💔 Hidden Affair

The dangerous architecture of secret love — stories built on clandestine meetings, double lives, and the corrosive tension between desire and deception.

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Big Swiss 87%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Wanting Mr. Cane

by Shanora Williams • 2018

She's always wanted her father's best friend. One forbidden night gives her everything to lose.

3.81

12k+

🔥 Father's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Angsty Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🐍 Other Woman Drama

Wanting Mr. Cane 87%

She's always wanted her father's best friend. One forbidden night gives her everything to lose.

by Shanora Williams 2018

3.81

12k+ ratings

🔥 Father's Best Friend 🤫 Secret Affair 💔 Angsty Romance 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🐍 Other Woman Drama

Something Borrowed

by Emily Giffin • 2004

After one night with her best friend's fiancé, a loyal lawyer becomes the other woman.

3.89

617k+

👥 Love Triangle 💋 Affair Romance 🔪 Best Friend Betrayal 🔥 Forbidden Love 🍂 Bittersweet Ending

Something Borrowed 87%

After one night with her best friend's fiancé, a loyal lawyer becomes the other woman.

by Emily Giffin 2004

3.89

617k+ ratings

👥 Love Triangle 💋 Affair Romance 🔪 Best Friend Betrayal 🔥 Forbidden Love 🍂 Bittersweet Ending

The Forbidden

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2017

After her first reckless one-night stand, an architect discovers her magnetic stranger is married.

4.03

12k+

🚫 Forbidden Love 💔 Cheating Romance 🌙 One Night Stand 😔 Tortured Hero 💼 Workaholic Heroine

The Forbidden 87%

After her first reckless one-night stand, an architect discovers her magnetic stranger is married.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2017

4.03

12k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Love 💔 Cheating Romance 🌙 One Night Stand 😔 Tortured Hero 💼 Workaholic Heroine

See How She Dies

by Lisa Jackson • 2004

Proving she's a kidnapped heiress brings a fortune, a taboo desire, and a killer's focus.

3.86

6k+

🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Suspicious Family 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🏨 Hotel Dynasty

See How She Dies 86%

Proving she's a kidnapped heiress brings a fortune, a taboo desire, and a killer's focus.

by Lisa Jackson 2004

3.86

6k+ ratings

🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏚️ Suspicious Family 🌲 Pacific Northwest 🏨 Hotel Dynasty

The Lying Room

by Nicci French • 2019

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

3.62

16k+

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

The Lying Room 86%

A married mother scrubs a crime scene to hide her affair. The killer saw everything.

by Nicci French 2019

3.62

16k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Noir 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Secrets 👥 Friend Group Secrets 🧹 Evidence Tampering 😰 Creeping Dread

Normal People

by Sally Rooney • 2021

A popular boy and a lonely girl hide a bond that follows them to university.

4.58

3k+

🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🎓 Campus Novel 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Normal People 86%

A popular boy and a lonely girl hide a bond that follows them to university.

by Sally Rooney 2021

4.58

3k+ ratings

🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🎓 Campus Novel 🔄 On-Again Off-Again 🧠 Mental Health Rep

Conversations with Friends

by Sally Rooney • 2017

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

3.73

622k+

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

Conversations with Friends 86%

A young poet's secret affair with a married actor unravels the friendship she once called love.

by Sally Rooney 2017

3.73

622k+ ratings

💔 Extramarital Affair 🏛️ Class Tensions 💜 Bisexual Protagonist ⏳ Age Gap Relationship 🇮🇪 Contemporary Dublin

The Fine Art of Lying

by Alexandra Andrews • 2026

An art historian's affair with a charismatic dealer ends with him dead and her covered in blood.

3.68

11k+

🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Illicit Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🖼️ Forgery Plot 💰 Class Divide

The Fine Art of Lying 86%

An art historian's affair with a charismatic dealer ends with him dead and her covered in blood.

by Alexandra Andrews 2026

3.68

11k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Thriller 💔 Illicit Affair 👁️ Unreliable Narrator 🖼️ Forgery Plot 💰 Class Divide

The Doorman

by Chris Pavone • 2025

A Manhattan doorman in debt opens his tower to armed robbers. Old secrets turn the heist lethal.

3.85

16k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller 💰 Heist Thriller 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Class Tension

The Doorman 86%

A Manhattan doorman in debt opens his tower to armed robbers. Old secrets turn the heist lethal.

by Chris Pavone 2025

3.85

16k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller 💰 Heist Thriller 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Class Tension

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel)

by Natsu Hyuuga • 2018

A palace poisoning and a shrine maiden's secret force an apothecary into a deadly conspiracy.

