Every book we've rated

1. 

   A Court of Thorns and Roses

   Sarah J. Maas · Book 1 of 6 in A Court of Thorns and Roses

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   A huntress, a cursed fae lord and a Beauty and the Beast retelling that is secretly the opening act for book two.

   • Beauty and the Beast
   • Retelling
   • Deadly trials
2. 

   After

   Anna Todd · Book 1 of 5 in After

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   A good girl, a tattooed college bad boy and the toxic love story that started on Wattpad.

   • Enemies to lovers
   • Bad boy
   • College / university
3. 

   Beach Read

   Emily Henry

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   Two blocked writers, side-by-side lake houses and a genre-swap bet. Grief, banter and a slow-burn payoff.

   • Rivals to lovers
   • Grumpy x sunshine
   • Forced proximity
4. 

   Binding 13

   Chloe Walsh · Book 1 of 6 in Boys of Tommen

   Spice 2/5 · Simmer

   An abused girl and the golden-boy rugby star who sees her. Heavy, huge and impossible to put down.

   • Hurt / comfort
   • He falls first
   • Touch her and die
5. 

   Book Lovers

   Emily Henry

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   The cutthroat literary agent is not the heroine who gets the small-town hottie. Except this time she is.

   • Rivals to lovers
   • Workplace romance
   • Grumpy hero
6. 

   Bride

   Ali Hazelwood

   Spice 4/5 · Spicy

   A vampire bride, a werewolf alpha, a marriage of convenience and the bonding scene that broke the internet.

   • Arranged marriage
   • Marriage of convenience
   • Enemies to lovers
7. 

   Butcher & Blackbird

   Brynne Weaver · Book 1 of 3 in The Ruinous Love Trilogy

   Spice 5/5 · Scorching

   Two serial killers, a yearly kill competition and the funniest dark romance on the shelf.

   • Rivals to lovers
   • Touch her and die
   • Found family
8. 

   Done and Dusted

   Lyla Sage · Book 1 in Rebel Blue Ranch

   Spice 3/5 · Steamy

   A rodeo queen comes home after an accident to her brother's best friend, the cowboy she swore she would never touch.

   • Brother's best friend
   • Second chance
   • Cowboy
9. 

   Fifty Shades of Grey

   E.L. James · Book 1 of 3 in Fifty Shades

   Spice 5/5 · Scorching

   The book that put BDSM romance on every nightstand. A billionaire with a contract and a red room.

   • Billionaire
   • Possessive MMC
   • Virgin heroine
10. 

    Fourth Wing

    Rebecca Yarros · Book 1 of 5 in The Empyrean

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A deadly dragon-rider war college and Xaden Riorson. The book that made half of BookTok shop for dragon jewellery.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Deadly trials
    • Touch her and die
11. 

    From Blood and Ash

    Jennifer L. Armentrout · Book 1 of 6 in Blood and Ash

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A sheltered Maiden, her very flirty guard and one of the most talked-about twists in romantasy.

    • Secret identity
    • Forbidden love
    • Touch her and die
12. 

    Funny Story

    Emily Henry

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    Her fiancé left her for his best friend, so she moves in with the best friend's ex. Revenge fake-dating at its finest.

    • Fake dating
    • Roommates
    • Cinnamon roll hero
13. 

    Haunting Adeline

    H.D. Carlton · Book 1 of 2 in Cat and Mouse Duet

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    The stalker romance with the most infamous content warning list on BookTok. Read the warnings. Seriously.

    • Stalker hero
    • Possessive MMC
    • Gothic
14. 

    House of Earth and Blood

    Sarah J. Maas · Book 1 of 3 in Crescent City

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A party girl, a fallen angel and a murder investigation in a modern magic city. The last 200 pages are a ride.

    • Found family
    • Secret identity
    • Morally grey MMC
15. 

    Icebreaker

    Hannah Grace · Book 1 of 3 in Maple Hills

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A figure skater has to share the ice with the hockey captain. BookTok's favourite college hockey romance.

    • Forced proximity
    • He falls first
    • Hockey player
16. 

    It Ends with Us

    Colleen Hoover · Book 1 of 2 in It Ends with Us

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    Not really a romance, and it will wreck you. A story about love, abuse and leaving. Read the warnings.

    • Second chance
17. 

    Lights Out

    Navessa Allen · Book 1 in Into Darkness

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    A masked hacker watches a lonely nurse through her window. She watches back. The stalker romance that went mainstream.

    • Touch her and die
    • Stalker hero
    • Possessive MMC
18. 

    Outlander

    Diana Gabaldon · Book 1 of 10 in Outlander

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A WWII nurse falls through standing stones into 1743 Scotland and is forced to marry Jamie Fraser. Big, epic, steamy.

    • Marriage of convenience
    • Forbidden love
    • Virgin hero
19. 

    People We Meet on Vacation

    Emily Henry

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    Best friends, ten summer trips and the one that went wrong. Peak friends-to-lovers yearning.

    • Friends to lovers
    • Road trip / vacation
    • Opposites attract
20. 

