🏖️ Small Town Seaside

Salt air and tight-knit community life intertwine in coastal settings where the rhythm of the tides mirrors the ebb and flow of small-town drama.

Six Little Words

by Sally Page • 2026

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

4.04

3k+

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Six Little Words 88%

A café noticeboard's Shakespeare quote sparks an art challenge uniting strangers and their secrets.

by Sally Page 2026

4.04

3k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town 👵 Intergenerational 💕 Found Family 💞 Later-Life Love 🤫 Secret Past

Death of a Nurse

by M.C. Beaton • 2016

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

3.80

6k+

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit 💰 Inheritance Plot 🌊 Coastal Mystery

Death of a Nurse 88%

A Highland constable's dinner date is cut short when the private nurse washes ashore dead.

by M.C. Beaton 2016

3.80

6k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Cozy 🕵️ Lonely Detective 🔍 Classic Whodunit 💰 Inheritance Plot 🌊 Coastal Mystery

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage

by Ali McNamara • 2016

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

4.02

2k+

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

Letters from Lighthouse Cottage 88%

A magical typewriter's letters steer a restless girl toward the love waiting in her seaside town.

by Ali McNamara 2016

4.02

2k+ ratings

🌊 English Seaside 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💕 Love Triangle 👫 Childhood Friends To Lovers 💞 Second Chance Love

Swan Song

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2025

Nantucket's new money couple hires a starry-eyed concierge, but the real currency is secrets.

4.02

156k+

🏖️ Summer Beach Town 💰 New Money Arrives 🏝️ Island Community 👀 Employee Sees Secrets 🔍 Disappearance Mystery

Swan Song 88%

Nantucket's new money couple hires a starry-eyed concierge, but the real currency is secrets.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2025

4.02

156k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Beach Town 💰 New Money Arrives 🏝️ Island Community 👀 Employee Sees Secrets 🔍 Disappearance Mystery

Rules for the Summer

by Meghan Quinn • 2026

She needed funding for her candy shop. He arrived with a diamond and the cottage next door.

3.88

45k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 🌊 Seaside Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 📱 Online Dating Mishap

Rules for the Summer 88%

She needed funding for her candy shop. He arrived with a diamond and the cottage next door.

by Meghan Quinn 2026

3.88

45k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 🌊 Seaside Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 📱 Online Dating Mishap

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues

by Michael Brandman • 2011

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

4.12

13k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective 😈 Vengeful Antagonist 🔪 Gritty Crime

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues Summary

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues 88%

Jesse Stone fights a car-theft ring in Paradise while his L.A. past rides east for revenge.

by Michael Brandman 2011

4.12

13k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👮 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective 😈 Vengeful Antagonist 🔪 Gritty Crime

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

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

Death of a Gentle Lady

by M.C. Beaton • 2008

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

3.84

7k+

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎯 Revenge Plot

Death of a Gentle Lady 88%

A village adores its genteel newcomer. A constable distrusts her. Then she is found strangled.

by M.C. Beaton 2008

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Village Mystery 🔍 Amateur Detective 🗝️ Family Secrets 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎯 Revenge Plot

The Same Bright Stars

by Ethan Joella • 2024

He never chose the family restaurant; a secret son and a lost love now choose him.

3.73

11k+

🏡 Small-Town Life 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👶 Secret Child 💉 Addiction In The Family

The Same Bright Stars 88%

He never chose the family restaurant; a secret son and a lost love now choose him.

by Ethan Joella 2024

3.73

11k+ ratings

🏡 Small-Town Life 🍽️ Restaurant Fiction 🤝 Found Family 👶 Secret Child 💉 Addiction In The Family

The Red Shore

by William Shaw • 2025

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

4.24

958

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Red Shore 88%

His sister lost at sea, a detective shields her son as a coastal town buries its crimes.

by William Shaw 2025

4.24

958 ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 👫 Estranged Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

We Begin at the End

by Chris Whitaker • 2020

A girl outlaw must protect her brother when their mother is killed and old secrets resurface.