4.36

6k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Court Intrigue 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🧠 Brilliant Loner

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Summary

The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) 86%

A palace poisoning and a shrine maiden's secret force an apothecary into a deadly conspiracy.

by Natsu Hyuuga 2018

4.36

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 👑 Court Intrigue 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🧠 Brilliant Loner

Misconduct

by Penelope Douglas • 2015

She kissed a stranger at Mardi Gras. Now he's her student's father and completely off-limits.

3.87

45k+

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👦 Single Parent 🩹 Trauma Healing ⚖️ Power Dynamics

Misconduct 86%

She kissed a stranger at Mardi Gras. Now he's her student's father and completely off-limits.

by Penelope Douglas 2015

3.87

45k+ ratings

🚫 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 👨‍👦 Single Parent 🩹 Trauma Healing ⚖️ Power Dynamics

The Thorns Remain

by Jennifer Hartmann • 2021

A betrayed man seduces his enemy's wife for revenge, only to fall for her.

4.14

7k+

🔥 Revenge Romance 💔 Marriage Betrayal 👨‍👧 Single Father 👶 Secret Child ⚡ Forbidden Attraction

The Thorns Remain 86%

A betrayed man seduces his enemy's wife for revenge, only to fall for her.

by Jennifer Hartmann 2021

4.14

7k+ ratings

🔥 Revenge Romance 💔 Marriage Betrayal 👨‍👧 Single Father 👶 Secret Child ⚡ Forbidden Attraction

Hello, Transcriber

by Hannah Morrissey • 2021

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

3.43

9k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

Hello, Transcriber 86%

A police transcriber's neighbor confesses to murder, dragging her into a darkness she only typed.

by Hannah Morrissey 2021

3.43

9k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small-Town Secrets 💔 Troubled Marriage 🔥 Forbidden Affair 💊 Drug Epidemic

Identity

by Milan Kundera • 1997

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

3.69

34k+

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Identity 86%

A woman who believes men no longer see her receives anonymous letters insisting she is beautiful.

by Milan Kundera 1997

3.69

34k+ ratings

🥐 French Existentialism 💌 Secret Admirer 💔 Deceptive Partner 🕰️ Aging And Desire 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

That Mad Ache

by Françoise Sagan • 1965

A kept woman in Paris trades comfort for passion and discovers the price of wanting more.

3.99

2k+

🧠 Psychological Novel 💔 Love Triangle 💎 Kept Woman 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Passion Vs Security

That Mad Ache 86%

A kept woman in Paris trades comfort for passion and discovers the price of wanting more.

by Françoise Sagan 1965

3.99

2k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Novel 💔 Love Triangle 💎 Kept Woman 🔥 Illicit Affair ⚖️ Passion Vs Security

The Paris Diversion

by Chris Pavone • 2019

A former spy in Paris discovers the day's terror attacks are a smokescreen for a personal vendetta.

3.53

6k+

🏦 Financial Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Double Life ⚖️ Framed For The Crime 💔 Marital Secrets

The Paris Diversion 86%

A former spy in Paris discovers the day's terror attacks are a smokescreen for a personal vendetta.

by Chris Pavone 2019

3.53

6k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Thriller 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 Double Life ⚖️ Framed For The Crime 💔 Marital Secrets

Precipice

by Robert Harris • 2024

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

3.94

20k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair 👁️ State Surveillance 🕵️ WWI Espionage

Precipice 86%

When the prime minister's love letters fall under state surveillance, a young aristocrat faces ruin.

by Robert Harris 2024

3.94

20k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 📜 Epistolary Novel 💘 Secret Love Affair 👁️ State Surveillance 🕵️ WWI Espionage

Bitter Sweet

by Hattie Williams • 2025

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

3.82

15k+

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

Bitter Sweet 86%

A grieving assistant falls for her married literary idol, and the secret affair nearly destroys her.

by Hattie Williams 2025

3.82

15k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Relationship ⚖️ Power Imbalance 🤫 Secret Affair 🫂 Found Family 😢 Mother Loss

Trespasses

by Louise Kennedy • 2022

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

3.96

53k+

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship ⚔️ Sectarian Divide 📚 Teacher Protagonist

Trespasses 86%

A Catholic teacher risks everything for an affair with a Protestant barrister during the Troubles.

