Books like Long Summer Days by Nora Roberts

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

Amid writer's block and a looming deadline, a skeptical romance novelist and a disenchanted literary author trade their craft: she must write a happy ending, he a Great American Novel, as they race to finish before summer ends.

Jack, a terminally ill widower, survives a miraculous recovery after his wife dies in a car accident and sets out to reunite his children at her South Carolina oceanfront childhood home.

When a celebrated photojournalist and a renowned celebrity photographer cross paths during an American summer in the 1980s, their opposing worlds collide, bringing romance and passion into the lens of both professional and personal lives.

A summer of unexpected encounters: a magazine reporter trades city life for a camping interview with a reclusive author, while a photojournalist and a cynical photographer navigate love and a cross-country shoot.

A mercenary and a businesswoman, destined for love in a world of magic and danger.

When Avon‑road photographer Shade Colby meets the ideal bootleg of the ideal etch‑stop male vice, romance ignites in a summer road‑trip and an orchard‑side girls’ camp.

Georgia, Countess of Maybury's second brilliant marriage to save her reputation after losing everything in a duel leads her into a forbidden love with a scarred ex-naval officer, stirring up scandal and creating a family scandal with her husband's new wife.

Judith Arnold: Daddy's Girl Sometimes a father and his daughter have things to work out. Sometimes a woman can help, as widower Kevin Medina learns when he and one-year-old Alex meet Natalie Baines. Can Natalie be the mother Alex needs -- and the wife Kevin wants? Muriel Jensen: Home, Hearth, and Holly Bart Megrath has never been to a quaint colonial town like Maple Hill, Massachusetts. He's never been through a hurricane. And he's never met anyone like Haley Whitcomb. Stormy times...a stormy relationship at times. But in Bart's opinion, a little turbulence makes life a lot more interesting. Bobby Hutchinson: Temperature's Rising Dr. James Burke has a reputation as the best surgeon at St. Joseph's -- and the most difficult. Hospital administrator Melissa Clayton discovers that his reputation for both is well deserved. She also discovers that she's attracted to him. Strongly attracted. No wonder the heat in the hospital isn't just from the weather outside!

A spy thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Paris, focusing on Jean Casson's tumultuous romance and moral compromises during the occupation.

Meg Cabot’s historical romance novel, Where Roses Grow Wild, follows a tender journey of love and longing, weaving heartfelt stories against an evocative backdrop of a bygone era.

A poignant story of a love that transcends loss and confusion after the September 11 terrorist attacks, set in D.C. and centered on two young men trying to navigate the post-9/11 world while finding love with each other.

Sarah Wendell’s inspirational guide to love stories and romance novels that teach life lessons and inspire happy endings.

A young woman faces another season without a suitor, but unexpectedly finds herself the object of a handsome hero's affection in this historical romance set in a wartime era.

A NASCAR Holiday 3 is a romance set in the high‑speed world of NASCAR and stock car racing.

Jasper Bunny spends a snowy Valentine's Day visiting his forest friends in hopes of finding the perfect gift for his beloved Lilly.

A collection of love stories by Helen Bianchin, featuring romantic narratives.

A nurse and former marine meet the woman he loves and try to rebuild their lives after a heart-breaking event that changes everything in their lives, including their children and the men they love, in a small town in the Virgin River valley in California. The stories are told as a series of connected Christmas stories that intertwine and build on each other, creating a beautifully crafted collection of love stories, adventure, and Christmas cheer.