Books like Fairytale by Danielle Steel

A luminous twins’ story of love, loss, and family that follows Jude and Noah from carefree adolescence to a painful rift, as each seeks healing and a return to one another.

After losing the man she loves, Louisa Clark must rebuild her life and find herself again while navigating grief and new relationships.

In a London flat, two boys grieve their mother’s sudden death while a mysterious crow offers haunting companionship, guiding a family of father, sons, and strangers toward healing.

A mother and her daughter grapple with celebrity life and personal tragedy, striving to keep their perfect image while wrestling secrets and the pressures of fame.

Turtle Alveston, a fourteen‑year‑old survivor of a painful home life, finds hope when she meets Jacob, a wholesome high‑school boy who invites her into a world beyond the wilderness and her abusive father.

In County Mayo, falconer Connor O'Dwyer lives a life steeped in Irish lore, but a brush with death and a passionate connection to his best friend Meara Quinn threaten to upend his world, as family, friends, and ancient forces collide.

When a mysterious old man arrives in the sleepy town of Bascom, North Carolina, his tales promise to alter the lives of the Waverley women and shake the quiet rhythm of their community.

When widowed Paul Parker dies, his three daughters – a New York social worker, a Brooklyn baker, and an aspiring LA actress – discover that his final will contains unexpected gifts and revelations that reshape their family ties and their own ambitions.

After World II, Serena, Princess of San Tibaldo, loses her homeland and embraces a new life in Italy and America, where love, rivalry, and family secrets test her heart and identity.

In 1970 Boston, sixteen‑year‑old Sarah Kunitz navigates family collapse, grief, and adolescence after her mother dies, while her oldest brother Peter and younger siblings confront their own hidden worlds.

When a Hawaiian landowner’s wife falls into a coma and must be taken off life support, his two daughters and his high‑maintaining wife’s lover force a family on a road trip across the islands, where humor, grief, and an unexpected journey of truth intersect.

When a childhood star’s life is shattered by tragedy, her mother’s career in Hollywood gives way to her aunt, a psychiatrist, who helps the young actress rebuild her identity and reclaim her voice.

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Caroline Wimbley Levine returns to Tall Pines Plantation to confront long‑buried family secrets and a newfound sense of responsibility for the legacy of her late mother, amid the lush South Carolina countryside of Lowcountry Summer.

Cassie Carter returns to her Washington hometown after a painful divorce, hoping to mend ties with her sisters Karen and Nichole. A heartfelt invitation opens doors to forgiveness, new love, and the promise of family reunification.

Four lifelong friends in Sonoma reunite for a transformative summer, each confronting love, career, and health challenges as they navigate friendship, romance, and the possibility of happily ever after.

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.

From her secret perch at the top of the stairs, seven-year-old Gabriella watches the guests arrive at her parents' lavish Manhattan home. The click, click click of her mother's high heels strikes terror into her heart, as she has been told that she is to blame for her mother's rage - and her father's failure to protect her. Her world is a confusing blend of terror, betrayal and pain, and Gabriella knows that there is no safe place for her to hide. When her parents' marriage collapses, her father disappears and her mother abandons her to a convent, where Gabriella's battered body and soul begin to mend amid the quiet safety and hushed rituals of the nuns. And when she grows into womanhood, young Father Joe Connors comes into her life. Like Gabriella, Joe is haunted by the pain of his childhood, and with her he takes the first steps towards healing. But their relationship leads to disaster as Joe must choose between the priesthood and Gabriella. She struggles to survive on her own in New York, where she seeks escape through her writing, until eventually she is able to find forgiveness, freedom from guilt, and healing from abuse.