by Louise Kennedy 2022

3.96

53k+ ratings

🕊️ The Troubles 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⏳ Age Gap Relationship ⚔️ Sectarian Divide 📚 Teacher Protagonist

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 86%

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

Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

51k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Lord John and the Private Matter Summary

Lord John and the Private Matter 86%

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003

3.76

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives 🏛️ Georgian London 💔 Forbidden Affair

Defy

by L.J. Shen • 2016

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

3.84

49k+

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Defy 86%

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.84

49k+ ratings

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Voodoo River

by Robert Crais • 1995

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

4.18

17k+

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

Voodoo River 86%

A TV star's adoption search leads an LA detective into a bayou full of deadly secrets.

by Robert Crais 1995

4.18

17k+ ratings

🕵️ Hardboiled PI 🎭 Southern Noir 👤 Hidden Parentage 🌟 Famous Client 💪 Stoic Sidekick

Half His Age

by Jennette McCurdy • 2026

A teenager shops to remake herself, then finds a more consuming addiction: her married teacher.

3.26

152k+

🍎 Teacher Student Affair 🖤 Dark Coming Of Age 🛒 Compulsive Shopping 🤫 Secret Affair 😐 Emotional Numbness

Half His Age 86%

A teenager shops to remake herself, then finds a more consuming addiction: her married teacher.

by Jennette McCurdy 2026

3.26

152k+ ratings

🍎 Teacher Student Affair 🖤 Dark Coming Of Age 🛒 Compulsive Shopping 🤫 Secret Affair 😐 Emotional Numbness

Lascivia. Libro 1

by Eva Muñoz • 2022

Engaged to a captain, a soldier can't resist her married colonel's dark claim.

3.96

10k+

💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⚡ Power Imbalance 💍 Engagement Angst 😫 High Angst

Lascivia. Libro 1 86%

Engaged to a captain, a soldier can't resist her married colonel's dark claim.

by Eva Muñoz 2022

3.96

10k+ ratings

💔 Love Triangle 🔥 Forbidden Affair ⚡ Power Imbalance 💍 Engagement Angst 😫 High Angst

Tell It to the Bees

by Fiona Shaw • 2009

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

4.10

4k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor ⚖️ Custody Battle 🏡 Small Town Scandal

Tell It to the Bees 86%

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

by Fiona Shaw 2009

4.10

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor ⚖️ Custody Battle 🏡 Small Town Scandal

Death of a Red Heroine

by Qiu Xiaolong • 2000

A Shanghai poet-detective pursues a model worker's killer while the Party buries the truth.

3.82

6k+

🔍 Literary Mystery ✒️ Poet Detective 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 💰 Corrupt Political Elite 👥 Secret Double Life

Death of a Red Heroine 86%

A Shanghai poet-detective pursues a model worker's killer while the Party buries the truth.

by Qiu Xiaolong 2000

3.82

6k+ ratings

🔍 Literary Mystery ✒️ Poet Detective 🏛️ Political Cover-Up 💰 Corrupt Political Elite 👥 Secret Double Life

The Ten Year Affair

by Erin Somers • 2025

A witty, restless mother splits her life: devoted wife, and mistress to a baby-group father.

3.24

19k+

💔 Literary Infidelity 🤫 Secret Affair 🌀 Restless Mother 🏆 Competitive Parenting 🥂 Wry Domestic Satire

The Ten Year Affair 86%

A witty, restless mother splits her life: devoted wife, and mistress to a baby-group father.

by Erin Somers 2025

3.24

19k+ ratings

💔 Literary Infidelity 🤫 Secret Affair 🌀 Restless Mother 🏆 Competitive Parenting 🥂 Wry Domestic Satire

Damascus Station

by David McCloskey • 2021

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

4.16

24k+

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray 🕵️ Cia Tradecraft 🥊 Gritty Realism

Damascus Station 86%

In Assad's Syria, a CIA officer falls for his recruited asset as spy hunters close in.

by David McCloskey 2021

4.16

24k+ ratings

💔 Handler Falls For Asset 🔄 Double Agent ⚖️ Morally Gray 🕵️ Cia Tradecraft 🥊 Gritty Realism

Evermore

by B.B. Reid • 2019

He’s her secret boyfriend, and her friend’s fake fiancé. One newspaper photo could shatter it all.

