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Best Strangers to Lovers Romance Books

Sometimes the love of your life is someone you haven't met yet. Strangers-to-lovers romance books capture the electric moment when two unknown people collide and everything changes. Find your next read in our collection of chance encounters that lead to lasting love.

They meet with zero history between them. No baggage, no context -- just two people discovering each other from scratch.

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Butcher & Blackbird book cover

Butcher & Blackbird

Brynne Weaver

Road Trip Strangers to Lovers Forced Proximity
The American Roommate Experiment book cover

The American Roommate Experiment

Elena Armas

Roommates Forced Proximity Grumpy Sunshine
Just for the Summer book cover

Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez

Vacation Romance Forced Proximity Strangers to Lovers
The Flatshare book cover

The Flatshare

Beth O'Leary

Roommates Opposites Attract Slow Burn
Rhapsodic book cover

Rhapsodic

Laura Thalassa

Fantasy / Fae Forbidden Love Strangers to Lovers
Outlander book cover

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon

Time Travel Scottish Highlands Strangers to Lovers
A Week to Be Wicked book cover

A Week to Be Wicked

Tessa Dare

Road Trip Fake Relationship Strangers to Lovers
Heart Bones book cover

Heart Bones

Colleen Hoover

Vacation Romance Strangers to Lovers Slow Burn
Midnight Sun book cover

Midnight Sun

Stephenie Meyer

Forbidden Love Strangers to Lovers Slow Burn
Dark Lover book cover

Dark Lover

J.R. Ward

Vampire Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
The Dead Romantics book cover

The Dead Romantics

Ashley Poston

Strangers to Lovers Slow Burn Second Chance
Fall of Ruin and Wrath book cover

Fall of Ruin and Wrath

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Morally Gray Forbidden Love Strangers to Lovers
Lightlark book cover

Lightlark

Alex Aster

Competition Love Triangle Strangers to Lovers
Never Never book cover

Never Never

Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher

Amnesia Strangers to Lovers Forced Proximity
Archangel's Blade book cover

Archangel's Blade

Nalini Singh

Paranormal Brooding Hero Healing
Redeeming 6 book cover

Redeeming 6

Chloe Walsh

Redemption Arc Healing Emotional / Tearjerker
Caraval book cover

Caraval

Stephanie Garber

Slow Burn Strangers to Lovers Fake Relationship
Meet Me at the Lake book cover

Meet Me at the Lake

Carley Fortune

Second Chance Strangers to Lovers Forced Proximity
Twist book cover

Twist

Kylie Scott

Contemporary Strangers to Lovers
All That I Desire book cover

All That I Desire

Francis Ray

Contemporary Strangers to Lovers
The Water Nymph book cover

The Water Nymph

Michele Jaffe

Historical Strangers to Lovers
My Lord Highwayman book cover

My Lord Highwayman

Valerie King

Regency Strangers to Lovers
The Smuggler's Bride book cover

The Smuggler's Bride

Bess Willingham

Regency Strangers to Lovers
Angel's Kiss book cover

Angel's Kiss

Judith Steel

Western Strangers to Lovers
The Wish book cover

The Wish

Marianne Willman

Love Triangle Strangers to Lovers
Forced Marriage: Boss Loves Me Too Much book cover

Forced Marriage: Boss Loves Me Too Much

Yan SiYe

Forced Marriage Strangers to Lovers
Lesbian Love Story book cover

Lesbian Love Story

Amelia Possanza

Strangers to Lovers Beach / Coastal Royalty
Stranger Than Fiction book cover

Stranger Than Fiction

Carlton Dawe

Strangers to Lovers
The Stranger at the Gate book cover

The Stranger at the Gate

Mabel Osgood Wright

Strangers to Lovers
The Greek Romances in Elizabethan Prose Fiction book cover

The Greek Romances in Elizabethan Prose Fiction

Samuel Lee Wolff

Strangers to Lovers
The Conceits of a General Lover book cover

The Conceits of a General Lover

Edward Washington Barnard

Strangers to Lovers
The Magic of Scotland - 70+ Scottish Historical Novels, Adventure Classics & Romance Novels book cover

