18 best-selling adult books like When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) by Sarah Adams

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When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

By: Sarah Adams

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice o…

"No one loves anything they're miserably chained to."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"I tell you what makes me madder than a hornet. When people tell other people how they should feel."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?"

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

If you liked the adult plot in When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) by Sarah Adams , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

By: Lynn Painter

3.88

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bott… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2) book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"She had piercings everywhere, but cried like a baby if she needed to get a shot."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Rejection feels like shit, even when it comes from someone who might not matter that much."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

"Everything with him was great, but it was great in the way a Hallmark Christmas movie was great. Everything looked perfect—the clothing, the setting, the words—but none of it felt . . . real."

-Lynn Painter, The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

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2. The Do-Over

By: Lynn Painter

3.94

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea an… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's The Do-Over book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
"Everybody likes cats in sweaters"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

" I had a marvelous time ruining everything "

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I know that I'm the only one who truly cares about my happiness, so I make it a priority"

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

"I fell in love with you on Valentine’s day, Emilie, but I need more than just seven minutes."

-Lynn Painter, The Do-Over

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3. 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 Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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

Cover of Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez

4. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

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5. Check & Mate

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays. After the sport led to the destru… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Check & Mate book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"— Потому что, когда я с тобой, Мэллори, все по-другому. Когда я с тобой, я больше хочу играть, чем выигрывать."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Because when I´m with you, Mallory, everything is different. When I´m with you, I want to play more than I want to win."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"Nolan?' 'Hmm?' 'Why did you come to Vegas?' His fingers tighten around mine. my heart cartwheels. 'Mallory. I came because you did."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

"I think about a deserted chessboard. Only the white king on it, standing on the home square. Alone, untethered, safe from threats. Free to roam."

-Ali Hazelwood, Check & Mate

Cover of Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

6. Love, Theoretically

By: Ali Hazelwood

4.11

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Love, Theoretically book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1) by Tessa Bailey

7. Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

By: Tessa Bailey

3.90

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey launches a super sexy sports romance series with … read more

Similar categories in Tessa Bailey's Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1) book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I just…have this pretty intense need to make sure everyone knows you’re very fucking important. Okay? Could you kindly just go along with it?"

-Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

"She jackknifed on the couch, screaming so loud that it could be heard clear to Orlando. This was it. Her Dateline moment. A robbery gone wrong. Or was it?, questioned Keith Morrison."

-Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots, #1)

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8. 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 Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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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9. This Summer Will Be Different

By: Carley Fortune

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer wi… read more

Similar categories in Carley Fortune's This Summer Will Be Different book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,"

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've waited so long for this. You feel so fucking right."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

"I've been burned in the past, which you know. I rebuilt my life once. I can't rebuild it again. I make sure I get things right at the first time. Going slow is good for me, too."

-Carley Fortune, This Summer Will Be Different

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10. 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 Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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

Cover of Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

11. Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.32

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfec… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You and me? We're different. We agree to be harmless to each other."

-Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)

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12. Not in Love

By: Ali Hazelwood

3.68

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science. Rue Siebert might not ha… read more

Similar categories in Ali Hazelwood's Not in Love book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"I'd been an odd child, then an odd teenager. Then I'd become, maybe as a result, maybe unavoidably, an odd adult."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'd never felt more beautiful than when he looked at me. Like I was the final prototype of someone's entire fantasy life."

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"Eli was entranced. Her servant. Spellbound. He considered begging her to let him touch her. To let him go down on her in the hallway. He would go grocery shopping and make her dinner off a YouTube re…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

"I'm going to want to see you every day. I'm going to learn more dishes and pack your lunch and write cute little notes on it. I'm going to ask you if you want to sleep at your place or mine and alway…"

-Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

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13. 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 Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • 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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14. Happily Never After

By: Lynn Painter

3.72

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Two love sceptics agree to work together as professional wedding disruptors. But fate has more roma… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Happily Never After book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"You have to get hurt to get the good stuff, don't you see?...When you're a baby, you don't stop taking steps just because you've fallen once, or you'd never walk. The falls help you learn how to walk…"

-Lynn Painter, Happily Never After

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15. The Seven Year Slip

By: Ashley Poston

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love wit… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's The Seven Year Slip book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I kept him at arm's length because at least there he wouldn't be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"But mostly because he was very handsome, and I was very much attracted to him, and that was the kind of surprise that I did not see coming."

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"That was love, wasn't it? It wasn't just a quick drop -- it was falling, over and over again, for your person. It was falling as they became new people. It was learning how to exist with every new br…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

"Romance wasn't in chocolate, it was in the gasp of breath as we came up for air. It was in the way he cradled my face, the way I traced my finger over the crescent-shaped birthmark on his collarbone.…"

-Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

Cover of Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

16. Hello Stranger

By: Katherine Center

3.94

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's Hello Stranger book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • clean romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Betting on You by Lynn Painter

17. Betting on You

By: Lynn Painter

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Painter's Betting on You book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) by Elena  Armas

18. The Long Game (The Long Game, #1)

By: Elena Armas

3.59

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a childre… read more

Similar categories in Elena Armas's The Long Game (The Long Game, #1) book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1) by Lyla Sage

19. Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)

By: Lyla Sage

3.88

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

She’s off-limits, but he’s never been good at following the rules. For the first time in her lif… read more

Similar categories in Lyla Sage's Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1) book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) by Sarah       Adams

20. When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

By: Sarah Adams

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice o… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • clean romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • new adult
  • audiobook
"No one loves anything they're miserably chained to."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"I tell you what makes me madder than a hornet. When people tell other people how they should feel."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak."

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

"Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?"

-Sarah Adams, When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

Cover of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

21. The Bodyguard

By: Katherine Center

3.97

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

She's got his back. He's got her heart. They've got a secret. What could possibly go wrong? Hannah… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Bodyguard book and Sarah Adams's When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • clean romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And I guess there really is something profoundly healing about letting somebody love you."

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

"And it’s like you’re in your life and flying above it at the same time. Like you are both on earth and in the heavens. Like you are all heartbeat and rushing pulse and warmth and softness—but you are…"

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

"When you’re not around, even for a little while, I feel like I have to go find you. I just feel this pull to be near you. I want to know what you’re thinking, and what you’re up to, and how you feel.…"

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

"And in the end, do you ever truly know for sure if you’re lovable? What a question. You don’t. You can’t. Of course not. Life never hands out the answers like that. But maybe that’s not even the righ…"

-Katherine Center, The Bodyguard

21 Best fiction books like When in Rome (When in Rome, #1) by Sarah Adams

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The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)

Lynn Painter

3.88

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The Do-Over

Lynn Painter

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.27

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Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

Abby Jimenez

4.40

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Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)

Rebecca Ross

4.20

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Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2)

Rebecca Ross

4.05

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Emily Henry

4.27

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