50 Books like Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

4.39

4.2M+

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 94%

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017

4.39

4.2M+ ratings

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance

L.A. Women

by Ella Berman • 2025

A novelist mines her best friend's life for fiction in Laurel Canyon. Then the friend vanishes.

3.47

3k+

🖤 Complicated Female Friendship 🎨 Muse And Artist ✍️ Writers Writing About Writers 🌴 1970s Los Angeles 🥀 Glamorous Decay

L.A. Women 94%

A novelist mines her best friend's life for fiction in Laurel Canyon. Then the friend vanishes.

by Ella Berman 2025

3.47

3k+ ratings

🖤 Complicated Female Friendship 🎨 Muse And Artist ✍️ Writers Writing About Writers 🌴 1970s Los Angeles 🥀 Glamorous Decay

Meet the Newmans

by Jennifer Niven • 2026

America's favorite TV wife is unraveling off camera. Her husband's accident forces the reckoning.

3.65

17k+

🎬 1960s Hollywood ✊ Feminist Awakening 🎭 Show Business Family 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted In Hollywood 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Meet the Newmans 94%

America's favorite TV wife is unraveling off camera. Her husband's accident forces the reckoning.

by Jennifer Niven 2026

3.65

17k+ ratings

🎬 1960s Hollywood ✊ Feminist Awakening 🎭 Show Business Family 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted In Hollywood 💔 Marriage In Crisis

Siren Queen

by Nghi Vo • 2022

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

3.67

13k+

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

Siren Queen 92%

Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

by Nghi Vo 2022

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

The Letter

by Kathryn Hughes • 2013

A woman in a violent marriage finds a 1939 love letter and vows to deliver it.

4.06

67k+

🕰️ Dual Timelines ✉️ Lost Letter 💔 Domestic Abuse 🥀 Forced Adoption 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Letter 92%

A woman in a violent marriage finds a 1939 love letter and vows to deliver it.

by Kathryn Hughes 2013

4.06

67k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timelines ✉️ Lost Letter 💔 Domestic Abuse 🥀 Forced Adoption 💫 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Lost Apothecary

by Sarah Penner • 2021

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

3.76

508k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

The Lost Apothecary 92%

Her solo trip uncovers a hidden 1791 apothecary and its secret: poisons for women's revenge.

by Sarah Penner 2021

3.76

508k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🗡️ Women's Revenge 🤝 Found Family 👩‍🏫 Mentor-Protege

Lake County

by Lori Roy • 2024

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

3.81

4k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams 🎲 Gambling And Gangsters 🏠 Found Family

Lake County 92%

Her aunt is Marilyn Monroe. Her boyfriend killed a gangster. Now 1955 Florida wants blood.

by Lori Roy 2024

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🎬 Hollywood Dreams 🎲 Gambling And Gangsters 🏠 Found Family

Finding Dorothy

by Elizabeth Letts • 2019

In 1938, Frank Baum's widow enters MGM's dream factory to protect Dorothy and finds Judy Garland.

4.17

36k+

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timeline Novel 💍 Artist's Wife 🎥 Book To Film Adaptation 🌈 Wizard Of Oz Legacy

Finding Dorothy 93%

In 1938, Frank Baum's widow enters MGM's dream factory to protect Dorothy and finds Judy Garland.

by Elizabeth Letts 2019

4.17

36k+ ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timeline Novel 💍 Artist's Wife 🎥 Book To Film Adaptation 🌈 Wizard Of Oz Legacy

Under the Stars

by Beatriz Williams • 2025

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

3.74

12k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

Under the Stars 93%

A faded star and her daughter flee to an island where a body unearths buried secrets.

by Beatriz Williams 2025

3.74

12k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Saga 👩‍👧 Difficult Mothers 🌟 Faded Starlet 💞 Second Chance Love 🎨 Lost Art Discovery

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

by Kate Fagan

A woman with three names and a blockbuster novel must face the friend she left behind.

3.73

115k+

📖 Anonymous Author 🔥 Slow Burn Sapphic Romance 🏡 Small Town Homecoming 🚫 Controlling Relationship 💕 Second Chance Love

The Three Lives of Cate Kay 92%

A woman with three names and a blockbuster novel must face the friend she left behind.

by Kate Fagan 2025

3.73

115k+ ratings

📖 Anonymous Author 🔥 Slow Burn Sapphic Romance 🏡 Small Town Homecoming 🚫 Controlling Relationship 💕 Second Chance Love

There's Something About Mira

by Sonali Dev • 2025

A lost ring sends a therapist across continents, into the arms of a guarded reporter.

4.16

24k+

💌 Dual Timeline Romance 🌈 Forbidden Queer Love 🫂 Found Family 💔 Estranged Siblings 🪷 South Asian Diaspora

There's Something About Mira 92%

A lost ring sends a therapist across continents, into the arms of a guarded reporter.

by Sonali Dev 2025

4.16

24k+ ratings

💌 Dual Timeline Romance 🌈 Forbidden Queer Love 🫂 Found Family 💔 Estranged Siblings 🪷 South Asian Diaspora

The Key

by Kathryn Hughes • 2018

An abandoned asylum, a librarian finds a baby's jacket and a note about a lost child.

4.27

20k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏥 Asylum Fiction 💔 Forbidden Romance 👶 Lost Child 🔍 Family Secrets

The Key 92%

An abandoned asylum, a librarian finds a baby's jacket and a note about a lost child.

by Kathryn Hughes 2018

4.27

20k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🏥 Asylum Fiction 💔 Forbidden Romance 👶 Lost Child 🔍 Family Secrets

The Story She Left Behind

by Patti Callahan Henry • 2025

An American illustrator hunts her vanished mother's dictionary in a London paralyzed by deadly smog.

