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Marina Vivancos · Honeythorn #2
A traumatised omega braces for cruelty from his new husband — but the joyful alpha is nothing like his abuser.
When Omega Isak get shipped to the South to be married off for the second time, he knows exactly what to expect—Coldness. Neglect. Abuse. He’s learnt how to survive being bonded to a cruel Alpha. He can do it again.Alpha Emil Carillo, however, is anything but expected. Effusive, charming, and joyful, Isak doesn’t know how to handle him. How to figure out when his new husband will turn mean and abrasive—when the first blow will finally land. Alpha Carillo seems to be nothing like his late husband, but Isak doesn’t know how to trust that. If he’ll ever be able to let go of the past and embrace the future. Isak has been hurt badly before...can he really allow himself to open up and let love in?Cherryvine is an Alpha/Omega, pseudo-regency book filled to the brim with good old hurt/comfort.This book is part of the Honeythorn series but can be read as a standalone.

Diana Gabaldon · Outlander #1
A 1940s nurse slips through a standing stone into 1743 Scotland — and into the arms of a Highland warrior.
7 tropes in common

Patroclus narrates his epic, doomed love for Achilles from boyhood to the walls of Troy.
5 tropes in common

A reclusive Hollywood icon finally tells the truth — including the one great love she could never make public.
3 tropes in common

Two magnetic rock stars. One legendary band. The explosive love story the world was never supposed to know.
5 tropes in common

Nicholas Sparks · The Notebook #1
A decade apart couldn't kill their love — but her upcoming wedding just might.
7 tropes in common

A Depression-era circus, a married equestrian star, and the young vet who falls for her against all odds.
7 tropes in common

Two rival magicians are bound to compete in a deadly game — and fall in love inside a dreamlike night circus.
4 tropes in common

After 51 years of waiting, a man finally tells the widow he never stopped loving her.
5 tropes in common

A reserved physicist joins NASA in 1980 and finds the stars — and an unexpected love — among the astronaut corps.
4 tropes in common

Maya Banks · The Montgomerys and Armstrongs #1
A Scottish warrior marries the clan's 'touched' girl — not knowing she's deaf, brilliant, and about to steal his heart.
10 tropes in common

A God-fearing man marries a broken prostitute and loves her unconditionally — even as she keeps running away.
8 tropes in common

Tessa Dare · Girl Meets Duke #1
A scarred, brooding duke needs an heir; a seamstress needs a husband — their rules won't survive each other.
8 tropes in common

Laura Esquivel · Como agua para chocolate #1
Forbidden from marrying, Tita pours her love — and heartbreak — into food that enchants everyone who eats it.
5 tropes in common

A trans woman returns from Waterloo to reclaim herself — and the grieving duke who never stopped needing her.
9 tropes in common

Julie Garwood · Highlands' Lairds #1
A proud English lady travels to the Scottish Highlands — and falls for the fierce laird sent to escort her.
9 tropes in common

Lisa Kleypas · The Ravenels #1
A rakish new earl inherits a crumbling estate — and a sharp-tongued widow who refuses to be charmed.
7 tropes in common

Tessa Dare · Castles Ever After #1
A penniless, never-been-kissed woman inherits a crumbling castle — and its reclusive, brooding duke.
8 tropes in common

Julie Garwood · Lairds' Fiancées #1
A fierce Scottish laird selects a feisty English bride — but she refuses to be tamed.
6 tropes in common

A woman loves a priest across a lifetime — a bond as beautiful and doomed as a thorn bird's song.
6 tropes in common

Margaret Mallory · The Douglas Legacy #1
A feared Scottish warrior seizes his enemy's castle — and is brought to his knees by the widow inside.
8 tropes in common