4.20

2k+

💕 Secret Relationship 💍 Fake Engagement 😢 Angst 📰 Public Humiliation 🖤 Possessive Hero

Evermore 86%

He’s her secret boyfriend, and her friend’s fake fiancé. One newspaper photo could shatter it all.

by B.B. Reid 2019

4.20

2k+ ratings

💕 Secret Relationship 💍 Fake Engagement 😢 Angst 📰 Public Humiliation 🖤 Possessive Hero

Flock

by Kate Stewart • 2020

She came for the inheritance. She stayed for the two outlaws who would destroy her.

4.09

293k+

🖤 Secret Society 🔥 Polyamorous Awakening 🏔️ Small Mountain Town 💔 Devastating Betrayal ⏸️ Cliffhanger Ending

Flock 86%

She came for the inheritance. She stayed for the two outlaws who would destroy her.

by Kate Stewart 2020

4.09

293k+ ratings

🖤 Secret Society 🔥 Polyamorous Awakening 🏔️ Small Mountain Town 💔 Devastating Betrayal ⏸️ Cliffhanger Ending

Climax

by Lauren Smith • 2016

An American student and a future earl share a forbidden kiss. Their parents are marrying each other.

4.04

496

🚫 Step-Sibling Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 💎 Class Difference 🤫 Secret Relationship 😢 High Angst

Climax 86%

An American student and a future earl share a forbidden kiss. Their parents are marrying each other.

by Lauren Smith 2016

4.04

496 ratings

🚫 Step-Sibling Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 💎 Class Difference 🤫 Secret Relationship 😢 High Angst

Vibe

by Liza James • 2020

A cult survivor meets a stripper who reignites every desire she was taught to bury.

3.57

6k+

🏃 Cult Escape 💕 Sapphic Romance ⛪ Religious Trauma 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Vibe 86%

A cult survivor meets a stripper who reignites every desire she was taught to bury.

by Liza James 2020

3.57

6k+ ratings

🏃 Cult Escape 💕 Sapphic Romance ⛪ Religious Trauma 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

The Designing for Growth Field Book

by Jeanne Liedtka • 2013

A school falls under one student's spell. The destruction his charm leaves behind is just beginning.

4.05

153

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Dark Charisma 💔 Forbidden Affairs 🔺 Love Triangles 🕯️ Gothic Tradition

The Designing for Growth Field Book Summary

The Designing for Growth Field Book 85%

A school falls under one student's spell. The destruction his charm leaves behind is just beginning.

by Jeanne Liedtka 2013

4.05

153 ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Dark Charisma 💔 Forbidden Affairs 🔺 Love Triangles 🕯️ Gothic Tradition

Magnolia Parks

by Jessa Hastings • 2024

Still in love with her cheating ex, Magnolia Parks discovers his affair was with her best friend.

4.3

76k+

💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 💋 Infidelity 🥂 High Society 😭 Angsty Drama

Magnolia Parks 85%

Still in love with her cheating ex, Magnolia Parks discovers his affair was with her best friend.

by Jessa Hastings 2024

4.3

76k+ ratings

💘 Second Chance Romance 💔 Best Friend Betrayal 💋 Infidelity 🥂 High Society 😭 Angsty Drama

Worship

by Ella James • 2019

A Brooklyn artist swims to a yacht and finds a megachurch pastor hiding from himself.

3.93

6k+

💔 Forbidden Romance 🚪 Closeted Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 😢 Angsty Romance 🌙 Strangers To Lovers

Worship 85%

A Brooklyn artist swims to a yacht and finds a megachurch pastor hiding from himself.

by Ella James 2019

3.93

6k+ ratings

💔 Forbidden Romance 🚪 Closeted Hero 🤫 Secret Relationship 😢 Angsty Romance 🌙 Strangers To Lovers

The Secrets We Kept

by Lara Prescott • 2019

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

3.65

79k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies 💔 Forbidden Queer Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist

The Secrets We Kept 85%

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

by Lara Prescott 2019

3.65

79k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies 💔 Forbidden Queer Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist

The Cartel

by Ashley Antoinette • 2009

A hitwoman sent to destroy a Miami crime family falls for its reluctant heir.

4.54

11k+

🏙️ Street Lit 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🎭 Secret Identity

The Cartel 85%

A hitwoman sent to destroy a Miami crime family falls for its reluctant heir.

by Ashley Antoinette 2009

4.54

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Street Lit 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔺 Love Triangle 🎭 Secret Identity

Long Shadows

by David Baldacci • 2022

A judge murdered, a blindfold sliced open at the eyes. An agent who forgets nothing investigates.

