Books like Charming Lily by Fern Michaels

Reid’s lush tale follows film legend Evelyn Hugo as she unveils the truth of her glamorous, scandal‑ridden life to an unlikely biographer, revealing the intersecting fates of Hollywood’s biggest star and a struggling reporter.

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.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

When Lady Brenna is captured on her way to Scotland, she is forced to marry highlander laird Connor MacAlister, setting her on a path of love, war, and vengeance.

After losing the man she loves, Louisa Clark must rebuild her life and find herself again while navigating grief and new relationships.

Blaze is Stephen King's early novel, originally written before Carrie and published in 2007 under his pseudonym Richard Bachman after a rewrite that cut much sentimentality.

Harriet, a successful model haunted by childhood pain, finds herself drawn to the indifferent tycoon Jotham Gaul, whose detachment threatens to shatter her fragile hope for love.

Tory Bodeen returns to a South Carolina town scarred by her best friend Hope’s unsolved murder. Determined to open a home‑design shop, she seeks peace—and the chance to rebuild a bond with Hope’s brother, Cade—while confronting a lurking killer.

A reluctant heiress to a $40 million inheritance hides in Cape Cod, only to find love in an earnest lawyer who must outwit her money‑hungry family.

A mother's nightmare returns as she discovers her children are missing in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and must confront the shadowy figure who murdered her first children.

After surviving a botched kidnapping, Emma McAvoy—faced with her father's secrets and a dangerous fame—must confront memories that threaten her life and love as a former idol’s new husband hides a deadly past.

Janet Dailey’s debut romance follows an Indy car racer’s heartfelt journey through Indiana’s racing culture, weaving passion, family, and the roar of the Indianapolis Speedway into a spirited love story.

Melissa Morland's dream life—married to Charles Revington, pregnant, and living in a French manor—shatters when the truth of her child's conception surfaces. Anger and disillusionment split their love, leaving only a small miracle to mend the gap.

The Earl of Rockbrook, fleeing an unwanted marriage, is injured in the countryside and nursed by a country girl he ultimately marries, only to discover his expectations of her are far from reality.

After winning the spot she worked for, physiotherapist Davina opens her own clinic for England’s Redford Rovers. When board member Maxwell Blair shows unexpected interest, romance and professional intrigue collide on the field.

When the commended five siblings of the Vanderbeeker family learn they must leave their Harlem brownstone after Christmas, they set out to convince their reclusive landlord to keep them in place.

A story of ambition, love, and justice in New York City, following Lina Sparrow as she fights for a historic lawsuit against her corporate law firm.

An anthology of three contemporary romance stories centered on family, love, and holiday reunions: a flight‑attendant’s return home, a Tik‑own‑grudge couple’s weekend in Texas, and a mother‑daughter journey of forgiveness and self‑realization.

When charming pilot Asher Adams transports hometown sweetheart Corey McKinney deep into the Amazon, their daring adventure sparks a passionate romance amid jungle danger.

Zac Randolph owns and runs the Little Corner of Heaven Saloon in San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast. He's a gambler by trade and by nature. He takes care of the girls who work for him, but no woman is as exciting as gambling, no woman means as much to him as his saloon. His life is perfect until a distant cousin, Lily Sterling, arrives from Virginia and upsets everything. Taking Zac up on a casually extended invitation, this fresh-faced beauty has fled her father and a prospective husband. She insists she doesn't want Zac to take care of her, but Zac is as good-hearted as he is selfish. He knows Lily is too innocent for San Francisco. When he can't convince her to go back to Virginia, he tries to find her a safe job. But Lily's good-heartedness continually gets her into trouble from which Zac has to rescue her. When she is caught in his bed, compromised (she wasn't, but nobody's going to believe two nearly naked people), an immediate wedding was the only solution. Lily was more than happy to believe Zac loves her, but Zac is determined to stay away from Lily so he can leave her with a clean conscience. Lily sees only the good in Zac and believes she's been sent to San Francisco to save him from himself, but Zac is determined to get Lily away from the saloon and out of his system. He should have known by now that where there's a "flower woman", there's a Randolph about to lose his heart.

Lily, a garden‑talent fairy, discovers an unusual seed in the forest, plants it in her garden, and fears the strange plant it may produce will force her to uproot it.

A contemporary fiction romance that weaves suspense around a missing person mystery set in Connecticut, touching on themes of motherhood, love, and resilience.

Gay Northiam, a sprightly and beautiful young woman in the 1920s, is courted by many eligible suitors. When she meets the respected barrister Geoffrey Daunt, she discovers the sting of unrequited love and the heartbreak of a love triangle.