31 must-read fiction books like Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

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Pride and Protest

By: Nikki Payne

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in …

"What does friendship mean to you? Having someone you can show your scars to without their judgement. Someone who shows up for you when you are emotionally, physically exhausted."

-Nikki Payne, Pride and Protest

"What does friendship mean to you? Having someone you can show your scars to without their judgement. Someone who shows up for you when you are emotionally, physically exhausted."

-Nikki Payne, Pride and Protest

If you liked the fiction plot in Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne , here is a list of 31 books like this:

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1. The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

By: Kristina Forest

3.82

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

In this heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest, a shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor t… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"For a moment, Nick was speechless. She thought she needed his help flirting? From what had just happened up- stairs in her kitchen, she was the master and he was the novice. He'd practically fallen a…"

-Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

Cover of This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2) by Kennedy Ryan

2. This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)

By: Kennedy Ryan

4.42

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. Sh… read more

Similar categories in Kennedy Ryan's This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Duke Gets Desperate (Sirens in Silk, #1) by Diana Quincy

3. The Duke Gets Desperate (Sirens in Silk, #1)

By: Diana Quincy

3.60

Format: 375 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Diana Quincy returns with a steamy affair between an Arab-American woman who inherits a run-down ca… read more

Similar categories in Diana Quincy's The Duke Gets Desperate (Sirens in Silk, #1) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

By: Tia Williams

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more

Similar categories in Tia Williams's A Love Song for Ricki Wilde book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"

-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

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5. The Art of Scandal

By: Regina Black

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

"Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..." On the night of her husband Matt’s fortiet… read more

Similar categories in Regina Black's The Art of Scandal book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • interracial romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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6. Pardon My Frenchie

By: Farrah Rochon

3.77

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The New York Times  bestselling author of  Almost There  delivers the start of a new rom-com series… read more

Similar categories in Farrah Rochon's Pardon My Frenchie book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Puddin' and Duchess have been best friends since the day they met." "Looks a bit more than just friendly to me," Thad said. "Looks like Puddin' has a better love life than I do." "Probably because he…"

-Farrah Rochon, Pardon My Frenchie

"Puddin' started barking from the back room; he must have smelled Ashanti in the house. Their moldy, dusty surroundings couldn't mask that slightly floral, slightly peachy scent that wreaked the most …"

-Farrah Rochon, Pardon My Frenchie

"Leslie stood in the center of the stage with Baguette and Cannoli, motioning for the dachshunds to twirl. The audience went wild. Little did they know, they too could get dogs to twirl if they hid a …"

-Farrah Rochon, Pardon My Frenchie

"Mark lifted the pop-up tent and unveiled Duchess and Puddin' sharing one of Duchess Delights' signature dog treats. They were eating it Lady and the Tramp--- style, each with an end between their tee…"

-Farrah Rochon, Pardon My Frenchie

Cover of Girls with Bad Reputations (The Lillys, #2) by Xio Axelrod

7. Girls with Bad Reputations (The Lillys, #2)

By: Xio Axelrod

4.00

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

All her life, Kayla heard the same Don't be so loud. Don't act so wild. Don't take up so much spac… read more

Similar categories in Xio Axelrod's Girls with Bad Reputations (The Lillys, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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8. The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters)

By: Kristina Forest

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by K… read more

Similar categories in Kristina Forest's The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Truly, Madly, Deeply

By: Alexandria Bellefleur

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Sparks fly when a lovelorn romance novelist and a divorce lawyer who has sworn off relationships ag… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria Bellefleur's Truly, Madly, Deeply book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. Tastes Like Shakkar (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #2)

By: Nisha Sharma

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

In the hilarious follow-up to the breakout rom-com Dating Dr. Dil, Nisha Sharma adds shakkar and m… read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's Tastes Like Shakkar (If Shakespeare Was an Auntie, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up

By: Charish Reid

3.95

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Total opposites. Totally irresistible. Mickey Chambers is an expert at analyzing modern literat… read more

Similar categories in Charish Reid's Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Other Side of Disappearing

By: Kate Clayborn

3.76

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly tran… read more

Similar categories in Kate Clayborn's The Other Side of Disappearing book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. When I Think of You

By: Myah Ariel

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two fo… read more

Similar categories in Myah Ariel's When I Think of You book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Kiss Countdown

By: Etta Easton

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A struggling event planner and a sinfully hot astronaut must decide if their fake relationship is w… read more

Similar categories in Etta Easton's The Kiss Countdown book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"You want to know what I love about the moon?…It gives me perspective. The moon was here when Earth was still forming. She is billions of years old and still there. She can be testy sometimes, and why…"

-Etta Easton, The Kiss Countdown

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15. Technically Yours

By: Denise Williams

3.37

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Seven years ago, he fell in love with a stranger he couldn’t have—today, she’s back in his life and… read more

Similar categories in Denise Williams's Technically Yours book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • interracial romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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16. Full Moon Over Freedom (Milagro Street, #2)

By: Angelina M. Lopez

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Gillian Armstead-Bancroft—Pride of the East Side and once-perfect bruja, wife, and mother—is going … read more

Similar categories in Angelina M. Lopez's Full Moon Over Freedom (Milagro Street, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

