Contemporary Romance
Modern love stories with heat and heart
Contemporary romance delivers modern love stories set in the real world—no magic, no historical corsets, just two people navigating careers, families, and the messy business of falling in love. From billionaire boardrooms to small-town bakeries, from second chances to enemies who can’t stop kissing, these stories prove that everyday life is romantic enough.
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Hooking Up with My Bully
He made my life hell. Now he's rebuilding my grandmother's house — and I can't stop letting him in.
Straight in the Sheets
Two fighters. One corner. The fight they can’t win is the one they’re losing to each other.
Wrestling for Control
"Tap out." — "Make me."
One Night with the Bride
She's getting married in five days. She just kissed a stranger.
My Straight Roommate
He's not into guys. Then why can't he stop?
Her Bodyguard’s Rules
She wanted to make her bodyguard break. Her bodyguard had one rule: don't.
Owned by My Boss
You work for me… and I decide exactly how.
Breeding Season
We're stuck together during a cycle that won't let us stop touching.
The Audition
He wanted the role. The director wanted something else entirely.
Her Rival Tastes Better
We compete for everything… including control.
The Dom Next Door
He heard everything through the wall. Then he got invited to experience it.
Under His Desk
Do your job. And while you're at it, do exactly what I tell you under my desk.
The Sugar Wife
She can buy anything she wants. What she wants is you.
Shared Bed, No Rules
One room. One bed. One rule: there are none.
She Owns the Gym
She signed up to get stronger. She didn't expect to be personally trained.
His Best Friend’s Dad
He moved in with his best friend. He fell for his best friend's dad.
Contractually Yours
He hired a companion. He got a confession in twelve-point Times New Roman.
Top Tier Service
He said stay. I should have left. I didn't.
Cat Sitters & Dirty Letters
She signed up to feed the cat, not to fall for the woman who wrote those filthy love letters.
Barbacks & Backrooms
Whoever pulls the most tips calls the shots in the dark.
Her Favorite Professor
She went to office hours for extra credit, not for a crash course in falling for her professor.
Best Man, Better Kisser
He's supposed to help the groom say "I do" — not teach the wedding planner how much better the best man kisses.
Surf Lessons & Sleepovers
She came to the beach to find herself. She found her instead.
Hot Takes & Housemates
They share a podcast, an apartment, and a 'no feelings' rule that doesn't survive their fanbase's thirst.
Fake Fiancé, Real Filth
He's supposed to be pretend. The things he does to her are anything but.
Bed, Breakfast, & Benefits
He checked in for content. He stayed for the man changing his definition of home.
Straight-Bait Roommate
He moved in to save money. He didn’t plan on falling for his “practice” partner.
Girl Next Door’s Secret Channel
She heard her through the wall. She found her on a screen. She fell in love in person.
Her Neighbor’s Wife
She moved to the suburbs to escape heartbreak. She didn't expect to find it in the married woman next door.
Mechanic’s Good Girl
He said "good girl" and she forgot how to breathe.
Room for One More
Two roommates. One gym crush. Zero chance of staying casual.
Straight in the Sheets
He moved in to get back on his feet. He didn't plan on getting on his knees.
Director’s Cut
She thinks TikTok is the death of cinema. Her social media manager thinks she's an untapped lesbian thirst trap.
Curved Grade
He said 'good' like it was a door opening. I walked through it.
Kept on Campus
He said there were no strings. He lied.
Good Boy Clause
He needed a rent discount. He got a landlord who calls him good boy.
Curfew & Chains
He enforced the rules. I broke every one. Then he made me beg to follow them.
Her Intern’s Protocol
She's the most feared VP in the building. I'm the intern who can't stop breaking her rules.
Good Girl Next Door
She moved next door. She moved mountains.
Boss’s Favorite Problem
He was supposed to be a performance problem. He became the only performance that mattered.
Straight Label, Crooked Line
He wrote love songs about women. Then Eli Zhao picked up the drumsticks.
Rookie on Fire
He trained me to follow orders. Then he gave me one I couldn’t resist.
Streaming With Benefits
The camera's off. The mics are hot. And the line between performance and reality just disappeared.
Best Man’s Curiosity
He came to run the wedding. He left questioning everything.
Through the Lens
She hired a photographer and caught feelings instead of the bouquet.
Bed & Breakfast & Benefits
She came to sell the B&B. She slept with the handywoman instead.
Practice Girlfriend
She just wanted to practice dating. She didn't plan on catching feelings for the teacher.
Bridesmaid’s Best Mistake
She was supposed to keep the bride out of trouble. She slept with her sister instead.
Chef’s Secret Recipe
Every "yes, chef" sounds different after midnight.
