✉️ Secret Love Letters

Passionate correspondence hidden from the world becomes a lifeline of intimacy, each letter a private universe shared between two people who cannot love openly.

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 89%

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

The Last Valentine

by Felix Alexander • 2017

A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.

4.08

408

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Forbidden Romance ✉️ Love Letters 🌀 Magical Labyrinth 🥀 Gothic Romance

The Last Valentine 89%

A bloodstained letter draws two friends into a secret labyrinth of love, murder, and family curses.

by Felix Alexander 2017

4.08

408 ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 💔 Forbidden Romance ✉️ Love Letters 🌀 Magical Labyrinth 🥀 Gothic Romance

Letters to Milena

by Franz Kafka • 1952

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

3.93

26k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

Letters to Milena 88%

Prague to Vienna. A dying writer, a married woman, and a love affair conducted by post.

by Franz Kafka 1952

3.93

26k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 📜 Literary Correspondence 💔 Impossible Love 🫁 Love And Illness 🗺️ Longing And Distance

Love Me Tomorrow

by Emiko Jean • 2026

A cynical teen wishes for proof that love endures. Letters from the future start arriving.

3.76

2k+

💌 Anonymous Love Letters 🫶 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family Drama 🪄 Magical Realism 🍂 Bittersweet

Love Me Tomorrow 88%

A cynical teen wishes for proof that love endures. Letters from the future start arriving.

by Emiko Jean 2026

3.76

2k+ ratings

💌 Anonymous Love Letters 🫶 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Blended Family Drama 🪄 Magical Realism 🍂 Bittersweet

P.S. I Like You

by Kasie West • 2016

Her anonymous pen pal is perfect. He's also the one guy she swore she'd never date.

4.04

66k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎵 Songwriter Protagonist 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Secret Identity

P.S. I Like You 88%

Her anonymous pen pal is perfect. He's also the one guy she swore she'd never date.

by Kasie West 2016

4.04

66k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎵 Songwriter Protagonist 💬 Witty Banter 🎭 Secret Identity

Bring Down the Stars

by Emma Scott • 2018

He ghostwrites his best friend's love letters, and she falls for the words, not the name.

4.21

16k+

🔺 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Admirer 🎖️ Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🏡 Small Town

Bring Down the Stars 88%

He ghostwrites his best friend's love letters, and she falls for the words, not the name.

by Emma Scott 2018

4.21

16k+ ratings

🔺 Love Triangle 💌 Secret Admirer 🎖️ Military Romance 💔 Tragic Romance 🏡 Small Town

P.S. I Still Love You

by Jenny Han • 2015

Lara Jean and Peter are finally real. But an old crush just wrote back.

4.00

428k+

🫶 Love Triangle 💌 Second Chance Romance ✉️ Love Letters 😬 Ex-Girlfriend Drama 💭 Introspective Heroine

P.S. I Still Love You 88%

Lara Jean and Peter are finally real. But an old crush just wrote back.

by Jenny Han 2015

4.00

428k+ ratings

🫶 Love Triangle 💌 Second Chance Romance ✉️ Love Letters 😬 Ex-Girlfriend Drama 💭 Introspective Heroine

Punk 57

by Penelope Douglas • 2016

Her pen pal knows her soul. He's about to meet the mask she wears at school.

3.76

510k+

✉️ Pen Pals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 High School Hierarchy 🔥 Angsty Romance 🎸 Musician Hero

Punk 57 88%

Her pen pal knows her soul. He's about to meet the mask she wears at school.

by Penelope Douglas 2016

3.76

510k+ ratings

✉️ Pen Pals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 High School Hierarchy 🔥 Angsty Romance 🎸 Musician Hero

Evidence of the Affair

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2018

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

3.85

238k+

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🕰️ 1970s Setting 🏡 Suburban Marriage

Evidence of the Affair 88%

After discovering their spouses' affair, two strangers exchange letters that become a lifeline.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2018

3.85

238k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Romance 💔 Emotional Affair 😢 Bittersweet Ending 🕰️ 1970s Setting 🏡 Suburban Marriage

The Neighbor Favor

by Kristina Forest • 2023

The author who ghosted her is now her neighbor, coaching her in love.

