Top 30 Friends to Lovers Romance Books
"In the book of life, falling in love with a best friend is the most unexpected and cherished plot twist."
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From best friends to forever lovers—these stories celebrate trust, vulnerability, and the slow-burn romance that feels inevitable and right. Friends to lovers romance books savor the comfort of inside jokes, shared histories, and the moment a long-held crush finally becomes a kiss you never want to end.
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Always You and Me by Dani Atkins
Then…
On the eve of her wedding to Adam, Lily’s best friend Josh unexpectedly walked out of her life, and she hasn’t seen him since.
Lily and Adam are blissfully happy, until he falls ill. As she cares for him in his final hours, Adam asks her to make a mysterious promise: to find Josh—and forgive them both.
This winter…
Tracking Josh down isn’t easy, but fate seems determined to bring them together. Cut off in his remote Scottish cabin by a fierce snowstorm, Lily and Josh explore their tangled feelings for each other, stretching back over the decades. But when she discovers the shocking reason behind Adam’s unexpected last wish, she’ll need to trust her heart completely…
Can Lily and Josh choose love—and find forgiveness and lasting happiness together?
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Romance, Fiction, Second Chance, Contemporary Romance, Grief, New books 2025.
The Dating Ban by Dani Elias
Ivy
At forty-one, my career as an Urban Planner is on track, but my personal life? A total car crash. After one too many terrible dates (and a foursome mishap that shall never be mentioned again), my therapist handed me a three-month dating ban. Apparently, I’m supposed to “focus on myself,” which so far includes yoga I’m terrible at, clay work that looks like it was done by a four-year-old, and a baking attempt that produced something akin to cat vomit. But I’m determined to stick to the plan and so the last thing I need is the nosy café owner with the cheeky smile setting up camp in my dreams.
Theo
Life as a single dad means keeping up with Lucy, my 5-year-old tornado who can charm free biscuits out of strangers faster than I can make a flat white. Between running my Viennese café and bedtime negotiations that rival UN peace talks, I don’t exactly have time for complications. Then Ivy shows up, all sass and determination, ranting about her therapist’s odd rules and ordering coffee like it’s a science experiment. The curvy beauty is funny, clever, and unexpectedly refreshing to have around. She is a friend I never knew I needed… just a friend. Then my meddling brothers put all sorts of ideas in my head and that’s just so not what I need.
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Fake Skating by Lynn Painter
From play dates on the playground to sneaking into movie theatres, Dani and Alec were inseparable as kids. Until Dani moved away.
Years later, Dani is back in Minnesota, and exited to reconnect with the nerdy and comforting Alec.
But teenage Alec is NOTHING like the boy she remembers. He's the hockey STAR in a town where hockey players are worshipped as gods – and he loves it.
When one thing leads to another and Dani and Alec find themselves thrown together and playing the role of boyfriend and girlfriend, “complicated” becomes an understatement.
In this Minnesota town, hockey may rule, but romance is about to take its place.
Tags - Friends to Lovers Romance Books, Amazon, Goodreads, New Books 2025.
The Best Worst Thing by Lauren Okie
All things considered, Nicole Speyer has a pretty amazing life. At least that’s what she tells herself. She’s got a beautiful house, a relatively successful fertility podcast, and a perfect husband, Gabe. The only thing that’s less than ideal is her years-long struggle with infertility—and how, with every passing day, she and Gabe seem to drift a little further apart.
But then, mere hours after a Hail Mary embryo transfer to her gestational carrier, Nicole discovers Gabe’s been sleeping with their dog walker, and her world turns upside down. Suddenly, a jobless, childless, and now-husbandless Nicole finds herself at the doorstep of somebody she tried to say goodbye to a long time ago.
Logan Milgram: a former colleague with serious golden retriever energy who happens to be laugh-out-loud funny, a colossal nerd, and legitimately kind of hot. When Logan opens his door that night, it’s like no time has passed. And as they fall back into each other’s lives, Nicole starts recognizing herself in the mirror again. She even begins to like what she sees. And then, like a cruel joke, she gets the news she’s spent a lifetime waiting for: her surrogate is finally pregnant.
As her relationship with Logan develops from a blast-from-the-past fling into something much deeper, Nicole struggles to balance her past, present, and future. Racing against the clock, she must learn to forgive her body for falling short and recognize that sometimes, it’s the biggest betrayals in life that set us free. With everything on the line, can Nicole accept love from the greatest man she’s ever known . . . even if it’s nothing like the story she’d written for herself?
Tags - Friends to Lovers Romance Books, Amazon, Goodreads, New Books 2025.
Unafraid by Nyssa Kathryn
A new town. A fresh start. An old enemy.
Aspen Davies had three reasons to move to the small town of Amber Ridge: to get away from her overbearing mother; to escape the clutches of her psychotic ex; and Jesse Hayes. Okay, maybe Jesse isn’t a reason to relocate her entire life. After all, he’s just a friend. A housemate. And someone she absolutely is not going to date. At least…that’s what she keeps telling herself.
Discharged from the military, Jesse Hayes is back in his hometown of Amber Ridge. Only, he’s not alone, as he expected. His new housemate is right down the hall, and every day with Aspen is a new form of torture. She just got out of a relationship, and she’s not looking to get into a new one. He knows that. Doesn’t make wanting her any easier. He needs to keep his distance, for both their sakes.
But when Aspen’s past follows her to her new home, keeping his distance is no longer an option. Jesse needs to keep Aspen safe and in his sights. Because the enemy is proving formidable—and clearly playing for keeps.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Romantic Suspense, Small Town Romance, Abuse, Crime, Military Romance, New books 2025.
The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone
No one would ever call Ava Monroe a people person, which isn’t ideal for a barista in a busy London coffee shop. She’s sarcastic, blunt, and cynical, and her relationships are strictly no strings attached. With her best friend Josie soon leaving for a year, Ava knows she’ll be all alone unless she shakes up her routine. But she can’t risk bringing chance back into her carefully controlled life.
Then insufferably cheerful, country-hopping, undeniably gorgeous Finn O’Callaghan rolls into her coffee shop with a horrifying proposal —a strictly friends-only summer fling. Finn needs a local to help him complete his London bucket list, and Ava needs to reassure Josie she won’t be on her own. And it’s only for a few months.
To Ava’s surprise, their mismatched friendship of convenience becomes oddly tolerable, and as they work their way through Finn’s list and around the sun-drenched city, from rooftops and floating bars to nights at the museum, their adventures—and Finn’s company—start to feel . . . nice. Incredibly, terrifyingly, dangerously nice.
Still, rules are rules—Ava has good reasons for them—and as the days get shorter, Finn’s departure gets closer. Because that’s the thing about summer: it always ends. Right?
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Summer, New books 2025.
Tempting The Goalie by R.C. Stephens
He’s a six-foot-four hockey Adonis on the ice—and a heartbreaker off it.
Luc Chabot has always been the most gorgeous guy in town, with stormy gray eyes and muscles for days. The catch? He’s also my best friend.
When my NHL hockey player boyfriend cheats on me and leaves my confidence in pieces, Luc is the one who shows up just like he always does. But this time, I need more than a shoulder to cry on. I need to feel wanted. Desired. Alive again.
Luc is Riverside U’s golden boy the guy every girl wants. When his reputation takes a hit, I make him a deal: I’ll help clean up his image… and he’ll help remind me exactly what I’ve been missing. No strings. No feelings. Just friends crossing lines we swore we never would.
Then his hands start lingering in places they shouldn’t. His voice drops, low and rough, when he says my name. And the heat between us turns into something I can’t pretend away. He’s not a forever kind of guy.
Yet the way he touches me, it feels like everything I’ve ever wanted. And that’s the most dangerous part of all.
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Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely
Best friends Joni and Ren have been inseparable since childhood. So when Joni moves across the country for her job, the two devise a creative way to stay in touch: they’ll be each other’s plus-ones every year for wedding season, no matter what else is happening in their lives.
It’s a tradition that works, until a line is crossed and the friendship they once thought was forever is ruined.
Now Joni is back at their families’ shared summer home for her sister’s wedding, and she’s determined to make the week perfect, even if it means faking a friendship with Ren—and avoiding the truth of why they have to fake it in the first place. How hard can it be to pretend to be friends with the person who once knew you best?
But as sunny beach days together turn into starry nights, Joni begins to question what her life is without Ren in it. And when the wedding arrives, bringing past heartaches to the surface, she’ll be forced to decide if loving Ren means letting him go, or if theirs is a love story worth fighting for.
Tags - Friends to Lovers Romance Books, Goodreads, Amazon, New Books 2025.
Worth The Risk by Alexis Winter
The moment his lips touch mine, I know the truth—I made a mistake.
Five years ago, on the verge of one of the biggest decisions of my life, I had what should have been a fleeting encounter with a handsome stranger on a train. Little did I know that moment would change everything.
Now, after a breakup that’s left me shaken, I escape into the fantasy world of social media, posting an innocent little video of my business partner.
But when the romance book community finds it, the video goes viral, and my secret can’t stay hidden any longer. Even worse, he wants to play along. But now, everything’s different. He’s standing too close, his gaze more intense than ever.
I can feel the magnetic pull between us, the unspoken words hanging in the air, and I can’t stop wondering: What if I had chosen him all those years ago? The tension between us isn’t just a spark—it’s a wildfire. Every glance, every touch threatens to set off something beyond our control.
Austin was always the risk I couldn’t take. But now he’s right here, making it clear that pretending isn’t an option anymore. Our professional lines are blurring, and my heart is racing—torn between preserving what we’ve built and risking it all for the chance at something more.
I thought I knew what I wanted. I thought I knew who I wanted. But now, the only thing I’m sure of is that Austin was the risk I never took—and it’s a choice I can’t stop second-guessing.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Workplace Romance, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Published 2024.
Feels Like Falling by Alexandra Hale
Ellison Mills was my childhood best friend, something I thought would last forever. Until she left Blackstone Falls and didn’t look back.
The rich girl, prim and proper, and way out of my league, Ellison was never meant to get caught up with a farm boy like me - but that didn’t stop us growing up.
She was wild back then, always looking for trouble - not that anyone would ever believe it. We should have had a real chance at love. Instead, I was forced to let her go and she’ll never know why.
Ten years later, Ellison is back in town and it feels like she never left. She still makes my heart race and my blood run hot. And catching her skinny dipping or climbing through my bedroom window is only the beginning.
Being with Ellison and owning the farm are all I’ve ever wanted and now that I have her, I won’t let anything jeopardize our future. So when her father shows up on her doorstep, I’ll do everything I can to keep the peace.
But the secret he’s keeping will shake Ellison to her core, rocking the foundation we’ve worked so hard to build. This time, I’m way past falling. All I can do is hold on tight, and hope I can catch my girl before she hits the ground.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Small Town Romance, Second Chance Romance, Contemporary Romance, Published 2024.
Promise Me This by Karla Sorensen
Imagine this: an author with a raging case of writer’s block finds an unexpected source of inspiration in her grumpy, gorgeous new roommate. Sounds amazing, right? Except that new roommate is my childhood best friend. And Ian Wilder has been off-limits since I was five.
It’s been over a decade since I’ve seen him, but when I return to my hometown after years away, Ian’s exactly the man I remembered. The same guy who gave me his coat on a playground when we were kids and promised he’d take care of me forever. I need a quiet place to work with this deadline looming. I need a place where my daughter can unwind. Enter Ian with an offer I can’t refuse: his spare bedroom.
It’s an easy yes. Except now the problem is I can’t stop thinking about him, and these thoughts? They’re wandering out of the friend zone. I keep imagining very creative ways to rip off his clothes. And Ian starts giving me looks of his own, the kind that make my heart race.
