Best emotional romance books

If you love a good emotional romance, this is the list for you! Here are the best emotional romance books listed in alphabetical order. If you reckon there’s too many (or too few) books here for your liking, head over to my romance book database instead so you can search for your next book using your ideal trope combinations.

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1
A Thousand Broken Pieces Tillie Cole
400 pages Book 2 of All of It Series Published by Atria Books
Friends to lovers Emotional Mental health
2
June First Jennifer Hartmann
432 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers Forbidden romance Slow burn Emotional
3
My Maddie Tillie Cole
300 pages Book 2 of Sweet Home Series Published by Atria Books
Abuse Emotional Dark
4
Nate Tijan
360 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Abuse Emotional
5
Now Open Your Eyes Nicole Fiorina
400 pages Standalone Self-published
College Emotional Dark Mental health
6
Pack Up the Moon Kristan Higgins
400 pages Standalone Published by Berkley
Emotional Grief
7
Something Unexpected Vi Keeland
320 pages Standalone Published by Montlake
Enemies to lovers Slow burn Emotional Humor
8
The Forgotten One Catherine Bybee
320 pages Book 1 of First Wives Series Published by Montlake
Emotional Family Family drama
9
The Girl in the Love Song Emma Scott
380 pages Standalone Self-published
Friends to lovers High school Music Emotional
10
The Summer You Found Me Elizabeth O'Roark
400 pages Standalone Self-published
Second chance Forced proximity Friends to lovers Forbidden romance
11
The Way I Am Now Amber Smith
384 pages Book 2 of The Way I Used to Be Published by Margaret K. McElderry
Second chance Emotional Mental health
12
The Wrong Heart Jennifer Hartmann
420 pages Standalone Self-published
Enemies to lovers Slow burn Emotional Dark