Books like The Sugar Pavilion by Rosalind Laker

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

Jennifer Merrick, a spirited 17‑year‑old from Scotland, is kidnapped from her convent school by the Duke of Claymore, Royce Westmoreland, known as “The Wolf.” Their hostile encounter turns into a tumultuous romance of pride, passion, and loyalty.

Claire Randall, a woman from 1945, returns to 18th‑century Scotland where she lies in love with Jamie Fraser. After a decade together, she must decide whether to stay with their daughter in her era or reunite with Jamie amid Scotland’s perilous politics.

During World War II three American, Polish and German women’s lives intersect as they confront love, duty and the horrors of the Holocaust, ultimately working together to expose wartime secrets.

Tiffany Warren travels west to end a longstanding feud and marry rancher Hunter Callahan, only to find herself pretending to be her father's housekeeper and entangled in mistaken identity, rivalry, and forbidden attraction.

Legendary knight Hugh the Relentless and daring Lady Alice team up to recover a prized crystal, forcing a forced betrothal that blurs the line between treachery and desire in medieval England.

Travis Archer defends his family ranch from a lethal plot and finds himself drawn to the courageous young woman who threatens to stand beside him, while an act of sacrifice forces him to grapple with gratitude, guilt, and love.

A quest across time, from a lost girl on an Australian voyage to a Cornish inheritance, where a hidden garden holds Victorian secrets and a desperate search for justice reveals family history and forgotten loves.

In 1888 East London, tea‑factory worker Fiona Finnegan and her lover Joe Bristow dream of owning a shop. After tragedy forces her into New York, Fiona rises from a modest storefront to a top tea‑industry magnate, only to confront her past to secure her future.

Follow the Petrakis family through four generations in the Greek village of Plaka as they confront the lingering legacy of Spinalonga, the former leper colony, and uncover the secrets that shaped their lives.

In a Regency setting, eccentric antiquities scholar Leo Drake meets the spirited novelist Beatrice Poole, who enlists his help to uncover the mythical Forbidden Rings of Aphrodite—a quest that turns into a romance riddled with danger and intrigue.

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.

In 1872 Wigan, England, coal miners endure harsh lives beside lavish owners. Detective Jonathan Blair searches for a missing man, only to find himself drawn to Rose, a fiery pit girl defying Victorian expectations.

The autobiographical thriller-drama DON'T ASK FOR SUGAR is about the extraordinary adventures of a young European man who falls head over heels in love in Bangkok with a beautiful New Zealander woman who has been traveling the world for years. The two have a happy life in Western Australia. Christoph, who struggles along as a garden helper for lack of a work permit, admires the experienced Suzanne, who works as a well-paid nude model at Perth's university. One weekend, the future is predicted for both of them. According to the fortune teller in the small chapel, Suzanne will soon be living far south and pursuing an ancient profession there, but when she holds Christoph's hand, the seer suddenly trembles and sees dark forces and sinister demons. Shortly afterwards, Suzanne is offered an extraordinarily cheap plane ticket to New Zealand, and as she hasn't been home for a very long time, she makes a spontaneous decision, whereupon the world falls apart for Christoph as he loses the love of his life. A few days later, however, Christoph pulls himself together again, sells his car and hitchhikes through the middle of the Australian desert to get some fresh ideas from new impressions. But can he simply forget Suzanne? After three weeks in New South Wales, he meets Dave, an Australian, and Bryce, a Scotsman. The two of them have been in a car accident. One of the tires is flat. A headlight is broken. Having managed to pull the mudguard out, the young men decide to drive north for two days because the small coastal town of Cairns at the Great Barrier Reef turns into a party hotspot at the end of the year when divers from all over the world wash up on its beaches together with jellyfish. This is a true story and it's far from over.

A Texas frontierswoman, Shiloh Mulvane, takes on her father’s detective legacy when she is tasked with escorting the alluring outlaw Justin McCord to a judge who wishes to marry him for political gain.

In early twentieth‑century Paris, a couture designer and a Russian diplomat fall in love amid fashion revolutions and looming war, only to be torn apart by duties and upheaval.

Jack, branded a coward, must confront the League of the Jewelled Men to protect the woman he loves, revealing a hidden courage he never expected to possess.

After her husband’s murder, Rachel Yoder must raise a son alone on the Montana plains. When a wounded stranger appears, her compassion sparks a chance for love and a new future.