The Magic of Scotland - 70+ Scottish Historical Novels, Adventure Classics & Romance Novels

Robert Louis Stevenson, John Buchan, George MacDonald, Walter Scott, J. M. Barrie

Strangers to Lovers Only One Bed Scottish Highlands
Burn With Me book cover

Burn With Me

Sj Cavaletti

Strangers to Lovers Grief
The Works of Thomas Love Peacock Including His Novels, Poems, Fugutive, Pieces, Criticism, Etc book cover

The Works of Thomas Love Peacock Including His Novels, Poems, Fugutive, Pieces, Criticism, Etc

Peacock

Strangers to Lovers
For Woman's Love book cover

For Woman's Love

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Strangers to Lovers
Public Library Bulletin - Denver Public Library book cover

Public Library Bulletin - Denver Public Library

Denver Public Library

Strangers to Lovers
Safe in Her Bodyguard's Arms book cover

Safe in Her Bodyguard's Arms

Katherine Garbera

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Bodyguard of Love book cover

Bodyguard of Love

Terri Lane

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Run to You book cover

Run to You

Lara Adrian

Bodyguard Protector Strangers to Lovers
The Bodyguard book cover

The Bodyguard

Katherine Center

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
The Bodyguard book cover

The Bodyguard

Cherry Adair, Gena Showalter, Lorie O'Clare

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
In Bed with the Bodyguard book cover

In Bed with the Bodyguard

Lynne Silver

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Resolute Bodyguard book cover

Resolute Bodyguard

Leslie Marshman

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Bodyguard Daddy book cover

Bodyguard Daddy

Lisa Childs

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Provoke You book cover

Provoke You

Diana A. Hicks

Bodyguard Protector Strangers to Lovers
Protector's Temptation book cover

Protector's Temptation

Marilyn Pappano

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
The Protectors book cover

The Protectors

Beverly Barton

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Natural-Born Protector book cover

Natural-Born Protector

Carla Cassidy

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
The Protector book cover

The Protector

Cristin Harber

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
The Protector book cover

The Protector

Jordan Ford

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
The Protector book cover

The Protector

Jodi Ellen Malpas

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
The Protector book cover

The Protector

Aurelia Hilton

Bodyguard Protector Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
The Secret Heir Returns book cover

The Secret Heir Returns

Joss Wood

Inheritance Clause Strangers to Lovers
The Inheritance book cover

The Inheritance

Lane Mika

Inheritance Clause Strangers to Lovers
The Inheritance book cover

The Inheritance

Angie Coleman

Inheritance Clause Strangers to Lovers
Inherited by Ferranti book cover

Inherited by Ferranti

Kate Hewitt

Inheritance Clause Strangers to Lovers
Inherited by Her Enemy book cover

Inherited by Her Enemy

Sara Craven, Andie Brock

Inheritance Clause Strangers to Lovers
Keeper book cover

Keeper

Robin Lovett

Kidnapping Captive Strangers to Lovers
Everything for You book cover

Everything for You

Chloe Liese

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
Damage book cover

Damage

Lyssa Cole

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
The Pursued book cover

The Pursued

Mika Lane

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
Burdens book cover

Burdens

SERAYA.

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
Road to Retribution book cover

Road to Retribution

Piper Davenport

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
Over the Moon book cover

Over the Moon

Melissa Chambers

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
Work For It book cover

Work For It

Ashley Davenport

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
Without Further Ado book cover

Without Further Ado

Jessica Dettmann

Only One Bed Strangers to Lovers
Writing a Romance Novel For Dummies book cover

Writing a Romance Novel For Dummies

Leslie Wainger

Secret Baby Strangers to Lovers
Writing a Romance Novel For Dummies book cover

Writing a Romance Novel For Dummies

Victorine Lieske, Leslie Wainger

Secret Baby Strangers to Lovers
Duty book cover

Duty

Lauren Landish

Secret Baby Strangers to Lovers
Secretly Wild book cover

Secretly Wild

Nicole Elliot

Secret Baby Strangers to Lovers
The Greatest Historical Romance Novels of All Time book cover