Cabin Fevered
Two coworkers. One cabin. Zero self-control.
Borrowed Veil, Stolen Kiss
She came to save her best friend's wedding. She didn't plan on the wedding planner.
Payroll Daddy
He signs the checks — and the safe word.
Vows in the Vineyard
She lost a groom and found a girl who actually stays.
Straight Until Him
He was straight. His roommate was patient.
Best Man, Better Plan
He came for his best friend's wedding. He stayed for the planner.
Yes, Lieutenant
He answers to "Lieutenant" at the station. He answers to "Sir" in the dark.
Hands On
He was supposed to put my body back together. He took my whole life apart instead.
The Roommate Bet
They made a bet. Loser writes the essay.
She’s Got Range
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
Her Pretty Intern
She built an empire on control. Riley Parker is here for a paycheck and the slow, smiling destruction of every rule her boss has ever lived by.
Her Rules Only
She built her empire on rules. Rowan Pierce is here to break every one of them.
Top of the Chain
He walked through the door at 5:58. Dominic had been waiting fifteen years.
Wine Me, Dine Me
Cork & Crown
She built her vineyard on control. The sommelier she hired to save it has other plans.
Off The Clock
She was the most expensive girlfriend money could buy. Until she wasn't.
The Summer of Yes
One summer. One list. One woman who's been waiting since I was nineteen.
The Linden House
Twenty-two years ago, on a porch in the rain, a stranger handed him a dishtowel.
Package Deal
He had a route. I had a window.
Hard Lines
He came to fix the brownstone. He stayed to break the man inside it.
Conflict of Interest
Six weeks to close the deal of his life. Six weeks to keep his hands off the man his board hired to save it.
Boss’s Perfect Intern
She was supposed to ruin me. She did. We got married anyway.
Wrong Brother Right Bed
He moved in to crash. He stayed to figure out who he actually was.
Bookshop Daddy & Delivery Lads
He spent eight years thinking his life was behind him. It was just waiting for him to look up.
Office Hours, Open House
He came back to write a book. He stayed because three boys made him a home.
Good For Me
He spent thirty years trying to be enough. Six sessions taught him he already was.
The Ranger Takes Two
One cabin. One bed. One ranger who knows exactly what they need.
Bend for Me
The yogi has one rule. Her newest student is going to break her.
Library Daddy Prof & The Book Club Lads
Three former students broke in. Daddy changed the locks. He also made cocoa.
Snowed In With Daddy
Two stranded hikers. One cabin daddy. A Nor'easter that changed all three of them.
Breaking the Ice
He came out to his best friend. Three weeks later, his best friend kissed him in the kitchen.
Good Hand
He came to Montana to escape his life. He didn't plan on falling for the man teaching him how to rope.
The Baker’s Good Girl
She walked into Marisol's bakery with flour-dusted freckles, a fake résumé, and exactly enough charm to make a 48-year-old widow forget she'd sworn off pretty things.
Power Play, Pretty Girl
She came for a fresh start. She found her captain.
Best Friend’s Sister
She came home for Christmas. She stayed for the bookseller.
Vet’s Good Boy
He came for the mentorship. He stayed for the man.
Rare Edition
She came to volunteer. She stayed to solve a theft. She went home with the curator.
Captain’s Pet Brat
He heard the crack in the radio and went up the stairs anyway.
Rent Due, Daddy
Three months late on rent. One very particular silver-fox landlord. One good boy who finally gets told no — and said yes to everything after.
Yes, Captain
Ice Captains
Eighteen years in the league. One word he'd never let himself need. The rookie who said it first.
The Captain’s Crown
He's the captain. I'm the star. Nine years of wanting him, and last night on his desk he finally said my name.
Bloom for Her
She ran out of her own wedding. She ran straight into the florist's van.
Belay Me Down
A burned-out climber. A patient guide. A twenty-two-hundred-foot tower. And one rule built to be broken.
Off-Ice Overtime
Two weeks. One cabin. One bed she should not be sharing with her captain.
Brewed for Daddy
Forty-six years running the café alone. Three boys in one Thursday morning.
Snowed In With Gramps
She died. He froze. Then a boy drove up his mountain in a storm.
The Rancher’s Three Hands
Harlan Ranch
A widowed rancher. A broke drifter. And the two cowboys already in his bed.
Hands On, Good Boy
Cedar Hollow Craftsmen
The shop was the only home he had left. Until the apprentice walked up the gravel.
Paint Me Filthy
He paints broken things beautiful. Ryder wasn't supposed to be just another canvas.
Gloves Off
Avalanche Ice
The enforcer spent fifteen years in the closet. The rookie spent nine years waiting for him.
Read Me Filthy
He reviewed the voice. The voice had been watching him back.
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