    Quicksilver

    Callie Hart · Book 1 in Fae & Alchemy

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A thief, a fae warrior with a death wish and a portal into a frozen kingdom. Kingfisher is a menace and we are obsessed.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Forced proximity
    • Road trip / vacation
21. 

    Red, White & Royal Blue

    Casey McQuiston

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    The First Son and a British prince fake a friendship after a cake disaster. The emails alone.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Secret relationship
    • Royalty
22. 

    The Cruel Prince

    Holly Black · Book 1 of 3 in The Folk of the Air

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    A mortal girl schemes her way up a vicious fae court. Cardan is the original morally grey bully prince. Zero spice, maximum tension.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Bully romance
    • Morally grey MMC
23. 

    The Deal

    Elle Kennedy · Book 1 of 5 in Off-Campus

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    She tutors him, he fake-dates her to make her crush jealous. The OG college hockey romance.

    • Fake dating
    • He falls first
    • Hockey player
24. 

    The Duke and I

    Julia Quinn · Book 1 of 8 in Bridgertons

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A duke who never wants to marry and a Bridgerton who needs suitors. Fake courtship, very real feelings.

    • Fake dating
    • Regency
25. 

    The Hating Game

    Sally Thorne

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    Two executive assistants who hate each other compete for the same promotion. The office enemies-to-lovers blueprint.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Workplace romance
    • Rivals to lovers
26. 

    The Love Hypothesis

    Ali Hazelwood

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A grad student fake-dates the scariest professor in the department. STEM rom-com that started a Hazelwood obsession.

    • Fake dating
    • Grumpy x sunshine
    • He falls first
27. 

    Things We Never Got Over

    Lucy Score · Book 1 in Knockemout

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A runaway bride gets stuck in a small town with her surprise niece and the grumpiest barber alive. Small-town gold.

    • Grumpy x sunshine
    • Found family
    • Touch her and die
28. 

    Throne of Glass

    Sarah J. Maas · Book 1 of 8 in Throne of Glass

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    An assassin fights for her freedom in a royal competition. Low spice to start; the series gets steamier as it goes.

    • Deadly trials
    • Love triangle
    • Royalty
29. 

    Twilight

    Stephenie Meyer · Book 1 of 4 in The Twilight Saga

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    The vampire romance that started it all. Still the blueprint, still a little unhinged, still undefeated.

    • Forbidden love
    • Possessive MMC
    • Vampires
30. 

    Twisted Love

    Ana Huang · Book 1 of 4 in Twisted

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Her brother's best friend, a cold billionaire who "does not feel anything" except extremely possessive about her.

    • Brother's best friend
    • He falls first
    • Grumpy hero
31. 

    Ugly Love

    Colleen Hoover

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A pilot with rules: no past, no future. She agrees. She should not have agreed. Ugly-cry guaranteed.

    • Friends with benefits
    • Hurt / comfort
    • Age gap
32. 

    Verity

    Colleen Hoover

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A thriller, not a romance, but it is spicy and everyone asks. A ghostwriter finds an unhinged manuscript. That ending.

    • Forbidden love
    • Gothic
33. 

    A Discovery of Witches

    Deborah Harkness · Book 1 in All Souls

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    A historian witch finds a cursed manuscript and attracts a very old, very possessive vampire scientist.

    • Forbidden love
    • Possessive MMC
    • Vampires
34. A Shadow in the EmberJennifer L. Armentrout

    A Shadow in the Ember

    Jennifer L. Armentrout · Book 1 of 4 in Flesh and Fire

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A princess trained to seduce and kill the God of Death. Prequel to Blood and Ash, readable first.

    • Forbidden love
    • Secret identity
    • Arranged marriage
35. 

    A Touch of Darkness

    Scarlett St. Clair · Book 1 in Hades x Persephone Saga

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Persephone is a journalist, Hades runs a nightclub, and they make a very bad bargain. Modern Greek myth with plenty of spice.

    • Retelling
    • Forbidden love
    • Rivals to lovers
36. 

    Archer's Voice

    Mia Sheridan

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A grieving woman and the mute, isolated man next door. Tender, heartbreaking, very swoony.

    • Hurt / comfort
    • Cinnamon roll hero
    • Virgin hero
37. 

    Assistant to the Villain

    Hannah Nicole Maehrer · Book 1 of 3 in Assistant to the Villain

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    An office romcom where the boss is the kingdom's Big Bad. HR is a dragon. Delightfully silly.

    • Villain gets the girl
    • Boss x employee
    • Workplace romance
38. 

    Beautiful Disaster

    Jamie McGuire · Book 1 in Beautiful

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A good girl makes a bet with an underground fighter. If she loses, she has to live with him for a month.

    • Possessive MMC
    • Bad boy
    • College / university
39. 

    Behind the Net

    Stephanie Archer · Book 1 in Vancouver Storm

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A goalie with a twenty-year crush and the team physical therapist who has no idea. Pining hero supremacy.

    • Workplace romance
    • Roommates
    • He falls first
40. 

    Birthday Girl

    Penelope Douglas

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    She moves in with her boyfriend's dad. It goes how you think. Age-gap forbidden fruit.

    • Age gap
    • Forbidden love
    • Forced proximity
41. 

