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Slow-Burn Romance Books That Keep You Hooked
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items These slow-burn romance novels will keep you turning the pages long past bedtime. Filled with simmering tension, emotional buildup, and unforgettable chemistry, each story takes its time to ignite, making the payoff even more satisfying. Perfect for ...
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💌 Fake Dating | Letter Writing | Forced Proximity Dr. Briana Ortiz and Dr. Jacob Maddox go from workplace enemies to the softest, most emotionally mature couple ever. There’s so much kindness in this book — and the way Jacob communicates? Top-tier b...
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
🏈 Brother’s Best Friend | Roommates | Grumpy x Sunshine Archer Holland is everything Sabrina should avoid—moody, shirtless, off-limits. But when forced proximity turns into stolen glances and late-night rescues, their tension ignites into something ...
Comeback by Rebecca Jenshak
🌻 Opposites Attract | Emotional Healing | Slow Burn Willow is a wildflower, bright and untamed. He’s the guarded anchor, careful to keep his heart locked away. When their worlds collide, walls start to crumble, and what was once a mistake turns into...
The Problem with Falling by Brittainy C. Cherry
☀️ Vacation Romance | Slow burn | Found Family Justin and Emma are both cursed — every person they date finds their soulmate after them. So why not date each other and break the curse? What starts off as a light, summery romance quickly turns emotion...
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
📻 Cozy Romance | Radio Love Story | Slow Burn & Sweet First-Time Caller is a warm, heart-tugging modern take on Sleepless in Seattle vibes. Aiden, a cynical romance hotline host, meets Lucie, a woman whose love life is suddenly under the spotlig...
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison
🤠 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
🌊 Small Town Romance | Secret Identity | Dating Coach & Kisses-Only | Slow Burn A clumsy meet-cute lands her in Finn Reynolds’ arms—and into a deal: she helps him win over the town, he teaches her how to date. As seaside trial dates and late-nig...
Seas the Dating Coach by Laura Langa
💼 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
📚 Friends-to-Lovers | Fake Romance | Writer’s Block & Sparks Rosie Graham’s life just collapsed—literally—when the ceiling of her New York apartment caves in. With her secret career as a romance writer hanging by a thread, she finds herself relu...
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
⚾ Sports Romance | Second-Chance Love | Baseball Sparks When her ex lands the job as her new assistant coach, she’s forced to face the past she thought she left behind. Nathan Pierce is baseball’s all-star with a devilish smirk, a knack for stirring ...
The Problem with Players by Brittainy C. Cherry
💈 Small-Town Romance | Bad-Boy Barber | Unexpected Guardianship Knox, a gruff, solitary barber, prefers life simple and drama-free—except when a stranded runaway bride lands in his town. Naomi arrives unexpectedly, left with a surprise niece and no ...
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score
💍 Fake Engagement | Small-Town Romance | Misunderstandings & Chemistry Josie Moore has had four failed engagements—and now a fifth, thanks to a misunderstanding with Matthew Flanagan, who ends up playing her fiancé after getting stuck in the mud...
The Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Armas
🏎️ Friends-to-Lovers | Formula 1 Romance | Slow Burn Josie Bancroft just wants to focus on herself after a breakup, but working closely with Formula 1 heartthrob Theo Walker proves far more distracting than she expected. Between high-stakes races an...
Drive Me Wild by Carly Robyn
💼 Billionaire | Age Gap | Steamy Romance Christian Harper is a dangerous, impeccably dressed billionaire with no use for love—until Stella Alonso, sweet, shy, and untouchable, becomes his obsession. When circumstances force them into a fake-dating a...
Twisted Lies by Ana Huang
Standalones
✨ Grumpy x Sunshine | Found Family | Slow-Burn Highland Romance This book is atmospheric, whimsical, and deeply tender. Katie is a globe-trotting travel writer with no real sense of home—until she walks into a Scottish manor transformed into an Edwar...
Some Like It Scot by Pepper Basham
📸 Small Town | Second Chance Vibes | Quiet Longing | Found Connection Alice returns to the lakeside town that changed her life as a teenager — and finds Charlie Florek, the boy from her past, now all grown up and impossible to ignore. With soft tens...
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
💍 Enemies to Lovers | Forced Proximity | Wedding Shenanigans | Slow-Burn Priscilla Cain lives for organization and perfectly executed events—but teaming up with Oliver, her best friend’s infuriatingly charming guy-bestie, was *not* on the checklist....
The Proposal Project by Donna Marchetti
♟️ Enemies to Lovers | Second Chances | Chessboard Chemistry | Slow Burn Mallory Greenleaf thought she was done with chess—until a charity tournament pits her against the infamous world champion Nolan Sawyer. Sparks fly over the board and off it as M...
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
⛸️ Enemies-to-Lovers | Figure Skating Romance | Second Chances Jasmine Santos has spent years chasing her dreams—and avoiding Ivan Lukov, the arrogant skater who’s been both her rival and obsession. When a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity forces them t...
From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata
🧠 Enemies-to-Lovers | Scientists at NASA | Slow-Burn Romance Bee Königswasser thrives on logic, neuroscience, and Marie Curie-level brilliance—but working alongside Levi Ward, her tall, dark, piercing-eyed archenemy, might just throw all her formula...
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood