Books like Appassionata by Jilly Cooper

A tale set in rural Maine about a young doctor and his orphaned patient, the story of the CIDER HOUSE RULES.

Three sisters and a mysterious impostor converge on the Winslow estate in wartime England, sparking intrigue over a vanished heiress and a young woman's desperate bid for identity.

Alex, a coroner, investigates supernatural activity in Hughes County, Texas, where paranormal phenomena abound and the local police force is not up to the task. Her new colleagues, including a techmage named Jack, are also paranormal, and they encourage her to use her ability to communicate with the dead to solve crimes. When her first case goes missing, Alex is transferred to a mysterious precinct where she meets Jack, who turns out to be her long-lost sister. Together, they must unravel the mystery and clear Hughes County of the supernatural threats that plague it.

Nicola’s world is shattered when her beloved music partner dies, but a coveted secretary role with a celebrated opera singer opens a path to new music and unexpected danger—and the man who took her love away.

Two intertwined lives—pop star Jamie Lane seeks anonymity and a teacher Anne Stewart confronts trauma—collide in a small Washington town where identity, forgiveness, and second chances surface.

A burnt‑out musician finds hope and love on a struggling ranch, where he and a widowed mother of many must learn to trust each other and build a family together.

A collection of gothic romance tales that weave supernatural mysteries and occult magic into the wonder of the Christmas season, featuring love stories, musicians, and dramatic settings from castles to islands.

Riders follows a colorful cast of show‑jumping stars in the English Cotswolds as rival horsemen Jake Lovell and aristocrat Rupert Campbell‑Black clash for dominance on the world stage, exploring the highs and lows of elite equestrian life.

At 33, event planner Suzanne Hamilton’s seemingly perfect life crumbles after a freak accident, forcing her to reevaluate career, friendships and romance while planning a celebrity wedding with country star Dylan Burke.

A musical adventure about three brothers, a bully, and a group of schoolchildren who perform Brundibár, a Czech opera, to save their mother from Nazi concentration camp Terezin in 1943.

A collection of African‑American short stories that explore romance, heartbreak, struggle, and faith, highlighting diverse experiences of love and personal growth.

A novel about love, high living, intrigue and a missing painting. Raymond Kelvedon had been a dashing subaltern in 1944 when he had come across the glorious painting by Raphael depicting Pandora releasing the seven deadly sins into the world. The painting ended up on the bedroom wall of his beautiful home, Foxes Court, in the peaceful county of Larkshire. His tempestuous wife, Galina, entertained her lovers there as well as giving birth to her four children beneath its watchful gaze, but after her tragic and mysterious death, Raymond kept the painting hidden away in a tower room, its existence forgotten by most of those who ever knew about it. Now, Raymond has a gallery, a new wife and adorable young twins, as well as his four grown children. Then into all their lives erupts Emerald – lovely, talented and desperately searching for her real parents. Zach Ansteig, an attractive and mysterious American encourages her to go to Foxes Court where, he persuades her, her birth mother will be found. The Kelvedon family is outraged. But Zach is also searching for something – the Raphael Pandora, which he believes should belong to him.

Re‑entering a post‑war community, a nineteen‑year‑old former convict finds that his return threatens not only his own family but the whole town, revealing hidden secrets and a strained mother‑son bond.

The Awakening of Ivy Leavold is a historical romance novel by Sierra Simone that explores love and personal growth against a period backdrop.