The Greatest Historical Romance Novels of All Time

Jane Austen, Guy de Maupassant, Sabine Baring-Gould, Eliza Haywood, Maria Edgeworth, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mrs. Olifant, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Alexandre Dumas, Henry James, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Grace Livingston Hill, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Fanny Fern, Lady Charlotte Bury, D. K. Broster, Mary Angela Dickens, Robert Williams Buchanan, Georg Ebers, Philip Meadows Taylor, Gilbert Parker, Anthony Trollope, F. Scott Fitzgerald, María Ruiz de Burton, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Mary Hays, Louis Hémon, Madame de La Fayette, Lady Sydney Morgan, A. E. W. Mason, Georgette Heyer

Snowed In Strangers to Lovers
The Blizzard Bride book cover

The Blizzard Bride

Sharaya Lee

Snowed In Strangers to Lovers
Entangled in Blizzard book cover

Entangled in Blizzard

E.W. Jackson

Snowed In Strangers to Lovers
Watch Out, Blizzard Bride! book cover

Watch Out, Blizzard Bride!

Sharaya Lee

Snowed In Strangers to Lovers
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance book cover

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Erotic Romance

Alison Kent

Stranded Strangers to Lovers
Under Covers book cover

Under Covers

Denise Daye

Undercover Strangers to Lovers
Saffron and Secrets book cover

Saffron and Secrets

sharon woods

Undercover Strangers to Lovers
Scent Detection book cover

Scent Detection

Leslie Marshman

Witness Protection Strangers to Lovers
Danny Boy Stories--120 Letters book cover

Danny Boy Stories--120 Letters

DAN. LEE LEE (D C 'DAN'), D. C. Dan Lee

Witness Protection Strangers to Lovers
The Agency book cover

The Agency

Megan Quinton

Witness Protection Strangers to Lovers
Locked and Loaded book cover

Locked and Loaded

HelenKay Dimon

Witness Protection Strangers to Lovers
What Do I Read Next? book cover

What Do I Read Next?

Neil Barron

Witness Protection Strangers to Lovers
Romance Today book cover

Romance Today

John Charles, Shelley Mosley, Joanne Hamilton-Selway, Sandra Van Winkle

Witness Protection Strangers to Lovers
The Art and Life of Clarence Major book cover

The Art and Life of Clarence Major

Keith Eldon Byerman

Wrong Number Strangers to Lovers
Texts Of Desire book cover

Texts Of Desire

Linda K. Christian-Smith University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, USA.

Wrong Number Strangers to Lovers
Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities book cover

Sexual Cultures and the Construction of Adolescent Identities

Janice Irvine

Wrong Number Strangers to Lovers
Masterson Made book cover

Masterson Made

Lisa Lang Blakeney

Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Rapture 2 book cover

Rapture 2

Perri Forrest

Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Broken book cover

Broken

Lisa Lang Blakeney

Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
OBSESSION book cover

OBSESSION

Lisa Jackson

Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
Obsession book cover

Obsession

S. K. Lessly

Alpha Male Strangers to Lovers
How to Write a Bestselling Sports Romance book cover

How to Write a Bestselling Sports Romance

Just Bae

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
The Games We Play book cover

The Games We Play

Katie Rae

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Swing for the Fences book cover

Swing for the Fences

Kimberly Readnour

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Swinging Strike book cover

Swinging Strike

Kimberly Readnour

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Bottom of the Ninth book cover

