Books like You Only Love Once by Caroline Linden

Once and Always follows Victoria Seaton, an orphaned American beauty, as she returns to Wakefield and meets the enigmatic Lord Jason Fielding, whose charisma masks deep sorrow.

A tale of love and loss, two women in conflict, and the man who must choose between duty and heartbreak.

An epic tale of memory, intrigue, and betrayal set against a panoramic backdrop of twentieth-century history.

A clever and dangerous spy romance, where the Byron brothers' code battles the French secret agent who wants to be a man and woman’s love, while also saving his family and breaking into the most powerful codes of the time.

A medieval romance series where a dark knight and a young noblewoman fall in love amidst the historical backdrop of the 12th century.

James Salter's 'All that is' is a captivating and sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition. A deeply intimate portrait of the emotional and physical experiences of being alive. Set during the golden decades following World War II, the book captures Salter's lifelong obsession with capturing the intimate, ephemeral spaces that all of us hold and leave behind on paper. After serving as a young officer in Okinawa during the war, Philip Bowman returns home to a small publishing house in New York. The frenetic social scene of New York in the post-war era is a backdrop for the story, where Bowman feels at home. However, his enduring love seems to elude him. When he meets a woman who captivates him, Bowman embarks on a journey that he never intended to take. The book is celebrated for its lyrical evocation of a post-war world imaginatively rendered and beautifully written.

A scandal-ridden romance between an unassuming soldier's daughter and a wealthy rogue.

When London’s Viscount Stoneleigh saves the thief‑queen Jocelyn Asbury, their forbidden romance ignites—but her perilous past and lurking betrayals threaten to tear them apart.

A passionate and tempestuous woman from Georgian London embarks on a journey across Europe to find the love she had lost to a French nobleman, only to discover that her true heart belongs to a man who has been waiting for her in Russia.

Jessica Wakefield has lost touch with her classes, her friends, her sorority, even her own sister. How can she live her life when Nick Fox is dead? She knows her future is crumbling but she's too depressed to stop it. Will a surprise reunion with her ex-husband, Mike McAllery, bring her back to the land of the living? Elizabeth Wakefield is sick of watching her sister destroy herself. She's tried her best to help Jessica, but her best hasn't been good enough. Just when Elizabeth is about to lose hope, she finds it--in Mike's arms.

A wealthy Duke and an exquisitely beautiful woman forge an unlikely bond in New York's high society, driven by a deep-seated hatred and a mysterious past that threatens to tear them apart at any moment.

A captivating tale of betrayal, love, and political intrigue in the medieval era.

A former army officer turned spy must recover a missing retired soldier—and a long‑lost son—while a skeptical love interest threatens to expose him as a traitor.

A young woman faces another season without a suitor, but unexpectedly finds herself the object of a handsome hero's affection in this historical romance set in a wartime era.

Roxane Sheffield’s solo trip to colonial India turns into a forbidden romance with Captain Collier Harrison amid the turbulence of rebellion, forcing them to confront family estrangement and political unrest while chasing the hope of lasting love.

Three jewel thieves: a New Orleans debutante, a railroad magnate, and a master deceiver.