Books like Emma's secret by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Emma's Secret continues the saga of the Harte family, exploring the legacy of business empire, inheritance, and sibling rivalry in post‑war London. The story centers on Paula O'Neill, the granddaughter who feels the empire is secure, and Evan Hughes, a young American designer whose arrival sparks conflict and memories of Emma Harte’s wartime resilience as recounted in her diaries.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Barbara Taylor Bradford
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 (0 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for Emma's secret by Barbara Taylor Bradford are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to Emma's secret (20 similar books)
A dark, passionate tale set on the West Yorkshire moors, following the tumultuous love and revenge between the Earnshaws, Lintons, and the enigmatic Heathcliff.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Flowers in the Attic, V. C. Andrews’ first Gothic novel, follows the Dollanganger siblings through Cathy’s first‑person voice.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
The God of Small Things chronicles the upended childhood of fraternal twins in India, exploring love, caste, and the impact of small moments on fate.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In 1964 South Carolina, Lily Owens, grieving her mother’s death, seeks refuge with a fierce stand‑in mother and a trio of black beekeeping sisters who open her to the secret world of bees, honey, and healing.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Charles Dickens’s classic critique of Victorian industrial society, “Hard Times” follows schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind as he confronts the limits of utilitarian philosophy and the power of imagination.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In Dickens’s sweeping novel, the protracted Jarndyce and Jarndyce case in the Court of Chancery pulls together a disparate cast— from heirs torn by legal costs to a mysterious ward, a cunning lawyer, and a destitute street sweeper— exposing London’s social decay.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Petals on the Wind, released in 1980, continues the Dollanganger family saga after their escape from the attic in 1960, chronicling their trials and secrets through 1975.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A first‑century‑turn English novel by E. M. Forster that explores social conventions, class distinctions, and the relationships among families and sisters.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A 19th‑century tale of poverty, family, and the perils of a fraudulent antique dealer, centered on the young orphan Nell and her loyal grandfather.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Kate Croy, a young American woman in London, schemes to secure a future with the amateur financier Merton Densher by courting the wealthy, ill Milly Theale; her plan highlights ambition, love, and tragedy.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A collection of portraits of people celebrating silver wedding anniversaries, set against an Irish backdrop.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Grange Copeland, a black tenant farmer from Georgia, abandons his family to escape Southern hardship, only to return years later to bar a son in prison and become guardian of the youngest child while confronting lingering injustice.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A courageous daughter battles jealousy and betrayal across Yorkshire, Hong Kong, and America to safeguard her grandmother’s lifelong dream and preserve the family’s glittering legacy.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
After surviving a terminal illness, Sarah Talbot revives her bedding shop and takes a hopeful trip to a remote Maine island, where she and pilot Will Burke confront their past, find faith in the future, and discover that love can truly lift you to cloud nine.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Ashley, a divorced woman and ambitious journalist in New York, finds herself drawn into a murder mystery when a famed philanthropist is found dead at his estate, uncovering a tangled web of family secrets and hidden enemies.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
The illustrious Harte family saga continues as Emma Harte’s great-granddaughter, Evan Hughes, navigates love, loyalty, and a looming family rival while uncovering secrets that reshape her future.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A journalist in London uncovers a decades‑old murder mystery tied to her grandmother's wartime past, leading her on a dangerous transatlantic quest for truth amid double‑crossing allies and hidden enemies.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
To Catch a Spy by Sam BourneThe Secret by Katarina Bivald
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
The Secret of the Blue Stone by Claire McFall
Secret Admirer by Kate Hoffman
The Secret of Moonacre by Elizabeth Goudge
To Catch a Spy by Renee J. Edmonds
The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernadette Barton
Secrets and Lies by Barbara Delinsky
The House of Secrets by Kate Morton
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
The Secret Wife by Kylie Ladd
The Secret Keeper's Daughter by Sharon Owens
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!