Bottom of the Ninth

Kimberly Readnour

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Full Count book cover

Full Count

Kimberly Readnour

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Beautiful Game book cover

Beautiful Game

Lainey Davis

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Behind the Count book cover

Behind the Count

Kimberly Readnour

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Rush book cover

Rush

Lisa Lang Blakeney

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Sure Shot book cover

Sure Shot

Sarina Bowen

Athlete Strangers to Lovers
Libraries in Literature book cover

Libraries in Literature

Alice Crawford, Robert Crawford

Bookworm Strangers to Lovers
Taylor Swift by the Book book cover

Taylor Swift by the Book

Rachel Feder, Tiffany Tatreau

Bookworm Strangers to Lovers
Ovidian Bibliofictions and the Tudor Book book cover

Ovidian Bibliofictions and the Tudor Book

Lindsay Ann Reid

Bookworm Strangers to Lovers
Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994 book cover

Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994

Prouty

Bookworm Strangers to Lovers
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy book cover

Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy

Anne Boyd Rioux

Bookworm Strangers to Lovers
The Vast and Terrible Drama book cover

The Vast and Terrible Drama

Eric Carl Link

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Horror Fiction in the 20th Century book cover

Horror Fiction in the 20th Century

Jess Nevins

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Just Imagine book cover

Just Imagine

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Introducing Women's Studies book cover

Introducing Women's Studies

Diane Richardson, Victoria Robinson

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Affected Sensibilities book cover

Affected Sensibilities

Stephen Ahern

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
To Die for book cover

To Die for

Melanie George

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
American Women Writers book cover

American Women Writers

Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Everland Volume II book cover

Everland Volume II

R. J. Amado

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Romance Writer's Sourcebook book cover

Romance Writer's Sourcebook

David Borcherding

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex book cover

Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex

Dave Barry

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Dave Barry's Guide to Life book cover

Dave Barry's Guide to Life

Dave Barry

Brooding Hero Strangers to Lovers
Our Year of Maybe book cover

Our Year of Maybe

Rachel Lynn Solomon

Cinnamon Roll Strangers to Lovers
BEACH BOOKS Boxed Set: The Greatest Romance Classics Of All Time book cover

BEACH BOOKS Boxed Set: The Greatest Romance Classics Of All Time

Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charlotte Brontë, Henry James, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë, William Shakespeare, Fanny Burney, Stendhal, R.D. Blackmore, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Eliot, Leo Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edith Wharton, Alexandre Dumas, Meredith Nicholson, Charles Dickens, Gaston Leroux, E. M. Forster, Theodore Dreiser, H. G. Wells, Grace Livingston Hill, Earl Derr Biggers, Walter Scott, Virginia Woolf, Burton Egbert Stevenson, P.G. Wodehouse, Georgette Heyer, Madeleine L'Engle, O. Douglas, Kate Chopin

Cinnamon Roll Strangers to Lovers
Playing to Win book cover

Playing to Win

Tory Baker

Cinnamon Roll Strangers to Lovers
It Started with a Book book cover

It Started with a Book

Camilla Isley

Cinnamon Roll Strangers to Lovers
Just Playing House book cover

Just Playing House

Farah Heron

Cinnamon Roll Strangers to Lovers
He's the Wicked Bad book cover

He's the Wicked Bad

Karyn Gerrard

Cinnamon Roll Strangers to Lovers
Object: A Modern Shorts Contemporary Romance: Humorous flash fiction where a cinnamon roll hero has an unexpected romantic adventure in San Francisco book cover

Object: A Modern Shorts Contemporary Romance: Humorous flash fiction where a cinnamon roll hero has an unexpected romantic adventure in San Francisco

Regina Kammer

Cinnamon Roll Strangers to Lovers
Missing You: Cozy Mystery Romance Novel book cover

Missing You: Cozy Mystery Romance Novel

Shereen Vedam

Detective Strangers to Lovers
Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction book cover

Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction

M. Schaub

Detective Strangers to Lovers
Show Me How book cover

Show Me How

Anna Brooks

Detective Strangers to Lovers
Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction book cover

Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction

Inmaculada Pertusa-Seva, Melissa A. Stewart

Detective Strangers to Lovers
The Jin Yong Phenomenon book cover

The Jin Yong Phenomenon

Ann Huss, Jianmei Liu

Detective Strangers to Lovers
Danger's First Kiss book cover

Danger's First Kiss

Aleatha Romig

He Falls First Strangers to Lovers
To Have and To Hold book cover

To Have and To Hold

Aleatha Romig

He Falls First Strangers to Lovers
DAWN book cover

DAWN

Aleatha Romig

He Falls First Strangers to Lovers
Dusk book cover

Dusk

Aleatha Romig

He Falls First Strangers to Lovers
Remembering Passion book cover

Remembering Passion

Aleatha Romig

He Falls First Strangers to Lovers
He Falls First book cover

He Falls First

Jill Shalvis

He Falls First Strangers to Lovers
Sinclair Duet book cover

Sinclair Duet

Aleatha Romig

He Falls First Strangers to Lovers
Falling Shadows book cover

Falling Shadows

Nya Luther King

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Gilded Coil book cover

Gilded Coil

Nyxen

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Live for Me book cover

Live for Me

Lauren Jackson

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Heroes and Heroines of Fiction book cover

Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

William S. Walsh

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Heroes and Heroines of Fiction book cover

Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

William Shepard Walsh

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
The Ultimate Guide to the Top 100 Romance Books book cover

The Ultimate Guide to the Top 100 Romance Books

Navneet Singh

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
The Enforcer book cover

The Enforcer

Natalie Wrye

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Filthy book cover

Filthy

Tia Louise

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Filthy book cover

Filthy

Serena Akeroyd

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Hard Limit book cover

Hard Limit

Sybil Bartel

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
44 Chapters About 4 Men book cover

44 Chapters About 4 Men

BB Easton

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad book cover

The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad

John G. Peters

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
The Reflective book cover

The Reflective

Tamara Rose Blodgett

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Demon book cover

Demon

Bianca Lee Ward

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Blood Reign book cover

Blood Reign

Tamara Rose Blodgett

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
Reading American Novels and Multicultural Aesthetics book cover

Reading American Novels and Multicultural Aesthetics

L. Caton

Morally Gray Strangers to Lovers
The Fall of Troy book cover

The Fall of Troy

Dr Rebecca Sharp

Professor Strangers to Lovers
Pushing the Limits book cover

Pushing the Limits

Brooke Cumberland

Professor Strangers to Lovers
Extra Credit book cover

Extra Credit

Kayla Wren

Professor Strangers to Lovers
Craving book cover

Craving

Dalrymple, M D

Professor Strangers to Lovers
Tempting Me book cover

Tempting Me

Roxy Sinclaire, Natasha Tanner

Reformed Bad Boy Strangers to Lovers
Criminal book cover

Criminal

Alexis Abbott

Reformed Bad Boy Strangers to Lovers
Tease book cover

Tease

Ashley Hall

Reformed Bad Boy Strangers to Lovers
Taught by the Tattoo Artist book cover

Taught by the Tattoo Artist

Hazel J. North

Tattoo Artist Strangers to Lovers
Confession of a Tattooist book cover

Confession of a Tattooist

Lexy Timms

Tattoo Artist Strangers to Lovers
Wedding for One and Tattoo for Two book cover

Wedding for One and Tattoo for Two

Dawn Atkins

Tattoo Artist Strangers to Lovers
The Tattoo Artist book cover

The Tattoo Artist

Jill Ciment

Tattoo Artist Strangers to Lovers
Beginnings book cover

Beginnings

Cameron Dane

Tattoo Artist Strangers to Lovers
The Strongest Steel book cover

The Strongest Steel

Scarlett Cole

Tattoo Artist Strangers to Lovers
A Taste of Ink book cover

A Taste of Ink

Daniel May

Tattoo Artist Strangers to Lovers
Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance book cover

Postfeminism and Contemporary Vampire Romance

Lea Gerhards

Villain Antihero Strangers to Lovers
10 Steps To Hero - How To Craft A Kickass Protagonist book cover

