Books like Along came trouble by Sherryl Woods

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.

A former child‑star in the Shenandoah Valley restores a dilapidated farmhouse owned by her grandmother, a legendary actress who died of an overdose, while uncovering family secrets, a mysterious romance, and a dangerous threat that forces her to confront her past.

Mary Jo Summerhill needs Evan's help and love three years after their breakup.

When rival reporters Laurellie Armand and Matthew Bates are forced to pair up to investigate a mysterious death, their professional rivalry turns dangerous—and unexpectedly romantic—in a gripping contemporary mystery set in New Orleans.

Kelly Link returns with nine adult short stories that blend whimsy, dark humor and unexpected magical elements, exploring ordinary settings turned uncanny with carefully crafted, richly imagined narratives.

Sandra Winslow, widowed after a mysterious accident that claims her husband Victor, struggles with suspicion in the town of Paradise. Selling her beach house, she meets Mike Malloy, whose ties to the community test her trust and reveal hidden truths.

In Cedar Cove, private‑investigator Roy McAfee and his wife Corrie confront mysterious postcards while their daughter Linnette starts a new job at a local clinic and flirts with a horse‑farm worker. A cozy mystery filled with local life, romance, and family ties.

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

When a runaway boy hosts herself with Daisy Spencer, the town’s Sunday‑school teacher, a romance blooms between Daisy’s community‑loving heart and the boy’s uncle—DC cop Walker Ames—who sees the relationship as his chance at redemption.

Contemporary romance featuring an unexpected second chance at love for a widowed mother and a former marine caught in a love triangle.

A captivating contemporary romance series with a deliciously unpredictable plot in the charming city of Cedar Cove.

New York reporter Amanda Roberts is assigned to a remote Georgia newspaper where she investigates the sudden death of famed chef Maurice, while an old Brooklyn cop detective, Joe Donelli, defends her and the town from a mystery that teeters between murder and romance.

Randi McCafferty confronts a dangerous secret about her child's father while protection investigator Kurt Striker fights to keep her alive, but a seductive tension threatens their safety and compromises the plan.

Marine corporal Rick Sudder returns to Virgin River after Iraq, wounded inside and out, and finds hope through the love of a steadfast woman. Newcomer Dan Brady, seeking a fresh start, discovers a place in town and in a newfound romance.

A romance novel about a couple trying to rebuild their lives after their restaurant was destroyed by arson.

Stone Barrington, the renowned private investigator, trades city chaos for a quiet English countryside stay that turns into a deadly mystery, challenging his skills and allegiances amid Britain's complex local gentry.

Grace, a lifelong resident of Cedar Cove and public‑library librarian, grapples with her husband Dan’s sudden disappearance while navigating family, friend, and town dynamics amid weddings, babies, and new relationships.

In Trinity Harbor, Jenna Pennington Kennedy hopes to win over the reluctant Bobby Spencer to secure a major riverfront development project, but their clash of wills and hidden feelings turns a business deal into an unexpected romance.

Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy, returns to her beloved South with Beach House Memories, the sequel to The Beach House! Autumn brings haunting beauty to the sun-soaked dunes on Isle of Palms, where Olivia “Lovie” Rutledge lives in her beloved Primrose Cottage. As the seasons change, Lovie remembers one special summer… In 1974, America is changing, but Charleston remains eternally the same. When Lovie married aristocratic, well-connected businessman Stratton Rutledge, she turned over her fortune and fate to his control. But she refused to relinquish one thing: her family’s old seaside cottage. Precious summers with her children on the barrier island are Lovie’s refuge from social expectations and her overbearing husband’s philandering. Here, she is the “Turtle Lady,” tending the loggerhead turtles that lay their eggs in the warm night sand and then slip back into the sea. Then, in the summer of ‘74, biologist Russell Bennett visits to research the loggerheads. Their shared interest brings them together, and soon it blooms into a passionate, profound love—forcing Lovie to face an agonizing decision. Stratton’s influence is far-reaching, and if she dares to dream beyond a summer affair, she risks losing her reputation, her wealth, even her children. This emotional tale of a strong woman torn between duty and desire, between tradition and change, is an empowering journey through the seasons of self-discovery. Until this autumn, this time of winds and tides, of holding on and letting go…

April is the cruelest month in hot, humid Atlanta. Especially for investigative reporter Amanda Roberts. She finally agrees to say "I do" to ex-New York cop Joe Donelli, and he doesn't. Show up for the wedding that is. But Joe has a real doozy of an excuse. A car bomb has smashed his old Chevy to smithereens and killed his best man. Joe himself, or his body, is missing. Amanda is too close to this news story to be objective, but there's not a snowball's chance in Georgia that she'll let the FBI keep her nose out of it. Now she's traveling country roads, asking questions and looking for answers. And it's a dangerous journey for sassy, tough Amanda right into the heart of the Old South ... the dark heart where violence, old hatreds, and desperate measures haven't died. They've simply gotten deadly.

Gracie MacDougal returns to Seagull Point, Virginia, to escape her workaholic lifestyle, only to find her dream bed-and-breakfast house and a formidable southern charm in Kevin Daniels, both threatening to derail her plans.

Katherine and Dr. Wynn disagree over Christmas traditions, but they learn the true meaning of the season when they accept their differences.

A story of love, loss, and reconnecting with family.

A mystery unfolds in Cedar Cove, Washington as Rosie Cox deals with her recent divorce, local gossip, and the death of a mysterious man at a bed-and-breakfast.

Town doctor June Hudson balances a pregnancy and her community’s gossip while reuniting with DEA agent Jim Post for a fresh start in Grace Valley.

Millions adored Daphne Fields, for she shared their passion, their pain, their joy, and their sorrow. But America's most popular novelist remained a closed book to the world -- guarding her life with a fierce privacy no reporter could crack. Her life hides a myriad of secrets. The husband and daughter she lost in a fire. The son who barely survived it and would be deaf forever. The victories, the defeats, the challenges of facing life as a woman alone and helping her son meet the challenges of his handicap. A strong woman, she would not accept defeat, or help from anyone ... until she found she could no longer face it alone.