    Boyfriend Material

    Alexis Hall · Book 1 in London Calling

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    A tabloid-disaster rock-star son needs a respectable fake boyfriend: an uptight barrister. Hilarious.

    • Fake dating
    • Opposites attract
    • Grumpy x sunshine
42. 

    Burn for Me

    Ilona Andrews · Book 1 in Hidden Legacy

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    A struggling P.I. is kidnapped by the most dangerous magical billionaire in Houston. Fantastic slow tension.

    • Morally grey MMC
    • Alpha hero
    • Smart / nerdy heroine
43. 

    Consider Me

    Becka Mack · Book 1 in Playing for Keeps

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A hockey star bets he can win her over. He actually means it. Golden retriever hero, big yearning.

    • He falls first
    • Hurt / comfort
    • Hockey player
44. 

    Corrupt

    Penelope Douglas · Book 1 of 5 in Devil's Night

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Three years ago she sent him to prison. Now he is out, and it is Devil's Night. Dark Halloween romance.

    • Bully romance
    • Revenge plot
    • Enemies to lovers
45. 

    Credence

    Penelope Douglas

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    Mountain isolation, three men and a taboo setup. Very much a check-the-warnings read.

    • Forced proximity
    • Age gap
    • Forbidden love
46. 

    Dark Lover

    J.R. Ward · Book 1 in Black Dagger Brotherhood

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A brotherhood of vampire warriors in leather and the half-vampire journalist they have to protect.

    • Found family
    • Alpha hero
    • Possessive MMC
47. 

    Deep End

    Ali Hazelwood

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A college diver and a swimmer agree to a no-strings arrangement with a dom/sub-lite twist. Spice starts around 30% and does not get old.

    • Friends with benefits
    • Athlete
    • Smart / nerdy heroine
48. 

    Den of Vipers

    K.A. Knight

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    Her father pays his debt to four mafia men with her. They were not expecting her to be this unhinged.

    • Captor / captive
    • Possessive MMC
    • Morally grey MMC
49. 

    Divine Rivals

    Rebecca Ross · Book 1 of 2 in Letters of Enchantment

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    Rival journalists who are, unknowingly, falling for each other through magic letters. Swoony, sad, closed door.

    • Rivals to lovers
    • Secret identity
    • Cinnamon roll hero
50. 

    Every Summer After

    Carley Fortune

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    Six summers on a lake and the one terrible mistake that ended everything. Dual timeline, big nostalgia.

    • Second chance
    • Friends to lovers
    • Small town
51. 

    Flawless

    Elsie Silver · Book 1 of 5 in Chestnut Springs

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A bull rider with a reputation and the sharp-tongued woman hired to babysit his image. Cowboy summer, any season.

    • Bodyguard
    • Grumpy x sunshine
    • Cowboy
52. 

    From Lukov with Love

    Mariana Zapata

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    Two figure skaters who have insulted each other for years become pairs partners. Banter is the love language.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Rivals to lovers
    • Athlete
53. 

    Get a Life, Chloe Brown

    Talia Hibbert · Book 1 of 3 in The Brown Sisters

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A chronically ill woman makes a list to get a life, and hires her tattooed building superintendent to help.

    • Grumpy x sunshine
    • Opposites attract
    • Bad boy
54. 

    Gild

    Raven Kennedy · Book 1 of 5 in The Plated Prisoner

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    King Midas's golden favourite in a golden cage. It starts slow, then turns into the revenge-and-rot fantasy of your dreams.

    • Captor / captive
    • Retelling
    • Revenge plot
55. 

    God of Malice

    Rina Kent · Book 1 of 6 in Legacy of Gods

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    A college psycho decides she is his new favourite game. Dark academia meets stalker romance.

    • Bully romance
    • Villain gets the girl
    • Enemies to lovers
56. 

    Great Big Beautiful Life

    Emily Henry

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    Two rival writers compete to tell an heiress's life story on a sleepy island. More slow burn than spice.

    • Rivals to lovers
    • Workplace romance
    • Forced proximity
57. 

    Happy Place

    Emily Henry

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    Exes pretending they are still engaged for one last friends' trip. Sweet, sad, very swoony.

    • Second chance
    • Fake dating
    • Found family
58. 

    Him

    Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy · Book 1 of 2 in Him

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Two former best friends, one summer hockey camp and a lot of unresolved feelings.

    • Friends to lovers
    • Second chance
    • Hockey player
59. 

    Hooked

    Emily McIntire

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A modern Captain Hook as a crime lord, and Wendy as his ticket to revenge. First in the Never After villain retellings.

    • Retelling
    • Villain gets the girl
    • Revenge plot
60. 

    Ice Planet Barbarians

    Ruby Dixon · Book 1 in Ice Planet Barbarians

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Abducted by aliens, stranded on an ice planet, adopted by huge blue horned men who purr. It is a vibe.

    • Fated mates
    • Insta-love
    • Cinnamon roll hero
61. 

    It Happened One Summer

    Tessa Bailey · Book 1 of 2 in Bellinger Sisters

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A Hollywood party girl is exiled to a fishing town and a very grumpy bearded sea captain. Schitt's Creek with spice.

