Childhood Sweetheart Books | Summaries & Audio

Better than the Prom

by Lynn Painter • 2022

She brought her crush to prom, but the mixtape for her neighbor says she chose wrong.

4.34

49k+

🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💫 Mutual Pining 🥰 He Falls First 👗 Prom Night 🗯️ Witty Banter

Better than the Prom 90%

She brought her crush to prom, but the mixtape for her neighbor says she chose wrong.

by Lynn Painter 2022

4.34

49k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💫 Mutual Pining 🥰 He Falls First 👗 Prom Night 🗯️ Witty Banter

Falling Like Leaves

by Misty Wilson • 2025

A city teen's fall festival exile reopens a childhood romance with a baker who won't forgive.

3.79

27k+

🍂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 City To Small Town 💖 Second Chance Love 🎃 Autumn Festival ☕ Cozy Romance Vibes

Falling Like Leaves 89%

A city teen's fall festival exile reopens a childhood romance with a baker who won't forgive.

by Misty Wilson 2025

3.79

27k+ ratings

🍂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 City To Small Town 💖 Second Chance Love 🎃 Autumn Festival ☕ Cozy Romance Vibes

Te espero en el fin del mundo

by Andrea Longarela • 2021

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

4.09

25k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

Te espero en el fin del mundo 89%

She runs toward the world. He builds roots in Montana. Their childhood love won't let go.

by Andrea Longarela 2021

4.09

25k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts ⏳ Dual Timeline

Flipped

by Wendelin Van Draanen • 2001

She fell for the boy next door; he's dodged her for years, until he sees her.

4.00

127k+

🔄 Dual Perspective 💕 First Crush 👦 Boy Next Door 💘 She Falls First ❤️ Heartwarming

Flipped 88%

She fell for the boy next door; he's dodged her for years, until he sees her.

by Wendelin Van Draanen 2001

4.00

127k+ ratings

🔄 Dual Perspective 💕 First Crush 👦 Boy Next Door 💘 She Falls First ❤️ Heartwarming

Returning Home

by Kelly Elliott • 2022

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

4.16

1k+

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town

Returning Home 88%

High school sweethearts return to their seaside hometown. An anonymous column tracks every reunion.

by Kelly Elliott 2022

4.16

1k+ ratings

🔁 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance ⚓ Navy Hero 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🌊 Coastal Town

Beneath the Stars

by Emily McIntire • 2020

When Chase returns to Sugarlake, Alina confronts the childhood vow she buried with her heart.

3.89

28k+

🍃 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤍 Reunited Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Broken Hero 💔 High Angst

Beneath the Stars 88%

When Chase returns to Sugarlake, Alina confronts the childhood vow she buried with her heart.

by Emily McIntire 2020

3.89

28k+ ratings

🍃 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤍 Reunited Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Broken Hero 💔 High Angst

The Problem with Forever

by Jennifer L. Armentrout • 2016

A near-mute survivor of abuse starts high school and finds her childhood protector in speech class.

3.96

66k+

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Foster Care Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💔 Tearjerker Romance

The Problem with Forever 88%

A near-mute survivor of abuse starts high school and finds her childhood protector in speech class.

by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2016

3.96

66k+ ratings

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏠 Foster Care Survivors 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💔 Tearjerker Romance

Finn Rhodes Forever

by Stephanie Archer • 2023

Her childhood sweetheart returns and joins her rare-flower hunt, so she plots to make him dump her.

3.94

30k+

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🧬 Stem Heroine 🏘️ Quirky Small Town 🗣️ Meddling Friends

Finn Rhodes Forever 88%

Her childhood sweetheart returns and joins her rare-flower hunt, so she plots to make him dump her.

by Stephanie Archer 2023

3.94

30k+ ratings

💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🚒 Firefighter Hero 🧬 Stem Heroine 🏘️ Quirky Small Town 🗣️ Meddling Friends

Sloppy Seconds

by Jessi Hansen • 2024

Her father's heart attack forces her home. The man who left her five years ago waits.

4.02

482

💞 Second Chance Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🖤 Wounded Hero

Sloppy Seconds 88%

Her father's heart attack forces her home. The man who left her five years ago waits.

by Jessi Hansen 2024

4.02

482 ratings

💞 Second Chance Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🖤 Wounded Hero

Don't Take the Girl

by L.A. Ferro • 2025

Vanished after saving her life. Six years later, the boy next door comes home with a new name.

4.00

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🔑 Family Secrets

Don't Take the Girl 88%

Vanished after saving her life. Six years later, the boy next door comes home with a new name.

by L.A. Ferro 2025

4.00

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏡 Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn 🔑 Family Secrets

Broken Knight

by L.J. Shen • 2019

A mute girl, her fierce protector, and a childhood promise neither knows how to keep.

4.17

66k+

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Mute Heroine 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Grief And Healing

Broken Knight 88%

A mute girl, her fierce protector, and a childhood promise neither knows how to keep.

by L.J. Shen 2019

4.17

66k+ ratings

🫂 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🤫 Mute Heroine 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Possessive Hero 💔 Grief And Healing

The Incredible Kindness of Paper

by Evelyn Skye • 2025

She folds her hopes into paper roses. The stranger writing back is her long-lost childhood love.

3.76

4k+

🖤 Second Chance Love ✉️ Anonymous Letters 💌 Childhood Sweethearts 🌸 Paying It Forward ✨ Quiet Magic

The Incredible Kindness of Paper Summary

The Incredible Kindness of Paper 88%

She folds her hopes into paper roses. The stranger writing back is her long-lost childhood love.

by Evelyn Skye 2025

3.76

4k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love ✉️ Anonymous Letters 💌 Childhood Sweethearts 🌸 Paying It Forward ✨ Quiet Magic

Star Girl

by Jerry Spinelli • 2000

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

3.77

337k+

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love 📖 Retrospective Narrator 🤫 Social Ostracism

Star Girl 88%

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

by Jerry Spinelli 2000

3.77

337k+ ratings

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love 📖 Retrospective Narrator 🤫 Social Ostracism

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 88%

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

Our Kind of Love

by Kait Nolan • 2021

A country star's accidental engagement announcement forces him home to face his first love.

4.38

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Our Kind of Love 88%

A country star's accidental engagement announcement forces him home to face his first love.

by Kait Nolan 2021

4.38

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 💍 Fake Engagement 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

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 88%

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

Finding Cinderella

by Colleen Hoover • 2013

A school-closet kiss, a vanished girl, a year of searching: she's back, hiding their child.

3.92

213k+

🍼 Secret Baby 💕 High School Sweethearts 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Angsty Romance

Finding Cinderella 88%

A school-closet kiss, a vanished girl, a year of searching: she's back, hiding their child.

by Colleen Hoover 2013

3.92

213k+ ratings

🍼 Secret Baby 💕 High School Sweethearts 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Angsty Romance

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell • 2012

Two misfits share comics and mixtapes on the school bus, until her home life endangers everything.

3.92

1.3M+

🎵 Mixtape Romance 🚌 Opposites Attract 🏠 Abusive Home 💔 First Love 🍂 Bittersweet Romance

Eleanor & Park 88%

Two misfits share comics and mixtapes on the school bus, until her home life endangers everything.

by Rainbow Rowell 2012

3.92

1.3M+ ratings

🎵 Mixtape Romance 🚌 Opposites Attract 🏠 Abusive Home 💔 First Love 🍂 Bittersweet Romance

Damaged Goods

by L.J. Shen • 2024

A ballerina's overdose sends her home to the football captain whose love can't save her.

3.97

15k+

🕊️ Childhood Friends To Lovers 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩰 Ballet World 🥀 Codependency 🌊 Small Town Romance

Damaged Goods 88%

A ballerina's overdose sends her home to the football captain whose love can't save her.

by L.J. Shen 2024

3.97

15k+ ratings

🕊️ Childhood Friends To Lovers 💊 Addiction Recovery 🩰 Ballet World 🥀 Codependency 🌊 Small Town Romance

Releasing 10

by Chloe Walsh • 2025

At seven, he falls for the silent girl. At seventeen, her mind shatters. He's still falling.

4.53

152k+

🫶 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Bipolar Rep 💗 Childhood Sweethearts 🩹 Trauma Survivor 🔥 Boy Obsessed

Releasing 10 88%

At seven, he falls for the silent girl. At seventeen, her mind shatters. He's still falling.

by Chloe Walsh 2025

4.53

152k+ ratings

🫶 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Bipolar Rep 💗 Childhood Sweethearts 🩹 Trauma Survivor 🔥 Boy Obsessed

Lola and the Boy Next Door

by Stephanie Perkins • 2011

Lola's punk boyfriend doesn't impress her dads. Her childhood crush, back next door, just might.

3.89

167k+

🏠 Boy Next Door 💓 Childhood Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🎨 Creative Heroine 🌁 San Francisco

Lola and the Boy Next Door 88%

Lola's punk boyfriend doesn't impress her dads. Her childhood crush, back next door, just might.

by Stephanie Perkins 2011

3.89

167k+ ratings

🏠 Boy Next Door 💓 Childhood Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🎨 Creative Heroine 🌁 San Francisco

The Bro Code

by Elizabeth A. Seibert • 2012

His best friend's sister is off-limits. Too bad Nick forgot to tell his heart.

3.40

2k+

🫂 Best Friend's Sister 🤫 Secret Relationship 👦👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💬 Banter-Filled Romance 🗣️ High School Gossip

The Bro Code 88%

His best friend's sister is off-limits. Too bad Nick forgot to tell his heart.

by Elizabeth A. Seibert 2012

3.40

2k+ ratings

🫂 Best Friend's Sister 🤫 Secret Relationship 👦👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💬 Banter-Filled Romance 🗣️ High School Gossip

Leo

by Mia Sheridan • 2013

After her first love vanished, Evie falls for the stranger who claims he's dead.

3.97

43k+

🔄 Second Chance Love 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Leo 88%

After her first love vanished, Evie falls for the stranger who claims he's dead.

by Mia Sheridan 2013

3.97

43k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Love 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 Angsty Romance

Just Friends

by Haley Pham • 2026

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

3.52

46k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 💌 Lost Letter

Just Friends 88%

Her aunt's final summer pulls her back to the beach town and her estranged childhood sweetheart.

by Haley Pham 2026

3.52

46k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🏖️ Small Beach Town ❤️‍🩹 Grief And Healing 💌 Lost Letter

Eleanor & Grey

by Brittainy C. Cherry • 2019

His new nanny is his first love. His grief won't let her reach him.

4.32

40k+

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Nanny 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Grief And Healing

Eleanor & Grey 87%

His new nanny is his first love. His grief won't let her reach him.

by Brittainy C. Cherry 2019

4.32

40k+ ratings

🕰️ Second Chance Romance 💞 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Nanny 🧸 Childhood Sweethearts 🕊️ Grief And Healing

Always You

by Kirsty Moseley • 2012

He's the biggest player and her fiercest protector; falling for him could shatter their friendship.

3.89

22k+

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 👰 Young Marriage 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Always You 87%

He's the biggest player and her fiercest protector; falling for him could shatter their friendship.

by Kirsty Moseley 2012

3.89

22k+ ratings

🤝 Friends To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 👰 Young Marriage 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Forever...

by Judy Blume • 1975

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

3.62

68k+

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

Forever... 87%

Katherine gives Michael her heart, her body, her trust. One summer apart will test them all.

by Judy Blume 1975

3.62

68k+ ratings

🖤 First Love 🌸 Sexual Awakening 💌 Long-Distance Love 🕰️ 1970s Setting ⛺ Summer Camp

His Darling Freckles

by Alecsa Kayser

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

3.83

395

🔄 Second Chance Romance ➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn

His Darling Freckles 87%

A missed birthday call broke their childhood friendship. Now they live on the same street.

by Alecsa Kayser

3.83

395 ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance ➡️ Friends To Lovers 🌱 Childhood Sweethearts 💘 He Falls First 🐌 Slow Burn

Wild and Wrangled

by Lyla Sage • 2025

Left at the altar, a single mother discovers her new landlord is the cowboy she left behind.

