21 Top romance books like Begin Again by Helly Acton

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Begin Again

By: Helly Acton

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this …

If you liked the romance plot in Begin Again by Helly Acton , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Funny Story

By: Emily Henry

4.27

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. Daphne … read more

Similar categories in Emily Henry's Funny Story book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"No, no, no,"

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"For a few seconds, I'm nothing but a body seeking more of his."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"He loves me. Present tense. And I love him. He knows me, and I see him."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

"To him, he's the brother who ran away. To her, he's the one who stays, even when he shouldn't."

-Emily Henry, Funny Story

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2. The Husbands

By: Holly Gramazio

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more

Similar categories in Holly Gramazio's The Husbands book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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4. Expiration Dates

By: Rebecca Serle

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

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5. Summer Romance

By: Annabel Monaghan

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. … read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am the architect of my own experience."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

"It's a lot easier to work through other people's problems. I think I must be very attached to my own."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

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6. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

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7. Begin Again

By: Helly Acton

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this … read more

Similar categories in Helly Acton's Begin Again book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Take Two, Birdie Maxwell

By: Allison Winn Scotch

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Hollywood’s biggest rom-com star tries to recover from her damaged reputation by staging her own ro… read more

Similar categories in Allison Winn Scotch's Take Two, Birdie Maxwell book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)

By: Steven Rowley

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Patrick O'Hara is called back to his guncle duties . . . This time for a big family wedding in Ita… read more

Similar categories in Steven Rowley's The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. I Hope This Finds You Well

By: Natalie Sue

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to h… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Sue's I Hope This Finds You Well book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All the shit inside me hardens."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"Shit. This is already a toothpaste-out-of-the-tube situation."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"You can't legally brag about your son since you named him "Carl"."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"He nods and names everyone he passes like the damn president of Clown Town."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

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11. Happy Medium

By: Sarah Adler

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property's resident real-life ghos… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adler's Happy Medium book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. Just Some Stupid Love Story

By: Katelyn Doyle

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A debut about a rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love and a divorce attorney who does, f… read more

Similar categories in Katelyn Doyle's Just Some Stupid Love Story book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay

13. Love at First Book

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing … read more

Similar categories in Jenn McKinlay's Love at First Book book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. Nosy Neighbors

By: Freya Sampson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two neighbors-at-war band together to stop a dangerous criminal in their midst in this enthralling … read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's Nosy Neighbors book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. In a Not So Perfect World

By: Neely Tubati Alexander

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strat… read more

Similar categories in Neely Tubati Alexander's In a Not So Perfect World book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. The Marriage Sabbatical

By: Lian Dolan

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What if you could take a vacation from your marriage? A couple decides to give it a shot in this fu… read more

Similar categories in Lian Dolan's The Marriage Sabbatical book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. One Moment

By: Becky Hunter

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The day Scarlett dies should have been one of the most important of her life. It doesn't feel fair … read more

Similar categories in Becky Hunter's One Moment book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. A Novel Love Story

By: Ashley Poston

3.72

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction… literally. Eileen Merri… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's A Novel Love Story book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I was hungover and halfway dead, and still my heart had the audacity to be horny."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"I could treat you to dinner as a thank-you..." Don't you mean I could treat you?" "You're already a treat, sweetie."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"It's when Darcy tells Elizabeth he loves her most ardently, when Mark brings Bridget her new dairy, when Harry tells Sally he loves her, when Will buys Junie the inn."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

"He was close enough that I caught a note of his cologne--- cedar and black tea and, faintly, the subtle scent of a well-loved paperback. Familiar and yearning. It was mystifying."

-Ashley Poston, A Novel Love Story

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19. Better Left Unsent

By: Lia Louis

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

So many ways to torpedo your career and your love life…So little time. A woman accidentally reve… read more

Similar categories in Lia Louis's Better Left Unsent book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood

20. The Love of My Afterlife

By: Kirsty Greenwood

4.16

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

A recently deceased woman meets “the one” in the afterlife waiting room, scoring a second chance at… read more

Similar categories in Kirsty Greenwood's The Love of My Afterlife book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I don't just hang around with people. Especially strangers. The woman pulls another face. "Then they will always be strangers if you never hang out with them. Never friends."

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

"Were you aware that emotional tears have a higher protein concentration than tears that comes from irritation? I read online that the higher protein content makes them fall down your cheeks more slow…"

-Kirsty Greenwood, The Love of My Afterlife

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21. The Backtrack

By: Erin La Rosa

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Life, rewound…Nearly twenty years ago, Sam Leto left her small hometown of Tybee Island, Georgia, t… read more

Similar categories in Erin La Rosa's The Backtrack book and Helly Acton's Begin Again

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Having Nostalgia is romantic. It's the ability to Never forget something you love"

-Erin La Rosa, The Backtrack

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4.27

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4.14

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4.03

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Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

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