    • Opposites attract
    • Grumpy hero
    • Cinnamon roll hero
62. 

    King of Wrath

    Ana Huang · Book 1 in Kings of Sin

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    An arranged marriage between a cold-blooded CEO and a socialite with secrets. Possessive billionaire bingo.

    • Arranged marriage
    • Revenge plot
    • Billionaire
63. 

    Kingdom of the Wicked

    Kerri Maniscalco · Book 1 of 3 in Kingdom of the Wicked

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    A witch summons the Prince of Wrath to avenge her twin. Slow burn now, payoff later in the trilogy.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Revenge plot
    • Morally grey MMC
64. 

    Love on the Brain

    Ali Hazelwood

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A neuroscientist at NASA has to co-lead a project with her grad-school nemesis. He is suspiciously helpful.

    • Rivals to lovers
    • Workplace romance
    • He falls first
65. 

    Mile High

    Liz Tomforde · Book 1 of 5 in Windy City

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A cocky hockey defenceman and the flight attendant on his team's charter plane. Fraternizing is very against the rules.

    • Workplace romance
    • Forbidden love
    • He falls first
66. 

    Neon Gods

    Katee Robert · Book 1 in Dark Olympus

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    Modern Hades and Persephone in a city run by the Thirteen. Very kinky, very fast.

    • Retelling
    • Forbidden love
    • Morally grey MMC
67. 

    Not in Love

    Ali Hazelwood

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Hazelwood's spiciest yet: two rival biotech people agree to sex and nothing else. It does not stay nothing else.

    • Friends with benefits
    • Workplace romance
    • Grumpy hero
68. 

    November 9

    Colleen Hoover

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    They meet once a year, on the same date, for five years. Then a big twist.

    • Secret identity
    • Second chance
69. 

    One Last Stop

    Casey McQuiston

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    She falls for the girl on her subway train, who turns out to be stuck there from the 1970s.

    • Found family
    • Time travel
    • BIPOC main character
70. Part of Your WorldAbby Jimenez

    Part of Your World

    Abby Jimenez · Book 1 of 3 in Part of Your World

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A big-city doctor falls for a younger small-town carpenter-mayor who treats her right. Green flags everywhere.

    • Opposites attract
    • Age gap
    • Cinnamon roll hero
71. 

    Powerless

    Lauren Roberts · Book 1 of 3 in The Powerless Trilogy

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    An Ordinary thief hides among the Elites in a deadly royal competition, opposite the prince trained to hunt her kind.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Deadly trials
    • Secret identity
72. 

    Praise

    Sara Cate · Book 1 in Salacious Players' Club

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    Her best friend's dad runs a sex club and offers to teach her. Praise kink, front and centre.

    • Age gap
    • Forbidden love
    • BDSM / dom-sub
73. 

    Pucking Around

    Emily Rath · Book 1 in Jacksonville Rays

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    One woman, three hockey players and a team doctor. Why choose, MM spice included, maximum chaos.

    • Found family
    • Hockey player
    • BDSM / dom-sub
74. 

    Punk 57

    Penelope Douglas

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Pen pals for seven years who promised never to meet. They have been meeting. They are enemies.

    • Bully romance
    • Secret identity
    • Enemies to lovers
75. 

    Reminders of Him

    Colleen Hoover

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A woman out of prison tries to reunite with the daughter she has never met and falls for one of the few people still on her side.

    • Forbidden love
    • Hurt / comfort
    • Small town
76. 

    The Bridge Kingdom

    Danielle L. Jensen · Book 1 of 4 in The Bridge Kingdom

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A princess trained as a spy marries the enemy king to destroy his kingdom. Then she starts liking him.

    • Arranged marriage
    • Enemies to lovers
    • Secret identity
77. 

    The Cheat Sheet

    Sarah Adams

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    A pro footballer and his best friend have been in love for years. One interview blows it all open. Clean.

    • Friends to lovers
    • Cozy / low stakes
    • Football player
78. 

    The Fine Print

    Lauren Asher · Book 1 of 3 in Dreamland Billionaires

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A billionaire heir has to work at his family's theme park to claim his inheritance. She becomes his problem.

    • Boss x employee
    • Workplace romance
    • Billionaire
79. 

    The Flatshare

    Beth O'Leary

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    They share a bed, at different times: he works nights, she works days. Post-it note romance.

    • Roommates
    • Only one bed
    • Cinnamon roll hero
80. 

    The Kiss Quotient

    Helen Hoang · Book 1 of 3 in The Kiss Quotient

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    An autistic econometrician hires an escort to give her practice. Sweet, sexy and very kind.

    • Opposites attract
    • Cinnamon roll hero
    • Smart / nerdy heroine
81. The RitualShantel Tessier

    The Ritual

    Shantel Tessier

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    A secret society of powerful men, a ritual and a heroine marked by one of them. Shock-value dark romance.

    • Morally grey MMC
    • Possessive MMC
    • Dark academia
82. 

    The Selection

    Kiera Cass · Book 1 of 5 in The Selection

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    The Bachelor, but for a prince in a dystopian future. Light, addictive, zero spice.

    • Love triangle
    • Deadly trials
    • Royalty
83. The Serpent and the Wings of NightCarissa Broadbent

    The Serpent and the Wings of Night

    Carissa Broadbent · Book 1 in Crowns of Nyaxia

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A human girl raised by the vampire king enters a deadly tournament and forms an alliance with her most dangerous rival.

    • Deadly trials
    • Enemies to lovers
    • Forced proximity
84. 

    The Spanish Love Deception

    Elena Armas · Book 1 of 2 in The Spanish Love Deception

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    She needs a date to her sister's wedding in Spain. Her irritating coworker volunteers.

    • Fake dating
    • Enemies to lovers
    • Workplace romance
85. 

    The Sweetest Oblivion

    Danielle Lori · Book 1 in Made

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    He is engaged to her sister. She is the good girl he cannot stop looking at. Old-school mafia romance perfection.

    • Forbidden love
    • Morally grey MMC
    • Grumpy hero
86. 

    The Unhoneymooners

    Christina Lauren

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    The whole wedding gets food poisoning except the bride's sister and the groom's grumpy brother. Free honeymoon, one bed.

    • Enemies to lovers
    • Fake dating
    • Road trip / vacation
87. 

    The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

    Mariana Zapata

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    His former assistant quits; the NFL star needs a green-card marriage. The slowest, most satisfying burn.

    • Boss x employee
    • Marriage of convenience
    • He falls first
88. 

    Vicious

    L.J. Shen · Book 1 of 4 in Sinners of Saint

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    The boy who tormented her in high school is now a ruthless lawyer, and she needs his help.

    • Bully romance
    • Enemies to lovers
    • Second chance
89. 

    When the Moon Hatched

    Sarah A. Parker · Book 1 in Moonfall

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A brutal assassin, a dragon-riding ruler and a world-building chonk of a book. Bring snacks.

    • Captor / captive
    • Fated mates
    • Morally grey MMC
90. 

    Wolfsong

    TJ Klune · Book 1 of 4 in Green Creek

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A lonely boy, a family of werewolves and a love that takes years to arrive. Emotional damage, wolf edition.

    • Fated mates
    • Found family
    • Shifters / werewolves
91. Zodiac Academy: The AwakeningCaroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

    Zodiac Academy: The Awakening

    Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti · Book 1 of 9 in Zodiac Academy

    Spice 2/5 · Simmer

    Twin lost princesses arrive at a fae academy where the four heirs want them gone. Messy, chaotic, addictive.

    • Bully romance
    • Enemies to lovers
    • Royalty
92. 

    A Dawn of Onyx

    Kate Golden · Book 1 of 3 in The Sacred Stones

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A healer is conscripted into the enemy king's army and becomes part of his inner circle. Romantasy comfort food.

    • Forced proximity
    • Secret identity
    • Enemies to lovers
93. 

    A Deal with the Elf King

    Elise Kova

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A village herbalist is chosen as the elf king's bride. Cozy-ish standalone with a satisfying burn.

    • Marriage of convenience
    • Arranged marriage
    • Forced proximity
94. A Fate Inked in BloodDanielle L. Jensen

    A Fate Inked in Blood

    Danielle L. Jensen · Book 1 of 3 in Saga of the Unfated

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    Viking-flavoured romantasy: a shield maiden with a prophecy and a jarl's son who should be her enemy.

    • Chosen one
    • Forced proximity
    • Enemies to lovers
95. 

    A Hunger Like No Other

    Kresley Cole · Book 1 in Immortals After Dark

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    A werewolf king escapes torture and claims a half-vampire as his mate. Classic, feral paranormal.

    • Fated mates
    • Possessive MMC
    • Alpha hero
96. A Lady for a DukeAlexis Hall

    A Lady for a Duke

    Alexis Hall

    Spice 3/5 · Steamy

    A trans woman who let the world think she died at Waterloo, and the best friend who never stopped grieving her.

    • Friends to lovers
    • Hurt / comfort
    • Regency
97. A Marvellous LightFreya Marske

    A Marvellous Light

    Freya Marske · Book 1 of 3 in The Last Binding

    Spice 4/5 · Spicy

    Edwardian England, a hidden magical world and a bumbling civil servant cursed by mistake. Charming and very steamy.

    • Opposites attract
    • Forced proximity
    • Grumpy hero
98. 

    An Enchantment of Ravens

    Margaret Rogerson

    Spice 1/5 · Sweet

    A human portrait painter accidentally insults a fae prince with one brushstroke. A pretty, short standalone.

    • Forbidden love
    • Road trip / vacation
    • Royalty
99. 

    Bared to You

    Sylvia Day · Book 1 of 5 in Crossfire

    Spice 5/5 · Scorching

    Two broken people with explosive chemistry and a lot of trauma. Steamier than Fifty Shades.

    • Hurt / comfort
    • Billionaire
    • Possessive MMC
100. 

     Beautiful Bastard

     Christina Lauren · Book 1 in Beautiful Bastard

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     An intern and her infuriating boss hate-hook-up in every room of the office. Started life as Twilight fanfic.

     • Boss x employee
     • Enemies to lovers
     • Workplace romance
101. 

