother has never heard of her.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2013

3.64

220k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Fiction 📚 Women's Fiction 💕 Whirlwind Romance 💍 Secret Marriage 🫂 Grief Bonding

Can Love Happen Twice?

by Ravinder Singh • 2011

Still healing from loss, he falls for a woman whose dreams of freedom leave no room for his.

3.30

24k+

🕌 Indian Romance 💔 Love After Loss 🔄 Second Love 😢 Tragic Romance 🌏 Cross-Cultural Romance

Can Love Happen Twice? 90%

Still healing from loss, he falls for a woman whose dreams of freedom leave no room for his.

by Ravinder Singh 2011

3.30

24k+ ratings

🕌 Indian Romance 💔 Love After Loss 🔄 Second Love 😢 Tragic Romance 🌏 Cross-Cultural Romance

Every Silent Lie

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2025

Every December she hides in hotel bars. This year, a stranger named Dec finds her.

4.59

2k+

🎄 Holiday Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Every Silent Lie 90%

Every December she hides in hotel bars. This year, a stranger named Dec finds her.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2025

4.59

2k+ ratings

🎄 Holiday Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn

Somewhere in the Sunset

by Estelle Maskame • 2024

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

3.52

2k+

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family

Somewhere in the Sunset 90%

She's nursing a breakup. He's hiding his. One shared Uber ride, and suddenly healing feels possible.

by Estelle Maskame 2024

3.52

2k+ ratings

🌅 Tragic Romance 💔 Post Breakup Healing 🤝 Strangers To Lovers 🫂 Hurt Comfort 🏠 Found Family

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 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Every Breath 90%

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 💌 Epistolary Romance 💔 Bittersweet Ending

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon

by Matthew Norman • 2025

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

4.26

29k+

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding ✨ Cozy Holiday Energy 🏠 Forced Proximity

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon Summary

Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon 90%

A widow and a widower, tricked together for the holidays, discover that love deserves a sequel.

by Matthew Norman 2025

4.26

29k+ ratings

👫 Widow Romance 🎬 Holiday Movie Marathon 🖤 Grief Bonding ✨ Cozy Holiday Energy 🏠 Forced Proximity

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 90%

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

The Best Wild Idea

by Lily Parker • 2025

Her dead fiancé's letters send her around the globe. The condition: his best friend comes too.

3.88

4k+

🖤 Grief Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Forced Proximity ✈️ Travel Romance 🤫 Secret Feelings

The Best Wild Idea 90%

Her dead fiancé's letters send her around the globe. The condition: his best friend comes too.

by Lily Parker 2025

3.88

4k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🫂 Forced Proximity ✈️ Travel Romance 🤫 Secret Feelings

Hero

by Lauren Rowe • 2018

A widow vowed to never love again, then fell for the firefighter assigned to her care.

3.93

18k+

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn

Hero 90%

A widow vowed to never love again, then fell for the firefighter assigned to her care.

by Lauren Rowe 2018

3.93

18k+ ratings

🚒 Firefighter Romance 🖤 Widow Romance 👶 Single Parent Romance 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn

Promise Me Sunshine

by Cara Bastone • 2025

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

4.07

95k+

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Promise Me Sunshine 90%

A grieving nanny makes a deal with a guarded uncle: bucket list help for lessons in connection.

by Cara Bastone 2025

4.07

95k+ ratings

🤍 Grief Romance 🔥 Slow Burn ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 💞 Friends To Lovers

Bittersweet Memories

by Catharina Maura • 2022

She doesn't know her new boss is the love she forgot. He knows everything.

4.19

38k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Amnesia Trope 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏠 Found Family

Bittersweet Memories 90%

She doesn't know her new boss is the love she forgot. He knows everything.

by Catharina Maura 2022

4.19

38k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Amnesia Trope 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏠 Found Family

Dandelion Is Dead

by Rosie Storey • 2026

A grieving woman steals her dead sister's dating app and falls for the divorced father who answers.

3.48

3k+

🪦 Grief Lit 📖 Book Club Fiction 👯 Sibling Loss 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💞 Dual Pov Romance

Dandelion Is Dead 90%

A grieving woman steals her dead sister's dating app and falls for the divorced father who answers.

by Rosie Storey 2026

3.48

3k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Lit 📖 Book Club Fiction 👯 Sibling Loss 🎭 Mistaken Identity 💞 Dual Pov Romance

Wild Card

by Maggie C. Gates • 2021

When her fiancé is killed, a pregnant woman moves onto a widowed detective's houseboat.

