Books like More Than She Expected by Karen Templeton

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.

When Lady Brenna is captured on her way to Scotland, she is forced to marry highlander laird Connor MacAlister, setting her on a path of love, war, and vengeance.

Elizabeth Cameron, Countess of Havenhurst, faces scandal when she is found with the notorious gambler Ian Thornton, whose secret wealth and lineage turn their devotion into a battle of trust and passion across London and the Scottish Highlands.

Convenient Bride for the King is a romance novel by Kelly Hunter that explores themes of love, duty, and destiny within a fictional setting.

Ashby Templeton dreams of love and a family, but her heart is held back by her idea of a perfect husband. When handsome cowboy Dan Dawson Jr. offers to prove he can make her dreams true, Ashby faces the choice between longing and a life she’s never imagined.

A former birth mother, Winnie Porter, confronts the family she left years ago by returning to see her son Robbie, while her past threatens to unravel the life of his adoptive father, Aidan Black.

A struggling single mother and a charismatic innkeeper clash over a house, a girls’ dreams, and the promise of a new life together in New England.

Having completed his sentence for the unintentional crime that derailed his youthful plans for fame and fortune, Levi Grant looks to start over in the town of Spencer, Texas. Spencer needs a blacksmith, a trade he learned at his father's knee, and he needs a place where no one knows his past. But small towns leave little room for secrets... Eden Spencer has sworn off men, choosing instead to devote her time to the lending library she runs. When a mountain-sized stranger walks through her door and asks to borrow a book, she steels herself against the attraction he provokes. His halting speech and hesitant manner leave her doubting his intelligence. Yet as the mysteries of the town's new blacksmith unfold, Eden discovers hidden depths in him that tempt her heart. Levi's renewed commitment to his faith leads Eden to believe she's finally found a man of honor and integrity, a man worthy of her love. But when the truth about his prodigal past comes to light, can this tarnished hero find a way to win back the librarian's affections?

Ex‑soldier Logan Thibault, haunted by Iraq memories, seeks the woman in a photograph he found in his pack. He embarks on a journey that uncovers a startling truth while Beth, the woman in the picture, battles her own turmoil.