3.83

36k+

💌 Epistolary Romance 📚 Bookish Romance 🏠 Neighbor Romance 🎭 Secret Identity Romance 💋 Flirting Lessons

The Neighbor Favor 88%

The author who ghosted her is now her neighbor, coaching her in love.

by Kristina Forest 2023

3.83

36k+ ratings

💌 Epistolary Romance 📚 Bookish Romance 🏠 Neighbor Romance 🎭 Secret Identity Romance 💋 Flirting Lessons

Hate Mail

by Donna Marchetti • 2024

A meteorologist must find her childhood pen pal when a new hate letter reignites their rivalry.

3.89

56k+

🖋️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕯️ Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

Hate Mail 87%

A meteorologist must find her childhood pen pal when a new hate letter reignites their rivalry.

by Donna Marchetti 2024

3.89

56k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity 🕯️ Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

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 87%

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

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia • 2017

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

4.14

65k+

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

Eliza and Her Monsters 87%

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

by Francesca Zappia 2017

4.14

65k+ ratings

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

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 87%

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

Attachments

by Rainbow Rowell • 2011

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

3.86

210k+

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Attachments 87%

He reads her emails for a living. Falling in love was never part of the job.

by Rainbow Rowell 2011

3.86

210k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Romance ✉️ Epistolary Romance 👀 Unseen Connection 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

La tregua

by Mario Benedetti • 1960

A widowed bureaucrat counting days to retirement falls for a young coworker and dares to hope.

4.17

45k+

📖 Epistolary Novel 💕 Late In Life Love 💼 Office Romance 🕯️ Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Melancholic Fiction

La tregua 87%

A widowed bureaucrat counting days to retirement falls for a young coworker and dares to hope.

by Mario Benedetti 1960

4.17

45k+ ratings

📖 Epistolary Novel 💕 Late In Life Love 💼 Office Romance 🕯️ Widower Protagonist 🌧️ Melancholic Fiction

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

by Jenny Han • 2014

Secret love letters mailed, a shy junior fake-dates the golden boy and risks a broken heart.

4.04

1.1M+

🎭 Fake Dating 💌 Love Letters 👭 Sister Bonds 💕 First Love 🍬 Sweet Romance

To All the Boys I've Loved Before Summary

To All the Boys I've Loved Before 87%

Secret love letters mailed, a shy junior fake-dates the golden boy and risks a broken heart.

by Jenny Han 2014

4.04

1.1M+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 💌 Love Letters 👭 Sister Bonds 💕 First Love 🍬 Sweet Romance

The Echo on the Water

by J.A. Huss • 2024

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

4.44

523

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Echo on the Water 87%

An ex-soldier comes home and courts the single mom who writes the town's fictional personal ads.

by J.A. Huss 2024

4.44

523 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🪖 Military Hero Romance 👩‍👦 Single Mother Romance 💌 Epistolary Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Letters to the Lost

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2017

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

4.31

52k+

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

Letters to the Lost 87%

Two grieving teens bare their souls in anonymous letters, never realizing they clash in real life.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2017

4.31

52k+ ratings

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 😈 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Shared Grief 🌧️ Melancholy Romance

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

by Becky Albertalli • 2015

A closeted teen's secret email romance becomes a blackmail trap when a classmate finds the messages.

4.13

469k+

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Journey ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pal 💬 Witty Banter 👥 Tight-Knit Friends 🤫 Secrets And Blackmail

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Summary

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 87%

A closeted teen's secret email romance becomes a blackmail trap when a classmate finds the messages.

by Becky Albertalli 2015

4.13

469k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Journey ✉️ Anonymous Pen Pal 💬 Witty Banter 👥 Tight-Knit Friends 🤫 Secrets And Blackmail

Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend

by Ivy Smoak • 2025

Scarlett fake-dates her best friend to get her crush's attention, but the charade stirs real desire.

