grief + romance

12 books tagged both “grief” and “romance”.

After You

Jojo Moyes · 2015

Lou grieves Will, falls from a roof, joins a group, and meets Sam and a surprise from Will's past.

2,031-word summary · 9 min read

PS, I Love You

Cecelia Ahern · 2004

Widowed at thirty, Holly Kennedy follows ten monthly letters left by her late husband Gerry, facing grief, loving family chaos and slow steps toward a new life…

2,501-word summary · 11 min read

Slammed

Colleen Hoover · 2012

Grieving Layken falls for neighbor Will, then learns he is her teacher, and poems carry them.

2,793-word summary · 12 min read

Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez · 2024

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

3,090-word summary · 14 min read

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven · 2015

Grieving Violet and struggling Finch wander Indiana for a school project and each other.

2,208-word summary · 10 min read

All Your Perfects

Colleen Hoover · 2018

Quinn and Graham's perfect love frays under infertility, and they must decide what perfect means now.

2,072-word summary · 9 min read

Love and Other Words

Christina Lauren · 2018

Childhood friends Macy and Elliot reunite after eleven years apart and face the night that broke them.

2,069-word summary · 9 min read

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami · 1987

Toru recalls 1969 Tokyo, torn between fragile Naoko and lively Midori after a friend's suicide.

2,051-word summary · 9 min read

Regretting You

Colleen Hoover · 2019

A mother and daughter grieve the same men differently after a crash, and secrets about paternity test them both.

2,182-word summary · 10 min read

If I Stay

Gayle Forman · 2009

Mia Hall watches her body after a crash and must decide whether to live for Adam and cello.

3,907-word summary · 17 min read

Beach Read

Emily Henry · 2020

Two rival writers share a summer next door, trading genres to beat block and grief.

2,301-word summary · 10 min read

Reminders of Him

Colleen Hoover · 2022

Kenna returns after prison to meet the daughter she lost, facing the family that blames her.

2,168-word summary · 10 min read