Books like Doctoring the single dad by Marie Ferrarella

When a celebrated writer meets a genuine single father, their unlikely romance sparks a heartfelt journey of second chances and unexpected love.

Two widowers, Jack and Abby, share a kiss and find themselves entangled in a forbidden love story. They can't ignore their attraction, but will their relationship survive the test of time?

Radiologist Dan Davenport takes on a small-town medical challenge while trying to remember his past in Forever, Texas, with his love for a beautiful young mother as a potential partner in his medical practice and romance with him.

Interior decorator Kennon Cassidy moves into a new life when she takes on the home of widowed heart surgeon Simon Sheffield, where she must navigate his daughters’ affection and a growing attraction between them all.

The Basque landscape is a delightfully sinister setting. Francis, a sixty-year-old author, has not written a word in the twelve years since his first wife and eldest daughter died in a tragic accident. Now his surviving daughter, Alice, a famous actress, has vanished, leaving her husband and twin daughters clueless as to her whereabouts. Francis's second marriage of ten years, to Judith, is also falling apart, and his distress is compounded by his anxiety over Alice's disappearance. He finds comfort in the company of an old friend, Anne-Marguerite, along with her son, Jérémie, a laconic criminal attempting to remake himself in the outside world. But when Francis employs them to uncover evidence of his second wife's affair and to help find his daughter, things go from bad to worse. A mesmerizing literary thriller, Unforgivable is full of setbacks and revelations--an unsettling and starkly elegant meditation on family bonds, betrayals, and reconciliation.

A story of love and family in a small Texas town where everyone has a story.

A widowed single dad in the quiet town of Serenity finds hope when his son’s cheerful preschool teacher, Tina Braddock, helps him rediscover joy and love.

An only daughter raised by a harsh father finds hope and companionship in Sunday school teaching, and eventually in a widower and his three sons, as they discover unexpected common ground and the possibility of new family bonds.

Widower Ethan Grey struggles to rebuild his life after a fraught marriage, finding unexpected hope in his sons' governess, Alice Portman, as past secrets threaten their renewed bond.

Kate Wydell returns to her Alabama hometown after abandoning her baby girl, hoping to reconcile while hiding her past. When she falls for widowed father Mitch Gillespie, the secret of her past threatens their budding romance.