Books like The pirate & I by Katharine Ashe

A Scottish beauty discovers her true feelings in the Highlands with a mysterious Lord Fairfax, but her new husband's troubled past threatens to unravel their passionate love story.

Set during the chaotic beginnings of Napoleon's rule, this saga tells the story of Gabriel St. Croix, a street survivor searching for a place to belong. Abandoned as a child and raised in a brothel, he has never known friendship or affection. Hiding physical and emotional scars behind an icy facade, his only relationship is with a young boy he has spent the last five years protecting from the brutal reality of their environment. But all that is about to change. The boy's family has found him, and they are coming to take him home. Sarah Munroe blames herself for her brother's disappearance. When he's located, safe and unharmed despite where he has been living, Sarah vows to help the man who rescued and protected him in any way she can. With loving patience she helps Gabriel face his demons and teaches him to trust in friendship and love. But when the past catches up with him, Gabriel must face it on his own. Becoming a mercenary, pirate, and professional gambler, he travels to London, France, and the Barbary Coast in a desperate attempt to find Sarah again. On the way, however, he will discover the most dangerous journey and the greatest gamble of all is within the darkest reaches of his own heart.

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

A young man abandons his office job to set sail with his former pirate mother, exploring the sea and their unconventional bond in this New Zealand children's picture story.

A waitress falls in love with a chef from the city, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and adventure in the small town of Sweet Briar.

A modern romance that explores the complexities of love and commitment, centering on a woman who hesitates to accept the idea of marriage.

Kate, a successful magazine writer in her mid-30s, struggles to find love in modern times, while also trying to keep her family's Scottish estate from foreclosure.

A woman with a medical background finds herself drawn to a charming but complicated man, and a new romance is born when she realizes he's just what the doctor ordered.

Susie and Mack's romance after losing the love of their lives and facing a devastating diagnosis in the Maryland coastal community of Chesapeake Shores.

Kate Inskip discovers a pirate in her dreams that turns out to be a man who is more than just a dream

A Russian prince saves a young American woman from a man-eating monster and unexpectedly gets her pregnant.

A tale of two lovers in London's elite society of the 19th century, where a man and woman with conflicting passions clash and ultimately find a new path forward in the shadow of scandal and societal expectations.

Megan Lowe, a former marriage counselor, finds herself thrust back into the spotlight when her ex-husband, Devin Kenney, becomes famous as the author of a book about divorce.

A fearless woman seeks freedom aboard a privateer’s ship, sparking a passionate clash of wills as she resists love and confronts his brother‑saving mission.