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What to read after “The Sweetest Oblivion” by Danielle Lori: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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Corrupt
Penelope Douglas · 2015
Same genre: “Dark romance”
Erika has crushed on Michael Crist, her best friend's older brother, for years. After a night that ends in scandal, she joins the same elite university as Michael and his friends, who hold her responsible for a past wrong. Their revenge turns into a dangerous game neither can control.
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Birthday Girl
Penelope Douglas · 2018
Similar plot moves: “Age Gap Romance” and “Forced Proximity”
When nineteen-year-old Jordan and her boyfriend have nowhere else to go, they move in with his father, Pike. Sharing the house, she finds in the guarded older man the steadiness her life has lacked, and they both fight an attraction that is off-limits by every rule that matters.
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The Idea of You
Robinne Lee · 2017
Similar plot moves: “Age Gap Romance” and “Forbidden Love”
- Age Gap Romance
- 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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Book Lovers
Emily Henry · 2022
Shared in the plot: rival, expect, sister
Literary agent Nora is the cold city professional that small-town romance novels leave behind, and editor Charlie is her sharp-tongued rival in the same business. When her sister drags her to a North Carolina town for the summer, Charlie turns out to be there too, and their sparring slowly becomes something neither expected.
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From Lukov with Love
Mariana Zapata · 2018
Similar plot moves: “Forced Proximity” and “Enemies to Lovers”
Jasmine's pairs figure-skating career is nearly over when her former partner leaves. The only skater willing to take her on is Ivan Lukov, her longtime rival, and she has no choice but to accept. Months of gruelling shared training force them past years of resentment and into reluctant trust.
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Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston · 2019
Similar plot moves: “Enemies to Lovers” and “Forbidden Love”
A public spat between the US president's son Alex and Britain's Prince Henry forces their handlers to stage a friendship for the cameras. What starts as reluctant damage control turns into late-night texts and a secret romance that neither man can keep hidden for long.
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Part of Your World
Abby Jimenez · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Age Gap Romance” and “Forbidden Love”
- Age Gap Romance
- Forbidden Love
ER doctor Alexis is thirty-seven and boxed in by her wealthy surgical family's plans for her. In the small town of Wakan she meets Daniel, a carpenter and mayor nine years younger, and a casual fling turns into a love that neither of their separate worlds seems willing to allow.
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The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren · 2019
Shared in the plot: sister, expect
After food poisoning strikes at her twin sister's wedding, unlucky Olive takes her sister's place on a free Hawaiian honeymoon, but her sworn enemy Ethan has to come too. Stranded together and posing as newlyweds to keep the perks, the two bicker their way toward something neither expected.
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Bet Me
Jennifer Crusie · 2004
Similar plot moves: “Enemies to Lovers” and “Slow Burn”
- Enemies to Lovers
- Slow Burn
Minerva overhears her ex-boyfriend bet the charming Cal that he can get her into bed within a month, so she accepts his dinner invitation to turn the tables. The sceptical actuary and the commitment-shy businessman keep colliding through meddling friends and sheer bad luck, resisting an attraction neither of them wants.
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Funny Feelings
Tarah DeWitt · 2022
Similar plot moves: “Age Gap Romance” and “Slow Burn”
- Age Gap Romance
- Slow Burn
Stand-up comic Farley and her grumpy manager Meyer have been best friends and secret crushes for years. When a television opportunity requires a stable image, they fake a relationship, and the line between performance and real love disappears.
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The Bride
Julie Garwood · 1989
Similar plot moves: “Forced Proximity” and “Enemies to Lovers”
The Scottish king orders laird Alec Kincaid to take an English bride, and spirited Jamie is sent north to marry a warrior she has never met. Wedded for peace between two suspicious peoples, the stubborn pair battle for control of their marriage until respect and tenderness take root.
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Twice Shy
Sarah Hogle · 2021
Similar plot moves: “Forced Proximity” and “Slow Burn”
- Forced Proximity
- Slow Burn
Maybell inherits her great-aunt's crumbling house in the Smoky Mountains, only to learn the grouchy groundskeeper Wesley is a co-inheritor with very different plans. Forced to renovate together, the dreamer and the shy, scowling loner slowly find in each other the safety they have always wanted.