     Before I Let Go

     Kennedy Ryan · Book 1 of 3 in Skyland

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     Divorced high-school sweethearts try again after grief tore them apart. Beautifully written, very emotional.

     • Second chance
     • BIPOC main character
102. 

     Bonded by Thorns

     Elizabeth Helen · Book 1 in Beasts of the Briar

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     Beauty and the Beast, but there are four cursed fae beasts and she does not have to choose.

     • Beauty and the Beast
     • Retelling
     • Found family
103. 

     Bound by Honor

     Cora Reilly · Book 1 in Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     Promised to the future boss of the New York mob at fifteen, married at eighteen. Classic mafia arranged marriage.

     • Arranged marriage
     • Age gap
     • Virgin heroine
104. 

     Bringing Down the Duke

     Evie Dunmore · Book 1 in A League of Extraordinary Women

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A suffragist at Oxford and the duke she is trying to recruit to her cause. Smart and slow.

     • Opposites attract
     • Smart / nerdy heroine
     • Victorian
105. 

     Brutal Prince

     Sophie Lark · Book 1 of 6 in Brutal Birthright

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     Rival Chicago crime families settle a feud with a wedding. The bride and groom are not thrilled.

     • Arranged marriage
     • Enemies to lovers
     • Morally grey MMC
106. 

     Bully

     Penelope Douglas · Book 1 in Fall Away

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     Her childhood best friend turned on her overnight. Now she is back and fighting back.

     • Bully romance
     • Enemies to lovers
     • Second chance
107. 

     Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

     Rebecca Thorne · Book 1 in Tomes & Tea

     Spice 2/5 · Simmer

     A queen's bodyguard and a mage run away to open a bookshop tea house. Sapphic, cozy, low stakes.

     • Cozy / low stakes
     • Found family
     • Badass heroine
108. Captive in the DarkC.J. Roberts

     Captive in the Dark

     C.J. Roberts · Book 1 of 2 in The Dark Duet

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     A captor with a revenge plan and the girl he is training to sell. A foundational, brutal dark romance.

     • Captor / captive
     • Revenge plot
     • Morally grey MMC
109. 

     Captive Prince

     C.S. Pacat · Book 1 of 3 in Captive Prince

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A prince sold as a slave to his enemy's court. Vicious politics and a slow, savage enemies-to-lovers.

     • Enemies to lovers
     • Captor / captive
     • Royalty
110. 

     Collide

     Bal Khabra · Book 1 in Spiral

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A psychology student has to interview the hockey captain for her internship application. Sparks.

     • Hockey player
     • Grumpy hero
     • College / university
111. 

     Dark Fae

     Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti · Book 1 of 4 in Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A fae girl in a supernatural prison with a gang of dangerous inmates who all want a piece of her.

     • Enemies to lovers
     • Forced proximity
     • Morally grey MMC
112. 

     Delilah Green Doesn't Care

     Ashley Herring Blake · Book 1 of 3 in Bright Falls

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A New York photographer comes home for her stepsister's wedding and falls for the bridesmaid.

     • Single parent
     • Forbidden love
     • Small town
113. 

     Fall of Ruin and Wrath

     Jennifer L. Armentrout · Book 1 in Awakening

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A courtesan with a sixth sense and the dangerous prince she is sent to spy on.

     • Forbidden love
     • Morally grey MMC
     • Badass heroine
114. 

     Fix Her Up

     Tessa Bailey · Book 1 of 3 in Hot & Hammered

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A party clown fake-dates her brother's best friend, a former pro baseball player having a crisis.

     • Brother's best friend
     • Fake dating
     • Athlete
115. 

     Funny Feelings

     Tarah DeWitt

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A comedian and her best friend go on tour together. Years of pining in a car.

     • Friends to lovers
     • Road trip / vacation
116. 

     Game Changer

     Rachel Reid · Book 1 of 6 in Game Changers

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A closeted hockey star and the smoothie-shop guy who makes him brave. Sweet start to the series.

     • Secret relationship
     • Hockey player
     • Athlete
117. 

     Her Soul for Revenge

     Harley Laroux · Book 1 of 3 in Souls Trilogy

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     A witch summons a demon to take revenge on the cult that hurt her. He is wildly, filthily devoted.

     • Revenge plot
     • Villain gets the girl
     • Morally grey MMC
118. 

     In a Holidaze

     Christina Lauren

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A Christmas time loop that keeps sending her back to the cabin with her secret crush. Holiday comfort food.

     • Friends to lovers
     • Holiday romance
     • Time travel
119. 

     King of Battle and Blood

     Scarlett St. Clair · Book 1 of 3 in Adrian x Isolde

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A princess is married off to the vampire king she plans to kill. He is far too into it.

     • Arranged marriage
     • Enemies to lovers
     • Morally grey MMC
120. 

     Kulti

     Mariana Zapata

     Spice 2/5 · Simmer

     A pro soccer player's childhood hero becomes her grumpy assistant coach. Slow burn royalty.

     • Workplace romance
     • Opposites attract
     • Athlete
121. 

     Losers: Part One

     Harley Laroux · Book 1 of 2 in Losers

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     The rich girl who made their lives hell in high school, and the four "losers" who now own her. Divisive and delicious.