3.92

130k+

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💞 Childhood Sweethearts

Wild and Wrangled 87%

Left at the altar, a single mother discovers her new landlord is the cowboy she left behind.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.92

130k+ ratings

🤠 Cowboy Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 👩‍👧 Single Parent 🏠 Forced Proximity 💞 Childhood Sweethearts

Rewrite Our Story

by Kat Singleton • 2023

Her mother figure's funeral brings a novelist home to face the cowboy who broke her heart.

3.93

25k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town 🐴 Ranch Life 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Shared Grief

Rewrite Our Story 87%

Her mother figure's funeral brings a novelist home to face the cowboy who broke her heart.

by Kat Singleton 2023

3.93

25k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town 🐴 Ranch Life 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💔 Shared Grief

Magnolia Parks

by Jessa Hastings • 2022

A wedding draws Magnolia back into BJ's orbit, where their toxic push-pull love cannot stay buried.

4.22

114k+

💔 Second Chance Romance 💘 Childhood Sweethearts 🎢 Angsty Push-Pull 😖 Shared Trauma 🕊️ Pregnancy Loss

Magnolia Parks 87%

A wedding draws Magnolia back into BJ's orbit, where their toxic push-pull love cannot stay buried.

by Jessa Hastings 2022

4.22

114k+ ratings

💔 Second Chance Romance 💘 Childhood Sweethearts 🎢 Angsty Push-Pull 😖 Shared Trauma 🕊️ Pregnancy Loss

Smoky Darling

by S.J. Tilly • 2023

A teacher's camping trip with her childhood crush turns dangerous when a stalker closes in.

3.94

25k+

💌 Childhood Crush 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🏡 Small Town ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Smoky Darling 87%

A teacher's camping trip with her childhood crush turns dangerous when a stalker closes in.

by S.J. Tilly 2023

3.94

25k+ ratings

💌 Childhood Crush 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🏡 Small Town ⏳ Age Gap 🔥 Slow Burn

Always You and Me

by Dani Atkins • 2025

Her husband's dying wish: track down the first love she never got over.

4.30

32k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌳 Childhood Sweethearts 🤞 Deathbed Promise 🏚️ Forced Proximity

Always You and Me 87%

Her husband's dying wish: track down the first love she never got over.

by Dani Atkins 2025

4.30

32k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 🌳 Childhood Sweethearts 🤞 Deathbed Promise 🏚️ Forced Proximity

June First

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2022

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

4.11

40k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

June First 87%

Orphaned at six and raised as her brother, Brant has always loved June in secret.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2022

4.11

40k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🌱 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👥 Brother's Best Friend 💔 Trauma Bonded 🔄 Second Chance

Taming 7

by Chloe Walsh • 2024

Her rugby-star best friend holds her every night, never kisses her. His secret could destroy them.

4.33

240k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏉 Rugby Romance 👧👦 Childhood Best Friends 💔 Traumatized Hero 💞 Mutual Pining

Taming 7 87%

Her rugby-star best friend holds her every night, never kisses her. His secret could destroy them.

by Chloe Walsh 2024

4.33

240k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🏉 Rugby Romance 👧👦 Childhood Best Friends 💔 Traumatized Hero 💞 Mutual Pining

Mr. Broody

by Piper Rayne • 2024

Returning to Chicago, Jade plans to avoid her hockey-star ex. His son is in her classroom.

