Books to start reading—after It Ends With Us
Finishing It Ends With Us can be the start of another great story.
It Ends With Us is a romance story that tackles dark subject matter—abuse, domestic violence, and recovery from trauma. It takes readers to deep, emotional places, and many found themselves wishing they could spend more time there. For readers seeking a return to the emotional depths Colleen Hoover brought them to, these stories featuring complicated relationships are sure to spark new passions.

The Lies We Hide
Thirty years ago, Nicola Watson was ten years old and didn't yet understand the dark, difficult secrets going on in her suburban home. She didn't understand why her father frightened her so much, and she didn't understand why her mother woke her and her brother up one night to take them out of that home forever. Now, Nicola is a lawyer in the city, returning home for her mother's funeral. Forced to confront her past for the first, time Nicola discovers the truth about how much her mother sacrificed.
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I Will Not Beg
In I Will Not Beg, Piper Delaney similarly discovers that the love contract she's been forced into is illegal, and—like Lily in It Ends With Us—she escapes an abusive situation. But even after Piper leaves, the relationship has left scars that cannot be easily healed. Looking for love and hoping to tame her fears, Piper visits Dark Haven and meets Ethan. He's dominant, powerful, and self-confident. With him, Piper learns what it means to be treated like a person rather than an object to control.
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Things We Never Said
Things We Never Said is another page-turning novel in which characters have to face their dark pasts. Dahlia McGuire is a metalsmith and gift shop owner living a quiet existence in Hartwell, Delaware, trying to distance herself from her troubled past. When her father asks her to come back home, she has no choice but to say yes. But going back to Boston to face her ghosts means facing Michael Sullivan, her ex-boyfriend's best friend, the man she was never supposed to fall in love with.
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The Faith in Flowers
Olivia Parker is an event planner who is heading back home to help her brother plan his wedding. Olivia has just gone through a painful divorce, but not wanting to ruin her brother's big day she decides to keep it to herself. Meanwhile, Reed Hollis has always harbored feelings for Olivia but kept them to himself because she was married. Now the two are forced together to plan a wedding together, but the secrets buried in their pasts make things complicated. It's a story all about healing and finding hope in second chances.
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The Mistake
John Logan is a hockey star who has always been able to get any girl he wants. When he meets Grace Ivers, he's drawn to her immediately, but then a thoughtless mistake pushes her away. Now all he can think about is making things right and winning her back. But Grace has changed since her first encounter with John. She's no longer a quiet, wilting flower. And if John wants to win her back, he's really going to have to work for it. A romantic story about second chances and characters coming to terms with their mistakes.
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The Perfect Marriage
In this book, a woman who has to decide what to do after her husband does something unforgivable. Sarah Morgan seems to have it all figured out: a seemingly perfect marriage, and she's just been named partner at her firm. But for her husband Adam, things are not going so well. He's had very little success in his writing career, and he feels like his wife does nothing but work. Adam finds an escape with his mistress Kelly Summers, but everything changes when Kelly is found dead. Now Sarah must take on her most difficult case yet: defending her husband, who is accused of murdering his mistress.
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It Starts with Us
Of course, this list would be incomplete without including this much-anticipated sequel to It Ends With Us. Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas, It Starts with Us picks up right where the epilogue of It Ends with Us left off. Revealing more about Atlas’s past and following Lily as she embraces a second chance at true love while navigating a jealous ex-husband, in true CoHo fashion, this another highly emotional read you won't be able to put down.
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