     • Revenge plot
     • Morally grey MMC
     • Small town
122. 

     Love, Theoretically

     Ali Hazelwood

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A theoretical physicist with a side gig as a fake girlfriend runs into the man who ruined her mentor.

     • Rivals to lovers
     • Fake dating
     • Workplace romance
123. 

     Lovelight Farms

     B.K. Borison · Book 1 of 3 in Lovelight

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A Christmas tree farm owner fake-dates her best friend for a contest. Holiday cozy with real heat.

     • Fake dating
     • Friends to lovers
     • Holiday romance
124. 

     Mistakes Were Made

     Meryl Wilsner

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A college senior hooks up with a hot older woman at a bar. It is her best friend's mom. Oops.

     • Age gap
     • Forbidden love
     • Secret relationship
125. 

     Mr. Wrong Number

     Lynn Painter

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     She texts the wrong number for months. It is her brother's best friend. Who she is now living with.

     • Brother's best friend
     • Roommates
     • Secret identity
126. 

     One Dark Window

     Rachel Gillig · Book 1 of 2 in The Shepherd King

     Spice 2/5 · Simmer

     A girl with a monster in her head and a cursed card heist. Moody, foggy and gorgeous.

     • Forced proximity
     • Secret identity
     • Morally grey MMC
127. 

     Pestilence

     Laura Thalassa · Book 1 of 4 in The Four Horsemen

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     The literal Horseman of Pestilence takes a firefighter on a road trip to end the world. Wildly romantic, somehow.

     • Enemies to lovers
     • Forced proximity
     • Road trip / vacation
128. 

     Phantasma

     Kaylie Smith · Book 1 in Phantasma

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A necromancer enters a deadly carnival-esque game run by the devil's own manor. Gothic, creepy and sharp.

     • Deadly trials
     • Morally grey MMC
     • Demons / devils
129. 

     Priest

     Sierra Simone · Book 1 of 3 in Priest

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     A priest. A confession. A broken vow. Exactly as sinful as it sounds.

     • Forbidden love
     • Age gap
     • BDSM / dom-sub
130. 

     Rhapsodic

     Laura Thalassa · Book 1 in The Bargainer

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A siren with a debt to the Bargainer: one favour, one bead on her wrist at a time. Yearning cranked to eleven.

     • Second chance
     • Villain gets the girl
     • Secret identity
131. 

     Romancing the Duke

     Tessa Dare · Book 1 of 4 in Castles Ever After

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     She inherits a castle that comes with a grumpy, blind duke who refuses to leave. Delightful.

     • Beauty and the Beast
     • Grumpy hero
     • Disability rep
132. 

     Scarred

     Emily McIntire

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A Lion King retelling where Scar is the hero. Yes, really. The royal ward and her villain.

     • Retelling
     • Age gap
     • Villain gets the girl
133. 

     Secretly Yours

     Tessa Bailey · Book 1 of 2 in Vine Mess

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A grumpy professor and a sunny wine-country girl have a secret kiss neither can forget.

     • Grumpy x sunshine
     • Secret identity
     • Smart / nerdy heroine
134. 

     Seven Days in June

     Tia Williams

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     Two famous Black writers who had a week-long teenage romance meet again, fifteen years later.

     • Second chance
     • BIPOC main character
135. 

     Slave to Sensation

     Nalini Singh · Book 1 in Psy-Changeling

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A cold psychic woman and a leopard-shifter alpha. Emotionless versus all emotion.

     • Opposites attract
     • Alpha hero
     • Shifters / werewolves
136. 

     Sorcery of Thorns

     Margaret Rogerson

     Spice 1/5 · Sweet

     A library apprentice, a sorcerer with a sarcastic demon butler and a world of evil books. Closed door, open heart.

     • Found family
     • Grumpy hero
     • Demons / devils
137. 

     Spark of the Everflame

     Penn Cole · Book 1 in Kindred's Curse

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A healer princess discovers she is far more than mortal. Two love interests, rising stakes.

     • Love triangle
     • Chosen one
     • Gods & mythology
138. 

     Spoiler Alert

     Olivia Dade · Book 1 of 3 in Spoiler Alert

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A TV star and a fanfic writer are internet friends who do not know each other's identities. Then they meet.

     • Secret identity
     • Rockstar / celebrity
     • Cinnamon roll hero
139. 

     Tears of Tess

     Pepper Winters · Book 1 in Monsters in the Dark

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     Kidnapped and sold, she ends up with a man darker than the ones who took her. Very dark, very intense.

     • Captor / captive
     • Morally grey MMC
     • BDSM / dom-sub
140. 

     The Bodyguard

     Katherine Center

     Spice 1/5 · Sweet

     She is the bodyguard. He is the movie star. She has to pose as his girlfriend. Gender-flipped and adorable.

     • Bodyguard
     • Fake dating
     • Rockstar / celebrity
141. 

     The Ex Hex

     Erin Sterling

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A witch drunkenly curses her ex. He comes back to town nine years later. Halloween rom-com.

     • Second chance
     • Holiday romance
     • Witches & magic users
142. 

