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Katherine
Anya Seton · 1954
Same genre: “Historical fiction” and “Romance”
In fourteenth-century England, Katherine Swynford becomes a lady-in-waiting and falls in love with John of Gaunt, a royal duke bound by marriage and politics. Their long, often forbidden attachment survives plague, war and the disapproval of a court that cannot forgive a scandal.
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The Co-op
Tarah DeWitt · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Second Chance Romance”
- Marriage of Convenience
- Second Chance Romance
LaRynn and Deacon married young, divorced, and hoped never to see each other again. When they inherit a crumbling building that must be renovated before it can be sold, they are stuck working side by side and confronting why they failed the first time.
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The Bronze Horseman
Paullina Simons · 2000
Similar plot moves: “Star-Crossed Lovers” and “Forbidden Love”
In Leningrad in 1941, as the German army tightens its siege, Tatiana meets Alexander, a young officer with a secret. Their love is forbidden by her family and by the war, but through hunger, loss and the frozen winter they hold on to each other and to the hope of survival.
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These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong · 2020
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Star-Crossed Lovers”
In 1920s Shanghai, Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov are heirs to rival gangs and former lovers sworn to hate each other. When a madness spreads through the city and people tear themselves apart, the two must work together to find its cause, even as their families demand blood.
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The Ugly Duchess
Eloisa James · 2012
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Second Chance Romance”
Lady Theodora Saxby weds her childhood friend James, Duke of Ashbrook, in a marriage meant to save their families. When his secret betrayal comes to light he flees abroad, and years later returns a changed man, forcing them to decide what their convenient marriage is really worth.
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Outlander
Diana Gabaldon · 1991
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Star-Crossed Lovers”
In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall touches a standing stone in Scotland and wakes in 1743, in a country on the edge of rebellion. Unsure of her own time, she is forced to marry a young Highland warrior to survive, and finds herself torn between two lives and two men.
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Radiance
Grace Draven · 2015
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Slow Burn”
- Marriage of Convenience
- Slow Burn
Idris and Brishen agree to a political marriage neither wants. To her people he is a monstrous creature; to his, she is ugly and fragile. They resolve to be friends and nothing more. Living together in a foreign court, their respect and affection grow into a love that surprises them both.
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The Idea of You
Robinne Lee · 2017
Similar plot moves: “Star-Crossed Lovers” and “Forbidden Love”
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Forbidden Love
Los Angeles gallery owner Solène, thirty-nine, takes her daughter to a boy band meet-and-greet and catches the attention of Hayes, the band's twenty-year-old singer. Their secret relationship soon grows serious, but his fame and the age gap turn their private happiness into a public storm.
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The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Mariana Zapata · 2016
Similar plot moves: “Marriage of Convenience” and “Slow Burn”
- Marriage of Convenience
- Slow Burn
Vanessa spends years as the assistant to Aiden Graves, a silent, demanding football star, and finally quits. He then turns up at her door to ask her back and follows it with a bigger request: a marriage of convenience that helps his immigration case. The practical bargain and the time it forces them to spend together wear down his reserve.
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller · 2011
Same genre: “Romance”
- Star-Crossed Lovers
- Slow Burn
Patroclus, a prince in disgrace, is sent to train under Achilles, the golden boy destined for glory. Their friendship deepens into love as the Trojan War calls them both toward a fate only one of them will regret.
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Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren · 2018
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Slow Burn”
- Second Chance Romance
- Slow Burn
As teenagers Macy and Elliot spent every weekend trading books in a closet and slowly falling in love, until one night tore them apart. Eleven years later they meet again in San Francisco, and the friendship and heartbreak they buried come rushing back as they decide whether to try once more.
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Every Summer After
Carley Fortune · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Second Chance Romance” and “Slow Burn”
- Second Chance Romance
- Slow Burn
Every summer Persephone stayed at the lake and grew up alongside Sam, the boy next door, until one mistake ended everything. Twelve years later she returns for a funeral and finds Sam again, reopening the past they both buried.