Books like Midsummer Sorcery by Joan Elliott Pickart

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.

Shakespeare’s classic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, follows four young lovers who wander into an enchanted forest where fairies, Hobgoblins, and mischievous Puck stir hilariously magical chaos.

Blaze Holland lives a quiet, contented life—until a blizzard ride with rogue visiting professor Taylor Shay sparks an irresistible attraction. Determined to keep romance out of their friendship, they draft a rule: love means the end of their game.

Finn O'Casey, a painter, falls in love with bookstore employee Liberty Shaw after an impulsive kiss in the stacks. Their romance is intertwined with the mysteries surrounding Beverly Shaw's domain.

Amnity Ames, a crafts shop owner, must navigate a dangerous love triangle when handsome carpenter Tander Ellis enters her life—and her past involvement with stolen diamonds starts to surface.

In an Arkansas town hosting German POWs during World War II, 12‑year‑old Patty Bergen befriends the escaped prisoner Anton, learning that humanity can transcend prejudice and fear.

Regina O'Doul, the millionaire playboy, is accused of a crime, leading to a twenty-four-hour surveillance mission to prove his innocence or guilt.

After a tragic loss, Heather Wade resists a dangerous rhythm of love—until Air Force test pilot Jace Dalton, nicknamed the "eagle catcher," challenges her to rediscover passion and courage.

Handsome pediatrician Preston Harper desires to care for a baby rather than a wife, but when Dinah Bradshaw arrives with her daughter Jenny, he must decide whether to build a family together or keep his medical focus alone.

Mallory Carson seeks a man who’s everything her mother dreams for her—until she meets the handsome divorce lawyer Michael Patterson, leading to a chaotic, humorous tale of love and self‑discovery in Tucson.

Writer Whitney Jordan swaps a staged romance for a real one when a charming stranger claims her to be his future wife, sparking a heartfelt and witty romance as plans for a nephew’s marriage unfold.

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.

There was definitely a naked man asleep in Cassidy Cole's bathtub! With his ruggedly handsome face and "kissin' lips," Sagan Jones was a single woman's dream, and how could she resist a smoothtalking vagabond with roving hands who promised he'd stay only until his luggage caught up with him? Sagan had come to Cherokee, Arizona, after promising Cassidy's brother he'd check up on her. He'd flexed his muscles, smiled his heartstopping smile, and won over everyone in town except her; she'd surrendered her bed to his lanky frame-would her virtue be next? Dancing in his arms filled her with sweet ecstasy, and where he touched, she melted. But Sagan had spent years running from loneliness, and though his lips vowed endless pleasures, Cassidy knew he wasn't a man to put down roots... and she was staying pit. Could she make him see that in a world full of Mirages and dreams that died with day, her love was real and everlasting?

Jill Tinsley, a determined house‑painting entrepreneur, discovers that letting someone else in can bring more joy than independence alone. When her path crosses Chip Chandler’s, he lifts her hopes, but doubt clouds whether love can make her dream of art real.

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.

John‑Trevor Payton, an unconventional detective, is hired by eccentric Colonel Blackstone to locate his estranged daughter, Paisley Kane, in Denver.

A young art student discovers a portal to the Otherworld at a sprawling country estate, where a charming and innocent young man emerges—capturing her heart amid a legacy of lost children and fairy magic.

When a popular television host challenges the idea of true romance, an attorney and her outspoken opponent are forced into a snowbound cabin where they discover that love can bloom in unexpected places.

A contemporary Scottish writer uncovers a secret from 1708 involving a Jacobite invasion and a long‑lost tragedy, as a haunting ancestral memory threatens to unleash the buried truth for all to see.

Magic Trilogy #1 Philip Hawksbury, the Earl of Rothermere, obeying his father's dying wish, hies himself to Scotland to offer for one of the daughters of Alexander Kilbracken, the Earl of Ruthven. Frances Kilbracken, informed of the earl's arrival and his mission, disguises herself as a bespectacled dowd so she won't be the one selected by the young earl. But choose her he does, and for all the wrong reasons. The newly married couple return to England, together but not at all happy. Philip dumps Frances at Desborough Hall, his ancestral estate, and heads back to his old life in London. Ah, but Desborough has a stud farm and racing stable, and Frances is magic with horses. When the earl returns to his home, driven by guilt, he discovers the woman he married has grossly deceived him. What follows is a battle of the sexes that will have you chuckling, maybe even howling with laughter...

When the beloved glassblower Claire Danner Crispin agrees to co‑chair Nantucket’s Children Summer Gala, she must juggle fundraising, a rekindled romance with ex‑high‑school sweetheart Max West and a passionate affair with the event’s Executive Director, Lockhart Dixon, all while keeping her family and business afloat.

Juxtaposing self‑improvement and unexpected romance, Midsummer Madness follows shy bookkeeper Juliet Huddleston as she transforms her image in the small town of Emerald Gap—only to find herself falling for town heartthrob Cody McIntyre.