Books like The Substitute Bride by Carol Hutchens

Sunny Chandler returns to her hometown of Latham Green, Louisiana after a high‑profile scandal, only to find the town still watching her steps. A wedding invites her home, where a flirtatious meeting with Ty Beaumont turns into a slow, seductive tension that forces Sunny to confront the secret that led her to leave.

A romance novel about a woman who falls in love with her wedding dress and decides to marry the next man she meets.

Three couples bring unexpected drama to a celebrated wedding, igniting passion and sharp twists that challenge each bride’s and groom’s expectations of love and commitment.

When Revenger Rick Conway forces a reluctant Emma into a temporary marriage to escape her bleak life, the arrangement slips from a pact into turmoil as secrets surface and affection develops.

A royal masquerade ball leads to a forbidden love, as a prince and princess discover their true feelings for each other.

ISOLDE WOULD RATHER WED THE DEVIL HIMSELF! For the odious Harold Biggelswade was, in her opinion, a good deal worse than the devil. But her avaricious guardian, Uncle Wendall, insisted the wedding would take place in three weeks. What was a poor desperate orphan like Isolde to do? Unbeknownst to her, a notorious rake, the new Earl of Shalbourne, faced difficulties tantamount to her own. For his formidable aunt Jane now threatened to exclude him from her considerable will (ruin!) should he not marry and produce an heir forthwith. So, reluctantly, he responded to the curious ad in the London Morning Chronicle, a desperate lady's plea for a savior—a substitute bridegroom. The wedding was hasty. The honeymoon, horrific, for the odious Harold was hot on their trail. But Shalbourne found Isolde an amorous armful—for a bride acquired through the morning paper!

A Marriage of Necessity Elizabeth Goldsborough was the happiest of young ladies. Not only was she the Incomparable of the London season, she was to wed the most handsome gentleman of the ton, the dashing Simon Bellgrave. Then, shockingly, all was stripped from her. An accidental encounter with the arrogant Captain Darius St. John left her with no choice but to wed this man she barely knew. Now she was a wife in name only in a marriage of necessity...trying desperately not to fall in love with a bridegroom who had asked for her hand out of honor but bad no interest in her heart....

A romance novel about a best friend and ex-wife trying to prevent their friend from getting married again.

A Texas Wedding Vow

A chance for redemption: Carter Richards is given a second chance to start over with the one woman he loves, and Molly Burnett must confront her past to put it behind her before they can hope for a brighter future together.

A wedding planner seeks love while a ghostly bride guides her toward fresh starts and hidden romance.

A debutante who flees an arranged marriage swaps lives with a mail‑order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. In the frontier town, she must navigate rustic living, raise children, and confront the truth with her new husband—and their hidden pasts.