Books like The Cowboy and the Lady by Diana Palmer

Francesca Bowen abandons her medical career to care for her aunt, only to find herself overworked as a lady‑in‑waiting. When Professor Marc van der Kettener proposes, she must decide whether it’s a kind gesture or genuine love.

Julia Gracey, a self‑reliant teacher, faces challenges when Professor Gerard van der Maes—her charismatic colleague—offers timely solutions that test her independence.

A gourmet chef from the city lands at a frontier ranch, where she must tame the practicalities of cowboy life while rekindling a past love and caring for a spirited teenage granddaughter.

A contemporary Texas romance where a rancher's love life takes unexpected turns.

In Horseshoe Hollow, Texas, single mother Stacey Fortune Jones balances new‑year hope, a baby girl, and a budding romance with neighbor rancher Colton Foster, navigating love, family, and the start of a new chapter.

A renowned gourmet chef arrives at the Circle C Ranch, where she must cook for cowboys and assist their teenage daughter. Amid prairie life and pantry challenges, she discovers a surprising chance at love and a new frontier.

Trace McKane and his wife Kira face heart‑breaking doubts after a child fails to arrive, but when an unexpected adoption call changes everything, Trace’s determination for their family’s future leads to a miraculous reunion.

Ivey Heller returns to her Wyoming hometown with a broken heart, only to find herself drawn into a romance with rugged rancher Cully Culhane, who is determined to win her back.

Mr. January The Cowboy: Shane Nichols was always willing to help. So when his buddy's girl showed signs of marrying the wrong man, Shane took action. The Lady: Poppy Hamilton had never been kidnapped before. It seemed like a drastic solution, but she wasn't complaining. After all, she wasn't the bride! Nothing, Shane thought, was ever simple! Here he was, trying to be virtuous, and he got snowbound with the wrong woman - one with no pending wedding plans, who not only sent his hormones into overdrive but was on her way to stealing his heart.

In rugged Montana, newcomer schoolteacher Taylor Manning faces a skeptical rancher, Russ Palmer, who soon finds himself reevaluating his preconceptions about city women and frontier life.

A Texas real estate tycoon and a woman with a trust fund agree to a six‑month fake marriage: no commitment, no romance, just a win for both sides. But when desire surfaces, the deal blossoms into something neither predicted.

The Handsome Devil of a Rancher... Dillon McKenzie was rugged, rowdy, and none too pleased that Abel Pratt's will divided his Dakota ranch equally between Dillon and a lady preacher from Sioux Falls! He didn't want any goody-two-shoes of a minister telling him what to do... even one whose skin was silk and whose eyes could light up the dark places in a man's heart. Rachael Caitland was determined to make the best of things, even when Dillon messed up the house and mocked her cooking, but the rough-and-tumble cowboy made her blush, and yearn, and wish for once in her life that she was beautiful. Stunned to discover how deeply Rachael stirred him, Dillon hid his desire with teasing, but once he'd tasted her fire he tried to tempt her to break the rules, to risk caring for a man who was all wrong for her. She knew he feared she'd try to change him, but Dillon had taught her much more than passion. Could she show him she loved him just as he was, that she wanted to be his wife, not save his soul?