Recs if you like Waking Olivia...

tortured/traumatised MCs where the love interest endeavours to eliminate the root cause of their trauma by any means necessary (some may eventuate in death) ⚔️ protective mode, activated ⚔️

⚠️ CHECK YOUR TRIGGERS

One hates everyone and the other smile too much. Somehow, it works — and now feelings are involved.

Student X Professor. Romances with one of the two characters being a professor. Forbidden(ish) romances.

Open for recommendations ^^

Stolen glances, secrecy, and emotions that refuse to stay quiet. Messy, intense, and addictive.

Romance books were one of the mc (most often fmc) struggles with eating and the love interest helps. Some feature ED rep, others trauma, depression, etc. Often features the caretaking trope 🫂.

Age gap

Niche-sports romances that play outside the hockey 🏒, football 🏈, basketball 🏀, and baseball ⚾️ realms

Note: there is YA in this list