By: Tracey Livesay

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Tracey Livesay returns in this seriously sexy sequel to American Royalty , following Duchess and Pr… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Livesay's The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • interracial romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Dani glanced up from her phone and froze. Her eyes swept him from head to toe and her lips parted. Pleasure at her obvious approval warmed his chest. She nodded, setting the device down on the cushio…"

-Tracey Livesay, The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

"He needed certainty and routine, craving the sense of calm and organization it brought him. But loving Dani was akin to setting a bull loose in the china shop of his life. Sure, he could try to stop …"

-Tracey Livesay, The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

"The emotional trinity of resentment, fear, and anger burned like acid reflux in her chest. She'd pushed through the lack of thoughtfulness, excitement, and enthusiasm because people didn't understand…"

-Tracey Livesay, The Duchess Effect (American Royalty, #2)

Cover of Ana María and the Fox (The Luna Sisters, #1) by Liana De la Rosa

18. Ana María and the Fox (The Luna Sisters, #1)

By: Liana De la Rosa

3.46

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A forbidden love between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd British politician makes for a tantalizing … read more

Similar categories in Liana De la Rosa's Ana María and the Fox (The Luna Sisters, #1) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of An Island Princess Starts a Scandal (Las Leonas, #2) by Adriana  Herrera

19. An Island Princess Starts a Scandal (Las Leonas, #2)

By: Adriana Herrera

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

An Entertainment Weekly "Best Romance Novels of Spring 2023" Pick! One last summer.  For Manu… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Herrera's An Island Princess Starts a Scandal (Las Leonas, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Pride and Protest

By: Nikki Payne

3.79

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in … read more

Similar categories in Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • retellings
  • interracial romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"What does friendship mean to you? Having someone you can show your scars to without their judgement. Someone who shows up for you when you are emotionally, physically exhausted."

-Nikki Payne, Pride and Protest

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21. Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1)

By: Danielle Allen

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Survival of the Thickest in Danielle Allen’s CURVY GIRL SUMMER, a smoki… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Allen's Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Isabel and the Rogue (The Luna Sisters, #2) by Liana De la Rosa

22. Isabel and the Rogue (The Luna Sisters, #2)

By: Liana De la Rosa

3.89

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it … read more

Similar categories in Liana De la Rosa's Isabel and the Rogue (The Luna Sisters, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bootlegger's Bounty by Adriana  Herrera

23. The Bootlegger's Bounty

By: Adriana Herrera

3.92

Format: None pages, None

She’s trapped between an angel and the devil. A jazz singer on the run. A rum runner on the edg… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Herrera's The Bootlegger's Bounty book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
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24. Not Another Love Song

By: Julie Soto

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two string players fight their attraction for each other as they compete for center stage in this s… read more

Similar categories in Julie Soto's Not Another Love Song book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories, #2) by Natalie Caña

25. A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories, #2)

By: Natalie Caña

3.79

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Santiago "Saint" Vega gets a second shot at love with Lola León, but when duty to his family forces… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Caña's A Dish Best Served Hot (Vega Family Love Stories, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Kiss and Spell (Elemental Love, #2) by Celestine Martin

26. Kiss and Spell (Elemental Love, #2)

By: Celestine Martin

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A witch without a spell All Ursula Caraway wished for was to live happily ever after in her hometo… read more

Similar categories in Celestine Martin's Kiss and Spell (Elemental Love, #2) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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27. A Love Like the Sun

By: Riss M. Neilson

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Lifelong best friends spend a fateful summer discovering what might happen if they were to be somet… read more

Similar categories in Riss M. Neilson's A Love Like the Sun book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'll take you to appointments, hold your hand when it hurts.' Tears slip from his eyes, and I start to cry remembering the ultrasound. 'I'll give you pieces of me if I'm a match, Laniah, because I kn…"

-Riss M. Neilson, A Love Like the Sun

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28. Between Friends & Lovers

By: Shirlene Obuobi

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Talia Hibbert meets Carley Fortune in this swoon-worthy story of love and friendship in the age of … read more

Similar categories in Shirlene Obuobi's Between Friends & Lovers book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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29. The Truth According to Ember

By: Danica Nava

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A Chickasaw woman who can’t catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much mor… read more

Similar categories in Danica Nava's The Truth According to Ember book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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30. Jewel Me Twice

By: Charish Reid

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Love can catch you red-handed. He was her partner—both in crime and between the sheets. It’s be… read more

Similar categories in Charish Reid's Jewel Me Twice book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • interracial romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Marriage & Masti (If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, #3) by Nisha Sharma

31. Marriage & Masti (If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, #3)

By: Nisha Sharma

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The third and final installment in Nisha Sharma’s beloved Shakespeare-inspired rom-com trilogy—an o… read more

Similar categories in Nisha Sharma's Marriage & Masti (If Shakespeare Were an Auntie, #3) book and Nikki Payne's Pride and Protest

  • romance
  • retellings
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook

27 must-read contemporary books like Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

Transform Your Habits

The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)

Kristina Forest

3.82

Transform Your Habits

This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)

Kennedy Ryan

4.42

Transform Your Habits

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Scandal

Regina Black

3.82

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21 Best fiction books like Isabel and the Rogue (The Luna Sisters, #2) by Liana De la Rosa

Transform Your Habits

Pardon My Frenchie

Farrah Rochon

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Love Remedy (The Damsels of Discovery, #1)

Elizabeth Everett

3.60

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Catching Feelings

Alicia Thompson

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Ne'er Duke Well

Alexandra Vasti

4.00

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