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Emily Henrys *People We Meet on Vacation* is a delightful friends-to-lovers story centered around Poppy and Alex, who take annual trips together. When a falling out occurs, Poppy convinces Alex to join her on another vacation, rekindling old feelings and exploring unresolved tensions. The novel's ch...
Happy Place is a 2023 contemporary romance novel by Emily Henry. It follows Harriet and Wyn, a formerly engaged couple who have separated but conceal the breakup while joining their longtime friends for an annual vacation at a cottage in coastal Maine. The story combines a second-chance romance with...
Almost Heaven is a historical romance novel by Judith McNaught, published in 1990 and set primarily in Regency-era Britain. Its central characters are Elizabeth Cameron, an aristocratic young woman damaged by scandal, and Ian Thornton, a wealthy man whose ancestry and social position complicate thei...
The Happy Ever After Playlist is a 2020 contemporary romance novel by Abby Jimenez and the second published book in the interconnected Friend Zone series. It follows Sloan Monroe as she continues grieving the death of her fiance and takes in a stray dog, only to learn that the animal belongs to musi...
Lola and the Boy Next Door is a 2011 YA romance by Stephanie Perkins set in San Francisco, in which a costume-designing teen reconnects with the childhood neighbor who moves back next door.
After I Do is a 2014 novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid following a married couple who agree to spend one year apart to rediscover why they first fell in love.
One True Loves is a 2016 novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid in which a woman must choose between her new fiancé and her first husband, who returns after being presumed dead.
Kristan Higgins's 2014 Blue Heron series novel follows a bartender who confronts unresolved feelings when her first love unexpectedly returns to their small town.
Beth O'Leary's 2021 UK novel follows two ex-lovers forced to share a car on a road trip to a friend's wedding in Scotland.
Well Played is a 2020 romance by Jen DeLuca, the second Well Met novel, following a woman who begins an anonymous letter correspondence with a Renaissance faire performer.
Christina Lauren's 2019 novel follows a young woman who revisits a brief London romance years later when she is cast in a film directed by the same man.
November 9 by Colleen Hoover (2015) is a contemporary romance told in annual snapshots, each chapter set on November 9th over several years between two strangers who meet by chance.
Virgin River (2019–) is a Netflix drama series based on Robyn Carr's book series, following a nurse practitioner who relocates to a small Northern California town.
Bounce (2000) is an American romantic drama directed by Don Roos, starring Ben Affleck as an advertising executive who falls in love with the widow of a man who died on a flight he gave up his seat for.
Unfold Hold'em is a Hold'em variant where players who have folded preflop may pay a fee after seeing the flop to re-enter and contest a separate side pot.
A 2014 American romantic drama directed by Michael Hoffman, adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel, starring James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan as long-separated high school sweethearts who reunite.
