🏷️ Second Chance Romance
12 entries tagged with this trope
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover · 2016
Lily thought she'd never end up like her mother. Then she meets Ryle — and Atlas comes back. This book will make you angry, sad, and hopeful all at once.
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig · 2020
Between life and death there's a library. Each book lets you try a different version of your life. Nora gets to see every 'what if.' Made me cry on a plane.
People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry · 2021
Alex and Poppy are best friends who take a trip every summer. Two years ago something went wrong and they haven't spoken since. One more trip to fix it. The tension between 'we're just friends' and 'we've never been just friends' is unbearable.
Happy Place
Emily Henry · 2023
Harriet and Wyn broke up six months ago. Nobody knows. Now they're stuck at their annual friends' trip pretending to still be together. Every fake touch, every shared bed, every almost-confession is agony.
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren · 2018
Macy and Elliot were childhood best friends who fell in love through words. Something tore them apart. Now they've run into each other again. The dual timeline reveals what happened piece by piece.
The Bromance Book Club
Lyssa Kay Adams · 2019
Gavin's wife is leaving him because he's bad at... everything romantic. His baseball teammates secretly read romance novels to learn how to be better partners. They form a book club. It's as delightful as it sounds.
Final Offer
Lauren Asher · 2022
Cal and Lana have history — a painful one. Now he's back in her lake house trying to buy it, and she's not selling. Two broken people who never stopped loving each other fighting over a house and their feelings.
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Connell and Marianne orbit each other from school to university. They're together, then apart, then together, then apart. The miscommunication is painful because it's so real. Rooney writes love like a wound.
The Mistake
Elle Kennedy · 2015
Logan screwed up. Grace isn't giving him a second chance easily. His grovel game is STRONG though. The redemption arc romance of the Off-Campus series.
Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover · 2022
Kenna just got out of prison. She wants to see her daughter. The whole town hates her for what she did. Ledger is the only one willing to see past it. The most emotionally devastating CoHo — and that's saying something.
The Love of My Afterlife
Kirsty Greenwood · 2024
Delphie dies and meets her soulmate in the afterlife. Then she's sent back to Earth with 10 days to find him — alive. Bridget Jones meets It's a Wonderful Life. Pure joy on every page.
The Ex Hex
Erin Sterling · 2021
Vivienne cursed her ex after a bad breakup. She didn't think it was real magic. Nine years later, Rhys is back and everything in town is going haywire. Cozy witch romance with autumn vibes for days.