Books like The hawk and the jewel by Lori Wick

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

A novel about Emma Woodhouse, a young woman's struggles with matchmaking, misplaced pride, and the dangers of meddling in others' lives in 18th-century England.

Amanda Briars, an unmarried novelist, contracts a one‑night affair with the notorious businessman Jack Devlin, only to discover that their fleeting pleasure may pave the way for a marriage that could change both of their lives.

Thomas Hardy’s bleak final novel follows Jude Fawley, a stonemason from rural Wessex, whose search for faith, love and independence collides with society’s harsh conventions and leads to tragedy.

Richard, Duke of Cleybourne, returns to his country estate to deal with the tragic loss he had suffered four years earlier. But the arrival of Miss Jessica Maitland and Gabriella, his new ward, throws a wrench into his plans. The governess, feisty and flame-haired, reveals that the girl is in danger, and the mysterious events escalate into a murder mystery at Cleybourne Castle.

D. H. Lawrence’s 1933 novel follows the Morel family in a Nottinghamshire coal town, exploring love, ambition, and the Oedipal tension that shapes a working‑class mother‑son relationship.

Madeline Deveridge, the infamous Wicked Widow, faces a haunting that threatens her and her aunt while she enlists the reclusive Artemas Hunt, owner of London’s pleasure pavilions, to uncover ancient mysteries and survive a calculating killer.

Three sisters struggle to reconcile their faith with the world outside the convent.

In this Victorian romance, Lady Harriet Hamilton’s outspoken spirit encounters Viscount Thomas, who is focused on restoring his family's holdings. Their meeting sparks a passionate yet challenging love story set against the backdrop of aristocratic England.

In a rugged western setting, two women seek safety and love by marrying powerful ranchers—one with a vow of protection, the other with a promise of forgiveness—testing trust, duty, and the meaning of true marriage.

After World War II, Frances Mackenzie and 649 other war brides sail from Sydney to England aboard the HMS Victoria, where the rigid naval order collides with the fragile hopes of these young women, reshaping their futures.

In the small town of Hill Creek, accident-prone Dr. Susan Learner and the reckless yet devoted Freckles McCade find unexpected healing and love while running a rural clinic together.

Eden, a young white woman, falls in love with Iron Hawk, a Kiowa warrior, and faces cultural hatred and war that demands a painful sacrifice and a hopeful quest for peace.

In wartime Galveston, an orphaned young woman fights for survival while a determined lover battles a corrupt magnate—intertwining family secrets, romance, and a quest for justice in this historical western romance.

In a small town, Adelaide Crum, a single woman, hopes to give orphaned children a home amid local skepticism, while newspaperman Charles Graves learns to open his heart to love and faith.

A family of orphans in 19th‑century Galveston faces secrets and romance as a wounded young man finds love and redemption with a mysterious woman, while past betrayals surface, tying their lives together.

The sinister Patron of the Rancho filled Courtney's heart with passion and fear. Courtney Keating is young, beautiful and alone in the world. All she has is a letter from her father promising her a share in the rich strike he called "The Queen of Tears." The secret of that legacy is concealed in the somber mansion known as Hawkshadow, the home of the infamous Barrons: Persia Barron Keating Courtney's - Courtney's stepmother, a stunning woman who makes no secret of her scandalous past. She has no intention of sharing anything with Courtney--not her home, nor her wealth, nor her stepsons. Nace Barron - A man of violent contrasts who is known as "The Sinister Falcon." He gives Courtney two choices: marriage or ravishment. Gill Barron - The charming, genial younger brother. He has his own ideas about the Barron line of succession-and his plans include Courtney. Caught in a dangerous drama of greed, jealousy, and revenge, Courtney is afraid to trust anyone-until she gives in to the impulses of her own heart.

When her brief marriage dissolves, seamstress Vonnie Taylor is forced to craft a wedding dress for her former husband Adam's new bride. Amid family feuds and buried truths, Vonnie rediscovers love in the heart of Texas.