Books like Playing for Keeps by Jill Shalvis

Alex Claremont-Diaz, the United States’ First Son, confronts diplomatic drama when he falls for the Prince of Wales, Henry. Their staged truce turns into a real romance that could reshape politics and personal identities alike.

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

Executive assistants Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman battle over a promotion, turning office rivalry into a witty, high‑stakes game of love and humor within Bexley‑Gamin Publishing.

Amid writer's block and a looming deadline, a skeptical romance novelist and a disenchanted literary author trade their craft: she must write a happy ending, he a Great American Novel, as they race to finish before summer ends.

Poppy, a free‑spirited New Yorker, and Alex, a quiet book‑lover from their hometown, have shared summer vacations for a decade until a fateful trip tore them apart. Now, desperate to reclaim their friendship, she invites him for one last getaway.

Stella Lane, a mathematician with Asperger’s, hires an escort to learn the art of love and discovers that emotion can be as logical as numbers.

After a breakup, Tiffy Moore takes a cheap flatshare with night‑shift worker Leon, and they begin exchanging notes about garbage, leftovers, and toilet seats—sparking a friendship and perhaps something more.

In San Francisco, Erin O'Shea confronts a mysterious man claiming to be her brother’s replacement, sparking intrigue, romance, and danger when Treasury Agent Lance Barrett questions her motives.

A San Francisco-based florist with a gift for interpreting flowers transforms the lives of those around her while confronting her own painful past.

Detective Reece Carpenter is hired to solve the Montgomery Clan’s infamous family reunion murder‑mystery. His rival, the striking Tennessee Montgomery, challenges him—and his heart—while they are forced to work together.

Debra Warren, an orphan, discovers she is the daughter of famed actress Elizabeth Steel while teaching in San Francisco, thrust into a world of film, glamour, and luxury.

On a warm May night in San Francisco, the Ritz-Carlton ballroom shimmers with crystal and silver as a glittering, celebrity-studded crowd gathers for a charity dinner dance. The evening is perfect–until, just minutes before midnight, the room begins to sway. Glass shatters. And as the lights go out, people begin to scream…. In the earthquake’s aftermath, the lives of four strangers will converge.… Sarah Sloane, the beautiful wife of a financial whiz, watches her perfect world fall to pieces…. Grammy-winning singer Melanie Free, the event’s headliner, comes to a turning point in her life and career…. Photographer Everett Carson, a former war correspondent whose personal demons have demoted him to covering society parties, finds new purpose amid the carnage…and Sister Maggie Kent, a nun who normally works in jeans and high-tops with the homeless, searches through the rubble–and knows instantly that there is much work to be done…. As the city staggers back to life, a chain reaction of extraordinary events will touch each of the survivors.… For Sarah, it begins with the discovery of a crime and a betrayal, then a strength she never knew she had. For Melanie, volunteering at a refugee camp will open new worlds of possibility. And Everett will be shaken by the unlikely relationship he forges with Maggie, who helps him rebuild his shattered life–and upends her own in the process. But as a year passes, and the anniversary of the earthquake approaches, more surprises are in store–as each discovers the unexpected gifts in a tragedy’s wake…and the amazing grace of new beginnings.

After her husband dies, a woman who has lost her memory discovers evidence of a missing child. With her son by her side, she traces clues that lead her from San Francisco back to a former marriage and a daughter she never knew.

Feisty teen Meg harbors secret feelings for her longtime friend Craig, while the tight-knit friendship of their quartet faces turbulence when Craig’s new relationship with Cynthia Collier and Meg’s accidental date with biology classmate Mike Sanders stir drama.

A man finds himself falling in love with the same woman he's been chasing for years, but can he resist the temptation of the woman he already knows and loves?

After her husband’s sudden death, mother Stephanie Adams navigates grief and a new path when she meets country star Chase Taylor, learning to balance family, freedom, and a thrilling journey across America.