The Prime Video adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s Briar University books has become a breakout hit, reportedly reaching 36 million global viewers in its first 12 days. The combination of college hockey, fake dating, friendship and romance has turned Off Campus into the kind of comfort-watch that can make an entire summer disappear. And with Season 2 shifting the spotlight to Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis, there is plenty more Briar University drama coming, even if it is not arriving this August. 

The good news is that the summer-romance pipeline is far from empty. From a Canadian island full of family secrets to Silver Falls, rural Australia and a Korean taffy village, these five shows offer very different ways to replace that Off Campus itch.

Sterling Point

Megan Park’s Sterling Point understands something that the best coming-of-age romances have always known: sometimes the location is half the fantasy. The series follows 17-year-old Annie Jacobson, played by Ella Rubin, who grows up in New York with her twin brother before discovering that her estranged grandfather has left them a remote island in Canada. What follows is a mixture of family secrets, new friendships and budding romances. Prime Video released all eight episodes on August 5. 

Park, who directed My Old A**, created the series and also directed episodes alongside Aurora Guerrero and Andrew Ahn. The ensemble includes Amélie Hoeferle, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Keen Ruffalo and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The island setting gives Sterling Point the kind of escapist summer atmosphere that makes the show feel like a cousin to the older generation of teen dramas, but its family mystery keeps it from becoming just another romance. 

That first season may leave Sterling Point feeling like an easy summer escape, but for viewers looking for more romance after Off Campus, the next stop brings a much more familiar kind of chaos. 

My Life With the Walter Boys Season 3

If the romantic chaos of Off Campus is the main attraction, My Life With the Walter Boys is probably the most obvious next stop. Season 3 arrived on Netflix on August 6 with 10 episodes, bringing Nikki Rodriguez, Noah LaLonde and Ashby Gentry back as Jackie, Cole and Alex. The series began with Jackie, a Manhattan teenager who loses her family and moves to rural Colorado, where she suddenly has to adjust to life with her guardian and a house full of boys.

Our Sticky Love

For viewers willing to trade college hockey for a boxing gym and a Korean countryside setting, Our Sticky Love is one of August’s more unusual romance propositions. The Netflix series follows Go Eun-sae, played by Ha Young, an elite prosecutor who loses her memory and wakes up with very little understanding of who she is. Then Jang Tae-ha, played by Jung Hae-in, arrives claiming to be her boyfriend. Naturally, she does not believe him.

Directed by Kim Jang-han and written by Mo Ji-hye, the 12-episode series turns that strange setup into a romantic comedy with a mystery running underneath it. Tae-ha is a former boxing champion who has ended up working as a coach in a small town, while Eun-sae has to reconstruct her identity and figure out whether the man beside her is actually telling the truth. Netflix describes it as a mix of romance, comedy and noir suspense, which makes it a particularly good choice for anyone who likes their summer love stories with an extra plot engine.

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career takes the summer-romance formula somewhere completely different. Adapted from Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel, the six-episode Australian miniseries follows Sybylla Melvyn, played by Philippa Northeast, a young woman who dreams of becoming a writer rather than being pushed into the conventional marriage expected of her. When her family sends her to live with her wealthy grandmother, Sybylla finds herself surrounded by expectations, potential suitors and a society that has little interest in accommodating her ambitions.

It premiered on Netflix on August 13, and its period setting gives the familiar tension between love and independence a completely different texture. 

Outer Banks Season 5

Technically, Outer Banks is not a straight romance series. For years, the show has used romance as one of the engines driving its treasure hunts, betrayals and impossible escapes. John B and Sarah Cameron remain one of its defining couples, while the wider Pogues dynamic has always given the series the messy emotional energy that makes teen dramas so addictive. Season 5 arrives on Netflix on August 20 as the show’s final chapter.

August has therefore done something surprisingly useful for romance fans. While Off Campus waits in the wings for its next Briar University chapter, these shows offer everything from small-town chemistry and complicated love triangles to period romance and full-scale teen adventure.

Which show deserves to be the next Off Campus obsession? Share your take in the comments.