Books like The secret by Cynthia Victor

A lonely orphan girl on the Yorkshire moors befriends a disabled cousin and unlocks the secrets of a hidden garden.

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.

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.

Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.

Four women in their mid- to late-thirties meet for breakfast every Thursday at eight to share their stories and support each other through difficult times and personal growth, including forgiveness and compassion, and the challenges of rebuilding relationships and careers after divorce and other life changes.

Three women, a knitting shop, and a story of friendship and resilience set in Seattle.

A woman tries to rekindle her relationship with her astronaut husband while struggling with family secrets and marital conflict.

Practical Jenna Campbell meets a man on the Internet in Alaska, but after a month of marriage plans, she's kidnapped and stranded with a grizzly-bear-loving man who wants to change her destination.

A paper Fortune Wookiee from McQuarrie Middle School catches the attention of Sara, who learns its advice resembles that of Yoda, though in her case, it seems focused on romance.

A Knit to Quit series about women learning to embrace change and the bonds of friendship that help them through difficult times.

A remarkable friendship and its enduring journey of two remarkable women from the postwar era of the 1950s, told with vividly descriptive language and a relatable narrative.

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.

Patsy follows her young daughter from Jamaica to New York as an undocumented immigrant and nanny, exploring mother‑daughter bonds, self‑realization, and the tension between love and survival.

A spellbinding novel of contemporary romantic suspense--the unforgettable story of a woman caught between love and vengeance... Manhattan attorney Claire Green is haunted by the brutal murder of her twin sister Zoe in a dangerous revenge scheme that soon implicates Claire. Claire's only hope of clearing her name is to bring her sister's murderer to justice on her own...before a second killer strikes. But someone else is dogging Claire's trail: relentless F.B.I. agent Liam Jameson, who has tracked her to New Orleans. With her own life threatened, Claire reluctantly joins forces with the enigmatic Jameson. Distrust quickly flames into desire. As Mardi Gras builds to fever pitch, they are inexorably drawn into a shadowy world where impeccable tradition cloaks deadly secrets and where no one--not Claire nor even Jameson--is safe from the shocking truth...

Grace, a lifelong resident of Cedar Cove and public‑library librarian, grapples with her husband Dan’s sudden disappearance while navigating family, friend, and town dynamics amid weddings, babies, and new relationships.

After moving to Cedar Cove, Jo Marie Rose transforms her inn and a rose garden in memory of her husband, while the town's residents—an engaged widow, a grieving businesswoman, and a growing grandmother—navigate healing, forgiveness, and new beginnings.

A shopkeeper's life filled with knitting and friendship changes when a former love returns to town.

Katherine and Dr. Wynn disagree over Christmas traditions, but they learn the true meaning of the season when they accept their differences.

A mystery unfolds in Cedar Cove, Washington as Rosie Cox deals with her recent divorce, local gossip, and the death of a mysterious man at a bed-and-breakfast.

A romance story set in the fictional town of Virgin River, featuring a man who returns to help his family run the apple orchard and falls in love with a single mother.

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.