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Trope · Relationship

Childhood Friends to Lovers

Long-running friendship rooted in shared childhood matures into romance in adulthood.

25 books on the shelf

A Thousand Boy Kisses
A Thousand Boy Kisses
Tillie Cole
Friday's Child
Friday's Child
Georgette Heyer
Grumpy Darling
Grumpy Darling
Alexandra Moody
A Prior Attachment
A Prior Attachment
Dorothy Mack
A Reason To Stay
A Reason To Stay
RJ Scott
The Penniless Peer
The Penniless Peer
Barbara Cartland
Secret vampire
Secret vampire
Lisa Jane Smith
Cozy Girl Fall
Cozy Girl Fall
Willow Hurst
The Lord and the Gypsy
The Lord and the Gypsy
Patricia Veryan
Dark Skye
Dark Skye
Kresley Cole
The Snow Queen (Love Spell)
The Snow Queen (Love Spell)
Anne Avery
Poppy Jenkins
Poppy Jenkins
Clare Ashton
Skin of a Sinner
Skin of a Sinner
Avina St. Graves
Bully
Bully
Penelope Douglas
Zoey plays games
Zoey plays games
Katherine Applegate
Washed Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee
Washed Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee
Lisa Henry, J.A. Rock
A través de ti
A través de ti
Ariana Godoy
The Audacious Adventuress
The Audacious Adventuress
Barbara Cartland
Cinderella Is Dead
Cinderella Is Dead
Kalynn Bayron
Fallen Idol
Fallen Idol
Margaret Way
Hard to Love
Hard to Love
Willow Winters
Hopeless
Hopeless
Maialen Garagarza Urkia, Colleen Hoover
It Ends With Us
It Ends With Us
Colleen Hoover
The Marquis Takes a Bride
The Marquis Takes a Bride
Marion Chesney
Merit
Merit
Devney Perry
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Age Gap (older hero)Age Gap (older heroine)Arranged MarriageBest Friend's SiblingBickeringBrother's Best FriendCoworkers to LoversEnemies to Friends to LoversEnemies to LoversFake DatingFake EngagementFake Marriage