4.18

181k+

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🧬 Generational Trauma 👧 Child Narrator 👫 Protective Sibling 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

We Begin at the End 88%

A girl outlaw must protect her brother when their mother is killed and old secrets resurface.

by Chris Whitaker 2020

4.18

181k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Mystery 🧬 Generational Trauma 👧 Child Narrator 👫 Protective Sibling 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

The Summer of Yes

by Courtney Walsh • 2024

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

3.97

21k+

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

The Summer of Yes 87%

An editor shares a hospital room with a cosmetics mogul. Their pact: a summer of risk.

by Courtney Walsh 2024

3.97

21k+ ratings

👭 Cross-Generational Friendship 🏠 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy / Sunshine 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🌊 Small Coastal Town

Float

by Kate Marchant • 2022

An Alaskan girl who can't swim falls for the brooding Florida lifeguard next door.

3.91

14k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Brooding Love Interest

Float 87%

An Alaskan girl who can't swim falls for the brooding Florida lifeguard next door.

by Kate Marchant 2022

3.91

14k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🖤 Brooding Love Interest

The Shampoo Effect

by Jenny Jackson • 2026

A writer flees to a seaside town, falls for a local, then learns his friend is having his baby.

4.04

1k+

📚 Book Club Fiction 🌊 Seaside Small Town 👀 Outsider Perspective ✍️ Writer Protagonist 👶 Unexpected Pregnancy

The Shampoo Effect 87%

A writer flees to a seaside town, falls for a local, then learns his friend is having his baby.

by Jenny Jackson 2026

4.04

1k+ ratings

📚 Book Club Fiction 🌊 Seaside Small Town 👀 Outsider Perspective ✍️ Writer Protagonist 👶 Unexpected Pregnancy

Death of a Dreamer

by M.C. Beaton • 2006

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

3.89

7k+

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🗣️ Gossip As Weapon 🌫️ Highland Isolation

Death of a Dreamer 87%

When a lonely artist is found dead on a Highland mountain, her severed finger points to murder.

by M.C. Beaton 2006

3.89

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Scottish Village Mystery 💔 Obsessive Love 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🗣️ Gossip As Weapon 🌫️ Highland Isolation

We, the Drowned

by Carsten Jensen • 2006

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

4.24

13k+

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers 🔄 Cycles Of Violence ⚓ Rites Of Passage

We, the Drowned 87%

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

by Carsten Jensen 2006

4.24

13k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers 🔄 Cycles Of Violence ⚓ Rites Of Passage

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

by Heather Webber • 2023

A strange letter pulls a grieving woman to Driftwood, where a shop of curiosities reshapes her life.

3.92

14k+

🦋 Small-Town Magic 🫂 Found Family ☕ Coffee Shop Setting 💕 Small-Town Romance 🎪 Eccentric Townspeople

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities Summary

At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities 87%

A strange letter pulls a grieving woman to Driftwood, where a shop of curiosities reshapes her life.

by Heather Webber 2023

3.92

14k+ ratings

🦋 Small-Town Magic 🫂 Found Family ☕ Coffee Shop Setting 💕 Small-Town Romance 🎪 Eccentric Townspeople

An Endless Cornish Summer

by Phillipa Ashley • 2021

To thank her donor, a young archaeologist moves to Cornwall and falls for his brother.

4.08

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Post-Illness Recovery

An Endless Cornish Summer 87%

To thank her donor, a young archaeologist moves to Cornwall and falls for his brother.

by Phillipa Ashley 2021

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💪 Post-Illness Recovery

At Loggerheads

by Kristen Ness • 2023

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

4.01

592

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Rekindled Love 🏠 Homecoming

At Loggerheads 87%

A marine biologist returns to her Southern island to find her mentor murdered and turtles poached.

by Kristen Ness 2023

4.01

592 ratings

🌊 Coastal Mystery 🐢 Environmental Crime 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💕 Rekindled Love 🏠 Homecoming

Falling for Gage

by Mia Sheridan • 2024

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

3.95

15k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Falling for Gage 87%

A hotel heir's one night with a small-town waitress threatens the perfect future his family planned.

by Mia Sheridan 2024

3.95

15k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💰 Class Divide 🌙 One Night Stand 🔍 Family Secrets 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Spellshop

by Sarah Beth Durst • 2024

Fleeing revolution, a librarian's island jam shop hides forbidden magic and a chance to start over.

