Books like Destiny's Splendor by Kathleen Drymon

A challenging romance novel featuring a man and a woman's struggle against societal expectations.

Carefree supermodel Stephanie travels to a Caribbean estate to babysit her sister Fiona’s spoiled nephew. While juggling the duties with her brother‑in‑law Christian, she discovers he’s there to thwart a kidnapping plot.

Lorna struggles to love the man who just broke her sister’s heart, fearing the same fate for herself. Will she find true happiness with Ashley Ward or repeat her sister’s sorrow?

A passionate romance entwined with revenge, following Suzanne as she confronts a mysterious Hungarian lover who seeks to use her to exact vengeance on her family's dark past.

In a candlelit London room, Lady Suisan Harper is drawn to the dangerous charm of Myles Cunningham, a man who threatens her family's weaving business and the Scottish clan tartans. Their growing attraction weaves a tale of love, betrayal, and destiny.

Hannah Jourdain travels to Morocco seeking a business partner, only to find herself trapped in a dangerous bargain with the mysterious Khalil ben Hrima.

Three friends—Rhapsody, a magically enchanted singer; Achmed, a deadly assassin; and Gunther, whose power comes from the earth—must stop the F'dor, an enigmatic figure seeking to awaken an ancient, world‑consuming fire.

At a Shelbyville reunion, Carla reconnects with her childhood friend Brigg Carlyle, who has changed over fifteen years, forcing her to confront a past for which she feels a misplaced destiny.

Corinne balances budding art ambitions with new friendships in a summer class where disagreements reveal unexpected common ground.

In 1952, William Cobridge returns from America altered, seeking real experience after a luxurious life. He meets teacher Paula Frost at Cobridge House and wonders if a budding romance could thrive amid unexpected challenges.

A Nation in flames. A passion triumphant. The Civil War. An epic battle that pitted brother against brother, father against son, lover against lover. It all started out so innocently. Bevin Cameron and Reeve Walker had been roommates at the university in Cambridge and had forged a strong friendship. At Harvard they had been just two students who had been able to put the conflict brewing between the North and South aside. Then, deciding to play “Cupid” between his stepsister and best friend, Bevin invited Reeve to spend the summer on his father’s plantation near Richmond, Virginia little realizing the havoc that would be unleashed. Though Reeve was greeted with Southern hospitality, there was an undercurrent of tension as the Camerons waited to see if their state would be pulled into the quickly blossoming war. Reeve was viewed with suspicion that turned to hostility by some, but he found a kindred spirit in Allegra. When Virginia voted to secede from the Union to join with the Confederate States Reeve realized that the south was no place for a Northerner. Allegra found that she and her lover were suddenly in two different countries, two different worlds, as their lands prepared for war. Reeve Walker was a Yankee; Allegra was the daughter of one of the richest plantation owners in Virginia. To those around them that made them enemies. But Allegra knew what was in her heart. She gave up everything to marry Reeve—but that was only the beginning. Driven by her love, she risked prison to see him, disguised herself as a soldier to save him, nursed the wounded and dying in the infamous Libby Prison just to be close to him, and when everyone said he was dead, never stopped loving him. For theirs was a passion forged in the captivating flames of love and desire.

When she is dropped through a portal into the Plains, warrior Bethral must save Ezren Silvertongue, the man she secretly loves, from their enemies in an unforgiving land where they must learn new customs in order to stay alive.

Twilla, an orphaned apprentice, escapes a fatal wedding by using a powerful talisman and joins a blind commander’s son on a perilous quest to protect colonists and elven allies from a rising threat in an enchanted forest.

In turn‑of‑the‑century Nebraska, Phillipa Marquette escapes an arranged marriage and meets fiercely determined rancher Ryan Murphy, who is both drawn to her and haunted by a terrible secret.

When sixth‑grader Theo moves to Destiny, Florida to live with his Vietnam veteran Uncle Chester, he discovers a piano, new friends, and a mystery that tests loyalty and courage.

335 pages ; 19 cm810L Lexile

A Cheyenne maiden of exceptional skill faces love and longing in a world where her talents outshine others and her heart aches for a forbidden bond.

A speculative vision of a universe‐wide future where humanity faces alien worlds and internal struggles, as humanity’s ambition expands beyond Earth into the cosmos.

A glamorous city...where terror awaited. Natalie's decision to work in Monte Carlo for the summer thrust her into a strange glittering world. There she met Ramona, a millionaire's daughter--and a woman dangerously obsessed with gambling. Impulsively she tried to help when Ramona confided a terrible secret: she was being blackmailed. Natalie was sure they could outwit the scoundrel. But soon she, too, was drawn into a whirl of deceit that spun her faster and faster toward ruin.

Love or Hate? Their searing passion drove them to magical heights of ecstasy... Forced into the employ of a lustful tavern-keeper whose rapacious attacks made her his slave by night as well as by day, orphaned Kate McCrae escaped from the squalor of her life by stowing away on Captain Jason Steele's whaler. But Jason, jilted on his wedding eve, his manhood threatened, himself took brutal advantage of Kate's young and voluptuous body. And so she quickly learned that in order to survive, she must turn a man's carnal desires to her own advantage. But first she would punish Jason Steele for his betrayal-punish him to assuage her own guilt, for she had fallen in love with this handsome, bitter man who mistreated her so savagely. Thus begins a tumultuous saga of wild lust, all-consuming desire, and the tender yet violent love that binds Kate to the one man she wants, and to the many men who want her. Lying, cheating, scheming--all are part of Kate's plan. But nothing can stifle her love for Jason, a love that transcends time, distance, and the limits of human passion.