Books like The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith

Don Tillman, a genetics professor with Asperger’s, designs a scientific survey to find a wife, only to meet Rosie Jarman, a drinker and late arriver who challenges his controlled worldview and leads him to discover that love can’t be measured.

A charming and clever women detective, Precious Ramotswe, solves mysteries in Botswana's small town of Midsomin, South Africa, from 1986 to 1997, facing dangers and love in the process. The novel is beloved by readers worldwide for its clever dialogue and characters who are as flawed as the rest of us. The book is a bestseller and has been translated into 45 languages, including Polish, German, and Japanese, among others. It was also voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

A Botswana-based detective series with Mma Ramotswe solving mysterious cases

The engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detective agency, Precious Ramotswe, expands her business to include car repair and a beauty pageant, but her sense of justice remains unshaken by scandal and deceit, as in THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY and TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE.

The charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series finds herself overwhelmed by various puzzling incidents and encounters with the unexpected in Botswana, facing a series of challenges that test her skills as a private investigator and her personal history.

A humorous mystery about a husband who tries his hand at detection, starring the charming and sophisticated Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

When an elevator encounter turns into an unexpected fake date, a high‑powered groomsman and a nurse’s aide must decide whether a night of fun is enough to bridge the miles between a pediatric surgeon in Los Angeles and a Berkeley chief of staff.

A heartwarming and suspenseful story about a clever and compassionate detective in Botswana.

Grace Makutsi opens the Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe, but a lightning strike throws her business into chaos, forcing her to accept help from unexpected allies.

Mma Ramotswe investigates a troubled beauty salon in Botswana while her friend Mma Makutsi prepares for motherhood, exploring family, tradition, and business challenges in a humorous mystery.

Precious Ramotswe of Botswana tackles school misbehavior, navigates Grace Makutsi’s marriage hiccups, and shares tea with Clovis Andersen—an author of a famous investigative manual—while juggling her usual cases.

In Botswana’s Okavango Delta, Precious Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi face mistaken identity, a wealthy mystery, a fiancée’s accident, and marital doubts, all while balancing kindness and justice on a safari.

Precious Ramotswe takes a rare holiday, only to be drawn back into a complex case involving a troubled boy, a political scandal, and the future of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.

How to put this gently, rather dark and graphic for a HARLEQUIN PRESENTS But here is the official blurb: The billionaire has fought his attraction to her for years…until a baby scandal binds them together forever in this dramatic romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin Crews! It’s one night only… until her royal pregnancy test! Attending Valentino Bonaparte’s convenient wedding is torture for Princess Carliz. Years ago, she shared an incandescent kiss with the brooding Italian—she’s craved more ever since. When the ceremony is called off, they finally get the chance to surrender to their wildest temptations. But in the morning, Valentino still walks away… Three months after their passionate night wrecked her forever, Carliz must tell Valentino he left her with more than a broken heart—she’s expecting his baby! And he’s determined his heir will not be illegitimate… Part of Diamond Club series & connected to Carliz's sister's book ♡Pregnant Princess Bride - Caitlin Crews (Valentino Bonaparte & Carliz de Las Sosegadas) Forbidden Royal Vows - Caitlin Crews (Caius Candriano & Emilia/ Mila de Las Sosegadas) Italian's Stolen Wife - Lorraine Hall (Aristide Bonaparte & Francesca Campo)

Two women, a private investigator and her mother, track down a missing lottery winner to uncover a fortune in New Hampshire.

When a celebrated doctor faces fraud accusations over a new drug, Isabel Dalhousie investigates the tragic death that may expose a pharmaceutical cover‑up. Her philosophical insights and relentless curiosity unravel a complex web of deceit.

Mma Ramotswe, the charming and skilled private investigator, once again solves mysteries in Botswana.

Former reporter Tess Monaghan returns to Baltimore as a private investigator, pursuing a murder linked to a disgraced tycoon, a covert hacker, and the city's dark underside.

Alaska mystery in which Kate Shugak, a female private investigator, battles Russian Mafia intrigue, a missing plutonium shipment, and FBI involvement while confronting personal loss.