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Back to You: Second-Chance Romances You’ll Root For
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items Some loves are too strong to let go. These second-chance romances capture all the heartbreak, healing, and butterflies of finding your way back to the one who got away. From small-town reunions to fiery rivals turned lovers, these books prove that so...
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✨ Broken Boy x Good Girl | Forbidden Love | Second Chance Romance This book hurts in the best way. He’s the tortured hockey star drowning in secrets. She’s the one girl he was never allowed to love—his GM’s daughter. Years after heartbreak, they coll...
Ruled Out by Ruth Stilling
✨ Second Chance | Forced Proximity | He Bakes Cupcakes What happens when your ex is the only one who can take you in—and he’s somehow even hotter than you remember? Olivia and Sammy’s story is full of tension, banter, and soft moments that sneak up o...
If We Were Perfect by Ana Huang
🏒 He Falls First | Second Chance | Redemption Arc Logan messed up — big time. Now he’s trying to win back Grace, the girl he can’t stop thinking about. This one’s a little more angsty and full of groveling, but still brings the laughs and late-night...
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy
✨ Fake Dating | Second Chances | High School Sports Romance Catch Me delivers all the feels with Marcela and Theo’s journey from heartbreak to hope. She’s nursing a shattered heart, and he’s hiding his true self behind the pressure of football stardo...
Catch Me by Carlie Jean
🛠️ Rivals to Lovers | Second Chance Vibes | Forced Proximity Julian and Dahlia have been childhood enemies forever — and neither wants to change that. But when they agree to renovate a historic house together (hello, tension), their buried chemistry...
Love Redesigned by Lauren Asher
✨ Second Chance | Enemies to Lovers | STEM Romance Trapped in an elevator with the ex who broke her heart, Sadie’s ready to burn bridges. But Erik might not be the villain she thought. Sweet, snarky, and full of tension—this novella proves that even ...
Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
📖 Enemies to Lovers | Second Chance | Vegas Wedding | Sports Romance When Nora is forced to represent her NFL ex, Derek, sparks — and grudges — fly. What starts as revenge and rivalry turns into a chaotic second-chance romance, complete with secret ...
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
🤠 Small Town Romance | Brother’s Best Friend | Second Chance Vibes | Slow Burn After a career-ending accident, horse rider Emmy Ryder is back in Meadowlark, the hometown she swore off. The last person she expects to fall for? Luke Brooks—her brother...
Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage
🏖️ Second Chance Romance | Nostalgic Summer | Small Town Vibes | Slow Burn Returning to Lakeview Harbor Resort for a family milestone, Jayce and Kelsey unexpectedly reunite after years apart. Ten days of shared memories, old sparks, and unspoken fee...
#Resort Romance by Samantha Chase
💼 Fake Dating | Enemies to Lovers | High Stakes Romance | Slow Burn Lorenzo and Lily have a complicated past, but when a fake relationship is the only way to save their futures, they agree to play along. What starts as a calculated arrangement soon ...
Love Arranged by Lauren Asher
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🌊 Brother’s Best Friend | Summer Fling to Something More | Secret Romance | Second Chances Every summer, Lucy escapes to Prince Edward Island... and every summer, she swears she won’t sleep with Felix — her best friend’s younger brother. But resisti...
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
🎄 Second Chance | Forced Proximity | Holiday Romance Snowed in with your one-night stand from six years ago? Yeah, it’s complicated—especially when he’s British, charming, and your direct competition. This book brings all the festive tension, hilari...
Merry Kissmas by Piper Rayne
🎤 Second Chance | Rockstar Romance | Enemies to Lovers Two years after their explosive rivalry—and even more explosive chemistry—shattered their bands, Mackenzie Waters and Sam Blaze are back… but not by choice. She's hiding behind a stage name afte...
For the Record by Emma Lord
🌊 Fake Relationship | Summer Cottage Vibes | Second-Chance Romance Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple—at least in everyone else’s eyes. After their breakup, they’re forced to share a Maine cottage bedroom during their friend group’s annual...
Happy Place by Emily Henry
💌 Summer Romance | Family Traditions | Second Chances | Martha’s Vineyard Meredith heads back to Martha’s Vineyard for her cousin’s wedding, still reeling from her sister’s death and a sudden breakup. The family’s annual Assassin game offers distrac...
The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther
💌 Regency Romance | Enemies to Lovers | Second Chances | Witty Banter Emmeline Lockhart has sworn off love after heartbreak—but when Simon Reeves, the man who once broke her heart, needs her help managing his estate and mischievous siblings, she rel...
Sense and Suitability by Pepper Basham