Books like The Summer They Never Forgot by Kandy Shepherd

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.

Two fiercely independent suitors arrange a summer affair that turns to real love, set against the glittering social scene of Regency‑era London.

Jake Langston, torn between bitter manhood and passion, confronts demons from his past and rediscover love as he sets out on the dusty trails to Texas.

Mary Jo Summerhill needs Evan's help and love three years after their breakup.

Victoria Bradshaw’s return to an old love, now a widower with a young son, leads her on a spring journey to a Scottish castle where they rediscover romance and the complexities of human connection.

While vacationing in Greece, Fran Myers discovers a baby swept in by a tornado and must care for the child, leading her and her new partner, CEO Nik Angelis, to confront their long‑dreams of parenthood and romance.

Pregnant Laura Malone is on the run, discovering refuge in a snowbound cabin where she meets the solitary Gabriel Bradley. Compelled to help, Gabriel confronts his past while a fragile bond forms amid the harsh terrain.

A charming 1930s romance where aspiring writer Melissa Barclay and lawyer Lex Carson navigate love, inheritance, and counterfeit intrigue amid family and canine companions.

A heartwarming Christmas collection featuring a returning reporter reuniting with his lost love, twin brothers seeking a new mom, and a cabin‑dwelling stranger who brings hope amid a blizzard.

A widowed Amish man's love for a widow captivates the community.

A woman tries to rekindle her relationship with her astronaut husband while struggling with family secrets and marital conflict.

Graduate student Ashley Davison and former army intelligence officer Dashiell Tyler are forced to share a cramped car from San Francisco to Seattle during the holiday season, where a series of misadventures sparks an unexpected romance.

Mary Rose would have loved her job nursing in the large military hospital in Singapore if she had not been so heartsick at suddenly learning her fiance was in love with another girl. Now she wanted only to get away from everything, so when Ninian Macandrew, who had also recently been jilted, asked her to travel to his New Zealand home with him and pose as his fiancee, it seemed the answer to her problems as well as his own. But "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" Warmly welcomed into Ninian's home by his kindly parents, treated as a loved daughter, Mary had to remind herself that it was all based on a lie. And there was no chance that Ninian would turn it into reality, for it was clear that he still loved his former fiancee, who was still, as his brother's wife, very much in the picture.

Hired by telegram—and by mistake. Valancy Adam-Smith had never even heard of novelist Godfrey Carmichael when she applied by wire for the job as his secretary. So his fury when he discovered "V. Adam-Smith" was female both startled and intrigued her. Who were the women who had so bitterly disillusioned him? And why, Valancy wondered, should it matter to her that Godfrey's former fiancée had returned to New Zealand, obviously hoping for a reconciliation.

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After a rocky marriage, Jay Crawford meets the irresistibly seductive Ashlee Anderson. A one-night stand turns into a fiery, obsessive affair where devotion and turmoil collide, forcing Jay to confront whether love or danger wins.

In a charming Oregon coastal town, newcomer Hank Cooper inherits a sprawling beachfront property, thrusting him into a battle between preserving community life and succumbing to developers’ ambitions. He must decide whether to abandon his past or forge a new future.

A budding chocolatier and a single father with a talent for cocoa create a sweet business partnership that tests their ability to separate work and romance.

Liza Lithgow, a celebrity devoted to her sister, thinks she’s escaped the red‑carpet grind, only to find a publisher’s kiss‑and‑tell deal threatens her new start.