Books like 'Sixty Years in Winter'
Readers who enjoyed Sixty Years in Winter by Aimée de Jongh also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Season of Love by Helena Greer
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiriam Blum has no choice but to face the past she thought she’d left behind when she inherits her great-aunt’s Christmas tree farm in this witty, glittering, heart-filled romcom. Thanks to her thriving art career, Miriam Blum finally has her decoupaged glitter ducks in a row—until devastating news forces her to a very unwanted family reunion... -
Sail Away by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree women form a village to help a friend in need. Becca has embarked on the most important mission of her life. She trusts no one, and she’s running out of time. On a whim, she rents a beach cottage on Palmetto Island for the summer. She’s searching for a solution to her problem. Help comes in an unexpected friendship with the young woman next door... -
Lowcountry on My Mind by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChildhood friends reunite in an explosive tale of family dysfunction and romance gone wrong.Amelia has been plotting to escape her abusive husband for years. When her mama’s untimely death provides an unexpected opportunity, she hops on the next bus to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Her husband will eventually come for her. But she’s prepared... -
When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCaroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is going to be Boston's most sought after divorce attorney by thirty-five. Second, given how terrible her romantic track record is, falling in love isn't in the cards for her. And third, Christmas only brings her bad luck - being broken up with not once, not twice, but three times during the holidays is proof enough of that... -
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Sweet Tea Sunrise by Rachel Hanna
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn book 2 of the Sweet Tea B&B series...Mia's high school sweetheart breezes back into town, but will she let him stay at her B&B and risk her heart again?Kate tries to expand the business, but will she and Mia butt heads over the future of their mother's beloved bed and breakfast?As usual, Evie is up to no good... -
A Pinch of Passion by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe leads a privileged life. He has a chip on his shoulder. Can the very thing that divides them be what draws them together? Allie Parks lives life in the fast lane—literally. As a partner in Luxe Resorts, she’s learned that if her money won’t open a door, her looks will... -
Muddy Bottom by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBirdie Fuller’s new year is off to a bad start. Her husband has mysteriously disappeared, leaving Birdie to cope with their unmarried daughter’s unplanned pregnancy. Birdie and Hannah disagree about the baby. Birdie urges her daughter to consider abortion, but Hannah is determined to see the pregnancy to term... -
There's Something About Mira by Sonali Dev
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev comes the heartfelt story of a woman determined to reunite a lost ring with its owner, who ends up finding herself along the way.Mira Salvi has the perfect life—a job she loves, a fiancé everyone adores, and the secure future she’s always imagined for herself... -
Spindrift by Anna Burke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a hot summer fling mend the hearts of two broken women?Morgan Donovan had everything she ever wanted: a dream job as a large animal veterinarian, awesome friends, and a loving and supportive fiancée. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancée dumps her after realizing that Morgan’s job will always come first... -
Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFallon Foster is Whiskey Springs' self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn't a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend, Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town's newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other... -
Escalation Clause by Liz Crowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung love burns hot and bright. Soul mates are found, then lost in the blink of an eye. When young widow Maureen Gordon Taylor meets her daughter's sexy soccer coach, her body and heart slowly unthaw. But will holding tight to the past cost her a future? A devastating blow shatters a family's fragile happiness... -
Defend Me by Kelly Collins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s an extrovert. He’s an introvert. Can polar opposites find happiness together? As a teenager, Rose Rogers couldn’t wait to get out of Frazier Falls. She took the first chance she got and left for New York, where she made a name for herself at Flair Magazine. Until now, she’s never looked back... -
Love in Bloom Series Reading Order and Checklist: Snow Sisters, The Bradens, The Remingtons, Seaside Summers, The Ryders, Wild Boys, Bad Boys, Harborside Nights by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a reader guide outlining Melissa Foster's current Love in Bloom series titles and the reading order as of March 2016. The Love in Bloom big family romance collection consists of several subseries. Characters from each subseries appear in future Love in Bloom books. All Love in Bloom books may be enjoyed as stand-alone novels, or as part of the series... -
Kissing Carly (Kiss A Cowboy Series) by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow available! She never expected to fall in love… Carly Stevens loves to have fun but her carefree lifestyle has finally caught up with her. Broke and in debt, she heads to Montana to spend the summer with her sister, Andi Brennan, at the Brennan ranch. Her sister agrees she can stay on two conditions—she works to pay down her debt and changes her wild-girl ways... -
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Beyond Any Experience by Anne E. Terpstra
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Northman’s world shattered the day she lost her wife to a drunk driver. Three years later, she still struggles with grief and the demands of being a single parent to their autistic son, Ben. After her first attempt at a new relationship crumbles, she retreats to the simple, the predictable. It’s what’s best for her son, and her heart.Ellie Vasquez isn’t simple or predictable... -
A Midlife Woman by T.B. Markinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLizzie Petrie can’t quite believe she’s approaching middle age.It’s summertime and Lizzie is determined to have the best summer yet.Just as long as no one acknowledges that on July fourteenth she’s turning forty. She can’t kick the thought that getting older is a failure on her part. And it’s dangerous, too. She tweaks her neck simply trying to make toast... -