4.35

2k+

🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle 🏫 High School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing

Scarlett and the Fake Boyfriend 87%

Scarlett fake-dates her best friend to get her crush's attention, but the charade stirs real desire.

by Ivy Smoak 2025

4.35

2k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 👫 Friends To Lovers 🔺 Love Triangle 🏫 High School 🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing

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 87%

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

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 87%

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 Library of Borrowed Hearts

by Lucy Gilmore • 2024

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

3.85

19k+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

The Library of Borrowed Hearts 87%

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

by Lucy Gilmore 2024

3.85

19k+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

Love, Utley

by S.J. Tilly • 2024

A lost letter silenced their college romance. Fifteen years later, he buys her company.

4.10

21k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 💼 Secret Office Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero ✉️ Lost Letter

Love, Utley 87%

A lost letter silenced their college romance. Fifteen years later, he buys her company.

by S.J. Tilly 2024

4.10

21k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏈 Sports Romance 💼 Secret Office Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero ✉️ Lost Letter

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 87%

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

L'Orpheline du temple

by Victoria Mas • 2025

A revolutionary guard falls in love with the Bourbon princess he keeps prisoner.

3.48

218

🇫🇷 French Revolution 📜 Epistolary Novel 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Family Secrets 🔗 Captivity

L'Orpheline du temple 87%

A revolutionary guard falls in love with the Bourbon princess he keeps prisoner.

by Victoria Mas 2025

3.48

218 ratings

🇫🇷 French Revolution 📜 Epistolary Novel 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Family Secrets 🔗 Captivity

The Last Letter

by Rebecca Yarros • 2019

A single mother marries a soldier for his insurance, unaware he's the pen pal she loves.

4.49

555k+

🎖️ Military Romance ✉️ Pen Pal Love 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👧 Single Parent 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Last Letter 87%

A single mother marries a soldier for his insurance, unaware he's the pen pal she loves.

by Rebecca Yarros 2019

4.49

555k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Romance ✉️ Pen Pal Love 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👧 Single Parent 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans • 2025

Behind a lifetime of letters, a woman going blind hides the confession she cannot write.

4.45

744k+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 💕 Late-Life Love 🏠 Found Family 💔 Estranged Daughter 🔒 Secret Guilt

The Correspondent 87%

Behind a lifetime of letters, a woman going blind hides the confession she cannot write.

by Virginia Evans 2025

4.45

744k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 💕 Late-Life Love 🏠 Found Family 💔 Estranged Daughter 🔒 Secret Guilt

The Letters We Keep

by Nisha Sharma • 2024

When rival students uncover hidden love letters, the past dares them to write a braver ending.

3.86

5k+

🔰 Campus Romance 💕 Rivals To Lovers ✉️ Hidden Love Letters 🏠 Family Expectations 🇺🇸 South Asian American

The Letters We Keep 87%

When rival students uncover hidden love letters, the past dares them to write a braver ending.

by Nisha Sharma 2024

3.86

5k+ ratings

🔰 Campus Romance 💕 Rivals To Lovers ✉️ Hidden Love Letters 🏠 Family Expectations 🇺🇸 South Asian American

Happily Letter After

by Vi Keeland • 2020

Posing as dog trainer, a columnist grants girl's Santa wish and falls for her widowed dad.

4.14

31k+

👨‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🖤 Grieving Widower ✉️ Anonymous Letters 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Happily Letter After 87%

Posing as dog trainer, a columnist grants girl's Santa wish and falls for her widowed dad.

by Vi Keeland 2020

4.14

31k+ ratings

👨‍👧 Single Parent Romance 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🖤 Grieving Widower ✉️ Anonymous Letters 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

Il giorno in più

by Fabio Volo • 2007

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

3.46

5k+

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

Il giorno in più 87%

A tram crush, a flight to New York, and a love affair with an expiration date.

by Fabio Volo 2007

3.46

5k+ ratings

👀 Missed Connections ⏳ Temporary Arrangement 💔 Bittersweet Romance ✈️ Transatlantic Love 🔄 Second Chances

November 9

by Colleen Hoover • 2015

Once a year, a scarred actress meets a writer. This November 9, his manuscript reveals everything.

