Books like Second Chance by Jodi Taylor

Four‑year‑old physics professor Jason Dessen is abducted and drugged, waking in a dystopian world where his family and reality are altered, forcing him to confront a formidable foe and the darkest parts of himself.

A love story set in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, where Anne Elliot finds herself amidst the Regency era as her sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, leading to an unexpected reunion with Captain Frederick Wentworth and the return of her beloved.

Don Tillman, a genetics professor with Asperger’s, designs a scientific survey to find a wife, only to meet Rosie Jarman, a drinker and late arriver who challenges his controlled worldview and leads him to discover that love can’t be measured.

When the 1970s voyage of vessel Atagaris into the Mariana Trench goes missing, its mystery remains unsolved—until a new crew sets out to find the truth. Among them, young scientist Victoria Stewart hopes to uncover the fate of her sister and the deep‑sea secret that lies beneath.

Jack Finney’s classic time‑travel tale follows commercial artist Si Morley, recruited by the U.S. Army to imagine himself in 1882 New York, where he encounters love and paradoxes while navigating a secret project that rewrites history.

James Salter's 'All that is' is a captivating and sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition. A deeply intimate portrait of the emotional and physical experiences of being alive. Set during the golden decades following World War II, the book captures Salter's lifelong obsession with capturing the intimate, ephemeral spaces that all of us hold and leave behind on paper. After serving as a young officer in Okinawa during the war, Philip Bowman returns home to a small publishing house in New York. The frenetic social scene of New York in the post-war era is a backdrop for the story, where Bowman feels at home. However, his enduring love seems to elude him. When he meets a woman who captivates him, Bowman embarks on a journey that he never intended to take. The book is celebrated for its lyrical evocation of a post-war world imaginatively rendered and beautifully written.

Peach Blossom Paradise is a Chinese historical romance that explores man‑woman relationships, marriage, and family life through the lens of a woman’s experiences.

Risa Jones, a half-werewolf, must retrieve the last key to the gates of hell before the vampire council head, Madeleine Hunter, launches a plan for apocalyptic domination, or her loved ones will perish.

A charming historical romance about a woman who starts an amateur orchestra to boost the morale of a small English town during World War II.

A young woman's passion for T. S. Eliot's letters becomes a central plot in this heart-wrenching novel of marriage, desire, and the Holocaust.

Sixteen‑year‑old Kate Pierce‑Keller discovers a blue medallion that lets her travel back to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, where she must stop a murder that threatens her present and decide whether to alter history.

A tale of forbidden love and political intrigue in 19th-century France, blending historical fiction and erotic romance with a touch of psychic vision for Elza, the French mistress of a French commander and the main character’s love story with Napoleon Bonaparte.

Caasi Crane, CEO of a West Coast hotel chain, discovers she not only needs but loves her former general manager, Blake Sherrill, while Angie struggles to reconcile a past betrayal involving Simon and a long‑stolen sum of money.

When a Vermont farmer sells land claimed to be a sacred Abenaki burial ground, a police investigation is triggered, drawing in a reluctant ghost hunter who discovers a hidden murder and a mysterious woman tied to the town’s dark past.

A tale of revenge and passion on the opulent Fifth Avenue of New York City, featuring the captivating Nina De Bonnard and the dashing rogue Jordan Windsor, where a woman's true love and her pursuit of revenge collide with the world of opulence and decadence.

Former FBI agent Duke Harper teams up with TV reporter Beth St. Regis as they unravel a cold case that threatens to turn lethal.

Madeline "Max" Maxwell, a budding time‑travelling historian at St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, discovers that history is a perilous business as she attempts to salvage artifacts from the fading Great Library of Alexandria while staying true to observation-only orders.