Books like Moonlight and Magic by Rebecca Paisley

A daring woman’s act of mercy sets off a romance that blurs borders between convict and aristocrat, revealed in a lush historical setting of Virginia.

Plain‑spoken Hawke Masters finds his pride humbled when he takes in orphaned niece and nephew and meets Rue, a spirited young woman who turns his life around.

An heiress trading her New York townhouse for Nevada’s Red Rock Ranch finds romance and intrigue when she meets the half-Indian rancher, Joseph Youngblood, whose passion and protection threaten to keep her in their rugged world forever.

Rebecca Rayburn, a fiercely independent New England woman, refuses a politically arranged marriage and instead finds herself drawn to the charismatic ship’s captain Philip Keane—a bold privateer whose promise of love and danger entwines fate and desire.

A rare Southern beauty, Jade Terese Devon, captures the heart of shipbuilder Victor Nolte in 19th‑century New Orleans, where their passionate bond faces secrets, danger, and the hope of healing a haunting affliction.

On a Mississippi riverboat, Emy Du Maurier faces foreclosure and turns to gambling, only to meet the charming rogue Cole Brackston. Their flirtatious encounters mix romance, intrigue, and the promise of a new life.

A young rancher falls for Erin Sterling, the spirited stepdaughter of a reviled slave‑merchant, but their love threatens to expose a secret lineage that could spark scandal in a rough frontier town.

Victoria Ryan, who found love and freedom in Boston, must return home to Alta, California, and confront a forced marriage. With a hidden fortune, she seeks escape and is escorted by the stoic ex‑Texas Ranger Nick Kincade, whose own secrets bind them in a fierce romance of destiny and danger.

A South Carolinian farm boy and a society belle fall in love on the eve of the Civil War, only to be torn apart. Martial years later, the boy returns to rekindle a romance that challenges wealth, politics and the woman’s heart.

A contemporary Scottish writer uncovers a secret from 1708 involving a Jacobite invasion and a long‑lost tragedy, as a haunting ancestral memory threatens to unleash the buried truth for all to see.

China Warrick, heiress to a vast silk empire, seeks a daring captain to ferry her to Singapore. Along a perilous sea voyage, a storm of passion and peril ensues, with a rugged pirate‑captain threatening to claim her heart and her fortune.

During the Civil War, budding journalist Serena elopes with a sea captain, escapes scandal and returns home to North Carolina where she starts a newspaper and must endure the turmoil of war and a love she cannot accept.

Lili Santana, a sheltered aristocrat from New Orleans, anticipates a loveless marriage until the daring Jeremy Blaze steals her away, demanding ransom and igniting a forbidden, passionate love that defies her world.

Julie vows to move on from Captain Derek Arnhardt, but a westward wagon train forces both to confront past memories and rekindle a fiery romance amid the wilderness.

A forbidden romance blossoms between plantation heiress Anjele Sinclair and Cajun laborer Gator during a sultry Louisiana summer, only to be shattered by war and exile.

In the post‑Civil War South, Damask Downing’s Louisiana plantation is taken by a dashing gambler who proposes marriage to keep her family together. Forced into a union she cannot accept, she discovers unexpected desire and conflicting loyalties.

When Verena Howard ventures alone across the Texas frontier, she faces danger and a mysterious gambler who saves her—setting her up against intruders and a reluctant love that may change her life.

A New Orleans socialite must abandon Parisian luxury to inherit a New Mexico ranch, where she clashes with the stoic Captain Jake Branden and discovers a mysterious half-sister, leading to a fiery southern romance.

An epic tale of family secrets, love, and betrayal that spans Imperial India, a grand English country house in the 1920s, and its present‑day legacy.

Jane Berry a budding journalist, was, in looks, the image of Janey Belton, the famous and glamorous heiress. When she attends the swanky retirement party of a well known 'diva', she runs into her double, Janey Belton, who is due to go on a luxury Mediterranean cruise, full of VERY well heeled passengers. Janey convinces Jane to go in her place and Jane does so because: a) her boss at the tabloid paper she works at would love the idea of her attending a celebrity-full cruise 'under-cover' so to speak and b), Jane's father, an Insurance investigator, is pursuing a jewel thief that he believes will be one of the cruise passengers. Jane become close to a mysterious passenger, Stephen, who unbeknownst to her, actually owns the paper she works for. Her cover is blown by a glamourous passenger, with her sights and talons, set on landing Stephen - just when Jane had eliminated all passengers but two, as the possible jewel thief - and one of the two is Stephen himself.