Sweet Romances

The Last Promise  by Richard Paul Evans
Once called Ellen back in her small Utah town, Eliana is now the wife of Maurizio, the Italian who swept her off her feet to Tuscany – before becoming a philandering pig and the mother of sweet, asthmatic Alessio. Her husband won't divorce her, and she can't leave Italy with her son due to the sexist court system. But one day Eliana meets American art lover Ross Story and begins to reevaluate her life.

Angel Falls  by Kristin Hannah
Dr. Liam Campbell is devastated when his beloved wife, Mikaela, mother of two, lies in a coma. His confusion escalates when he learns the identity of Mikaela's first husband: world-famous movie star Julian True. The biggest shock: True's is the only name she responds to. Liam senses that his Sleeping Beauty needs love to wake her up, but whose? Given the depth of his feelings for her, will he be brave enough to summon True for help, and so risk losing Mikaela forever in order to save her life?

Powder and Patch  by Georgette Heyer
Cleone Charteris is the joy and despair of all the young men of the countryside, for she is seeking a husband. One of the men after her heart is the masterful and handsome Mr. Philip Jettan. But compared to the other men of 18th-century England, he is out of step: careless in his appearance and, in Cleone's own words, "A raw country bumpkin!" With his hopes dashed, Philip leaves for Paris, to learn how to become a gentleman...

Patty Jane's House of Curl  by Lorna Landvik
The salon allows Patty Jane and Harriet to open themselves up to love from new men, even as they struggle to let go of their pasts. Amid the smells of permanent waves, Norwegian pastries and the gales of laughter, the sisters discover that men may come and go, but a sister’s love is forever.

The Snow Bride  by Debbie Macomber
While journeying to Alaska to marry a man she met on the Internet, Jenna Walsh is kidnapped by Reed Kenner, a fellow passenger, who will do anything to prove that she is making the biggest mistake of her life.

Dancing at the Harvest Moon  by K.C. McKinnon
His letters thrilled her as a young woman in love for the first time, and now, many years later, they mean more than ever to Maggie McIntyre. After her husband of 20 years leaves her for a younger woman, it's the discovery of Robbie's letters that gives Maggie a renewed sense of purpose: to return to Little Bear Lake and recapture the woman she once was – the woman she knows she could be again.

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas  by James Patterson
Suzanne and her husband, Matthew, lived on Martha's Vineyard with their infant son, Nicholas. Suzanne kept a diary for Nicholas, chronicling their life together from the day she and Matthew met. When the story begins, Matthew has abruptly ended a deep and emotional affair with Katie, the New York editor of his collection of poems. He offers her Suzanne's diary as his only explanation, which she reads, searching for meaning. Also try Sam's Letters to Jennifer.

Coming Home  by Rosamunde Pilcher
In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore. At Saint Ursula's, her friendship with Loveday Carey-Lewis sweeps her into the privileged, madcap world of the British aristocracy, teaching her about values, friendship and wealth. But it will be the drama of war, as it wrenches Judith from those she cares about most, that will teach her about courage...and about love.

The Last Valentine  by James Michael Pratt
Television reporter Susan Allison is looking for the perfect story about true love, yet she doubts where such a thing really exists. Neil Thomas Jr. wants to share his parents' bittersweet love story with the world. On February 14, 1944, Caroline Thomas said good-bye to her beloved husband, a Navy pilot sent to the Pacific. For 50 years, she waited for him – until a miracle happened and she received his last valentine. In the present day, when Susan and Neil meet, can the story of Neil's parents bring them together in a love as powerful as she dreams of and he remembers?

Julie and Romeo  by Jeanne Ray
Meet the Cacciamanis and the Rosemans, rival florists and bitter enemies for as long as either family can remember (although no one can recall precisely why), until one fateful day when divorced Julie Roseman and widowed Romeo Cacciamani meet by chance at a small-business seminar in the Boston Sheraton. More than flowers bloom as a result, and when their respective families – horrified – find out about the budding romance, things start to fall apart.

Where or When  by Anita Shreve
What would you do if, out of the blue, you received a letter from your first love? Siân Richards sees no reason why she can't write back to Charles Callahan. After all, it's been 30 years, and they are both married with families. But when they decide to meet again, an innocent correspondence becomes a dangerous intimacy. Swept up in the past and consumed by an obsessive love, Charles and Siân risk everything to be together. Also try The Last Time They Met.

The Notebook  by Nicholas Sparks
In 1932, two North Carolina teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks fall in love. Spending one idyllic summer together in the small town of New Bern, Noah Calhoun and Allie Nelson do not meet again for 14 years. Noah has returned from WWII to restore the house of his dreams, having inherited a large sum of money. Allie, programmed by family and the "caste system of the South" to marry an ambitious, prosperous man, has become engaged to powerful attorney Lon Hammond. When she reads a newspaper story about Noah's restoration project, she shows up on his porch step, re-entering his life for two days. Will Allie leave Lon for Noah? Also try The Wedding.

The Bridges of Madison County  by Robert James Waller
Robert Kincaid is a roving photographer for National Geographic, and Francesca Johnson is a housewife whose marriage suffers from a lack of romance. Francesca's family is out of town when Kincaid arrives on the scene, and the pair are instantly attracted. They soon become lovers, and Kincaid asks Francesca to run away with him, but she refuses. Francesca stays loyal to her family, and memories of Kincaid are all that remain. Also try A Thousand Country Roads.