4.10

1.3M+

⏳ Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Scarred Heroine 😔 Guilty Hero 💌 Love Letters 💔 Second Chance Romance

November 9 87%

Once a year, a scarred actress meets a writer. This November 9, his manuscript reveals everything.

by Colleen Hoover 2015

4.10

1.3M+ ratings

⏳ Slow-Burn Romance 🩹 Scarred Heroine 😔 Guilty Hero 💌 Love Letters 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store

by Laurie Gilmore • 2024

A restless bookworm follows highlighted romance-novel clues straight to a fisherman who never stays.

3.69

284k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance 💌 Secret Admirer Clues 😏 Reformed Playboy 📖 Bookish Heroine

The Cinnamon Bun Book Store 87%

A restless bookworm follows highlighted romance-novel clues straight to a fisherman who never stays.

by Laurie Gilmore 2024

3.69

284k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 📚 Bookstore Romance 💌 Secret Admirer Clues 😏 Reformed Playboy 📖 Bookish Heroine

The Exception to the Rule

by Christina Lauren • 2024

Ten years of anonymous Valentine's emails. They know each other's secrets. Not each other's names.

4.20

192k+

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎓 College Romance

The Exception to the Rule 87%

Ten years of anonymous Valentine's emails. They know each other's secrets. Not each other's names.

by Christina Lauren 2024

4.20

192k+ ratings

✉️ Anonymous Pen Pals 🎭 Mistaken Identity 🔥 Slow Burn 💕 Friends To Lovers 🎓 College Romance

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

by Kate Fagan • 2025

She left her best friend paralyzed, then wrote a bestseller under a new name.

3.73

115k+

📖 Novel Within A Novel 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Platonic Soulmates 🔺 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet

The Three Lives of Cate Kay 87%

She left her best friend paralyzed, then wrote a bestseller under a new name.

by Kate Fagan 2025

3.73

115k+ ratings

📖 Novel Within A Novel 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Platonic Soulmates 🔺 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet

The Start of Something

by Miranda Dickinson • 2000

Wounded strangers trade notes through facing windows, building a bond that meeting could break.

3.62

3k+

🏠 Neighbor Romance 🎖️ Wounded Veteran 👩‍👦 Single Parent ✉️ Anonymous Correspondence 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

The Start of Something 86%

Wounded strangers trade notes through facing windows, building a bond that meeting could break.

by Miranda Dickinson 2000

3.62

3k+ ratings

🏠 Neighbor Romance 🎖️ Wounded Veteran 👩‍👦 Single Parent ✉️ Anonymous Correspondence 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Love Letters to the Dead

by Ava Dellaira • 2014

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

3.78

93k+

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Love Letters to the Dead 86%

A grieving freshman writes letters to dead icons, searching for a voice after her sister's death.

by Ava Dellaira 2014

3.78

93k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Novel 💔 Sister Grief ✍️ Healing Through Letters 🫂 Found Family 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Ifigenia

by Teresa de la Parra • 1924

Europe freed her. Caracas demands a proper husband and the quiet burial of her desires.

4.06

573

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌎 Latin American Classic ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Trapped By Society

Ifigenia 86%

Europe freed her. Caracas demands a proper husband and the quiet burial of her desires.

by Teresa de la Parra 1924

4.06

573 ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌎 Latin American Classic ⚖️ Duty Over Desire 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Trapped By Society

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 86%

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

Dear Mr. Knightley

by Katherine Reay • 2013

To keep her scholarship, she writes to a benefactor, never guessing he's the author she loves.

3.93

19k+

🖋️ Epistolary Romance 📚 Austen-Inspired ❤️ Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🥸 Secret Benefactor

Dear Mr. Knightley 86%

To keep her scholarship, she writes to a benefactor, never guessing he's the author she loves.

by Katherine Reay 2013

3.93

19k+ ratings

🖋️ Epistolary Romance 📚 Austen-Inspired ❤️ Found Family 💔 Trauma Recovery 🥸 Secret Benefactor

Dirty Letters

by Vi Keeland • 2019

A reclusive novelist reconnects with her childhood pen pal, unaware he's now a famous rock star.

