Books like Fascination (Loveswept Classic) by Joan Elliott Pickart

Reunited in San Francisco, Lise Holbrook's guarded heart faces the challenge of love when a powerful businessman—Jordan Haves—tries to win her over, threatening to unearth her painful past.

Janice Jennings, hardened by past heartbreak, hides her true self until Taylor Sinclair, a charismatic and unpolished suitor, sees beyond her modest exterior and sparks a transformative romance.

After a painful break-up, Minta Westerly returns home and is stunned to find her former love, Chism Talbert, in the doorway. Torn between past promises and present desire, they must decide if love can survive time's wounds.

When Bliss Barton wakes to a hangover, a rugged stranger, Dutton McHugh, finds her irresistible. In a contemporary romance, their playful banter turns to daring affection as they navigate desires, family ties, and a growing love.

Alison Murdock tried her best to remain proper and professional, but how could she describe her unusual inheritance to the most handsome and exciting man she'd ever seen? Tucker Boone was rugged, tanned, with sky blue eyes any Texas cowboy would be proud to call his own, and then there were those kissable lips . ... Allison felt her composure slip, her temperature rise and her heart pound-she was supposed to deliver an English butler to this wanderer but how could a "gentleman's gentleman" fit into Tucker's life? Tucker swore he was no gentleman, and then did his best to prove it, stunning the lady lawyer with kisses that made her forget work and long to play. Alison had spent years reaching for the top-why did being with Tucker satisfy her so? And now Tucker waned roots, a future with this beautiful, complicated woman, but he needed a plan... and the help of his knowing butter to pull it off. Could he make Alison see she couldn't settle for less than love?

THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THEM WAS INSTANTANEOUS, — BUT CAN IT SURVIVE THEIR DIFFERENCES? At first they just watched each other, he from the courtyard bench, and she from her office window, until the suspense was too intriguing to resist. When wily detective work revealed to lawyer Jess Webster that he'd spent two weeks gazing at Robin Kent of Kent's Temps, he just had to meet the lady face-to-face. Surprised by her own feelings for her appealing admirer, Robin agreed to have dinner with him, but the chemistry they'd felt seemed suddenly to disappear: she adored fast food and football, while he lived for gourmet meals and shunned the game! Still, when their lips met, the attraction was irresistible...

Her man of the mist... — In the foggy cocoon of night, Alinda Hunter bared her soul to a mysterious stranger on a shadowy beach, then surrender her body and heart -- but ran away without ever asking his name! The rugged man with summer-sky eyes had made her feel alive again after months of grieving over a love betrayed, but she knew he was a fantasy, a magical gift that she could never keep. Paul-Anthony Payton vowed to find the lady whose yearning spirit had filled him with hope and made him believe in happiness, but once he traced her, he never expected she'd deny what they'd shared... or that she'd hide a truth that could bind them for always. Alida felt bewitched by the spell of Paul-Anthony's passion, but she feared that loving meant losing -- and she was terrified to risk the sorrow that ecstasy seemed to promise. Paul-Anthony had shared her secrets and understood her pain, but could Alida escape the ghosts of memory and trust in his forever love?

Grace Wren, a beautiful but poor young woman, agrees to marry the ailing Marquess of Stonehaven, Lord Arran Rossmara, to secure financial security, only to discover her fiancé is younger and more energetic than expected, leading to a passionate and deceptive courtship.