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Lisa Kleypas · Friday Harbor #3
A jaded, whiskey-soaked cynic and a hopeless romantic share a haunted Victorian house — and a ghost who needs them both.
They say that opposites attract. But what happens when one has been devastated by betrayal and the other is so jaded that his heart is made of stone? Enter the world of Friday Harbor, an enchanting town in the Pacific Northwest where things are not quite as they seem and where true love might just have a ghost of a chance....Alex Nolan is as bitter and cynical as they come. One of the three Nolan brothers who call Friday harbor home, he's nothing like Sam or Mark. They actually believe in love; they think the risk of pain is worth the chance of happiness. But Alex battles his demons with the help of a whiskey bottle, and he lives in his own private hell. And then a ghost shows up. Only Alex can see him, Has Alex finally crossed over the threshold to insanity?Zoë Hoffman is as gentle and romantic as they come. When she meets the startling gorgeous Alex Nolan, all her instincts tell her to run. Even Alex tells her to run. But something in him calls to Zoë, and she forces him to take a look at his life with a clear eye and to open his mind to the possibility that love isn’t for the foolish.The ghost has been existing in the half-light of this world for decades. He doesn’t know who he is, or why he is stuck in the Nolans’ Victorian house. All he knows is that he loved a girl once. And Alex and Zoë hold the key to unlocking a mystery that keeps him trapped here.Zoë and Alex are oil and water, fire and ice, sunshine and shadow. But sometimes it takes only a glimmer of light to chase away the dark, and sometimes love can reach beyond time, space, and reason to take hold of hearts that yearn for it...

Lucy Score · Knockemout #1
A grumpy barber reluctantly helps a stranded runaway bride — and the surprise niece she's now raising.
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Broken up for five months but still pretending to be together — for one last week at the cottage they both love.
8 tropes in common

Colleen Hoover · It Ends with Us #1
Lily falls for a brilliant surgeon who hides a dangerous side — and her first love just walked back in.
6 tropes in common

Dumped by the same couple, two exes become roommates — then accidentally fall for each other.
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Ten summers, two best friends, and one truth that ruined everything — can one last trip fix them?
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A romance writer and a literary snob swap genres for the summer — and accidentally swap hearts too.
6 tropes in common

Jojo Moyes · Me Before You #1
A quirky, warm-hearted carer takes a job with a bitter former adventurer — and changes both their lives forever.
6 tropes in common

Audrey Niffenegger · The Time Traveler's Wife #1
She's always known him, but he keeps vanishing through time — their love story told from both sides of the clock.
5 tropes in common

A cutthroat literary agent escapes to a small town — only to keep running into the brooding editor she can't stand.
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Fresh out of prison, a mother risks everything when she falls for the one man standing between her and her daughter.
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Ana Huang · Twisted #1
Her brother's best friend is cold, ruthless, and hiding dangerous secrets — and completely obsessed with her.
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The US President's son falls for the British prince they've been faking a friendship with — secretly, scandalously.
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They meet only on November 9th each year — but is their love story real, or just his novel's perfect plot twist?
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Tessa Bailey · Bellinger Sisters #1
A Beverly Hills party girl exiled to a small fishing town butts heads with a gruff, bearded sea captain.
7 tropes in common

Abby Jimenez · Part of Your World #1
A big-city surgeon falls for a small-town carpenter — but her family's legacy may cost her everything.
6 tropes in common

Elsie Silver · Chestnut Springs #1
A scandal-prone bull rider is forced to let his agent's sharp-tongued daughter babysit his reputation — and his heart.
7 tropes in common

T.J. Klune · Cerulean Chronicles #1
A rule-following caseworker investigates a magical orphanage — and falls for the man devoted to protecting it.
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A NASA neuroengineering project forces a nerdy scientist to co-lead with her grad school archenemy.
6 tropes in common

A soldier fulfils his fallen best friend's dying wish — but falling for the sister was never part of the plan.
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A people-pleasing fake girlfriend discovers her enemy — and dream job gatekeeper — is the one man she can't perform for.
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