10 Steps To Hero - How To Craft A Kickass Protagonist

Sacha Black

Villain Antihero Strangers to Lovers
How to Write Romantasy book cover

How to Write Romantasy

Jenna Moreci

Villain Antihero Strangers to Lovers
The Construction of Character A Wait, Wait, Don't Query (Yet!) Book book cover

The Construction of Character A Wait, Wait, Don't Query (Yet!) Book

Elena Hartwell

Villain Antihero Strangers to Lovers
Ruthless Demon King book cover

Ruthless Demon King

Nikki St. Crowe

Villain Antihero Strangers to Lovers
Poets and the Peacock Dinner book cover

Poets and the Peacock Dinner

Lucy McDiarmid

Villain Antihero Strangers to Lovers
The Virgin and the Bride book cover

The Virgin and the Bride

Kate Cooper

Virgin Hero Strangers to Lovers
The Desert Virgin book cover

The Desert Virgin

Sandra Marton

Virgin Hero Strangers to Lovers
Reading the Adolescent Romance book cover

Reading the Adolescent Romance

Amy Pattee

Wallflower Strangers to Lovers
Primal Roots of Horror Cinema book cover

Primal Roots of Horror Cinema

Carrol L. Fry

Wallflower Strangers to Lovers
Science Fiction Romance Novella Storybuilder book cover

Science Fiction Romance Novella Storybuilder

Kit Tunstall

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
Awaken book cover

Awaken

Lori Lind

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
TREYLON book cover

TREYLON

Veronica Scott

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
Star Cruise Captain's Story book cover

Star Cruise Captain's Story

Veronica Scott

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
Cosmically Yours book cover

Cosmically Yours

Anna Lewis

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
BADARI MEDIC book cover

BADARI MEDIC

Veronica Scott

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
Crashed book cover

Crashed

Kate Rudolph, Starr Huntress

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
The Seas of Time: Sci-Fi Romance book cover

The Seas of Time: Sci-Fi Romance

Christine Castle

Sci-Fi Strangers to Lovers
X Marks the Scot book cover

X Marks the Scot

Victoria Roberts

Scottish Highlands Strangers to Lovers
The Impostor Bride: A Steamy Mistaken Identity Historical Romance Novel book cover

The Impostor Bride: A Steamy Mistaken Identity Historical Romance Novel

Miriam Minger

Scottish Highlands Strangers to Lovers
To Get Me to You book cover

To Get Me to You

Kait Nolan

Southern Strangers to Lovers
Romance Fiction and American Culture book cover

Romance Fiction and American Culture

William A. Gleason, Eric Murphy Selinger

Southern Strangers to Lovers
See You Again book cover

See You Again

Kait Nolan

Southern Strangers to Lovers
A Tissue of Lies book cover

A Tissue of Lies

Jennifer Lynn Randisi

Southern Strangers to Lovers
Season of the Sun book cover

Season of the Sun

Catherine Coulter

Viking Strangers to Lovers
Shield-Maiden book cover

Shield-Maiden

Wendy Dalrymple

Viking Strangers to Lovers
Higher Ground book cover

Higher Ground

Christine Pope

Witchy Strangers to Lovers
Dancing with My Elf book cover

Dancing with My Elf

Lisa Carlisle

Witchy Strangers to Lovers
INFLAME book cover

INFLAME

Lisa Carlisle

Witchy Strangers to Lovers
Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book? book cover

Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book?

