Books like Hotel hostess by Faith Baldwin

In post‑war New York, Newland Archer faces a dilemma when his fiancée’s cousin, the rebellious Ellen Olenska, challenges his elite society’s expectations and his own loyalty.

In Edith Wharton’s classic, Lily Bart, a beautiful and intelligent young woman devoted to luxury, struggles to navigate New York’s strict social hierarchy and moral expectations, ultimately confronting the limits of her independence.

A thrilling tale of espionage, history, and the hunt for the Knights Templar's lost treasure, set against the backdrop of New York's most prestigious museum and the federal FBI investigation.

Five years after a sudden breakup, Jenny Wolf returns to Cripple Creek as a hotel employee only to find her former lover, Cole Stadler, now the owner. Secrets and old feelings collide as they navigate a new romantic terrain.

20s Young Woman’s Adventures in Old Edinburgh

Five days in a hot Louisiana summer, a colorful cast of characters intertwine through public, private, and personal dramas inside the famed St. Gregory luxury hotel.

Mrs. Tim spends a temporary job as a hotel maid, working for the formidable Miss Erica Clutterbuck while her husband serves in Egypt.

Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist. It follows the career of Undine Spragg, recently arrived in New York from the Midwest and determined to conquer high society. Glamorous, selfish, mercenary, and manipulative, her principal assets are her striking beauty, her tenacity, and her father's money. With her sights set on an advantageous marriage, Undine pursues her schemes in a world of shifting values, where triumph is swiftly followed by disillusion. Wharton was re-creating an environment she knew intimately, and Undine's education for social success is chronicled in meticulous detail. The novel superbly captures the world of post-Civil War Ameria, as ruthless in its social ambitions as in its business and politics. - Back cover.

"When Jenna goes to work in her aunt's French hotel, she finds that someone is determined to force her family out. Is it the darkly forbidding Luc de Villiers? Centuries ago, the son of the lord of the chateau had fallen in love with the girl from the village inn. Was history repeating itself? Only when Jenna's life is put in danger does she discover the truth behind the chateau's legend and find love in place of long-ago tragedy."--Publisher description.

Mysterious death in a cosmopolitan London hotel’s cellars pulls together misfits, exiles, chefs, and others into the kitchen’s intimate world, revealing the city’s hidden diversity.

In Code Name: Princess, a Navy SEAL detective’s high‑stakes missions collide with a ransom thriller, blending action, romance, and suspense in contemporary United States settings.

After a decade of loss and resilience, Ashley Reynolds finds new hope in Winslow, Arizona, where work as a Harvey Girl and the arrival of a mysterious architect spark unexpected change.