4.00

170k+

🏡 Small Town Fantasy 📚 Librarian Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🪄 Secret Magic Shop

The Spellshop 87%

Fleeing revolution, a librarian's island jam shop hides forbidden magic and a chance to start over.

by Sarah Beth Durst 2024

4.00

170k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Fantasy 📚 Librarian Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🪄 Secret Magic Shop

Early Morning Riser

by Katherine Heiny • 2021

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

3.57

32k+

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life 😊 Gently Comic 🌾 American Midwest

Early Morning Riser 87%

A teacher falls for a small-town handyman whose romantic past is the whole town.

by Katherine Heiny 2021

3.57

32k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Life 🫂 Found Family 📋 Slice Of Life 😊 Gently Comic 🌾 American Midwest

Lost Lambs

by Madeline Cash • 2026

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

3.86

54k+

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Lost Lambs 87%

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

by Madeline Cash 2026

3.86

54k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌊 Coastal Small Town

One Lost Soul

by J.M. Dalgliesh • 2019

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

4.08

24k+

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

One Lost Soul 87%

A teen found dead on a Norfolk beach draws a detective into her family's long-held lies.

by J.M. Dalgliesh 2019

4.08

24k+ ratings

🔍 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌊 English Seaside 🎭 Victim's Double Life 🔒 Controlling Family

The Wrong Way Home

by Kate O'Shaughnessy • 2024

After escaping her commune, Fern longs to return, but uncovering the truth might make her stay.

4.27

3k+

🏕️ Off-Grid Community 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Clash 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🌊 Coastal Town

The Wrong Way Home 87%

After escaping her commune, Fern longs to return, but uncovering the truth might make her stay.

by Kate O'Shaughnessy 2024

4.27

3k+ ratings

🏕️ Off-Grid Community 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Clash 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🌊 Coastal Town

The Edge

by David Baldacci • 2023

An ex-Ranger protects a shattered woman while untangling her sister's murder in a small Maine town.

4.33

60k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🪖 Military Investigator 🧠 Repressed Memories 👥 Family Conspiracy 🔍 Staged Crime Scene

The Edge 87%

An ex-Ranger protects a shattered woman while untangling her sister's murder in a small Maine town.

by David Baldacci 2023

4.33

60k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder 🪖 Military Investigator 🧠 Repressed Memories 👥 Family Conspiracy 🔍 Staged Crime Scene

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

by Miranda Dickinson • 2018

Two strangers bond over a beach star game, then a town vote makes them enemies.

4.01

936

💞 Strangers To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Romance 📬 Message In A Bottle 💔 Love After Loss

Somewhere Beyond the Sea 87%

Two strangers bond over a beach star game, then a town vote makes them enemies.

by Miranda Dickinson 2018

4.01

936 ratings

💞 Strangers To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Romance 📬 Message In A Bottle 💔 Love After Loss

Seascraper

by Benjamin Wood • 2025

On a fading coast, the last shrimper hauls nets by horse, a song waiting inside him.

4.01

18k+

🌊 Dying Fishing Town 📖 Metafiction 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 👻 Absent Father 💭 Dream Visitation

Seascraper 87%

On a fading coast, the last shrimper hauls nets by horse, a song waiting inside him.

by Benjamin Wood 2025

4.01

18k+ ratings

🌊 Dying Fishing Town 📖 Metafiction 👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond 👻 Absent Father 💭 Dream Visitation

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima • 1954

A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.

3.77

25k+

🐚 Pastoral Romance 💙 Class Divide Romance ⚔️ Rival Suitor ✨ Lyrical Prose 🌊 Gentle Romance

The Sound of Waves 87%

A poor fisherman's love for a wealthy man's daughter tests a remote Japanese island's traditions.

by Yukio Mishima 1954

3.77

25k+ ratings

🐚 Pastoral Romance 💙 Class Divide Romance ⚔️ Rival Suitor ✨ Lyrical Prose 🌊 Gentle Romance

Seven Summers

by Paige Toon • 2024

Haunted by a lost love, a sculptor in Cornwall falls for the enigmatic summer tenant.

4.07

40k+

🏖️ Seaside Romance ☀️ Summer Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Love After Loss 🎨 Artist Heroine

Seven Summers 87%

Haunted by a lost love, a sculptor in Cornwall falls for the enigmatic summer tenant.

by Paige Toon 2024

4.07

40k+ ratings

🏖️ Seaside Romance ☀️ Summer Romance 🔺 Love Triangle 💔 Love After Loss 🎨 Artist Heroine

Hatchet Island

by Paul Doiron • 2022

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

4.05

5k+

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up 💑 Detective Couple 🏝️ Island Investigation

Hatchet Island 87%

A gunshot from a remote seabird sanctuary sends a game warden searching for a missing director.

by Paul Doiron 2022

4.05

5k+ ratings

🌿 Eco-Thriller 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 💰 Wealthy Cover-Up 💑 Detective Couple 🏝️ Island Investigation

Have a Great Summer

by Francesca Cocchi • 2026

Her high school heartbreak is getting married, and she just signed the license as his bride.

3.85

2k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏖️ Small Beach Town 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Have a Great Summer 87%

Her high school heartbreak is getting married, and she just signed the license as his bride.

by Francesca Cocchi 2026

3.85

2k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 🏖️ Small Beach Town 💕 Friends To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Bookstore Sisters

by Alice Hoffman • 2022

Summoned home, a dog walker must rescue her estranged sister and their failing island bookstore.

3.98

105k+

🏪 Family Bookstore 👭 Sibling Reconciliation 🏝️ Small Island Life 🥧 Baking Therapy 🌊 Coastal Maine

The Bookstore Sisters 87%

Summoned home, a dog walker must rescue her estranged sister and their failing island bookstore.

by Alice Hoffman 2022

3.98

105k+ ratings

🏪 Family Bookstore 👭 Sibling Reconciliation 🏝️ Small Island Life 🥧 Baking Therapy 🌊 Coastal Maine

Hello, Summer

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2020

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

3.87

37k+

🔍 Small Town Secrets 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Political Scandal 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Hello, Summer 87%

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2020

3.87

37k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Secrets 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Political Scandal 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Mother-Daughter Murder Night

by Nina Simon • 2023

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

3.55

117k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Mother-Daughter Murder Night 87%

When her granddaughter is accused of murder, a mogul with cancer investigates in a coastal town.

by Nina Simon 2023

3.55

117k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuthing 🏘️ Small Town Murder 🔒 Family Secrets ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 📖 Character-Driven Mystery

Summer State of Mind

by Kristy Woodson Harvey • 2026

A burnt-out nurse and a hometown coach share a rescued newborn and a slow-burn Southern romance.

3.80

7k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 👶 Abandoned Baby ☕ Cozy Small Town

Summer State of Mind 87%

A burnt-out nurse and a hometown coach share a rescued newborn and a slow-burn Southern romance.

by Kristy Woodson Harvey 2026

3.80

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Second Chance Romance 👶 Abandoned Baby ☕ Cozy Small Town

Death of a Ghost

by M.C. Beaton • 2017

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

3.78

7k+

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale 🏰 Haunted Castle ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Death of a Ghost 87%

Hamish Macbeth finds a corpse in a haunted castle; by morning the body has vanished.

by M.C. Beaton 2017

3.78

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Highland Village 🤫 Small Town Secrets 💋 Femme Fatale 🏰 Haunted Castle ☕ Cozy Mystery Energy

Banana Splitsville

by Catherine Clark • 2000

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

3.36

798

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 📼 Early 2000s 🏄 Beach Read

Banana Splitsville 87%

A summer of freedom on a Maine island goes sideways when the ex she never got over returns.

by Catherine Clark 2000

3.36

798 ratings

☀️ Summer Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🔄 Second Chance Romance 📼 Early 2000s 🏄 Beach Read

The Survivors

by Jane Harper • 2020

His brother drowned in a storm. He returns to find a body on the same beach.

