If You Like Maeve Binchy

Talk Before Sleep  by Elizabeth Berg
Two adult friends, Ann and Ruth, enjoy their differences. For years, each of them adds a desirable perspective to the other's life. When Ruth is diagnosed with cancer the friendship deepens.

A Woman Betrayed  by Barbara Delinsky
After twenty years of marriage, Laura Frye's husband, Jeff disappears. Laura maintains that the Jeff she knew would never leave her and the children. But what about the Jeff she didn't know?

The Saving Graces  by Patricia Gaffney
A story about true friendship follows the lives of the Saving Graces – Emma, Rudy, Lee and Isabel – four very different women who find strength in the love, loyalty and courage they all share.

Friendship Cake  by Lynne Hinton
Five women, working together to create a church cookbook, share their passions, loves and losses, including pastor Charlotte Stewart, who is suffering a crisis in faith ; widow Margaret, the town confidante; and Jessie, the only African American in an all-white church.

Someone Like You  by Cathy Kelly
Details the lives of three women who meet while vacationing in Egypt and form a powerful bond of support, encouragement and friendship.

The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love  by Joan Medlicott
Grace, Hannah and Amelia are about as different as any three women can be, but when Amelia unexpectedly inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in North Carolina, the women decide to renovate the house and rebuild meaningful lives for themselves.

Winter Solstice  by Rosamunde Pilcher
Winter solstice – the shortest day of the year – represents darkness and also hope, renewal and rebirth. Five very different people come together in this setting, ranging in age from teenagers to mid-sixties, each of whom must confront very different challenges or losses.

A Spanish Lover  by Joanna Trollope
Lizzie raises a family while her twin, Frances, starts a travel business in which she meets Luis Gomez Moreno, a married man 10 years older.

A Week In Winter  by Marcia Willett
When Maudie Todhunter, the elderly owner of a charming farmhouse in Cornwall, decides to sell the family homestead, a family drama unfolds, with old secrets bubbling to the surface.

Meeting Lily  by Sarah Woodhouse
Remaining in postwar Italy after her husband's death, Nan opens the small hotel of Villa Guilia, which soon becomes home to such eccentric characters as Molly, a cheerful widow; lovesick convent girl Graziella; and the attentive Dr. Fortuno.