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8 editor’s picks matching RomCom
A good pick for readers who like morally gray love interests, stalker romance, dark humor, and spicy bookish fantasies.
To Have and to Stalk
Romance · Dark Romance · RomCom
Our take
From USA Today bestselling author Mary Catherine Gebhard comes a dark romantic comedy about a woman whose dating profile brings her twisted book boyfriend fantasies to life. Her masked, tattooed stalker is possessive, obsessive, and involved in a bloody, illegal hobby. A good pick for readers who like morally gray love interests, stalker romance, dark humor, and spicy bookish fantasies.
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From USA Today Best Selling author Mary Catherine Gebhard comes a brand new dark romcom about a girl who makes a dating profile to live out all of her spicy, bookish fantasies.
He was all my twisted, dark book boyfriend fantasies come to life. Masked. Tattooed. Dirty talking—and totally unhinged.
Morally grey? Check.
Stalker? Check.
A very illegal, very bloody hobby? Check.
Possessive, obsessive, and calls me a good girl? Check. Check. Check.
I should probably call the police.
I definitely shouldn’t take dirty selfies because I know he hacked my phone.
But what’s a girl to do?
It’s my very own stalker romance.
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Ideal for readers looking for college sports romance with instant connection, emotional vulnerability, patient pursuit, and hurt-comfort tension.
One-Touch Pass
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom · Sports Romance
Our take
Nate meets Marcos at a party, and seventeen minutes turn into something neither of them can ignore, even as Marcos’s anxiety, stress, and self-doubt make him believe Nate deserves someone else, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 2,300 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for college sports romance with instant connection, emotional vulnerability, patient pursuit, and hurt-comfort tension.
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"One-Touch Pass is a funny, heartfelt gay college romance with great chemistry, a sunny hero worth swooning over, and an emotional arc that lands beautifully." - Apropos Books
Nate meets a stranger at a party, and in the span of seventeen minutes, his life changes.
Marcos meets a stranger at a party and wonders if the universe is laughing at him. His life has become a seemingly endless stream of bad days. Everything is a struggle, from his friendship with Max, to the simple act of changing in the locker room after a baseball game. Stress and anxiety sit so heavy on his shoulders, he can barely function under the weight of it. Starting a relationship is the very last thing he wants or feels he deserves. Particularly when Nate— beautiful, gregarious, and kind Nate— could have anybody he wanted.
If there is one thing Marcos knows, it’s this: Nate deserves someone far better than him.
But despite his best efforts to keep him away, Nate persists. He knows what he wants. He wants Marcos. He wants to coax him out of his shell, take him horseback riding, and treat him right. Seventeen minutes isn’t enough for Nate and Marcos.
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Best for readers who like college hockey romance with forced proximity, enemies-to-friends tension, mistrust, and emotional pining.
On the Edge
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom · Sports Romance
Our take
Henri Vasel is used to people pleasing, but being partnered with Atlas Kaiser turns classroom animosity into tentative friendship and something more, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 3,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like college hockey romance with forced proximity, enemies-to-friends tension, mistrust, and emotional pining.
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"On the Edge is a warm, emotional gay college romance with a lovable sweetheart of a hero, believable chemistry, and a pricklier love interest who takes a little longer to win you over." - Apropos Books
Henri Vasel has perfected the art of people pleasing. He’s a good student, a fair hockey player, and he has a group of friends he’d do anything for. He’s happy. Or, rather, as happy as he can be when he has a class with the one person he can’t seem to please at South Carolina University.
Atlas Kaiser hates a lot of things, but right now he hates Henri Vasel the most. He doesn’t want to have to stare at his perfect face, or listen to his adorable German accent. He wants to be left alone. Unfortunately, they’re partnered together for the semester so he’ll have to grit his teeth and try to make it work.
Animosity morphs into a tentative friendship, which eventually leads to more. But while Atlas doesn’t trust their budding relationship, Henri wants more.
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Best for readers who like college hockey romance, roommates-to-friends tension, pining, and slow-burn emotional stakes.
