Books like Guilty Pleasures by Donna Hill

When a commuter train ride turns into a shocking glimpse of another life, Rachel’s curiosity pulls her deep into a murder mystery that challenges her own sense of reality.

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.

Two college friends discover that love can span continents and a decade when they reunite after life‑changing choices thrust them apart.

Mattie Ryder’s chaotic life—failed marriage, a crumbling home, a child‑bearing mother—presents itself again when a forgotten blue shoe resurfaces, uncovering long‑hidden family secrets and forcing new, fragile intimacy.

Two lifelong African‑American friends in Ohio face a sinister threat that jeopardizes their families and forces them to confront past secrets and loyalty.

With her sensual looks and free-spirited ways, Ashley Temple is the perfect agent for The Ladies Cartel, a secret crime-fighting organization. But her latest assignment—breaking up an illegal baby trafficking ring—is more than a job. It's personal. The stakes go sky-high when she teams up with FBI operative Elliot Morgan, a man so deep under cover he's off the radar. Life in the field is nothing compared to the adrenaline rush of passion and pleasure Elliot feels with Ashley. And when they pose as a happily married couple to stake out a suspicious adoption center, he knows he's in deeper than he's ever been. He can't risk falling for her—the danger's too great. But how can Elliot let Ashley go, when this sweet, sultry lady takes him beyond the point of no return?

In New Eden, Montana, ex‑court reporter Marilee Jennings investigates her best friend’s mysterious death and discovers a web of secrets that threaten her own life.

During a Nantucket wedding season, a lavish ceremony turns deadly when a body is found in Nantucket Harbor, putting the entire wedding party under suspicion as Chief of Police Ed Kapenash investigates.

A heartfelt story of four African‑American women who, bound by friendship and faith, navigate love, loss, and community as they support each other when one of them faces a sudden illness.

Dana Covington never thought she'd be a widow at 38, but sometimes that's the way life works out. It's a good thing Dana's friends, Norell and Cecile, are always ready to give her a shoulder to cry on...even when they've got big problems of their own. Just as Norell gives up on her dream to have a baby, she's shocked when Cecile turns up pregnant again. Norell's heartbreak throws her friendship with Cecile into a complete tailspin. And just when things can't get much worse, Cecile's sexy younger sister comes to town. As usual, Micheline is looking for trouble--"and this time, she finds enough for everyone. With tension mounting between the trio, it seems like their friendship might not stand the test. But when all is said and done, true friends know that the closest pals aren't perfect--"and that the very people who drive you crazy are the ones you love the most.

A charismatic radio relationship guru loses her airwaves spot and turns to bookmaking, only to face backlash and a crisis of conscience as ratings‑driven gossip hits the right ears.

Three people aboard the 1931 transatlantic liner Empress of Britain find themselves entangled in a scheme that turns dark and deadly.

After his mother dies, 12‑year‑old David escapes into the stories that once comforted him, only for myth and war to collide in a world where a Crooked Man and a faded king rule over wolves and hidden secrets.