Books like A bride worth waiting for by Cara Colter

A Highland romance with a dark past, where a widowed lady seeks justice and a man from the past must learn to let go...

Nine years later, Annie Shaw must decide if the man she thought dead—Michael Harding, now free from a life of secrecy—is the wife waiting for him to return.

Adrian Palmer's Passionate Love-Hate Story with the Sydney Millionaire's Ex-Wife

A contemporary romance set in northern Australia, following the unlikely love story between cattleman Blake Courtland and Carolyn Donovan.

He was almost a stranger to her. April's first job in Spain came to a rather dramatic end, leaving her stranded in Madrid without money. So she could hardly refuse Don Carlos's offer of help. His family was aghast at his interest in her, especially his lovely young ward, Constancia, who was half in love with Don Carlos herself. But when he autocratically decided to make April his bride, April felt trapped in a situation beyond her control. Don Carlos de Formera y Santos was, April thought, one of the most eligible men in the whole of Spain. He had everything-good looks, breeding, money, impeccable manners, charm. And as if that were not enough, he also possessed a beautiful young ward, for whom he had the greatest affection, and who would clearly give anything to marry him. So why, in these circumstances, should Carlos propose to April herself-a very ordinary English girl with nothing special to commend her, and whom he had only known for a few days? He said it was because, unwittingly, she had put herself and him in a compromising position-but surely that was a little far-fetched, even in so correct a country as Spain? But all the same, however odd the situation seemed, April found herself curiously reluctant to back out of it!

THE RIGHT HUSBAND In two weeks, Lacey McCade was supposed to walk down the aisle and say "I do" to the man of every woman's dreams except her own. So when she heard about a short–term position at Black's Bluff Ranch, Lacey knew the live–in–job would give her time to think. But think was all she could do about Ethan Black, her very sexy employer . From the tender way he cared for his little charges to the tough way he tended to the land, Ethan made Lacey's heart stop, swell and swoon. But the proud, half Native–American rancher had closed his own heart to loving again. Still, something in Ethan's searing, soul–searching gaze dared Lacey to hope he'd make her wedding dreams come true .

Blaming is a psychological fiction set in England that focuses on the lives of widows.

Molly Michaels, a charity worker, dreams of walking down the aisle, but her hope stalls when a donated wedding dress catches on a zipper. Her boss, the entrepreneurial Houston Whitford, sees a damsel in distress and a business opportunity, not romance.

Elin Hilderbrand’s *Troubles in Paradise* is a contemporary romance that explores family secrets, motherhood, and widowed lives against the warm backdrop of the Virgin Islands.

A nurse and former marine meet the woman he loves and try to rebuild their lives after a heart-breaking event that changes everything in their lives, including their children and the men they love, in a small town in the Virgin River valley in California. The stories are told as a series of connected Christmas stories that intertwine and build on each other, creating a beautifully crafted collection of love stories, adventure, and Christmas cheer.