Books like Once Upon a Rose by Nora Roberts

When florist Emma Grant joins the wedding‑planning firm Vows, her perfect career  – and her search for love – are shaken when she realizes that the architect who has always been close to her, Jack Cooke, may actually be the missing piece of her heart.

In Boonsboro, Maryland, a historic hotel undergoes a dramatic makeover, drawing a talented architect into a romantic entanglement with a woman he's adored since youth.

A collection of interwoven paranormal romance stories that explores love, justice, and the supernatural, featuring beloved characters from several bestselling authors.

In Boonsboro, Maryland, the Montgomery brothers launch a family bed‑and‑breakfast while a former childhood romance resurfaces between Owen and Avery McTavish, whose pizzeria sits across the street.

Adelia Cunnane follows her uncle’s footsteps at the famed Royal Meadows stable, where a passionate trainer’s pride clashes with her own spirited ambitions. Meanwhile, her cousin Erin faces an alluring yet notorious gambler who may hold the key to her heart.

Private investigator Mel Sutherland is hired to recover a stolen baby, a case that forces her to monitor the untrusting psychic Sebastian Donovan when leads run dry.

Raven Williams, a celebrated singer, and Brandon Carstairs, a talented musician, find love and artistic synergy as their passionate music takes them from acclaim to a thrilling, dangerous crescendo.

When a stormed ship crash leaves a 23rd‑century pirate stranded in 20th‑century Oregon, he must navigate a world of old‑fashioned tools and a mysterious cabin keeper, while rescuers from his own time race to bring him back.

Four New York Times bestselling authors bring four all-new novellas to life, each inspired by the grail quests of the past and the eternal love of today.

When an elevator encounter turns into an unexpected fake date, a high‑powered groomsman and a nurse’s aide must decide whether a night of fun is enough to bridge the miles between a pediatric surgeon in Los Angeles and a Berkeley chief of staff.

In her 1816 Society Papers, Lady Whistledown spins a daring tale of four London couples, each tangled in flirtation, intrigue, and the mystery of a stolen bracelet, as romance threatens to rock Regency society.

Rowan Murray, a gentle soul, is drawn to the brooding Liam Donovan—a man with a hidden, powerful secret. Their growing attraction threatens to unravel the mysterious Donovan family legacy.

A collection of three American historical romances, each featuring a unique cat that plays a pivotal role in a woman’s love story across 1700s Louisiana, early 1900s Idaho, and mythical Wales.

A collection of Christmas romance short stories featuring love stories set against holiday backdrops.

Anne Marie Roche and her adopted daughter Ellen both wish to learn to knit, yet Ellen secretly hopes her mother will reconnect with her birth father, Tim, as the family navigates love, legacy, and the simple thread of crafting.

Set along the Kansas frontier, *Prairie Brides* follows two women—Dora Grant and Matt Tolivar—who navigate love, faith, and the hardships of pioneer life while building families amid the Great Plains.

When wife Mikaela falls into a coma, husband Liam struggles to keep the family afloat and suspects a dark secret—a hidden marriage to movie star Julian True. He faces a heart‑wrenching choice between hope and the future he loves.

Mary Alice Monroe’s newest entry in her popular Beach House series offers another heartfelt escape to the coast, weaving family, romance, and the quiet joys of South Carolina life.

Fashion model Hillary Baxter returns to Kansas, only to find a magnetism that pulls her toward magazine mogul Bret Bardoff, while Serenity Smith discovers a hidden past on her family's Brittany estate and a reluctant aristocratic love.

A historical romance novel set during the Civil War that explores forbidden love, lost innocence, and the struggle for peace and reconciliation in the aftermath of the conflict.

Midnight Bayou (James Daniels with Sandra Burr, Sandra Burr, Jill Sovis): Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. Determined to restore Manet Hall to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room, relying on his own labor and skills. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. He is seeing visions of days from a century past, and experiencing sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief - sensations not his own, but those of a stranger. Only the companionship of the alluring Angelina Simone can distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house, but Angelina too has her own surprising connection to Manet Hall - a connection that will help Declan uncover a secret that's been buried for a hundred years. Chesapeake Blue (James Daniels, J.C. Howe, and Jill Sovis): Seth Quinn is finally home. Now a grown man returning from Europe as a successful painter, Seth is settling down on Maryland's Eastern Shore, surrounded once again by Cam, Ethan, and Phillip, their wives and children, all the blessed chaos of the extended Quinn clan. Still, a lot has changed in St. Christopher since he's been gone - and the most intriguing change of all is the presence of Dru Whitcomb Banks. Dru's past has made her sensitive to deception - and slow to trust. And Seth's past has made him a target of blackmail - as a secret he's kept hidden for years threatens to explode, destroying his new life and his new love... Birthright (Bernadette Quigley, Laura Grafton, Matthew Christilaw): On a hot July afternoon, a worker at an Antietam Creek construction site drives the blade of his backhoe into a layer of soil -- and strikes a 5,000-year-old human skull. As an archaeologist, Callie Dunbrook knows a lot about the past. But her own past is about to be called into question. Recruited for her expertise on the Antietam Creek dig, she encounters danger -- as a cloud of death and misfortune hangs over the project, and rumors fly that the site is cursed. She finds a passion that feels equally dangerous, as she joins forces in her work with her irritating, but irresistible, ex-husband, Jake. And when a strange woman approaches her, claiming to know a secret about Callie's privileged Boston childhood, some startling and unsettling questions are raised about her very identity.

A heartwarming collection of love stories that follow former lovers as they return to the places that shaped them, rediscovering past bonds and new passions in engaging, intimate settings.

Nora Roberts weaves an engaging romance in this novel where love, passion, and desire begin with a single kiss.

A romantic anthology where dreams guide lovers to each other.