Shots on Net
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · College Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom · Sports Romance
Our take
Carter Morgan III lives for hockey, but his final stretch at South Carolina University gets complicated when Zeke Cassidy becomes his roommate, his friend, and the person Carter cannot stop wanting, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 5,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like college hockey romance, roommates-to-friends tension, pining, and slow-burn emotional stakes.
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"Shots on Net is a sweet, low-angst gay college romance with great chemistry, believable miscommunication, and a grumpy hockey player worth falling for." - Apropos Books
Carter Morgan III hates everything about South Carolina University except for one thing: hockey. As the starting netminder for the team, he lives for those moments when he can step onto the ice and between the pipes. Unfortunately, his time at school and on the team is slowly coming to an end; although he’d love nothing more than to pursue a career in the NHL, he knows better than to get his hopes up.
Zeke Cassidy needs a place to live. When he answers an advertisement for a roommate, he’s not sure what he is expecting except that it isn’t Carter Morgan III. Carter is unfriendly, aloof, and they have nothing in common; even so, the pair hit it off immediately and become friends.
Carter knows Zeke isn’t interested in being anything beyond friends and roommates. Unfortunately, knowing this doesn’t stop him from hoping for more, no matter how much he tries to convince himself it’s impossible.
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Best for readers who like gritty romance with cohabitation tension, fierce loyalty, external danger, and messy emotional stakes.
LOT 62
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom
Our take
Devon and Maddox are adjusting to life together on Lot 62, where cohabitation, old patterns, and new threats put their relationship under pressure, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 5,600 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like gritty romance with cohabitation tension, fierce loyalty, external danger, and messy emotional stakes.
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"LOT 62 is a satisfying continuation of Devon and Maddox’s story, with more stress than new-love sparkle but plenty of humor, affection, and hard-earned growth." - Apropos Books
Every fairytale had a villain, and this way of life was ours.
Coming from nothing and gaining something is a lot to handle. Can they hang on to it?
A year after moving in together on Lot 62, Devon and Maddox have a whole new dynamic to adjust to—cohabitation. Merging their personalities and energies into one tiny trailer is a lot to handle, but so is their relationship. There are bound to be some growing pains, and these two are about to work through them all.
As they strive to steady their relationship, they also have a horde of troubles coming their way.
Jim is out of prison with a new plan.
Devon is a product of his upbringing and doesn’t always make the smartest decisions.
Maddox runs interference while suffering the consequences of their reality.
With threats on their doorstep, Maddox and Devon learn how to prioritize the hard way. All that matters is that they’re together, and they’ll stop at nothing to ensure they are.
The future may seem bleak, but their bond and the love they share will have to get them through the dark to the future they’re dreaming about.
*Reminder: this is book 2 in the From Nothing series. Garron Park (book 1) must be read first. Lot 62 is a continuation of Garron Park, focusing on the relationship between Maddox and Devon. MM enemies-to-lovers romance.
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A seaside town with too many bodies and two killers with very different agendas make for a romance that was never going to be normal.
Tourist Season
Romance · Romantic Suspense · RomCom
Our take
A seaside town with too many bodies and two killers with very different agendas make for a romance that was never going to be normal. In Tourist Season, Harper protects Cape Carnage with a shovel and a smile, while Nolan arrives bent on revenge and finds himself tangled with the one target who refuses to play victim. The story mixes dark humor, obsession, and slow-burn tension with a murderous small-town backdrop.
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“The undisputed queen of dark rom-coms is back with a new swoony, one-of-a-kind banger, and the book world better get ready for it!” —Ali Hazelwood, #1 New York Times bestselling author
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes a wickedly delicious new series where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense—and where falling in love can be a killer.
Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever.
You can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil can’t save you from me.
Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. With tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling won’t let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary—and her aging mentor with a fading memory—at any cost. Troublesome tourists don’t check out of Carnage. They compost beneath Harper’s award-winning flowerbeds.