Ally Carter

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
Gender in Canada book cover

Gender in Canada

Adie Nelson, Barrie William Robinson

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
Introducing the New Sexuality Studies book cover

Introducing the New Sexuality Studies

Nancy L. Fischer, Laurel Westbrook, Steven Seidman

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
Withered Pages book cover

Withered Pages

Amanda Guerrero-Porter

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
Three Wishes book cover

Three Wishes

Anne Shade

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
Manila Takes Manhattan book cover

Manila Takes Manhattan

Carla de Guzman

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
The Opportunity book cover

The Opportunity

T. M. Richardson

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
The Blessed book cover

The Blessed

Anne Shade

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
Lennox Bacchus Hill Boys 3 book cover

Lennox Bacchus Hill Boys 3

Dahlia Rose

Diverse Rep Strangers to Lovers
Redemption's Kiss book cover

Redemption's Kiss

Ann Christopher

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
After Daniel: Redemption Romance Book 1 book cover

After Daniel: Redemption Romance Book 1

Ivy Winters

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
Living Liturgy book cover

Living Liturgy

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, Kathleen Harmon, Kathleen Harmon, S.N.D. de N., John W. Tonkin

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
Redemption book cover

Redemption

T.K. Leigh

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
Redemption book cover

Redemption

Rebecca Sharp

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
Redemption book cover

Redemption

Rebecca Hunter

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
Redemption book cover

Redemption

Angel Payne

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
His Last Chance at Redemption book cover

His Last Chance at Redemption

Michelle Conder

Redemption Arc Strangers to Lovers
Unraveling Fairy Tales--Bible Study Book: book cover

Unraveling Fairy Tales--Bible Study Book:

Kim A Larson

Trauma Recovery Strangers to Lovers
La conclusión del Amadís de Gaula book cover

La conclusión del Amadís de Gaula

María Elena Soliño

Trauma Recovery Strangers to Lovers
Season of Renewal book cover

Season of Renewal

Judith Finlayson

Trauma Recovery Strangers to Lovers
Break the Rules book cover

Break the Rules

Roxie Noir

Brother's Best Friend Strangers to Lovers
Kit book cover

Kit

S M West

Brother's Best Friend Strangers to Lovers
Shouldn't Want You book cover

Shouldn't Want You

Lilian Monroe

Brother's Best Friend Strangers to Lovers
Deal Makers book cover

Deal Makers

Laura Lee

Brother's Best Friend Strangers to Lovers
Off Limits book cover

Off Limits

Erika Bradley

Brother's Best Friend Strangers to Lovers
Bad for You book cover

Bad for You

Abbi Glines

Brother's Best Friend Strangers to Lovers
Bad for You book cover

Bad for You

Charity Ferrell

Brother's Best Friend Strangers to Lovers
Bad Prince book cover

Bad Prince

Lilian Monroe

Accidental Pregnancy Strangers to Lovers Royalty Commoner
See Through book cover

See Through

Brittany Taylor

Musician Strangers to Lovers Celebrity Ordinary
Steel book cover

Steel

Jayne Blue

MC / Biker Strangers to Lovers Kidnapping Captive
Open Doors: The Complete Series book cover

Open Doors: The Complete Series

Vinni George

Secret Identity Enemies to Lovers Friends to Lovers
Beach Reads: A Midlife Instalove Vacation Romance book cover

Beach Reads: A Midlife Instalove Vacation Romance

Rose Bak

Vacation Romance Strangers to Lovers Athlete
Holiday Fling book cover

Holiday Fling

Christina Jones

Vacation Romance Fake Dating Rivals to Lovers
Holiday Fling book cover

Holiday Fling

Kristina Knight, Laura Simcox, Ana Krista Johnson, Nora Snowdon, Casey Dawes, Liv Rancourt, J. Arlene Culiner, Susanne Matthews, Robyn Neeley, Jennifer DeCuir

Vacation Romance Fake Dating Rivals to Lovers
Hilarious, Heartwarming Heroines: Four Novels book cover

Hilarious, Heartwarming Heroines: Four Novels

Sophie Kinsella

Vacation Romance Strangers to Lovers Kidnapping Captive
Fight book cover

Fight

Sloane St. James

Firefighter Enemies to Lovers Strangers to Lovers
Loving Hope book cover

Loving Hope

Ann Gimpel

Military Strangers to Lovers Royalty Commoner
Something Blue book cover

Something Blue

Kristy Nicolle

Dystopian Strangers to Lovers Kidnapping Captive
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Fated Mates