One night, we cross a line we can’t uncross. The lines have blurred, and our friendship is hanging by a thread. Imagine this: a woman falling for her best friend. And she has no idea if he feels the same.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Romance, Forced Proximity, Small Town Romance, Contemporary Romance, Second Chance, Published 2024.
Because of You by Samantha Brinn
I have known Hallie Evans for my entire life.
I was eighteen years old when I first realized I was in love with her.
For more than a decade, I have kept my feelings a secret, afraid to risk the friendship that means so much to me and the close-knit bonds between my family and hers.
But eleven years of waiting is my limit.
At a career crossroads, Hallie has some secrets of her own. She has always kept her feelings buried deep and rarely opens up to anyone. But this time, she is opening up to me. And it seems like maybe – just maybe – she might share my feelings too.
One breakfast, cup of coffee, and conversation at a time, I am determined to be Hallie’s safe place to land, and to show her what I know we can be together.
Because I am absolutely certain that what we can be, is everything.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, He Falls First, Found Family, Forced Proximity, Contemporary Romance, Published 2024.
The Fall Out by Jenni Bara
Let me tell the story of how I fell in love with a woman who had no idea that we were even dating. The ridiculousness started when she stole my beer, and trust me, my grumpy self doesn’t normally share. But somehow, Avery Wilson is the exception to every one of my many rules.
Unfortunately, I’m not hers.
Not only is she the daughter of the Rev’s coach who hates me, she’s also sworn off dating for the year.
Little does she know we’ve been doing just that.
Sure, she says I’m her friend when we watch romcoms or spend holidays together, but I’m just biding my time until the year is up.
With her father against me, and a line of men interested in dating her, once she finds out my true intentions, will we survive the fallout?
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Sports Romance, He Falls First, Contemporary Romance, Published 2024.
Hot Mess Summer by Melissa Foster
Who buys a cottage in a New England fishing village on a whim? A stressed-out, twice-divorced romance writer and single mother looking for a fresh start, that’s who. Despite what my besties say about my three-year dry spell, I’m not looking for a man. Or drama. Or sex. I’ve got enough on my plate with writer’s block and a daughter who refuses to grow up. Community. That’s what I need.
So why are all these random men suddenly drawn to me? Is there a shortage of women in Chatemup, Massachusetts? At least I’ve found one funny, good-hearted friend, fish peddler Declan Miller, my brainstorming adventure buddy who stirs my creative juices. I’m his writer girl. He’s my dimple dude. Just scruffy, granite-chested, deep-voiced, ex-military brawn who happens to be—oh, Nicole, what are you doing to yourself?—stoking a long-neglected fire without even trying.
A self-confessed hot mess, divorced single dad Declan’s too old for relationship games. Not interested. Same here. So why do I keep thinking about him? Preferably naked. Because I’m a hot mess, too? At least he’s inspiring me to write. If only real life were like one of my novels. At least then I’d have a better idea of how this was going to end.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, Small Town Romance, Humor, Published 2023.
Dallas & Georgia by Sarah Forester Davis
Dallas and Georgia have been best friends since birth. Every summer they reunite when Georgia and her mom make the fourteen-hour drive to stay with Dallas and his family. Each summer brings on new, not always parent approved adventures, and every year they grow closer and closer together.
This summer everything changes.
At seventeen years old Dallas and Georgia realize staying best friends might not be where the future is taking them.
After a night of regrets, they're forced to volunteer at the local retirement center for the summer. There they meet an elderly resident of Bar Harbor and through her hilarious and rather blunt life lessons, they're taught the meaning of true love.
Is this enough for them to take the leap into something more? Most importantly, what will happen if they do?
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, Small Town Romance, Young adult romance, Published 2023.
A Long Time Coming by Meghan Quinn
"Have you ever heard of a man-in-waiting?"