     The Friend Zone

     Abby Jimenez · Book 1 of 3 in The Friend Zone

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     She cannot have kids. He wants a big family. Very funny, very sad, very good.

     • Friends to lovers
     • Single parent
     • Cinnamon roll hero
143. The Hurricane WarsThea Guanzon

     The Hurricane Wars

     Thea Guanzon · Book 1 of 3 in The Hurricane Wars

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     Two enemy weather mages trapped together in the desert. Reylo-coded and proud of it.

     • Enemies to lovers
     • Forbidden love
     • Forced proximity
144. 

     The Kiss Thief

     L.J. Shen

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     One stolen kiss, one ruthless senator and a forced engagement. Angsty and sharp.

     • Arranged marriage
     • Enemies to lovers
     • Age gap
145. 

     The Never King

     Nikki St. Crowe · Book 1 of 5 in Vicious Lost Boys

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     Wendy's granddaughter, a feral grown-up Peter Pan and his Lost Boys. A deliciously dark Neverland.

     • Retelling
     • Villain gets the girl
     • Captor / captive
146. 

     The Shadows Between Us

     Tricia Levenseller

     Spice 1/5 · Sweet

     A ruthless girl plans to seduce and kill the Shadow King. He is just as ruthless. Slytherin romance.

     • Villain gets the girl
     • Morally grey MMC
     • Royalty
147. 

     The Soulmate Equation

     Christina Lauren

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     A DNA matchmaking app says her soulmate is the arrogant scientist who founded it. Data does not lie.

     • Enemies to lovers
     • Fake dating
     • Single parent
148. 

     The Wedding Date

     Jasmine Guillory

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     Stuck in a hotel elevator with a stranger who then needs a date to his ex's wedding.

     • Fake dating
     • Opposites attract
     • BIPOC main character
149. 

     Throne of the Fallen

     Kerri Maniscalco · Book 1 in Prince of Sin

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     The Prince of Envy and a rebellious princess on a quest together. Spicier spin-off from Kingdom of the Wicked.

     • Forced proximity
     • Enemies to lovers
     • Morally grey MMC
150. 

     Throttled

     Lauren Asher · Book 1 of 4 in Dirty Air

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     The F1 bad boy fake-dates the team principal's daughter. Formula 1 romance with a big heart.

     • Fake dating
     • Opposites attract
     • Racing driver
151. 

     Uprooted

     Naomi Novik

     Spice 2/5 · Simmer

     A village girl is taken by a cranky immortal wizard. Fairy-tale forest magic with a prickly love story.

     • Forced proximity
     • Age gap
     • Grumpy hero
152. 

     When in Rome

     Sarah Adams · Book 1 of 2 in When in Rome

     Spice 1/5 · Sweet

     A burnt-out pop star breaks down in a tiny town and lands at a grumpy pie-maker's house. Hallmark with jokes.

     • Cozy / low stakes
     • Rockstar / celebrity
     • Grumpy hero
153. 

     A Lesson in Thorns

     Sierra Simone · Book 1 of 4 in Thornchapel

     Spice 5/5 · Scorching

     A librarian, a gothic manor and a group of beautiful, haunted people who reawaken old pagan rites.

     • Forbidden love
     • Gothic
     • Dark academia
154. 

     Choosing Theo

     Victoria Aveline · Book 1 in Clecanian

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     The book that awakened a thousand primal kinks. Theo is so soft for her it hurts.

     • He falls first
     • Forced proximity
     • Cinnamon roll hero
155. EmbersClaire Kent

     Embers

     Claire Kent

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     Post-apocalyptic survival, a grumpy loner and dirty talk readers are still thinking about years later.

     • Forced proximity
     • Hurt / comfort
     • Grumpy hero
156. 

     Ensnared

     Rebecca Quinn · Book 1 of 3 in Brutes of Bristlebrook

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A post-apocalyptic why choose: a survivor stumbles onto a bunker of four very different men.

     • Found family
     • Forced proximity
     • Cinnamon roll hero
157. 

     Payback's a Witch

     Lana Harper

     Spice 3/5 · Steamy

     Three women dumped by the same player team up for magical revenge. Sapphic and spooky.

     • Revenge plot
     • Holiday romance
     • Witches & magic users
158. 

     The Risk

     S.T. Abby · Book 1 of 5 in Mindf*ck

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A woman with a long revenge list and the FBI agent closing in on her. A twisty, divisive cult favourite.

     • Revenge plot
     • Villain gets the girl
     • Morally grey MMC
159. Throne in the DarkA.K. Caggiano

     Throne in the Dark

     A.K. Caggiano · Book 1 of 3 in Villains and Virtues

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A Dark Lord who has never been loved and the heroine who is not scared of him. Readers report actual book hangovers.

     • Villain gets the girl
     • Captor / captive
     • He falls first
160. Twisted HeathensJ. Rose

     Twisted Heathens

     J. Rose · Book 1 of 3 in Blackwood Institute

     Spice 4/5 · Spicy

     A girl sent to a corrupt psychiatric institute and the damaged boys who become hers. Dark and different.

     • Found family
     • Morally grey MMC
     • Gothic

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