Alicia Montgomery

Fated Mates Strangers to Lovers One Night Stand to More
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Saving Jace

Rebecca Rivard

Fated Mates Werewolf / Shifter Enemies to Lovers
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Second Start: Family

Patricia McLinn

Found Family Enemies to Lovers Second Chance
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Marry in Secret

Anne Gracie

Marriage of Convenience Arranged Marriage Strangers to Lovers
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Married by Midnight

Shannon McKenna

Marriage of Convenience Strangers to Lovers Accidental Pregnancy
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The Roommate

Rosie Danan

Roommates Strangers to Lovers Childhood Sweethearts
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The Preacher's Daughter

Liz Isaacson

Cowboy / Ranch Friends to Lovers Second Chance
Second Chance Family book cover

Second Chance Family

Liz Isaacson

Cowboy / Ranch Second Chance Rivals to Lovers
Romanced by the Rival: A Never Say Never Football Romance (Book 5) book cover

Romanced by the Rival: A Never Say Never Football Romance (Book 5)

Carina Rose

Football Fake Dating Rivals to Lovers
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Wolves in Love

Daniella Starre

Werewolf / Shifter Strangers to Lovers Royalty Commoner
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Wolves in Lust

Daniella Starre

Werewolf / Shifter Rivals to Lovers Strangers to Lovers
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Wolves Torn

Daniella Starre

Werewolf / Shifter Strangers to Lovers Royalty Commoner
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The Witch and the Werewolf

C.D. Gorri

Werewolf / Shifter Second Chance Forbidden Love
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Wolves Bound by Desire

Daniella Starre

Werewolf / Shifter Strangers to Lovers Royalty Commoner
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Wolves Betrayed

Daniella Starre

Werewolf / Shifter Rivals to Lovers Strangers to Lovers
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Wolf Born

Ann Gimpel

Werewolf / Shifter Strangers to Lovers Royalty Commoner
Blood Bond book cover

Blood Bond

Ann Gimpel

Werewolf / Shifter Strangers to Lovers Royalty Commoner
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Seducing the Sun Fae

Rebecca Rivard

Werewolf / Shifter Enemies to Lovers Strangers to Lovers
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Claiming Valeria

Rebecca Rivard

Werewolf / Shifter Strangers to Lovers Fated Mates
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Accidental Neighbor

Sharon Woods

Single Parent Forbidden Love Strangers to Lovers
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Hired by the Single Dad

Whitley Cox

Single Parent Forbidden Love Strangers to Lovers
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Healing Hearts

Syndi Powell

Healing Second Chance Strangers to Lovers
Healing Hearts book cover

Healing Hearts

Imani Price

Healing Second Chance Strangers to Lovers
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Rocco

Sarah Castille

Mafia Strangers to Lovers
Wrong Number book cover

Wrong Number

Iris Trovao

Age Gap Strangers to Lovers Workplace Romance
The Bartered Bride Romance Collection book cover

The Bartered Bride Romance Collection

JoAnn A. Grote, Cathy Marie Hake, Kelly Eileen Hake, Amy Rognlie, Janelle Burnham Schneider, Pamela Kaye Tracy, Lynette Sowell

Arranged Marriage Strangers to Lovers Love Triangle
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Guardians Series Boxed Set Vol.1

Valerie Twombly

Vampire Second Chance Strangers to Lovers

Frequently Asked Questions

They meet with zero history between them. No baggage, no context — just two people discovering each other from scratch. Strangers to Lovers romance is one of the most searched-for tropes in the genre, loved for its unique emotional arc and satisfying payoffs.

Abby Jimenez, Emily Henry, and Beth O'Leary write wonderful strangers-to-lovers romances. Chance meetings that change everything are their signature.

Strangers to Lovers romance and friends to lovers romance share some DNA but deliver different emotional experiences. Strangers to Lovers centers on meet with zero history between them. Friends to Lovers romance, by contrast, best friends who've been dancing around their feelings for years. Both are beloved in the genre, and many readers enjoy pairing them together.