Yeah, not many have, Breaker Cane included. But his best friend, Lia Fairweather-Fern, can't get married without some extra help. That's why she's recruited him to take on the snarling beast that's her soon-to-be monster-in-law, Mrs. Beaver. For some reason, the groom's mother seems to have never heard the phrase, "What the bride wants, the bride gets." Lucky for Lia, Breaker has, and he accepts the challenge. After all, how much trouble can one woman cause?
The problem is, it isn't Mrs. Beaver giving Breaker the most grief―it's actually Lia. Because with every second her wedding draws closer, he's starting to see her in a different light. She's always been beautiful, but now, he finds himself staring a touch too long, his hand lingering for one more minute, and when she's upset? Allowing her to sleep in his bed.
Before he knows it, it hits him like a ton of bricks: he's fallen in love with his best friend. Nothing is snapping him out of it. Not the girl he tries to date during the wedding planning. Not Lia's increasingly suspicious fiancé. Not even the looming deadline of her upcoming nuptials.
Which means there's only one thing left to do: prove to Lia he's the one she should be with instead. And it's going to be a lot harder than he thinks.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, Billionaire Romance, Published 2023.
Between Never and Forever by Brit Benson
She was the first rule I ever broke. She’ll be the last.
In the beginning, there was Savannah Shaw. Teasing me with a mischievous, merciless grin by day. Crawling through my window with tear-stained cheeks by night.
I was ordered to avoid her. Lectured on her misdeeds. Forbidden from seeing her. But my need to protect her was innate. So natural I never questioned it. So visceral I couldn’t fight it.
She was the first rule I ever broke, and it’s why I lost her the first time.
Now, out of nowhere, there is Sav Loveless. World famous frontwoman for The Hometown Heartless, Hollywood’s newest up-and-coming film star, and my daughter’s idol.
Her reputation for trouble precedes her, but the celebrity who sets foot in my small town is no longer a girl in need of protection. She’s a woman who has saved herself, and this time, it’s my life that’s falling apart.
Maintaining the distance between us is imperative, but everything about her pulls at every part of me. My need to touch her clouds my logic. My need to have her, to own her, to love her.
She’ll be the last rule I ever break, but this time, it will be to keep her.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, Second Chance Romance, Music, Abuse, Dark Romance, Published 2023.
She Was Mine First by M. Robinson
Being the man of honor in my best friend Livvy’s wedding wouldn’t be such a big deal…
If I wasn’t in love with her.
But I won’t turn her down. No matter how much it’ll tear my heart out to watch her walk down the aisle toward another man.
It should have been us—from friends to lovers and back again.
But after college, I was so busy building my empire that I let her slip through my fingers. She was my first. And once she realizes he’s the wrong one for her…
I’ll be her last.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Second Chance Romance, Billionaire Romance, Contemporary Romance, Small Town Romance, Family, Published 2023.
Echoes of You by Catherine Cowles
Nash Hartley has always been my everything: Protector. Partner in crime. Best friend. The person who was there for me in my darkest hour.
But my heart wanted so much more. So, when I knew for certain Nash didn’t feel the same about me, I tried to move on. What a mistake that turned out to be.
Now, I’m back in our small town, desperate to escape my living nightmare, and the only person I want to see is him.
As secrets are revealed, and Nash finds out what happened to me, he’ll do anything to keep me safe.
But there are those who will do anything to stop him, and this time neither of us may make out alive…
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Romantic Suspense, Small Town Romance, Contemporary Romance, Forced Proximity, Published 2023.
Maestro by Auden Dar
When a music audition at the world-renowned LaGuardia Arts high school brings together two thirteen-year-olds, unassuming Aurelia Ramirez Preston and confident Chadwick David, the serendipitous encounter becomes an unbreakable friendship.
A friendship develops into an unyielding love. A love spanning decades and continents.
With New York City as their playground, best friends Chad and Aurelia navigate the turbulence of adolescence. They blossom, and so does their love. An awkward first date turns into a night of intoxicating kisses and together, they lose their innocence.
