As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Best Childhood Sweethearts Romance Books

First loves have a way of being last loves too. Childhood sweetheart romance books bring together people who shared their earliest butterflies and find that time apart only made the pull stronger. Browse our collection of reunion stories that prove some connections never really break.

They fell in love as kids, then life pulled them apart. Years later, those feelings are still there -- deeper and more complicated than ever.

Showing 51 Childhood Sweethearts books
Sort:
Spice:
Subgenre:
Bully book cover

Bully

Penelope Douglas

Enemies to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts Grumpy Sunshine
Things We Left Behind book cover

Things We Left Behind

Lucy Score

Enemies to Lovers Rivals to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts
Love Redesigned book cover

Love Redesigned

Lauren Asher

Enemies to Lovers Rivals to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts
Saving 6 book cover

Saving 6

Chloe Walsh

Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts Forced Proximity
Every Summer After book cover

Every Summer After

Carley Fortune

Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts Friends to Lovers
If He Had Been with Me book cover

If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin

Childhood Sweethearts Friends to Lovers Slow Burn
The Song of Achilles book cover

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

M/M Romance Childhood Sweethearts Forbidden Love
Childhood Sweetheart book cover

Childhood Sweetheart

Wendy Clarke

Childhood Sweethearts Friends to Lovers Grief
Childhood Sweethearts PT 2 book cover

Childhood Sweethearts PT 2

Jacob Spears

Childhood Sweethearts Royalty
Childhood love (T) book cover

Childhood love (T)

Rakesh Kumar Rai

Childhood Sweethearts
Marriage, Love, Caste and Kinship Support book cover

Marriage, Love, Caste and Kinship Support

Shalini Grover

Childhood Sweethearts Football Sci-Fi
How to Get Your Child to Love Reading book cover

How to Get Your Child to Love Reading

Esmé Raji Codell

Childhood Sweethearts Pen Pals to Lovers
The New Orleans of Fiction book cover

The New Orleans of Fiction

James A. Kaser

Childhood Sweethearts Bookworm
A Laggard in Love book cover

A Laggard in Love

Mrs. Coulson Kernahan

Childhood Sweethearts
The story of Jesus for little children book cover

The story of Jesus for little children

Harriet Morton (novelist.)

Childhood Sweethearts
Miscellaneous picture and story books for children, ed. by E.W. Vredenburg. 1-51 book cover

Miscellaneous picture and story books for children, ed. by E.W. Vredenburg. 1-51

Edric Vredenburg

Childhood Sweethearts
Becker-Rhoades Elements of German book cover

Becker-Rhoades Elements of German

Henrietta Katherine Becker, Lewis Addison Rhoades

Childhood Sweethearts
The Dialogue of Devdas book cover

The Dialogue of Devdas

Nasreen Munni Kabir

Childhood Sweethearts Age Gap
Revenge book cover

Revenge

Debra Webb

Childhood Sweethearts Villain Antihero Revenge
Sara's Father book cover

Sara's Father

Jennifer Mikels

Childhood Sweethearts
Autobiography book cover

Autobiography

Moncure Daniel Conway

Childhood Sweethearts
A Sherwood Bonner Sampler, 1869-1884 book cover

A Sherwood Bonner Sampler, 1869-1884

Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell

Childhood Sweethearts
Michael's House book cover

Michael's House

Pat Warren

Childhood Sweethearts
Fireball book cover

Fireball

Lainey Davis

Rivals to Lovers Enemies to Lovers Second Chance
Ice Queen book cover

Ice Queen

Lilian Monroe

Accidental Pregnancy Childhood Sweethearts Royalty
A Love Song for Liars book cover

A Love Song for Liars

Piper Lawson

Musician Friends to Lovers Second Chance
When the Leaves fall - A Biker-Romance Story in a Small Town! book cover

When the Leaves fall - A Biker-Romance Story in a Small Town!

