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Close-knit communities where everyone knows your business. And the past is never as buried as it looks.
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The Hive
Melissa Scholes Young · Literary Fiction
The Hive is a story of survival, sisters, and secrets.
found family · coming of age · small town · survival
found familycoming of agesmall townsurvival🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›2 ▲1
Theo of Golden
Allen Levi · Literary Fiction
“[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” —The New York Times One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden.
magical realism · small town
magical realismsmall town - ›3 NEW
Big Girl Blitz
Danielle Allen · Romance
"Nothing is hotter and more fun than Danielle Allen's writing." -- Ali Hazelwood Jazmyn Payne fled the small town of Chance the minute she graduated…
slow burn · small town · coming of age · friends to lovers
slow burnsmall towncoming of agefriends to lovers🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes - ›4 ▲1
The Keeper
Sarah Langan · Horror
Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed.
haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · small town
haunted settinggothic atmospherepsychological thrillersmall town🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›5 NEW
These Familiar Walls
C. J. Dotson · Horror
A spine-chilling, heart-pounding suburban horror novel at the heart of the genre, perfect for fans of T.
coming of age · haunted setting · psychological thriller · small town
coming of agehaunted settingpsychological thrillersmall town - ›6 ▼5
Across the Vanishing Sky
Catherine Cowles · Mystery & Thriller
Braedyn Winslow never expected to return to Starlight Grove-the town that took everything from her.
missing person · coming of age · small town · trauma recovery
missing personcoming of agesmall towntrauma recovery🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›7 ▼5
The Benefactors
Wendy Erskine · Literary Fiction
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025 'I couldn't put this book down' Sheena Patel, author of I'm a Fan 'A powerful, moving, compelling, utterly…
found family · coming of age · small town
found familycoming of agesmall town - ›8 NEW
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Rufi Thorpe · Literary Fiction
coming of age · small town · romantic comedy · friends to lovers
coming of agesmall townromantic comedyfriends to lovers🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›9 NEW
Last One Out
Jane Harper · Mystery & Thriller
From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town.
psychological thriller · small town · closed circle
psychological thrillersmall townclosed circle🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›10 NEW
No Place Like You
Jillian Meadows · Romance
Childhood friends turned high school rivals fall into a small-town fake dating scheme in this sweet, spicy, and utterly irresistible romance from the…
friends to lovers · fake relationship · romantic comedy · small town · enemies to lovers
friends to loversfake relationshipromantic comedysmall townenemies to lovers🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus