Second chance romance books

1. 

   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
2. 

   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
3. 

   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
4. 

   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
5. 

   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
6. 

   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
7. 

   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
8. 

   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
9. 

   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
10. 

    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
11. 

    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
12. 

    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
13. 

    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

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