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Finished The Enemy? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact sweet feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Sarah Adams

Contemporary RomanceSmall Town 🌶️🌶️ 2/5 SweetFunRomantic

So The Enemy wrecked you. Welcome to the club. Whether it was the sweet vibes, the enemies to lovers, or Sarah Adams's ability to make you forget you have a life outside these pages — we've been there. These aren't random "if you liked X" picks. Every book on this page was matched element by element against what made The Enemy hit different. Same energy, new stories.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to The Enemy

Grouped by the elements that made The Enemy unforgettable.

Compatible reads for sweet lovers

97%
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Pretend You're Mine
by Lucy Score
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 478p · Contemporary Romance, Small Town
Matched on mood, spice, and that specific thing you can't explain but need.
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94%
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Rock Bottom Girl
by Lucy Score
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 396p · Contemporary Romance, Small Town
This is the rebound book that becomes the relationship.
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91%
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Flawless
by Elsie Silver
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 4/5 · 400p · Contemporary Romance, Small Town
Same enemies to lovers energy as The Enemy, but Elsie Silver cranks the sweet to eleven.
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Matches that share The Enemy's enemies energy

89%
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Better Than the Movies
by Lynn Painter
❄️ 0/5 · 384p · YA Contemporary, Romance
Lynn Painter writes like Sarah Adams's cooler cousin. Same energy, fresh take.
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86%
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Accidentally Amy
by Lynn Painter
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 352p · Contemporary Romance
If you one-clicked The Enemy, your thumb is about to do it again.
It’s a match — get it →
84%
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So Not Meant To Be
by Meghan Quinn
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 500p · Contemporary Romance, Comedy
This is the rebound book that becomes the relationship.
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Matches that share The Enemy's romance energy

81%
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Finding Cinderella
by Colleen Hoover
🌶️ 1/5 · 112p · Contemporary Romance, Novella
Your BookTok FYP is about to thank you for this one.
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79%
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Paris for One
by Jojo Moyes
🌶️ 1/5 · 288p · Contemporary Romance, Short Stories
If The Enemy was your type, Paris for One is its hot friend.
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More spicy energy

76%
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Bed of Roses
by Nora Roberts
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 320p · Contemporary Romance
This is the rebound book that becomes the relationship.
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74%
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Vision in White
by Nora Roberts
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 336p · Contemporary Romance
This is the rebound book that becomes the relationship.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

Pretend You're Mine by Lucy Score — 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 spice, 478 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to The Enemy include Pretend You're Mine, Rock Bottom Girl, Flawless. Each matches on specific elements like sweet and fun that made The Enemy resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Pretend You're Mine by Lucy Score — it shares The Enemy's core Sweet energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

The Enemy is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

The Enemy has a spice level of 2/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Yes — several recommendations on this page have lower spice levels while keeping the same Sweet energy. Look for the ❄️ or 🌶️ (1/5) tags.

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Every Sort By Cravings profile is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs. We cross-reference BookTok discussions, Goodreads reviews, and 500+ reader reactions before publishing any mood tag, spice rating, or compatibility note. Read our editorial standards.