Trouble in Paradise: 10 Heart-Wrenching Relationship-in-Crisis Romance Novels

Huang is known to deliver epic groveling scenes. King of Greed, her latest release in the Kings of Sin series, is all about that and more.

Alessandra is tired of feeling second-best when it comes to her husband, Dominic. He’s always working late, always obsessing over building his empire. Meanwhile, every night, she is waiting for him to come home. When Dominic misses their anniversary dinner, Alessandra decides that she has had enough. She’ll put herself first for once, even if it means leaving the love of her life behind.

If what you’re looking for is an angsty, emotional, and heart-wrenching historical romance, look no further — A Wicked Kind of Husband is for you.

The story follows Cassandra DeWitt, who has only seen her husband once in their marriage, and that was on their wedding day two years ago. Committed to reforming her sister and introducing her to society, Cassandra travels to London, where her estranged husband resides. He will never realize she has come…until they find themselves sharing a house with each other for the first time.

Set in a cozy summer camp, Our Final Love Song tells the story of a couple who have been going through a bumpy patch in their relationship. Before they arrive at camp, Emma tells Jamie that she isn’t happy anymore and that maybe the only thing left to do is to break up. Scared that he will lose the only woman he has ever loved, Jamie is ready to make Emma see that they’re meant to be.

With a fantastic set of characters and a time-travel aspect to it, Our Final Love Song is the perfect book to read during this season.

Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka effortlessly deliver a fantastic relationship-in-crisis romance novel about a married couple who is celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary. But instead of being happy that they’re going to a five-star resort to celebrate their union, there’s friction in the air, which makes it feel like a divorce might be in the future for the couple.

When a guest mistakenly introduces them, thinking they’re strangers, Eliza and Graham go along with the ruse. Maybe getting to know each other as strangers once again might be the answer to all their problems.

Christina C. Jones just knows how to pack a punch and an emotional story in less than 100 pages. You best believe that Maybe Next Time is going to be one of your all-time favorite reads after you finish reading it!

After seven years of marriage, Denver and Kensa are not doing well. Feeling like there is no solution to their marital problems, Kensa delivers divorce papers to him. She never expected her husband to sweep her off to a private island to seduce her all over again.

CW: kidnapping, threatening with a weapon

If You Love Something centers around DeShawn, a celebrity chef who seems to have it all until his grandmother summons him to tell him she’s not continuing her cancer treatment and that she’s leaving part of her assets to DeShawn’s ex-husband, Malik. What she doesn’t know is that the divorce never really went through, so DeShawn and Malik are still married. Since they were separated but still married, this is technically a marriage-in-crisis romance.

When DeShawn’s uncle starts to make plays against his inheritance, he decides to pretend that they’re reigniting their marriage in order to not let his uncle win.

Chloe Liese’s Bergman Brothers series is an all-time great. With a heartwarming family and swoony romance stories, this series will go down as one of the best romance series of all time.

Ever After Always follows Aiden and Freya, a married couple who are going on an island getaway in order to celebrate her parents’ anniversary. But while celebrations about love are happening around them, Aiden and Freya’s marriage is slowly sizzling out — unless they do something about it.

Paired with the marriage of convenience trope, Liana De la Rosa dazzles us with a fun and romantic holiday story about a marriage in the midst of their daughter’s wedding planning. This is one of the best relationship-in-crisis romance novels!

Years ago, Captain Phillip Dalton lived at sea, working to provide for his family. This caused a rift in his marriage with his wife Annalise because he was barely there when she needed him the most. Now retired, Phillip has returned to a home where he doesn’t feel much at home…And he’s tasked to plan his daughter’s Christmas wedding alongside the bride he left behind.

This Christmas, Santa has a surprise gift for both Jaleel and Eva.

Home for Christmas follows Jaleen and Eva, who are currently separated. Even though Eva has delivered divorce papers, her heart isn’t ready for the ink to dry. And this Christmas, their son has asked for one thing and one thing only: for his parents to be under the same roof. So, Jaleel is coming home for Christmas with a plan to make Eva see they’re better together than apart.

What We Broke is a story that will take your heart, crush it, and then put it back together.

It tells the story of Jesse and Leo, who, once upon a time, had the perfect marriage. Until the unthinkable happens. Now, their relationship is broken and bruised. It’ll take more than just a conversation to repair what came down and to get to that happily ever after.