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Books Like Lucy Score: 9 Small-Town Romances With Heat and Heart

Lucy Score writes small-town romances with grumpy heroes, found family and plenty of heat, starting with Things We Never Got Over in Knockemout, Virginia. If you want more of those cozy, spicy, big-hearted stories, these are the next books to try.

Updated October 2026 · 9 hand-picked books

Cover of Things We Hide from the Light by Lucy Score

1. Things We Hide from the Light

by Lucy Score

Back in Knockemout, Virginia, this is Nash Morgan's story, the good Morgan brother with a smile and a secret. Start here if you finished Things We Never Got Over.

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2. Flawless

by Elsie Silver

A scandalous cowboy everyone loves to hate and the PR princess sent to save his career. The first book in Elsie Silver's Chestnut Springs series.

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4. Fever Dream

by Elsie Silver

A bull rider on a reality dating show falls for the wrong person in this small-town, rivals-to-lovers Western romance.

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5. It Happened One Summer

by Tessa Bailey

A Hollywood It Girl is exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town in a spicy, unforgettable rom-com.

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6. Fix Her Up

by Tessa Bailey

A spicy, hilarious, HGTV-inspired romcom about a family renovation business and a grumpy-meets-sunshine pair.

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7. Rules for the Summer

by Meghan Quinn

A laugh-out-loud, spicy small-town rom-com: he said yes on a dare, she bought a failing candy shop, and now they're neighbors.

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Cover of The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore

8. The Pumpkin Spice Café

by Laurie Gilmore

For something cozier: Jeanie takes over a beloved café in the small town of Dream Harbor. Autumnal and charming.

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9. The Cheat Sheet

by Sarah Adams

A friends-to-lovers romance that became a TikTok sensation, asking whether it is ever too late to leave the friend zone.

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