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Browse closed door romance books by your favorite tropes, from fake dating and marriage of convenience to enemies to lovers, cowboys and small towns. Every book comes with intimacy, language and trigger notes, so you can pick your next read with confidence.
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Relationship dynamics
How they fall in love
Slow Burn1,107He Falls First1,049Forced Proximity1,032Friends to Lovers640Enemies to Lovers601Opposites Attract509Grumpy Sunshine459Second Chance424First Love416Forbidden Romance385Childhood Friends374Strangers to Lovers346Touch Her and Die317Coworkers180One Bed166Boss Employee166Love Triangle139Never Been Kissed137She Falls First136Age Gap135Reunion Romance124Neighbor122Brother’s Best Friend116Best Friend’s Brother72Love at First Sight63Secret Relationship44Roommates36Meet Kiss8Wagers8Unrequited Love1
Marriage & family
Vows, babies and second families
Found Family940Single Dad191Single Mom184Fake Dating177Marriage of Convenience148Inheritance137Widower131Arranged Marriage127Forced Marriage82Pregnancy76Fake Engagement75Later in Life57Contract Marriage55Marriage in Trouble54Secret Baby43Mail Order Bride37Nanny33Runaway Bride30Marriage Pact26Destination Wedding18Widow11
Heroes & heroines
Who you’re falling for
Protector Hero702Royalty361Fish out of Water320Scarred Hero253Prince236Princess214Cowboy178Disability Rep170Morally Gray154Military153Celebrity151Soldier151Billionaire144Athlete129Bodyguard116Detective115Teacher115Chosen One110Medical87Doctor83Assassin80Spy55Pirate45Heiress42Sheriff38Ranch Hand38Wallflower31Curvy FMC26Duke18Veterinarian17Hitman16Rock Star10Governess5Neurodivergent3King2Thief2
Settings
Where the story happens
Seasons & holidays
Read with the calendar
Sports
Game day romance
Historical
Bonnets, castles and covered wagons
Fantasy & paranormal
Magic, dragons and other worlds
Retellings
Stories you know, retold
Suspense & secrets
Danger, mystery and hidden pasts
Heart & faith
Stories with depth
All tropes, A–Z
Age Gap135Amnesia91Arranged Marriage127Assassin80Athlete129Baseball24Basketball13Beach Town149Beauty and the Beast70Best Friend’s Brother72Billionaire144Boarding School32Bodyguard116Boss Employee166Brother’s Best Friend116Captive57Castle339Celebrity151Childhood Friends374Chosen One110Christian Themes1,105Christmas306Cinderella Retelling53College63Competition101Contemporary Setting1,306Contract Marriage55Cowboy178Coworkers180Crime Family44Curse2Curvy FMC26Danger730Destination Wedding18Detective115Disability Rep170Doctor83Dragons124Dual Timeline20Duke18Dystopian74Enemies to Lovers601Fae38Fairy Tale Retelling294Fake Dating177Fake Engagement75Fall24Fantasy World646Farm153Fated Mates172First Love416Fish out of Water320Football47Forbidden Romance385Forced Marriage82Forced Proximity1,032Found Family940Friends to Lovers640Frontier92Golf3Governess5Grumpy Sunshine459He Falls First1,049Heiress42Hidden Identity473Hidden Past389Historical Setting613Hitman16Hockey58Inheritance137Island107Jane Austen Retelling1Kidnapping230King2Later in Life57Love at First Sight63Love Triangle139Mafia31Magic133Mail Order Bride37Marriage in Trouble54Marriage of Convenience148Marriage Pact26Masquerade Ball20Medical87Medieval181Meet Kiss8Mermaid1Military153Missing Persons1Mistaken Identity99Morally Gray154Motorcycles7Mountain Town182Mystery378Nanny33Neighbor122Neurodivergent3Never Been Kissed137Office81One Bed166Opposites Attract509Organized Crime60Other World1Palace175Pirate45Portal / Time Travel1Pregnancy76Prince236Princess214Prophecy1Protector Hero702Ranch158Ranch Hand38Ranch Inheritance17Redemption473Regency170Rescue375Reunion Romance124Revenge91Road Trip100Rock Star10Rodeo22Roommates36Royalty361Runaway Bride30Scarred Hero253Sci-Fi Fantasy World2Science Fiction1Scottish32Second Chance424Secret Baby43Secret Identity270Secret Relationship44Secrets244Shakespeare Retelling7She Falls First136Sheriff38Shifter105Ship58Single Dad191Single Mom184Sleeping Beauty Retelling6Slow Burn1,107Small Town1,139Soldier151Sports113Spy55Strangers to Lovers346Summer259Teacher115Thief2Time Travel51Touch Her and Die317Treasure Hunt45Undercover90Unrequited Love1Vacation79Vampire52Veterinarian17Victorian125Vineyard9Wagers8Wagon Train10Wallflower31Werewolf53Western191Widow11Widower131Winter254Workplace277