Books like Awaiting the Fire by Donna Lea Simpson

Michael Wolff's 2018 nonfiction book offers a close look at Donald Trump’s presidency, his campaign staff, and the White House team, exploring the dynamics and tensions that defined that era.

In "Dragonfly in Amber," Diana Gabaldon transports readers across time to 18th‑century Scotland and France, following Claire Randall’s return with her daughter Brianna to uncover family secrets tied to the Jacobite uprising.

Firefly Lane follows two women, Kate and Tully, from teenage years through three decades of love, loss, and an unbreakable bond that shapes their lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Julia Wentworth, a celebrated London actress, must conceal a secret marriage while navigating love and rivalry with her new husband, Damon Savage, who seeks to untangle the arranged union that binds them.

Tiffany Warren travels west to end a longstanding feud and marry rancher Hunter Callahan, only to find herself pretending to be her father's housekeeper and entangled in mistaken identity, rivalry, and forbidden attraction.

During the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a penniless maid disguises herself in stolen jewelry and finds unexpected love with a charming gentleman. The two marry in the chaos, survive the flames, and uncover a devious plot to steal her fortune.

Ariane of Claredon awaits her arranged marriage to the famed knight Ranulf de Vernay, but when a traitorous accusation forces her father to flee, Ranulf returns not as groom but as conqueror, setting a tense romance of power, passion and survival.

A story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of 19th-century England, where an orphaned heiress seeks to prove her worth in the pursuit of a marriage of convenience.

Set in 1461 amid the Wars of the Roses, "The Captive Heart" follows Alix Givet, a woman displaced from Henry VI’s court who must navigate a forced marriage and seek refuge in Scotland, where she encounters a brooding laird who may hold her salvation.

When the disgraced Bolton family faces ruin, Alexandra Bolton turns to marriage—a strategy she abandoned after her mother’s death. But her meeting with the scandal‑shrouded Duke of Clarewood rekindles forbidden passions, risking her future and an ancient secret.

During wartime, the Earl of Clifton falls in love with Lucy Ellyson, an improper daughter of a notorious spy, only to find her vanished and then returning secretly in Mayfair, where a swift marriage may reunite them.

Viscount Guy Tregellas encounters a mysterious woman on a Scottish beach and becomes determined to uncover her secrets, while she seeks refuge in London.

The Unruly Chaperon: A Romance and Historical Fiction Tale of Love, Betrayal, and Desires

A U.S. Marshal hunting justice for his first wife’s murder must decide if marriage to a steadfast schoolteacher will save her reputation and restore his own redemption.

Daphne Beaumont, guardian of her younger siblings, adjusts to a new life in Cornwall after inheriting a family estate. When a chance encounter with Charles Weston leads to a rockslide‑locked adventure, Daphne must decide if love is worth courting.

Feisty London street performer Pippa de Lacey finds herself caught between a rebellious Irish chieftain and a royal audience, forcing both to face the desires and destinies that threaten to upend their lives.

After years abroad, Royal returns to a dying duke and a nearly empty treasury. He must marry heiress Jocelyn Caulfield, but his heart is drawn to her cousin Lily Moran, who schemes to recover the estate’s fortune together.

Hugh le Despenser, a young heir burdened by his family’s past, is wed to thirteen‑year‑old Bess de Montacute; as they struggle to build a marriage, a deadly plague threatens the love they are beginning to nurture.

Summer Redding thought the blindingly handsome jock who'd loved and left her years ago had died in the Washington massacre. She grieved for her lost golden boy as the rest of the country mourned their dead, until she comes home to find a very alive Jack Delvaux waiting for her with a devastating secret that turns her life upside down. No longer the carefree man he was in his youth, this Jack is dark, hard and dangerous a fifteen-year veteran of the CIA hungry for answers and hungry for her. The rich, good-looking charmer who broke her heart once before would have been easy to resist, but this man, this powerful man? Summer needs him, and he knows it. When Jack's mission uncovers evidence of government involvement in the massacre and plans for another attack he's primed for revenge. But he has more than vengeance to live for now, and when Summer's life is threatened, it's nearly Jack's undoing. Someone taking shots at his woman? That's dead man walking.

Three college friends reunite after 20 years to revisit an event that changed their lives, sharing adventures, rivalries, secrets, and losses as they reassess that pivotal night.

Major Reese Dewar returns to England wounded, but the real battle lies in reconciling a shattered heart after a love betrayal and an uneasy truce with the widowed Elizabeth Clemens—her son’s safety entangled with his own hopes of love.