Claudia Pohl

MC / Biker Childhood Sweethearts Rescue
How to Survive a Holiday Fling book cover

How to Survive a Holiday Fling

Isabel Jolie

Vacation Romance Childhood Sweethearts Wrong Number
A Holiday Fling book cover

A Holiday Fling

Mary Jo Putney

Vacation Romance Childhood Sweethearts Celebrity Ordinary
Hot Response book cover

Hot Response

Shannon Stacey

Firefighter Childhood Sweethearts Royalty
Feel the Fire book cover

Feel the Fire

Annabeth Albert

Firefighter Childhood Sweethearts Love Triangle
Blue Bay Beach Romance Series book cover

Blue Bay Beach Romance Series

Ellie Hall

Beach / Coastal Friends to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts
Resisting Love book cover

Resisting Love

Kat Bellemore

Beach / Coastal Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts
The Heartwood Sea book cover

The Heartwood Sea

Elana Johnson

Beach / Coastal Enemies to Lovers Second Chance
A Dazzle of Diamonds (Georgia Coast Romance Book #3) book cover

A Dazzle of Diamonds (Georgia Coast Romance Book #3)

Liz Johnson

Beach / Coastal Childhood Sweethearts Bodyguard Protector
Bad Ball Hitter book cover

Bad Ball Hitter

Kimberly Readnour

Baseball Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts
On the DL: A Small Town Sexy Baseball Romance book cover

On the DL: A Small Town Sexy Baseball Romance

Laramie Briscoe

Baseball Friends to Lovers Second Chance
The Boy Next Door book cover

The Boy Next Door

Kate McMurray

Baseball Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts
Second Start: Family book cover

Second Start: Family

Patricia McLinn

Found Family Enemies to Lovers Second Chance
Bride by Royal Decree book cover

Bride by Royal Decree

Caitlin Crews

Marriage of Convenience Childhood Sweethearts Love Triangle
Roommate book cover

Roommate

Sarina Bowen

Roommates Enemies to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts
The Roommate book cover

The Roommate

Rosie Danan

Roommates Strangers to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts
The Preacher's Daughter book cover

The Preacher's Daughter

Liz Isaacson

Cowboy / Ranch Friends to Lovers Second Chance
Cowboys And Freedom ( Western Romance ) book cover

Cowboys And Freedom ( Western Romance )

Molly Maco

Cowboy / Ranch Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts
Second Chance Family book cover

Second Chance Family

Liz Isaacson

Cowboy / Ranch Second Chance Rivals to Lovers
A Rancher's Love book cover

A Rancher's Love

Vivian Arend

Cowboy / Ranch Friends to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts
A Ranch To Keep book cover

A Ranch To Keep

Claire McEwen

Cowboy / Ranch Childhood Sweethearts Inheritance Clause
BRICK book cover

BRICK

Lisa Lang Blakeney

Football Enemies to Lovers Friends to Lovers
The Forever Play book cover

The Forever Play

Katy Archer

Football Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts
Falling for the Good Guy (an emotional friends to lovers love triangle romance) book cover

Falling for the Good Guy (an emotional friends to lovers love triangle romance)

Violet Duke

Love Triangle Second Chance Childhood Sweethearts
Home Wrecker book cover

Home Wrecker

Jody Kaye

Age Gap Friends to Lovers Second Chance

Frequently Asked Questions

They fell in love as kids, then life pulled them apart. Years later, those feelings are still there — deeper and more complicated than ever. Childhood Sweethearts romance is one of the most searched-for tropes in the genre, loved for its unique emotional arc and satisfying payoffs.

Elsie Silver, Devney Perry, and Aurora Rose Reynolds write heartfelt childhood sweetheart stories. Hometown settings and lifelong connections make their books sing.

Childhood sweethearts specifically involves characters who loved each other young, separated, and reunite. Second chance is broader -- any past relationship getting another try, whether they dated at 16 or 40. All childhood sweetheart stories are second chance, but second chance encompasses adult relationships too.