Trope
Clean Second Chance Romance Books
Second chance romance is for readers who think most people only get one real shot at this. And the lucky ones get two.
The hard part of writing second chance is finding a reason the couple broke up that's big enough to be believable, but small enough that they can come back from it. The best books get that math right. The version told in two timelines is my favorite. You read the present knowing they're apart, then the past shows you how happy they were, and you put the pieces together as you go.
Everything here is no spice, closed door if at all. What you'll find here: the high school sweethearts who never really got over each other, the divorced couple who learn how to make each other laugh again, and the first love who walks back into a hometown the other swore they'd left for good. Read these when you want to believe people can come back from things.
She Brought Me to You
#1 in No Love Lost
How to Kiss Your Best Friend
#1 in How to Kiss a Hawthorne
Brown Roses
#1 in Flower Series
One More Song
#2 in Sweet Peach
The Parent Playbook
#5 in Love on Thin Ice
Dropping the Ball
Love at Teamsgiving
#6 in Nebraska Knights
One Little Chance
Kate Landry Has a Plan (Beignets for Two)
#2 in Beignets for Two
Finding Family at Griffin Ranch
#1 in Griffin Ranch
Mistletoe Face Off
Emerald City Hearts
#1 in Cliffside City Romance
Home Run Heart
#2 in Kitt's Harbor
That Time We Kissed Under the Mistletoe
#4 in Abieville Love Stories
Spur of the Moment
#1 in Willow Creek
The Summer I Turned Pretty
#1 in The Summer I Turned Pretty
A Love Once Lost
#1 in The Bridwells' Grand Tour
Beauty and the Bad Boy
#1 in Beauties and Boys
Returning to Romance
#2 in Sunny Banks
Little Miss Goody Two-Shoes
#1 in Little Miss
Missed Messages & Mixtapes
#2 in The Moore Bros
The Road Back to Love
#1 in It Happened Up North
Raine, Raine, Run Away
#1 in The Covewood Series
The Twelve Holidates
Together Is Where We Belong
#2 in Courtright Ranch
The Second Story Bookshop
Falling for Autumn Again
#2 in Cinnamon Rolls and Pumpkin Spice
Second Chance Christmas Cracker Crush
#9 in Christmas Kisses & Cookie Crumbs
The Rebound Play
#2 in Love on Thin Ice
You Met Me There
#2 in Hearts of Maple Lake
The Buy-In
#1 in Love Stories in Sheet Cake
Pistachio Craze for the Holidays
#7 in Christmas Kisses & Cookie Crumbs
Merritt and Her Childhood Crush
#1 in Oakley Island
Letting Go
#1 in Jackson's Bridge
Pucks and Pranks
#1 in Sports in the Sunshine State
Julia Monroe Begins Again (Beignets for Two)
#1 in Beignets for Two
It's Not Summer Without You
#2 in The Summer I Turned Pretty
A Sugarcoated Second Chance
#6 in Valentine's Midlife Meet Cute
The Wedding Dress Christmas
Only a Game
#1 in Starlight Springs
The Enemy
#2 in It Happened in Charleston
But He's My One Regret
#2 in But He's a Carter Brother
The Cowboy's Chocolate Covered Christmas
#10 in Christmas Kisses & Cookie Crumbs
Almost By Design
No One But You, Oreva
#1 in Soul Sisters
The Bridge
The Words We Lost (A Fog Harbor Romance)
#1 in A Fog Harbor Romance
Pumpkin Everything
#1 in Autumnboro Sweet Romance
Rose Colored Glasses
New Beginning
Bookshop by the Sea
Merry Ex-mas
Misgivings
Stay with Me
#3 in Cypress Valley Sweethearts
We'll Always Have Summer
#3 in The Summer I Turned Pretty
Love's Beacon
#2 in The Way Home
The House on Firefly Beach
#2 in Firefly Beach
Penalties and Proposals
#7 in Love on Thin Ice
Same Time Next Summer
Falling Like Leaves
A Heart Creek Second Chance
#2 in Return to Heart Creek
Signed, Sealed, (Not) Yours
#3 in Holiday Rivals
The Sands of Sea Blue Beach
Starting Over
#2 in Jackson's Bridge
Redd, Whit & Blue
#2 in Nebraska Knights
Mr Billionaire Boss Grump
#3 in Mr Grumps
One Very Awkward Thanksgiving
Memories of Summer
#3 in Seasons of Sugar Creek (The Fletcher Family)
Love on the Ropes
Falling for Keeps
#4 in Falling for Autumn
Flurries & First Love
#3 in Laurel Falls
You might also like
Get more clean reads
Curated picks like these, straight to your inbox.