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Journey's End by A.E. Radley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNewly-retired Olivia Lewis is throwing herself into married life and aiming to be a domestic goddess before the first week is over. In a reversal of roles, Emily finds herself commuting from New York to London every week in order to realise her dreams of becoming a professional scriptwriter... -
Montana Hero by Debra Salonen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDuring Flynn Bensen‘s last wildfire rescue, a woman died despite Flynn’s best efforts to save her. He can’t escape his sense of failure or recurring nightmares, but he can escape to Marietta, Montana, to a new job as the head of Crawford County Search and Rescue... -
A Year and a Day by Inglath Cooper
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe has the life most women dream of. . .Too bad for Audrey Colby it's all a facade. Her seemingly devoted husband is really a monster. Their high-society "friends" protect his ugly secrets. The mansion they live in is just a gilded prison for her and her son, Sammy. Everything hinges on escape. One day, Audrey decides she and her son need to escape. She's had enough... -
The Great Charade by Gerri Hill
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbby desperately needed a fake girlfriend for the holidays, but who would spend ten days with her in Red River, New Mexico pretending to be her partner? After striking out with all her friends, she resorts to asking a stranger.Nic agreed to the proposition in the hopes of having her very first—and probably only—fairytale Christmas in a mountain lodge with snow and all the trimmings... -
Sara's Promise by Deanna Lynn Sletten
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo you believe in soul mates? William Grafton had the perfect life with his lovely wife, Sara, and two wonderful children. But one day his perfect forever was shattered when Sara died suddenly, leaving him alone to raise his children and wonder how he would ever get through life without his soul mate... -
Going Up by A.E. Radley
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA ruthless executive. A destitute woman. Both on the way up. Selina Hale is on her way to the top. She's been working towards a boardroom position on the thirteenth floor for her entire career. And no one is going to get in her way. Not her clueless boss, her soon to be ex-wife, and most certainly not the homeless person who has moved into the car park at work... -
Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNo matter how much we plan, life—and people—have a way of surprising us. For Doctor KT O’Bannon, a near-fatal tragedy derails a career and disrupts everything she thought she knew about herself and her future. Battered and nearly broken, she turns for solace to the one woman who knows her best, her ex-lover Doctor Tory King... -
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The Stanislaskis: Rachel & Alex by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFalling for Rachel Landlocked in Manhattan, rugged seaman Zack Muldoon needed a tough, no-nonsense lawyer to save his kid brother's delinquent hide. Public defender Rachel Stanislaski was not what he had in mind--until he discovered there was a lot more to the beautiful, coolheaded attorney than met the eye...and found himself falling for her, hook, line and sinker... -
Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho says you can’t go home again? Philadelphia real estate broker Devyn Winters is at the peak of her career, closing multimillion-dollar deals and relishing it. She’s pretty much blocked out her formative years in Dreamer’s Bay, where the most exciting thing to happen was the twice a year bake sale. Unfortunately, a distress call hauls her back home and away from the life she’s constructed... -
Always A Bridesmaid by Rachel Hanna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt seems like she’s always the bridesmaid……and she’s just trying to do her sister a favor.He’s trying to start over in a new town, and they don’t like each other one bit. But, when he steps in to save her unexpectedly, they both start to regret it.She’s used to being an in-charge attorney, and he’s a Southern guy through and through... -
The Lost Daughter of Pigeon Hollow by Inglath Cooper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRITA® Award—winning author Inglath Cooper delivers a classic story of love and forgiveness.Willa Addison doesn’t believe in fairy tales. She’s too busy running her mother’s diner and raising her wild teenage sister. She doesn’t like to dwell on the dreams she once had, dreams she put on hold. Then Owen Miller walks into her diner and changes her life... -
Conditional Offer by Liz Crowe
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCraig Robinson and Suzanne Baxter had no reason to meet, no real excuse to be friends. But when heart calls to heart...blood to blood.. -
Texas Fury / Texas Sunrise by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSizzling and sexy, these two novels in the Texas series complete Fern Michaels’s saga of the privileged Coleman family, whose lifelong drama of heartbreak and triumph has captivated millions of readers. TEXAS FURY For Amelia Coleman Assante, the last surviving child of a legendary tycoon, it is a time of transition... -
Texas Rich / Texas Heat by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow in one irresistible volume, here are the first two novels of Fern Michaels’s bestselling Texas series, which follows the illustrious Coleman family–four generations of a powerful American dynasty. TEXAS RICH At the Philadelphia Navy Yard during World War II, young Billie Ames falls head over heels for the daredevil pilot Moss Coleman... -
Casting Call by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree years passes quickly in the limelight. Writer Addison Blake, and her wife actress Emma Bronson, have weathered more than one storm together. The popular television show that the two helped create called OFF SCREEN continues to draw audiences, making the couple a hot commodity. But, something is missing for Emma... -
Back to You (9 Months Later) by Brenda Novak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOriginally published as Expectations , this charming story takes you back to where you first found love… Jenna Livingston’s moved back to Mendocino with her eight-year-old son, where she’s living and working at the Victoriana Bed and Breakfast. It’s owned by the elderly Durhams - whose grandson, Adam, was her first love. And, in some ways, her last.. -
