Books like Winter in July by Essie Summers

Two generations of MacDonald and Campbell families clash when a young settler’s niece and a colonial officer intersect on a remote New Zealand sheep station.

An English governess arrives in New Zealand to work for a widowed uncle, only to be mistrusted as a gold digger by his earnest grandson.

When Thomasina wins a trip to New Zealand, she brings her young half‑brother and sister for a family holiday and a chance to meet her father’s friend, Uncle Eb.

Spring in September follows Susannah Carew as she returns to New Zealand, where tangled relationships with Morgan Blair and John test her loyalties.

Convenient Bride for the King is a romance novel by Kelly Hunter that explores themes of love, duty, and destiny within a fictional setting.

Maria travels to New Zealand as a nursing companion, hoping to find her estranged father and build a new life, but love with Struan Mandeville at Heronshaw threatens to keep her from that goal.

Joanna’s New Zealand holiday turns into a snowy adventure when she ends up on Matthew Greenwood’s sheep station, Heronscrag, where love, hard work, and a ticking clock with a fiancée test her resolve.

A contemporary Scottish writer uncovers a secret from 1708 involving a Jacobite invasion and a long‑lost tragedy, as a haunting ancestral memory threatens to unleash the buried truth for all to see.

A teenage girl, Eilen, struggles with her growing feelings for Michael, fearing danger yet drawn to him. In this 1990s romance, she wrestles with her heart and safety as her attraction to Michael grows.

Essie Summers’ autobiographical account reveals how her vivid New Zealand settings captivated readers worldwide, sparking fascination with both her life and the country she portrays.

Children's writer Brodie Nicol returns to her native New Zealand to visit her old friend Una Isbister. While driving out to Una's home Brodie finds herself in the middle of a snowstorm and seeks refuge at a nearby farmhouse - only to discover that the farm and its owner's children are being looked after by Guthrie Chisholm - her ex-fiance. Furthermore, Brodie discovers that she will not be able to leave immediately the snowstorm abates - because the farm is in quarantine. Clearly Una had known that Guthrie was staying nearby, and had planned a little matchmaking in inviting Brodie to stay. And it would appear that nature had helped her endeavours along immeasurably. But what Una doesn't know - and what no one except Brodie knows - is the true reason she had suddenly ended her engagement to Guthrie two years ago. In fact, even Guthrie does not know that two years ago, Brodie had overheard the conversation which took place in a pretty little English church, between himself and a woman called Anne.

Jane Grey's new-found step-grandmother Esmeralda was a perfect darling, and Jane loved her dearly even before she solved all her problems for her. For Jane had been hunting for a place for her family to live and work in, and Esmeralda's offer of a house in the beautiful Otago district of New Zealand, where Jane and her mother could paint pictures and sell them to tourists, exceeded anything they could possibly have hoped to find. And it was even nicer that it would enable Jane to lend a helping hand to Esmeralda too. So she just couldn't see why Esmeralda's grim neighbour, Broderic Adair, should be so disagreeable about everything, and so suspicious of everything Jane did . . .