romance

Friends to Lovers Books

A deep friendship slowly evolves into romance.

20 books
People We Meet on Vacation
Contemporary Romance

People We Meet on Vacation

by Emily Henry

Best friends Alex and Poppy have spent every summer together — until a trip two years ago broke something between them. Now Poppy is trying one last vacation to fix what she lost.

🔥 Adrenaline Meter🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First🕯️ Slow Burn Alert
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Contemporary Romance

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

by Talia Hibbert

Chloe Brown is a chronically ill disabled artist who''s decided she needs more from life than work and worry. She makes a list. She starts crossing things off. And then a new artist moves in — and mak…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed☕ Comfort Read💘 He Falls First🕯️ Slow Burn Alert
One Day
Contemporary Romance

One Day

by David Nicholls

Dex and Emma meet on the night of their college graduation. Every July 15th for twenty years, we check in on them — the day that shaped them, the day they almost got it right, the day everything fell …

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First🌀 Plot Twist Incoming😭 Tissue Warning
One Day in December
Contemporary Romance

One Day in December

by Josie Silver

Laurie spots a man through a bus window and instantly knows he's the one — but by the time she finds him again, he's dating her best friend. What follows is ten years of almost.

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed🕯️ Slow Burn Alert😭 Tissue Warning
They Both Die at the End
YA Contemporary

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera

In a world where a service alerts you the day you''re going to die, two strangers meet on that day — Mateo and Rufus, both marked, both scared, both determined to make their last day matter. A story a…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First🌀 Plot Twist Incoming😭 Tissue Warning
10 Blind Dates
Contemporary Romance

10 Blind Dates

by Ashley Elston

When Poppy''s boyfriend春节期间 breaks up with her right before the trip to meet his family, her grandmother signs her up for 10 blind dates instead — each one more chaotic and charming than the last. Cou…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed☕ Comfort Read💘 He Falls First
In a Holidaze
Holiday Romance

In a Holidaze

by Christina Lauren

Maelyn keeps reliving the same holiday trip in a time loop — until she figures out that the universe is trying to show her exactly what she's been too afraid to want.

Me Before You
Romance

Me Before You

by Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark becomes caregiver to Will Traynor, a wealthy quadriplegic who has decided to end his life — and the six months that follow change everything either of them believed about living.

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed😭 Tissue Warning💔 Ugly Cry
Red, White & Royal Blue
Contemporary Romance

Red, White & Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston

Alex Claremont-Diaz is the First Son of the United States. Henry Fox is the Prince of Wales. They have been rivals since they were twelve. When a public confrontation at a royal wedding goes viral, th…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First🌀 Plot Twist Incoming💔 Ugly Cry
Roomies
Contemporary Romance

Roomies

by Christina Lauren

Two strangers. One illegal sublet. One New York apartment. Holland has been living in Edinburgh on a fellowship; when she''s forced to return to New York, she invades an empty apartment. The rightful …

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First🌀 Plot Twist Incoming🕯️ Slow Burn Alert
The Falling in Love Montage
young-adult

The Falling in Love Montage

by Ciara Smyth

Two girls, one summer, a deal to have the perfect romance before they leave for different futures. Except feelings keep getting in the way of the plan. Funny, aching, and impossibly sweet.

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The Flatshare
Contemporary Romance

The Flatshare

by Beth O'Leary

Tiffy needs a flat. Leon has a spare room. They agree to share — different shifts, different spaces, never even meeting. Except they leave notes. And then they start to know each other through what th…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed☕ Comfort Read💘 He Falls First🌀 Plot Twist Incoming
The Half of It
young-adult

The Half of It

by Alex Award

A nerd who writes love letters for other students meets the girl of their dreams — and ends up helping her fall in love with someone else. Thoughtful, queer, and about the kind of love that's always s…

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The Kiss Quotient
Contemporary Romance

The Kiss Quotient

by Helen Hoang

Stella Lane, an econometrist on the autism spectrum, hires escort Michael Phan to help her learn how relationships work — and finds something neither of them planned for.

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First🕯️ Slow Burn Alert
The Rosie Project
Contemporary Romance

The Rosie Project

by Graeme Simsion

Don Tillman, a genetics professor who has never understood women, creates a scientific questionnaire to find the ideal wife — and meets Rosie Jarman, who fails every criterion but changes everything.

A Little Life
Literary Fiction

A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

Four college friends arrive in New York, and over decades the bonds between them are tested by love, success, and the escalating private horrors of Jude St. Francis — a man whose trauma runs so deep t…

💘 He Falls First🌀 Plot Twist Incoming😭 Tissue Warning💔 Ugly Cry
Beach Read
Contemporary Romance

Beach Read

by Emily Henry

A romance writer and a literary novelist spend a summer as neighbors, make a bet to swap genres — and discover that the story they're both avoiding is the one they need to write.

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed☕ Comfort Read💘 He Falls First⏰ Sleep? What Sleep?
Happy Place
Contemporary Romance

Happy Place

by Emily Henry

Four couples. One Maine vacation rental they've rented for years. Except this time, two of them have broken up — and none of their friends know. They''re pretending to still be together, and it''s mak…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed☕ Comfort Read🌀 Plot Twist Incoming💔 Ugly Cry
If I Stay
YA Contemporary

If I Stay

by Gayle Forman

Mia is a 17-year-old classical music prodigy. After a car accident that kills her family, she hovers between consciousness and death — watching the hospital waiting room fill with everyone who loves h…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First😭 Tissue Warning💔 Ugly Cry
To All the Boys I Have Loved Before
young-adult

To All the Boys I Have Loved Before

by Jenny Han

A girl writes love letters to her crushes — and then they get sent. What follows is a fake-dating scheme that slowly becomes something real. Sweet, funny, and about the terrifying courage it takes to …

🔥 Adrenaline Meter☕ Comfort Read🌑 Dark & Twisty