Years later, Chad is “Maestro,” the tattooed virtuoso, the James Dean of classical music. And Aurelia is an accomplished cellist. His muse. The enduring love behind his greatness.
But when the maestro falters, even for a moment, the most beautiful symphony can spiral into unrelenting chaos. And the greatest of loves can become the most tragic heartbreak.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, Music, Second Chance Romance, Published 2022.
The Words by Ashley Jade
The World thought he was a god...
But I knew the truth.
He was the talented bad boy everyone wanted. I was the irrelevant geek everyone hated.
He was the sun...drawing all of us in. I was a black hole...taking up space. He was destined to be a star. I was destined to remain an insignificant no one.
Until he made me believe I was special...and then he destroyed me.
I never thought I'd see Phoenix Walker again after he broke my heart, but fate had other plans. One tour. Eight weeks. Forty shows. Countless opportunities to make him pay.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Dark Romance, Contemporary Romance, Second Chance Romance, Forced Proximity, Music, Published 2022.
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.
Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without.
For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart.
When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been. But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Summer Reads, Contemporary Romance, Second Chance, Published 2022.
Tease by Melanie Harlow
I didn’t mean to say I was engaged to a hot billionaire–it just slipped out. In my defense, I’d had a really bad haircut, a really strong drink, and I was trying to save face in front of the Mean Girl at my high school reunion.
Lucky for me, I happen to know a hot billionaire. Hutton French and I have been friends forever, and even though big social gatherings are not his thing, I called him from the coat closet and begged him for a favor–show up and play my fake fiancé for the night.
Except that word of our engagement spreads like wildfire. Our families are ecstatic. We’re front page news. My little food blog is launched into the stratosphere.
Of course, I offer to set the record straight right away, but Hutton wants to give it a little time–the phony engagement will keep his matrimony-mad mother and every matchmaking granny in town off his back. He even suggests I move in with him to make the ruse more real. And we don’t stop there.
We practice kissing. Undressing each other. Saying things–and doing things–we’d never dare if we weren’t pretending. Because it’s all for show, right? We’re just role-playing. Hutton doesn’t want a real relationship, and I don’t want to get hurt. But the more time we spend faking it, the more I start to wonder.
Could Hutton French and I actually be right for each other, or is it all just one big tease?
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Fake Dating, Small Town Romance, Contemporary Romance, Billionaire Romance, Forced Proximity, Published 2022.
Lotus by Jennifer Hartmann
To the rest of the world, he was the little boy who went missing on the Fourth of July. But to Sydney Neville, he was everything. Her heart hasn't been the same since her best friend disappeared, but she's learned to build her life around that missing piece.
Twenty-two years later, the last thing Sydney expects is for Oliver Lynch to return. Having been captive underground for decades, he's unfamiliar with the strange new world that awaits him―but he's alive. He's here. And no matter how he's changed, he and Sydney both still feel the connection that runs between them.
But as their reborn friendship begins to feel like something more, Sydney and Oliver realize there are still jagged, painful truths creating space between them. The walls Sydney's built don't want to come down, and as Oliver hunts for his missing memories and lost time, he realizes his nightmare is not yet over.
With nothing as it seems, is there space for love to bloom in this dark place?
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Dark Romance, Contemporary Romance, Mystery, Second Chance, Published 2021.
Rebellious by Kristy Marie
A love controlled by guilt, contained by rules....
One summer will change everything.
No kissing. No cuddling. No blah, blah, blah. He wrote the rules onto our skin - every ink stroke tragically smeared by the lines we’d crossed. He claimed it was the only way we could be together - the only way we wouldn’t destroy our families.
But there was an exception to his rules - one he never saw coming.
All I needed was opportunity and a sunburn. The girl who played by his rules is gone. This girl...is not his “friend”.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Sports Romance, Contemporary Romance, College Romance, Published 2021.