3.95

16k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Forced Proximity 👦 Child As Matchmaker

Mr. Broody 87%

Returning to Chicago, Jade plans to avoid her hockey-star ex. His son is in her classroom.

by Piper Rayne 2024

3.95

16k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👦 Single Dad Romance 💕 Childhood Sweethearts 🏠 Forced Proximity 👦 Child As Matchmaker

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 87%

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

Damaged Goods

by Talia Hibbert • 2018

Pregnant and fleeing abuse, she hides in a seaside town and finds her teenage sweetheart.

3.95

4k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🤰 Pregnant Heroine 🥹 Gentle Hero

Damaged Goods 87%

Pregnant and fleeing abuse, she hides in a seaside town and finds her teenage sweetheart.

by Talia Hibbert 2018

3.95

4k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 💞 Childhood Sweethearts 🤰 Pregnant Heroine 🥹 Gentle Hero

Swear on This Life

by Renee Carlino • 2016

Her life story is a bestseller, written by the boy she left on a dirt road.

4.13

61k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Healing

Swear on This Life 87%

Her life story is a bestseller, written by the boy she left on a dirt road.

by Renee Carlino 2016

4.13

61k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👧 Childhood Friends To Lovers 📖 Book Within A Book ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Healing

What Eden Did Next

by Sheila O'Flanagan • 2022

A widow and her childhood best friend, both raising daughters alone, reconnect. Her in-laws object.

4.04

2k+

🖤 Widow Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🇮🇪 Irish Setting

What Eden Did Next 87%

A widow and her childhood best friend, both raising daughters alone, reconnect. Her in-laws object.

by Sheila O'Flanagan 2022

4.04

2k+ ratings

🖤 Widow Romance 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 👧 Single Parent Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🇮🇪 Irish Setting

Before We Were Strangers

by Renee Carlino • 2015

When a divorced photographer spots his college love on the subway, he posts a missed connection.

4.03

169k+

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏰ Wrong Timing

Before We Were Strangers 87%

When a divorced photographer spots his college love on the subway, he posts a missed connection.

by Renee Carlino 2015

4.03

169k+ ratings

🔄 Second Chance Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 👶 Secret Baby 💔 Bittersweet Romance ⏰ Wrong Timing

Hands Down

by Mariana Zapata • 2020

She brings bad news to the quarterback she once loved, cracking open ten years of silence.

3.88

52k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏈 Football Romance 🧒 Childhood Friends 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family

Hands Down 87%

She brings bad news to the quarterback she once loved, cracking open ten years of silence.

by Mariana Zapata 2020

3.88

52k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🏈 Football Romance 🧒 Childhood Friends 💞 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family

Sisterhood Everlasting

by Ann Brashares • 2011

Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.

3.91

39k+

👯 Grown Up Friendship 💕 Second Chance Love 👧 Childhood Friends 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family

Sisterhood Everlasting 87%

Four friends reunite in Santorini, but the woman who called them has drowned.

by Ann Brashares 2011

3.91

39k+ ratings

👯 Grown Up Friendship 💕 Second Chance Love 👧 Childhood Friends 🖤 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family

The Last Field Party

by Abbi Glines • 2022

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

3.94

3k+

🏈 Sports Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts

The Last Field Party 87%

A final field party reunites Lawton's crew with old flames and the choice to build a future at home.

by Abbi Glines 2022

3.94

3k+ ratings

🏈 Sports Romance 💞 Second Chance Love 🏘️ Small Town Charm 🫂 Found Family 🎓 High School Sweethearts

Love and Other Words

by Christina Lauren • 2018

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

4.21

831k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

Love and Other Words 87%

Her first love is back after eleven years. Her engagement was never built to survive him.

by Christina Lauren 2018

4.21

831k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 💕 First Love 📚 Bookish Romance

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 87%

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 Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks • 1996

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

4.16

1.9M+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 💕 Second Chance Love 💰 Rich Girl Poor Boy 💔 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet Love Story

The Notebook 87%

An elderly man reads his love story to a wife who no longer remembers him.

by Nicholas Sparks 1996

4.16

1.9M+ ratings

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4.19

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The Sun Is Also a Star 87%

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3.95

360k+ ratings

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