Books like A Risky Affair by Maureen Smith

Faith Whitfield runs a bustling pastry shop while searching for love, but when her disciplined air‑force pilot, Ethan McMillan, steps into her kitchen, a budding romance threatens to bake both their hearts.

After high school, Makayla Stevens meets former crush Kenyon Blake, now the uncle of one of her students, and falls for the lesson that love can reignite even decades later, though it threatens her career.

Former accountant Gina Harkness suddenly inherits millions and hires a charismatic chauffeur, Justin Whitehead, whose fiery gaze blurs the line between business and passion.

Ebony Garrett, a confident businesswoman, attracts Xavier Reed, a high‑school guidance counselor, sparking a steamy romance that tests their love when Ebony’s hidden past surfaces.

After a scandal that forced her into exile, Lady Sophia Aberley reluctantly returns to London to help Julian Rexley’s sister, confronting her past and the lingering tension with Julian.

Isabel Darling, the only child of a notorious madam, seeks justice for her mother’s murder by infiltrating London high society, confronting the Earl of Kern and risking love and betrayal.

Orphaned CIA agent Merrick Grayslake, who keeps his distance from everyone, meets ambitious grad student Alexandra Cole. Their unexpected connection threatens to unravel his guarded life.

Barbara Allen, a resilient African‑American physical therapist, faces a surprising offer from her handsome, basketball‑millionaire boyfriend, Michael Stevens. With her friends' help, she must decide whether to let love truly become her.

Sassy sisters running a cosmetic line double as covert agents in the Ladies Cartel. While rising the corporate ladder in New York, TLC agent Savannah Fields uncovers a web of espionage and deception that ends homeward, threatening her family and marriage.

Ruby Lockhart, a career-focused woman, finds her world turned upside down when a chance encounter with former Navy SEAL Luther Biggs sparks unexpected romance and challenges her plans.

Fifteen-year-old Kenisha Lewis faces a sudden upheaval when her parents divorce and she must relocate to her grandmother’s cramped city home, all while her boyfriend leaves, friends drift, and her mother struggles with depression.

Dena Graham fights legal battles to keep custody of her son while scrambling for a job; she lands as office manager at a construction firm owned by Julian Hamilton, and a workplace romance sparks when two wary hearts collide.

One-night stands aren’t supposed to turn into forever. Bellamy has worked with and loved her wife of ten years, but it’s never enough. When Bellamy finds her limit of abuse and a young, cute waitress offers an opportunity, she seizes the moment, knowing she’ll never see Payton again. But months later, Bellamy comes face-to-face with the one-night stand she can’t forget and the failed marriage she has yet to escape. Payton knows she can’t be the normal twenty-something when she ends up with custody of her nephew. Leaping at the opportunity for a full-time job, she has instant regrets when in walks the woman of her dreams. Bellamy. Her one-night stand from the waitress job she just quit. Not willing to risk stability for love, Payton is determined to stand by Bellamy as she fights for her law firm and reclaims her life. Neither are prepared for what lies ahead or just how much they will have to risk to protect the ones they love. If you want an epic love story that will pull your heartstrings, this angsty ice queen, age gap, lesbian romance is just for you.