Intentions by Susan X. Meagher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew Book - Intentions is the ninth installment of the twenty-six book serial novel I Found My Heart in San Francisco. In this book, Jamie tries to acclimate to her changing relationship with her father, Jim. Despite his promise to honor and respect her and Ryan's relationship, she has her doubts-both about his sincerity and his ability to follow through... -
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Intermission by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAddison Blake and Emma Bronson are headed away from the bright lights of Hollywood for the holidays. Emma is eager to take a step back and spend time with her family. The stress and demands of a television production have left Emma feeling fatigued and missing the quiet months she and Addison had spent after their daughter’s birth. Addison is battling her own demons... -
His Darling Bride by Anna DeStefano
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBethany Darling doesn’t kiss men at first sight…until she falls into the arms of a handsome cowboy bartender. A mysterious stranger, Mike helps scare off Bethany’s obnoxious ex-boyfriend. Mike’s touch feels like coming home. But Bethany’s so not interested... -
Strollers and Swings by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLesbian romance writer, Laurel Lake (Kinsley Harper-Scott), knows there is no such thing as a happily ever after in real life. She expected there would always be ups and downs, but what she didn't expect was for marriage to be THIS hard... -
Love Child by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmall-town romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author, Ashley Farley Casey Hobbs has never met her father. She doesn’t know his identity or where he lives or whether he has children. She’s spent the past three years at her mother’s sickbed, watching cancer eat away her organs and their bank account... -
Tyler Tied Up by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTyler's Birthday present from Marguerite... -
Karma by Susan X. Meagher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKarma is the eleventh book in the I Found My Heart in San Francisco series. Love can be a dangerous game. When to risk, when to run, when to submit. Jordan and Mia have been playing the game as nonchalantly as they can manage, but their feelings are harder and harder to dismiss. Jim and Catherine have had so many ups and downs that they’ve lost track... -
Susan Mallery Fool's Gold Series Volume Two: Only Mine\Only Yours\Only His\Only Us: A Fool's Gold Holiday by Susan Mallery
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery welcomes you to charming Fool's Gold, California�the ultimate small-town destination for romance! Do not get the Hendrix triplets started about the lack of eligible men in Fool's Gold! When Dakota gets roped into screening sexy bachelors for a local reality romance show she soon realizes love isn't as easy as it seems on TV... -
Begin Again by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book #4 in the Tahoe Series. Chris Florence’s circumstances had never been ideal, but they’d gotten worse after a car accident took the lives of her parents and left her with a kid brother to support... -
Strength of the Heart by Carrie L. Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLex and Amanda are caught up in the planning of their upcoming nuptials while trying to get the ranch house rebuilt so they can move back to their home. But an arrest, a brushfire, and the death of someone close to her forces Lex to try and work through feelings of guilt and anger... -
The Way Things Should Be by Carrie L. Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this, the sixth novel in the Lex and Amanda series so many readers have come to love, Amanda begins to feel her own biological clock ticking while her sister prepares for the birth of her first child. Lex is busy with trying to keep her hands on some newly acquired land, as well trying to get along with a new member of her family... -
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Zero Chill by Carolyn Elizabeth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCorey Curtis and Thayer Reynolds, now living together, are more than happy to put the days of their turbulent courtship behind them, trading hospital rooms and jail cells for quiet nights in front of a crackling fire. With the holidays upon them they are looking forward to celebrating with friends and family, intimate moments alone, and festive surprises... -
What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo you ever read a story, fall in love with the characters and wonder what happens to them after the book ends? Epilogues are nice, but they’re a snapshot in time. Maybe it’s a year after the end of the book or even just six months. Maybe there’s a proposal or a wedding. Maybe a character announces she’s pregnant. Maybe a character just got their dream job... -
11:59 by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter spending her whole childhood in and out of foster care, TJ Edmonds has created a whole brand around not getting attached to other people. She has a best-selling novel and a popular phone app both dedicated to helping people stay detached from their significant others, so they don't get hurt. She even uses the method in her own life to allow her to jump from woman to woman... -
Handle With Care by Michele L. Rivera
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNewly divorced Quinn Gellar is rebuilding her life—something she never thought she’d be doing in her forties. A creature of habit, she’s trying to embrace change and go with the unexpected. But when the unexpected appears to her in the form of an alluring bartender, Quinn becomes uncertain of exactly how much change she’s ready to embrace.Theo Harrington isn’t much of a planner... -
Where the Heart Is by Lily Seabrooke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKissing her childhood friend on a family Christmas vacation is probably a bad idea…The Jackson family is primed to explode over Christmas—with Stella’s parents hiding their divorce proceedings from the family during a two-week vacation to the cozy Christmas town of Bellsford, Stella and her sisters are under strict orders not to cause drama... -
Informed Consent by Rachel Spangler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrooke Metcalf is an accomplished therapist who’s fallen into a rut she can’t seem to shake. Tegan Cooper is a recent graduate trying to acclimate to a new city before starting the job she’s worked for years to secure. At the nudging of good friends, they end up at the same bar, seeming to have little in common but a desire to do something different...
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