4.20

3k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Grieving Hero

Wild Card 90%

When her fiancé is killed, a pregnant woman moves onto a widowed detective's houseboat.

by Maggie C. Gates 2021

4.20

3k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Love After Loss 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity 🖤 Grieving Hero

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami • 1987

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

3.99

739k+

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy 🏥 Sanatorium 🇯🇵 Postwar Japan

Norwegian Wood 90%

Best friend's suicide traps a Tokyo student between a fading woman and one pulling him back.

by Haruki Murakami 1987

3.99

739k+ ratings

🖤 Melancholy Romance 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🕯️ Grief And Intimacy 🏥 Sanatorium 🇯🇵 Postwar Japan

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 📞 Unfinished Conversations ☕ Cozy Bookstore Setting

You've Reached Sam 90%

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 📞 Unfinished Conversations ☕ Cozy Bookstore Setting

All Those Things We Never Said

by Marc Levy • 2008

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

3.87

15k+

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

All Those Things We Never Said 90%

Her dead father returns as an android: six days of battery, a lifetime of silence to undo.

by Marc Levy 2008

3.87

15k+ ratings

🖤 Estranged Parent 💔 Lost First Love ✨ Speculative Romance 💌 Unsent Letters 🕯️ Processing Grief

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 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

The Dead Romantics 90%

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 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

What Happened to the McCrays?

by Tracey Lange • 2025

His father's stroke forces Kyle back to the ex-wife he abandoned when their child died.

3.99

28k+

🕯️ Grieving Parents 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Community ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔑 Family Secrets

What Happened to the McCrays? 90%

His father's stroke forces Kyle back to the ex-wife he abandoned when their child died.

by Tracey Lange 2025

3.99

28k+ ratings

🕯️ Grieving Parents 💔 Second Chance Love 🏡 Small Town Community ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔑 Family Secrets

Talking at Night

by Claire Daverley • 2023

Her twin dies; a guarded boy's vulnerability sparks a connection that haunts them for years.

3.90

75k+

🖤 Twin Grief ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn 💞 Second Chance 🎵 Music As Healing

Talking at Night 90%

Her twin dies; a guarded boy's vulnerability sparks a connection that haunts them for years.

by Claire Daverley 2023

3.90

75k+ ratings

🖤 Twin Grief ⏳ Right Person Wrong Time 🔥 Slow Burn 💞 Second Chance 🎵 Music As Healing

Whispered Prayers of a Girl

by Alex Grayson • 2017

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

4.35

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists

Whispered Prayers of a Girl 90%

A widowed mother and her mute daughter, snowbound with a scarred recluse who knows their grief.

by Alex Grayson 2017

4.35

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Parent Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Scarred Hero 💔 Widowed Protagonists

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger • 2003

When a time traveler meets his wife, she has already loved him since she was six years old.

4.00

1.9M+

🔗 Time-Crossed Lovers ✨ Fated Love 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 💔 Melancholy Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Time Traveler's Wife 90%

When a time traveler meets his wife, she has already loved him since she was six years old.

by Audrey Niffenegger 2003

4.00

1.9M+ ratings

🔗 Time-Crossed Lovers ✨ Fated Love 🖋️ Lyrical Prose 💔 Melancholy Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending

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 90%

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

Ugly Love

by Colleen Hoover • 2014

Her neighbor wants her body without her questions. She agrees, then falls anyway.

3.99

2.3M+

🥀 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 No Strings Attached 😶 Damaged Hero 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

Ugly Love 90%

Her neighbor wants her body without her questions. She agrees, then falls anyway.

by Colleen Hoover 2014

3.99

2.3M+ ratings

🥀 Angsty Romance 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 No Strings Attached 😶 Damaged Hero 🚪 Neighbors To Lovers

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 🤫 Unspoken Feelings 💌 Letters From The Dead

When Haru Was Here 90%

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 🤫 Unspoken Feelings 💌 Letters From The Dead

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

One Small Thing

by Erin Watt • 2018

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

3.80

11k+

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents

One Small Thing 90%

After a reckless night with a stranger, seventeen-year-old Beth discovers he killed her sister.

by Erin Watt 2018

3.80

11k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Love 🕊️ Grief And Healing 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🏘️ Small Town Gossip 🔒 Controlling Parents

This Book Made Me Think of You

by Libby Page • 2026

Her husband died, but his books keep arriving, each one daring her to live.

4.33

77k+

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookshop Fiction 🕯️ Grief Journey ✉️ Posthumous Letters 💕 Slow Burn Romance

This Book Made Me Think of You 90%

Her husband died, but his books keep arriving, each one daring her to live.

by Libby Page 2026

4.33

77k+ ratings

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookshop Fiction 🕯️ Grief Journey ✉️ Posthumous Letters 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Truth About Lies

by Aly Martinez • 2018

A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.

4.26

6k+

💔 Love After Loss 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Truth About Lies 90%

A widower handyman falls for the woman hiding trafficked girls, but her enemies want them both dead.

by Aly Martinez 2018

4.26

6k+ ratings

💔 Love After Loss 🛡️ Protective Hero 🏢 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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 🎨 Art As Healing 🔗 Trauma Bond

A Ballad of Phantoms and Hope 90%

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 🎨 Art As Healing 🔗 Trauma Bond

A Thousand Boy Kisses

by Tillie Cole • 2016

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

4.03

468k+

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3.56

14k+ ratings

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3.54

59k+ ratings

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