But Nolan Rhodes isn’t your average tourist. Devilishly handsome, disarmingly charming, and skilled with a blade, Nolan is relentless in the pursuit of revenge. On every anniversary of the hit-and-run accident that fractured his life, Nolan slays another target. And he’s saved the best for last: the undeniably beautiful Harper Starling. The problem? Harper isn’t the monster he expected. And she won’t go down without a fight.
When an amateur true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage on the trail of a long-lost serial killer, Harper and Nolan strike an uneasy truce. If Nolan helps Harper protect her town, she’ll keep quiet about his hunting habits . . . for now. But their alliance soon spirals into obsession, one that threatens to shatter every secret in Carnage—including their fragile love.
Tourist Season is a darkly funny, slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance where destruction and desire are balanced on the edge of a blade—and where love is the most dangerous battleground of all.
Tropes: Small-town romance / Fish out of water / Grumpy x grumpy / Forced proximity / He falls first / Touch her/him and die / Groveling
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Good for readers who want queer rom-coms with grumpy-sunshine tension, workplace chaos, found family, and slow-burn chemistry.
10 Things That Never Happened
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom
Our take
10 Things That Never Happened follows Sam, a manager whose fake amnesia lie leaves him tangled up with Jonathan, his cold billionaire boss, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 1,900 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want queer rom-coms with grumpy-sunshine tension, workplace chaos, found family, and slow-burn chemistry.
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"Brilliance on every single page."—CHRISTINA LAUREN, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, for Boyfriend Material
What if one impulsive lie gave you the second chance you never knew you needed?
From USA Today bestseller Alexis Hall, 10 Things That Never Happened is a laugh-out-loud, slow-burn queer rom-com brimming with British wit, workplace tension, and unexpected heart.
Sam Becker's job isn't glamorous, but the quirky team he manages feels like home. Even his boss, the cold and calculating Jonathan Forest, has become a part of his strange little routine. Then comes a clumsy accident, a panicked lie about amnesia, and one very guilty billionaire whose icy exterior starts to thaw.
Jonathan shows up with soup, softness, and something dangerously close to care. As Sam fakes forgetfulness to keep the peace, their chemistry becomes impossible to ignore. But a relationship built on a lie can only last so long and Sam's running out of time to tell the truth.
A delightfully fun spinoff to the bestselling London Calling series, this witty, emotionally layered romance delivers on the tension of enemies-to-lovers, the comfort of found family, and the quiet thrill of discovering someone might actually see you.
"The apotheosis of the rom-com."—Entertainment Weekly, A+ Review, for Boyfriend Material
"Delicious, ridiculous, and often poignant." —Talia Hibbert, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, for Husband Material
"Every once in a while you read a book that you want to SCREAM FROM ROOFTOPS about. I'm screaming, people!"—Sonali Dev, award-winning author, for Boyfriend Material
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Good for readers who want friends-to-lovers romance with fake engagement stakes, immigration pressure, and chemistry that complicates a lifelong bond.
The Broposal
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · RomCom
Our take
Two best friends fake an engagement so one can get a green card, but their pretend relationship starts feeling real as their wedding date approaches, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 120 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want friends-to-lovers romance with fake engagement stakes, immigration pressure, and chemistry that complicates a lifelong bond.
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From the author of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School, two best bros fake an engagement–but will their friendship survive?
It’s about time roommates Alejandro and Kenny get married. Or at least, that’s what all their close friends and family think when they announce their engagement. The kicker? The two are faking their whole relationship so Alejandro can get a green card. But if Han was going to marry anyone, it would be his ride or die since second grade.
Han has never been able to put down roots, and the only one who truly breaks through his walls is Kenny. Sweet, sensitive Kenny is newly single, and what better distraction from his soul-sucking relationship than proposing marriage to Han? Kenny can’t think of anything more fun than spending his life with his best friend, even if it’s just for a piece of paper. But as Kenny keeps up the charade, he’s soon struggling to resist their sizzling chemistry.
The line between fact and fiction begins to blur the closer they get to their wedding date. With all eyes on Han and Kenny—including a meddling ex and immigration officers—will these two bros make it down the altar for real?
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