Sarina Bowen

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Romance Thriller

Sarina Bowen is a bestselling author known for contemporary fiction, including romance and thriller genres.
She has achieved USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller status 24 times.
Bowen's works include the True North series, Brooklyn Hockey series, and collaborations with Elle Kennedy on the Him/Us and WAGs series.
The Five Year Lie marks her entry into the thriller genre.
Bowen maintains a website with a comprehensive reading order list for her books and offers a newsletter for fans to stay updated on upcoming releases and deals.
Her versatility as an author is evident in her successful transition between romance and thriller genres.

Books by Sarina Bowen

Him

by Sarina Bowen • 2015

Old friends, new rivals, one drunken dare: now summer camp reignites a chemistry they can't deny.

4.18

100k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 💗 Bi-Awakening

Him

Old friends, new rivals, one drunken dare: now summer camp reignites a chemistry they can't deny.

by Sarina Bowen 2015 326 pages

4.18

100k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 💗 Bi-Awakening

Good Boy

by Elle Kennedy • 2017

The best man she slept with once? He's at her brother's wedding, and he wants more.

3.84

48k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💋 One Night Stand 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero

Good Boy

The best man she slept with once? He's at her brother's wedding, and he wants more.

by Elle Kennedy 2017 320 pages

3.84

48k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💋 One Night Stand 🐕 Golden Retriever Hero

The Five Year Lie

by Sarina Bowen • 2024

A single mother's dead lover texts her, pulling her into the conspiracy he died to expose.

3.89

47k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 💔 Presumed Dead Lover

The Five Year Lie

A single mother's dead lover texts her, pulling her into the conspiracy he died to expose.

by Sarina Bowen 2024 421 pages

3.89

47k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 💔 Presumed Dead Lover

The Understatement of the Year

by Sarina Bowen • 2014

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

4.06

22k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete

The Understatement of the Year

A closeted hockey player's walls crumble when his first love, openly gay, joins his college team.

by Sarina Bowen 2014 310 pages

4.06

22k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete

The New Guy

by Sarina Bowen • 2023

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

4.09

17k+

🏒 Closeted Athlete 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity

The New Guy

A widower's one-night stand is his new neighbor, and the closeted hockey star he must rehab.

by Sarina Bowen 2023 346 pages

4.09

17k+ ratings

🏒 Closeted Athlete 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🏢 Forced Proximity

Roommate

by Sarina Bowen • 2021

A broke baker moves in with a closeted farmer, reigniting a secret high school stare.

4.04

16k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers

Roommate

A broke baker moves in with a closeted farmer, reigniting a secret high school stare.

by Sarina Bowen 2021 306 pages

4.04

16k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Roommates To Lovers

Lies & Lullabies

by Sarina Bowen • 2020

A rock star's return to a Maine lake reveals the daughter he never knew he had.

3.77

11k+

🍼 Secret Baby 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love

Lies & Lullabies

A rock star's return to a Maine lake reveals the daughter he never knew he had.

by Sarina Bowen 2020 278 pages

3.77

11k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby 🎸 Rock Star Romance 💔 Second Chance Love

The Last Guy on Earth

by Sarina Bowen • 2025

Traded to his ex-lover's team, a veteran goalie can't outskate the past.

4.21

10k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Last Guy on Earth

Traded to his ex-lover's team, a veteran goalie can't outskate the past.

by Sarina Bowen 2025

4.21

10k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Best Men

by Sarina Bowen • 2022

A guarded trader, a flirtatious photographer. Same wedding, same guesthouse, one no-strings week.

4.10

10k+

🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

The Best Men

A guarded trader, a flirtatious photographer. Same wedding, same guesthouse, one no-strings week.

by Sarina Bowen 2022 330 pages

4.10

10k+ ratings

🌤️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💬 Witty Banter

Good as Gold

by Sarina Bowen • 2023

They swore never to cross the line. Now she's asking him to father her child.

4.05

4k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers

Good as Gold

They swore never to cross the line. Now she's asking him to father her child.

by Sarina Bowen 2023 310 pages

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers

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