4.41

61k+

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🕵️ Cold War Secrets 🤝 Unlikely Partners 💔 Grief And Memory 🌴 Florida Noir

Long Shadows 85%

A judge murdered, a blindfold sliced open at the eyes. An agent who forgets nothing investigates.

by David Baldacci 2022

4.41

61k+ ratings

🏛️ Fbi Procedural 🕵️ Cold War Secrets 🤝 Unlikely Partners 💔 Grief And Memory 🌴 Florida Noir

The Librarians

by Sherry Thomas • 2025

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

3.37

7k+

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

The Librarians 85%

A librarian's dead husband hid millions in the stacks. Now the hunters have arrived.

by Sherry Thomas 2025

3.37

7k+ ratings

🔍 Workplace Mystery 📚 Library Setting 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Secret Identity

Reasons Not To Fall In Love

by Kirsty Moseley • 2014

Her husband barely notices her. A stranger across a hospital room can't look away.

3.72

1k+

🖤 Emotional Romance 💔 Cheating Spouse 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🔥 Forbidden Longing 👶 Unexpected Pregnancy

Reasons Not To Fall In Love 85%

Her husband barely notices her. A stranger across a hospital room can't look away.

by Kirsty Moseley 2014

3.72

1k+ ratings

🖤 Emotional Romance 💔 Cheating Spouse 👩‍👦 Single Mother 🔥 Forbidden Longing 👶 Unexpected Pregnancy

Satori

by Don Winslow • 2011

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

3.95

6k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin 💔 Betrayal Romance 💋 Femme Fatale

Satori 85%

A stateless assassin trades his cell for a kill order: one Soviet spymaster, inside Mao's Beijing.

by Don Winslow 2011

3.95

6k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 😬 Reluctant Spy 🗡️ Master Assassin 💔 Betrayal Romance 💋 Femme Fatale

The Christmas Party

by Mikayla Davids • 2022

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

3.53

13k+

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

The Christmas Party 85%

A Christmas party reunites estranged sisters, but by midnight, a body lies on the marble floor.

by Mikayla Davids 2022

3.53

13k+ ratings

🖤 Domestic Suspense 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 👭 Estranged Sisters 💋 Secret Affair 👶 Secret Paternity

Oath of Deception

by Jennifer Anne Davis • 2018

A young spy infiltrates a foreign court where beauty kills and every smile hides a blade.

4.25

761

🫅 Hidden Royalty 👑 Court Intrigue 💕 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Oath of Deception 85%

A young spy infiltrates a foreign court where beauty kills and every smile hides a blade.

by Jennifer Anne Davis 2018

4.25

761 ratings

🫅 Hidden Royalty 👑 Court Intrigue 💕 Partners To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Simply Lies

by David Baldacci • 2023

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

3.96

59k+

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Simply Lies 85%

A fake call lures a single mother to a hidden corpse and the perfect murder frame.

by David Baldacci 2023

3.96

59k+ ratings

🎯 Framed Protagonist 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🛡️ Witness Protection 🖼️ Stolen Art 🔐 Family Secrets

Woman Down

by Colleen Hoover • 2026

A canceled author hides in a remote cabin, where a detective becomes her muse and undoing.

3.48

162k+

🖋️ Writer Protagonist 🎭 Life Imitates Art 🖤 Manipulative Lover 💔 Secret Affair 🔥 Slow Burn Suspense

Woman Down 85%

A canceled author hides in a remote cabin, where a detective becomes her muse and undoing.

by Colleen Hoover 2026

3.48

162k+ ratings

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Poles Apart 85%

A lap dancer's survival depends on a famous racer who doesn't know he fathered her child.

by Kirsty Moseley 2014

4.03

5k+ ratings

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China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

3.57

315

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛡️ Counterintelligence 🌐 Foreign Influence

Spy Schools 85%

China, Cuba, and the CIA recruit on American campuses. The schools look the other way.

by Daniel Golden 2017

3.57

315 ratings

🔍 Academic Espionage 🇨🇳 Chinese Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛡️ Counterintelligence 🌐 Foreign Influence

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by Steve Martini • 1997

An overlooked novelist invents a male pseudonym. The bestseller attracts millions, and a murderer.

3.96

13k+

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The List 85%

An overlooked novelist invents a male pseudonym. The bestseller attracts millions, and a murderer.

by Steve Martini 1997

3.96

13k+ ratings

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