3.76

112k+

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🌏 Australian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Reopens 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🕳️ Buried Secrets

The Survivors 87%

His brother drowned in a storm. He returns to find a body on the same beach.

by Jane Harper 2020

3.76

112k+ ratings

🏘️ Small-Town Mystery 🌏 Australian Noir 🔍 Cold Case Reopens 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🕳️ Buried Secrets

The Reality of Everything

by Rebecca Yarros • 2020

A grieving widow fixes a beach house while her Coast Guard pilot neighbor fixes her heart.

4.47

45k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👧 Single Dad 🖤 Widowed Heroine 🏠 Neighbor Romance 🔨 Beach House Renovation

The Reality of Everything 86%

A grieving widow fixes a beach house while her Coast Guard pilot neighbor fixes her heart.

by Rebecca Yarros 2020

4.47

45k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👧 Single Dad 🖤 Widowed Heroine 🏠 Neighbor Romance 🔨 Beach House Renovation

Like I Promised

by Charlie Novak • 2022

His ex-boyfriend is now the contractor renovating the cliffside cottage he inherited.

4.00

1k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💕 Childhood Sweethearts

Like I Promised 86%

His ex-boyfriend is now the contractor renovating the cliffside cottage he inherited.

by Charlie Novak 2022

4.00

1k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🫂 Found Family 💕 Childhood Sweethearts

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club

by Gloria Chao • 2025

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

3.56

16k+

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club 86%

Three ex-girlfriends plot revenge, then find his body and a crime scene full of their DNA.

by Gloria Chao 2025

3.56

16k+ ratings

🧶 Cozy Mystery Energy 😈 Revenge Comedy 🎙️ Podcast Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity

Tell Me Everything

by Elizabeth Strout • 2024

In Maine, a lawyer walks with a writer, trading stories, as a disappearance tests their town.

3.98

102k+

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🕰️ Aging And Loneliness 😔 Unspoken Guilt 💍 Quiet Marriages

Tell Me Everything 86%

In Maine, a lawyer walks with a writer, trading stories, as a disappearance tests their town.

by Elizabeth Strout 2024

3.98

102k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🔗 Interconnected Lives 🕰️ Aging And Loneliness 😔 Unspoken Guilt 💍 Quiet Marriages

Summer Romance

by Annabel Monaghan • 2024

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

4.01

137k+

🧒 Single Mom Romance 💔 Post-Divorce Romance ☀️ Summer Fling 🎭 Opposites Attract 🥲 Bittersweet Romance

Summer Romance 86%

After her divorce, a professional organizer's tidy plans unravel when a summer fling gets serious.

by Annabel Monaghan 2024

4.01

137k+ ratings

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3.96

12k+

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A Midsummer's Equation 86%

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3.96

12k+ ratings

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4.32

559k+

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My Friends 86%

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4.32

559k+ ratings

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After ditching med school, she comes home to the garage owner who saved her from drowning.

3.9

7k+

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Sweet 86%

After ditching med school, she comes home to the garage owner who saved her from drowning.

by Tammara Webber 2015

3.9

7k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 💞 Second Chance Romance 👥 Dual Pov Romance 💔 Damaged Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

The Burnout

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A marketing director's seaside burnout cure came with one complication: the man in the next lodge.

3.70

92k+

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The Burnout 86%

A marketing director's seaside burnout cure came with one complication: the man in the next lodge.

by Sophie Kinsella 2023

3.70

92k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Satire 🏖️ Seaside Escape 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏠 Forced Proximity

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