Books like Wild rose by Ruth Axtell Morren

Set in the rocky highlands of Colorado, college‑teacher‑in‑the‑making surveyor Clayton Taggart meets strong‑willed newcomer Jackie Fontaine, and their budding romance is tested by a hidden secret that threatens their future together.

A widowed Amish man's love for a widow captivates the community.

A Cowboy's Heart: A romantic suspense novel featuring a former rodeo star who takes on the ranch of a struggling woman, leading to unexpected heartbreak and redemption.

After being jilted at her wedding, Heather Waters returns to her hometown of High Plains to help rebuild a tornado‑ravaged church and, through faith, love, and the guidance of Reverend Michael Garrison and his niece, discovers her true minister.

Special agent Zachary Marshall follows a terrorist trail to a remote resort, only to find it in the hands of Julie Anderson, a former love and possible traitor. As danger grows, their shared grief and faith pull them together in a suspenseful tale of redemption and love.

When Libby Sawyer and her father return to their family home in Colden, Massachusetts, they discover Romanian widower Michael Dobrescu and his family occupying the house, triggering a legal showdown and a mystery over missing documents that pulls Libby into a tangled relationship with Michael.

HE FAIREST FLOWER THAT GROWS Where the velvet moss grew and the wild roses twined, Karalee Nolan had often walked. This was her Ireland and she knew it well. She knew of its strife, of families separated by famine, of fathers who crossed the seas to find work, and now, of families who were forced into exile by the British. Even her own, because her brother was an Irish rebel. That black and dreadful day her family sailed without her, she was promised a place on the next ship to Philadelphia. And she too had to leave someone behind -- her own true love, wounded by the British and left for dead.... Carried across the sea, shipwrecked in Canada, abandoned by friends, and raped by Indians, Karalee, stubborn and determined, will not give up her one passionate hope -- to be reunited with her beloved family in the colonies. Nor will she ever forget that fine Irish rogue who taunted her, who teased her, and who awakened in her the deep desire of first love along that path where the wild roses bloomed..

In small-town Texas, a woman stumbles into a new life as a schoolteacher, only to discover that her past and a devout preacher’s faith may be intertwined. Can they find forgiveness and a future together?

Colonel Graham Talbot returns from war to a small town full of courtship temptations, while his neighbor Ellie Anderson plots a sham romance to shield both of them from unwanted suitors and protect her plantation.

Eliza Kelly, a dignified widow in New Mexico, almost loses her reputation when a mix‑up leads her to a mail‑order groom. When the colorful blacksmith Jackson Hart joins her life, they must navigate pride, prejudice, and a marriage of convenience to honor their shared dreams of family and redemption.

A passionate romance between Rose Marie Jacquard, a Southern belle, and Yammer Bram Darcy, set against a backdrop of forbidden desire and strong attraction.

In a small town, Adelaide Crum, a single woman, hopes to give orphaned children a home amid local skepticism, while newspaperman Charles Graves learns to open his heart to love and faith.

A tale of faith, romance, and camaraderie among brothers, soldiers, and veterinarians.

In Regency London, Earl Tertius Pembroke marries Lady Gillian Edwards after his brother’s death, but their marriage begins to crumble as secrets, illness, and newfound faith test their vows.

Set in nineteenth‑century Maine, Lilac Spring follows Cherish Winslow, the daughter of a renowned shipbuilder, as she falls in love with Silas van der Zee, a humble apprentice. Their romance tests class, duty, and faith while the sea’s horizon watches over their journey.

Bradley Rhodes hopes the Peaceful Rest Church choir will revive his career, but the church’s top singer stands out for all the wrong reasons. When he helps Desiree Coleman, their shared love of gospel music starts healing his soul—and his heart.

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.

Twenty‑year‑old Emily Graham, a college soccer star with a scholarship, meets Army Reservist Justin Baker, and their faith‑based romance sparks hope for her estranged parents, Lauren and Shane, who must reconcile war, politics, and love.

In 1814 Darbury, an heiress defies expectations to raise her friend’s dying infant, even courting the child’s sea‑captain father to keep her promise.