Books like Things We Left Behind

If you liked Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Things We Never Got Over

    Lucy Score · 2022 · Knockemout #1

    Because same series (Knockemout #1); also by Lucy Score; shares tags: romance, small town, contemporary.

    Naomi runs from her wedding to help her twin in Knockemout and clashes with Knox Morgan.

  2. Part of Your World

    Abby Jimenez · 2022 · Part of Your World #1

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, small town.

    ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.

  3. Just for the Summer

    Abby Jimenez · 2024 · Part of Your World #3

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, small town.

    Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.

  4. It Happened One Summer

    Tessa Bailey · 2021 · Bellinger Sisters #1

    Because shares tags: romance, grumpy sunshine, small town.

    LA It girl Piper is cut off and sent to Westport where gruff captain Brendan challenges her glitter.

  5. Without Merit

    Colleen Hoover · 2017

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Merit Voss feels invisible in a crowded converted church home until Sagan, Luck, and a painful night force the truth out.

  6. The Pact

    Jodi Picoult · 1998

    Because shares tags: family, romance, contemporary.

    After Emily Gold dies from a gunshot, her boyfriend Chris Harte says it was a suicide pact and faces trial for murder.

  7. Heartless

    Elsie Silver · 2022 · Chestnut Springs #2

    Because shares tags: romance, small town, grumpy sunshine.

    Gruff single dad Cade Eaton hires bubbly Willa Grant as summer nanny in Chestnut Springs, and two months together wear down his walls.

  8. Safe Haven

    Nicholas Sparks · 2010

    Because shares tags: romance, small town, family.

    Katie hides in Southport from a violent husband and falls for widower Alex.

  9. Flawless

    Elsie Silver · 2022 · Chestnut Springs #1

    Because shares tags: romance, small town, enemies to lovers.

    Pro bull rider Rhett Eaton is benched by scandal, and his agent's daughter Summer must keep him in line in Chestnut Springs.

  10. Yours Truly

    Abby Jimenez · 2023 · Part of Your World #2

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Divorced ER doctor Briana Ortiz fake dates anxious newcomer Jacob Maddox, trading honest letters while her brother waits for a kidney donor.

  11. The Kiss Quotient

    Helen Hoang · 2018 · The Kiss Quotient #1

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, family.

    Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in.

  12. Twisted Hate

    Ana Huang · 2022 · Twisted #3

    Because shares tags: romance, enemies to lovers, contemporary.

    Jules Ambrose and Josh Chen turn years of hate into a risky arrangement that forces both to face old wounds.

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