Books like The soldier's sweetheart by Debra Kastner

After her fiancé calls off their wedding, Brooke Clayton returns to her small Colorado hometown, where she must survive a year to claim her estranged grandfather’s will. She becomes a nanny for single‑father millionaire Gabe Wesson and, amid their shared pasts, they wonder if they can build a family together.

"Counseling is more than Laura Walton's job--it's her calling. So when Luke Martinez hangs up abruptly after calling the hotline where she works, Laura won't let it go. She tracks Luke to the Grand Canyon, little knowing she's walking into a heap of trouble. Laura's not the only one tracking Luke, and while she came to help him heal, his other pursuer has murder in mind. Luke thinks he has nothing left to lose until Laura makes him believe--and love--again. Just in time, too, since he'll need all his faith to face this last enemy."--P. [4] of cover.

A modest vicar's sister, Vera Fenwick, rebuilds a damaged rectory while uncovering a smuggling ring, all the while confronting an unexpected love with Lord Edmund Herriott.

When wild mustangs endanger lives, rancher Cade Baldwin rushes to help. He’s surprised to find the young forest ranger who saved him, Lyn Warner, a widowed mother devoted to her injured daughter. Their shared faith may forge an unbreakable bond.

A Vietnam War nurse and a marine sergeant confront the decades‑old ghosts of battle as they attempt to heal each other.

A young Jewish girl in New York City watches her hometown and world change as she grows from seven to ten while awaiting her father's return from World War II.

After the mysterious death of his wife, a reclusive rancher in Wyoming faces murder accusations and the help of a determined bodyguard, who must protect him and his daughter while uncovering the truth.

Layla Silver struggles to save her farm as a Christmas courtship with injured bull rider Gage Cooper offers hope and new love.

After prison, former gunslinger Hunter Mitchell seeks to claim the child he recently learns he fathered, but his reformed nature clashes with Annabeth Silks, the fierce aunt who will not let him win.

Ex-soldier Gunnar Colton's only focus is shaking off the horrors of war in his remote cabin--until a murderer abducts another victim from the neighboring Amish community. Now the Colton code of honor kicks in and it's his duty to protect the eyewitness who's the next likely target. Treating sexy, spitfire actress Violet Chastain as just another assignment is next to impossible, though. There's more to her than Hollywood and the hurt she's hiding. The minute Gunnar lets the starlet and her twin baby boys into his home, the guard around his heart starts to crack. One taste of passion shows him the future he could have with Violet?if the threat closing in doesn't claim them both.

Air Force lovers Franci Duncan and Sean Riordan face a bittersweet reunion when a secret they kept comes to light in the close‑knit town of Virgin River.

"Five dishonored soldiers. Former Special Forces. One last mission. These are the men of Hard Ink. Beckett Murda hates to dwell on the past. But his investigation into the ambush that killed half his Special Forces team and ended his Army career gives him little choice. Just when his team learns how powerful their enemies are, hard-ass Beckett encounters his biggest complication yet--a seductive, feisty Katherine Rixey. A tough, stubborn prosecutor, Kat visits her brothers' Hard Ink Tattoo shop following a bad break-up--and finds herself staring down the barrel of a stranger's gun. Beckett is hard-bodied and sexy as hell, but he's also the most infuriating man ever. Worse, Kat's brothers are at war with the criminals her office is investigating. When Kat joins the fight, she lands straight in Beckett's sights . . . and in his arms. Not to mention their enemies' crosshairs. Now Beckett and Kat must set aside their differences to work together, because the only thing sweeter than justice is finding love and never letting go" --

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.