Agony by Kaylee Ryan
Reese
Cooper Reeves was the boy-next-door. Every milestone, every memory of my youth was entangled with his. We were inseparable... until college. It wasn’t his friends, girls or even sports that came between us— it was me. Tired of being in the friend zone, I finally made a move. Turns out it was the wrong one. Cooper walked away to play his first year of professional football and left me behind with a broken heart.
Cooper
It’s always been her. Even before I really knew what love was, Reese Latham was by my side, making me swear we’d be best friends forever. And we were... until one night changed everything. I knew how she felt because I felt it too, but I pushed her away to save our friendship. The longer we’re apart, the more I realize she’s not only my best friend, Reese is the love of my life. I was kidding myself thinking I could let her go because now I know that living without her is the worst kind of agony.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Sports Romance, Contemporary Romance, College Romance, Published 2020.
Our Way by T.L. Swan
Nathan Mercer, the only man in my life. Loving him was never an option.
We met ten years ago, when we started at the same company on the same day. Both new in town and with nobody else to rely on, we quickly became friends. And while Nathan went on to rule San Francisco, I'm still doing the same job with the same people.
We finish each other's sentences, we spend Christmas together and he sleeps at my house more than his. He's beautiful.... beyond belief. In another life, he's probably my soul mate.
However, lately things have changed. He's started looking at me differently. His eyes drop to my lips as I speak. His hugs are tighter.... longer. Our fights are more passionate, his jealousy insane. I know it's all in my head....it has to be.
They say to never love someone who treats you like you're ordinary. I don't. To him I'm a queen.
But our story is complicated. And as much as I love Nathan Mercer with all of my heart. . . He's the one man I can never have.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, straight for her romance, Published 2020.
Teardrop Shot by Tijan
I asked for his criteria for bed buddies - that's the PG version. He swore at me and said he didn’t do groupies. And just like that, our friendship was off to a great start.
Reese Forster was the starting point guard for the Seattle Thunder. Gorgeous. Cocky. Loved by the nation. He’s also attending preseason basketball training camp where I used to work. Correction: where I work again, because I was fired from my last job. And dumped.
And I might have a tiny bit of baggage, but that’s normal. Right? Reese and I shouldn’t have become friends. We shouldn’t have become roommates. And we really shouldn’t have started sleeping together...(Except we did).
I’m adorably psychotic. He’s in the NBA. This is not a disaster waiting to happen, at all.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Sports Romance, Contemporary Romance, Published 2019.
It Was Love by V. Theia
Falling in love with your best friend is so cliché and old as time. I’m just a southern girl in New York. I never imagined I’d meet my soulmate.
And not a big deal like Noah Fierro. He’s the classic type A personality with a side order of brusqueness. Far too handsome and a magnetism I was swept up in.
And … we’re both into guys. Curve ball, right? Tell me about it. I was crushed. But he’s my person. My bestie. And I need to ditch my enormous crush for good.
What if a friendship is so consuming it supersedes conventionality? We have love. But will my heart be broken?
I’m Sena Black and is he … Straight-for-me?
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, Straight for her romance, Published 2019.
A Really Bad Idea by Jeannine Colette
When my mother approached me on my thirty-third birthday with a brochure for egg freezing, it was a glaring reminder that my biological clock is ticking toward its expiration date. I've always dreamed of being a mom and had a plan—one that was destroyed when I caught my professional hockey player husband in bed with another woman.
Despite my broken heart I still believe in love. I want the happily ever after, but I also want a child desperately and won't settle in order to make it happen. That's why when I decided to take my mother's advice, Christian came up with his own plan: Let's have a baby together.
It's a bad idea. A really, really bad idea. And yet . . . I can't stop thinking about how great it could be. There's just one condition. Before we have sex (oh, yes, we're doing this the old-fashioned way!) Christian is adamant we go on three dates. Sounds easy, but it's not. I thought sex would be the hard part, but the dates are only making me fall for the man I've known almost my entire life.
Whoever said sex doesn't change things never went to bed with their best friend.
Tags - Friends To Lovers romance books, Contemporary Romance, Medical, Doctors, Published 2019.
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