4.02

50k+

✉️ Pen Pal Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Reclusive Heroine ❤️‍🩹 Trauma And Healing

Dirty Letters 86%

A reclusive novelist reconnects with her childhood pen pal, unaware he's now a famous rock star.

by Vi Keeland 2019

4.02

50k+ ratings

✉️ Pen Pal Romance 🎸 Rock Star Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Reclusive Heroine ❤️‍🩹 Trauma And Healing

The Stationery Shop

by Marjan Kamali • 2019

Tehran, 1953. Two teenagers, a stationery shop, and a coup that divides them for sixty years.

4.23

129k+

💔 Star-Crossed Romance 💌 Love Letters 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 🔐 Generational Secrets 🔥 Political Turmoil

The Stationery Shop 86%

Tehran, 1953. Two teenagers, a stationery shop, and a coup that divides them for sixty years.

by Marjan Kamali 2019

4.23

129k+ ratings

💔 Star-Crossed Romance 💌 Love Letters 🌍 Iranian Diaspora 🔐 Generational Secrets 🔥 Political Turmoil

Everything, Everything

by Nicola Yoon • 2015

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

3.96

682k+

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Everything, Everything 86%

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

by Nicola Yoon 2015

3.96

682k+ ratings

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

You Said I Was Your Favorite

by Monica Murphy • 2023

Boarding school heir and scholarship student: secret notes link them, but their worlds clash.

3.96

16k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Forced Proximity 📝 Secret Notes 🏫 Boarding School

You Said I Was Your Favorite 86%

Boarding school heir and scholarship student: secret notes link them, but their worlds clash.

by Monica Murphy 2023

3.96

16k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Forced Proximity 📝 Secret Notes 🏫 Boarding School

Possession

by A.S. Byatt • 1990

Stolen Victorian letters send two scholars chasing a secret affair that becomes their own.

3.90

85k+

🏛️ Campus Novel ⏳ Dual Timeline Fiction ✉️ Hidden Letters 💌 Victorian Love Affair 🔒 Fear Of Possession

Possession 86%

Stolen Victorian letters send two scholars chasing a secret affair that becomes their own.

by A.S. Byatt 1990

3.90

85k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel ⏳ Dual Timeline Fiction ✉️ Hidden Letters 💌 Victorian Love Affair 🔒 Fear Of Possession

Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand • 2003

A poet pours his soul into love letters his beloved believes come from another man.

4.06

92k+

🎭 Verse Drama 💌 Love Letters 🥀 Unrequited Devotion ⚔️ Swashbuckling Romance 💔 Love Triangle

Cyrano de Bergerac 86%

A poet pours his soul into love letters his beloved believes come from another man.

by Edmond Rostand 2003

4.06

92k+ ratings

🎭 Verse Drama 💌 Love Letters 🥀 Unrequited Devotion ⚔️ Swashbuckling Romance 💔 Love Triangle

This Is What Happy Looks Like

by Jennifer E. Smith • 2013

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

3.67

52k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage

This Is What Happy Looks Like 86%

A stray email brings a movie star to Maine. Now a girl's secret faces his cameras.

by Jennifer E. Smith 2013

3.67

52k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 📧 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏘️ Small Town Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🤫 Secret Parentage

The Wednesday Letters

by Jason F. Wright • 2007

When both parents die overnight, three siblings find decades of weekly letters and a hidden truth.

3.62

22k+

🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Hidden Paternity 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Sibling Reunion 😢 Tearjerker

The Wednesday Letters 86%

When both parents die overnight, three siblings find decades of weekly letters and a hidden truth.

by Jason F. Wright 2007

3.62

22k+ ratings

🔐 Family Secrets 🧬 Hidden Paternity 💕 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Sibling Reunion 😢 Tearjerker

That Green Eyed Girl

by Julie Owen Moylan • 2022

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

3.87

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief

That Green Eyed Girl 86%

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

by Julie Owen Moylan 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief

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