4.02

34k+

📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Missing Mother 📖 Invented Language 🎨 Artist Protagonist

The Story She Left Behind 92%

An American illustrator hunts her vanished mother's dictionary in a London paralyzed by deadly smog.

by Patti Callahan Henry 2025

4.02

34k+ ratings

📜 Dual Timeline Mystery 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Missing Mother 📖 Invented Language 🎨 Artist Protagonist

The Masterpiece

by Fiona Davis • 2018

A divorcée uncovers a lost painting in Grand Central and the forgotten woman who created it.

3.87

35k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art World Mystery 👩‍🎨 Forgotten Woman Artist 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Masterpiece 92%

A divorcée uncovers a lost painting in Grand Central and the forgotten woman who created it.

by Fiona Davis 2018

3.87

35k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎨 Art World Mystery 👩‍🎨 Forgotten Woman Artist 💕 Rivals To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Seven Sisters

by Lucinda Riley

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

4.20

199k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

The Seven Sisters 92%

A stone and coordinates send a woman to Rio, where a 1920s affair reveals her origin.

by Lucinda Riley 2014

4.20

199k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Saga 🔍 Adoption Mystery 💔 Forbidden Love 🎨 Artist Muse

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

by Crystal Smith Paul • 2023

Three celebrity sisters inherit a film legend's fortune. The hunt for why rewrites their history.

3.74

74k+

🎭 Racial Passing 🎬 Old Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Mystery

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? 93%

Three celebrity sisters inherit a film legend's fortune. The hunt for why rewrites their history.

by Crystal Smith Paul 2023

3.74

74k+ ratings

🎭 Racial Passing 🎬 Old Hollywood ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 💰 Inheritance Mystery

The Echo of Old Books

by Barbara Davis • 2023

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

4.25

128k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

The Echo of Old Books 93%

An empathic bookseller discovers two old volumes: his telling of their love, hers of its ruin.

by Barbara Davis 2023

4.25

128k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Romance 📖 Found Manuscript 💔 Tragic Misunderstanding 👶 Secret Child 🔒 Family Secrets

The Things We Cannot Say

by Kelly Rimmer • 2019

She survived the Nazis by hiding everything. Now her granddaughter must uncover what was lost.

4.54

283k+

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🔒 Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Things We Cannot Say 91%

She survived the Nazis by hiding everything. Now her granddaughter must uncover what was lost.

by Kelly Rimmer 2019

4.54

283k+ ratings

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🔒 Family Secrets 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Secret Book of Flora Lea

by Patti Callahan Henry • 2023

A bookshop clerk discovers her vanished sister's imaginary world inside a novel and follows it home.

4.05

90k+

🔍 Missing Sister 💕 Childhood Sweethearts Reunited ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌌 Imaginary World 🎖️ WWII Britain

The Secret Book of Flora Lea 91%

A bookshop clerk discovers her vanished sister's imaginary world inside a novel and follows it home.

by Patti Callahan Henry 2023

4.05

90k+ ratings

🔍 Missing Sister 💕 Childhood Sweethearts Reunited ⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌌 Imaginary World 🎖️ WWII Britain

Fates and Furies

by Lauren Groff • 2015

Lotto thinks their marriage is destiny. Mathilde knows what she paid to keep it that way.

3.59

149k+

🖼️ Marriage Portrait 👥 Dual Perspective 🔐 Secret Past 🎭 Muse And Artist 💔 Tragic Romance

Fates and Furies 91%

Lotto thinks their marriage is destiny. Mathilde knows what she paid to keep it that way.

by Lauren Groff 2015

3.59

149k+ ratings

🖼️ Marriage Portrait 👥 Dual Perspective 🔐 Secret Past 🎭 Muse And Artist 💔 Tragic Romance

The Inverts

by Crystal Jeans • 2021

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

3.22

864

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

The Inverts 91%

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

by Crystal Jeans 2021

3.22

864 ratings

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

by Fiona Davis • 2020

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

3.90

84k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

The Lions of Fifth Avenue 93%

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

by Fiona Davis 2020

3.90

84k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

That Green Eyed Girl

by Julie Owen Moylan • 2022

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

3.87

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief

That Green Eyed Girl 92%

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

by Julie Owen Moylan 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

A dying novelist tempts a bookseller with the truth about twin girls in a crumbling manor.

3.98

328k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor Mystery 👯 Hidden Twin 🕯️ Deathbed Confession 🌿 Feral Children 🎭 Stolen Identity

The Thirteenth Tale 92%

A dying novelist tempts a bookseller with the truth about twin girls in a crumbling manor.

by Diane Setterfield 2006

3.98

328k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor Mystery 👯 Hidden Twin 🕯️ Deathbed Confession 🌿 Feral Children 🎭 Stolen Identity

The Lost Letters of Aisling

by Cynthia Ellingsen • 2024

Her Irish grandmother's letters reveal a wartime love and a child the family never named.

4.31

25k+

🍀 Irish Historical Fiction 🔄 Dual Timeline Narrative 💌 Hidden Love Letters 🔍 Lost Child Search 🤝 Ride Or Die Friendship

The Lost Letters of Aisling 91%

Her Irish grandmother's letters reveal a wartime love and a child the family never named.

by Cynthia Ellingsen 2024

4.31

25k+ ratings

🍀 Irish Historical Fiction 🔄 Dual Timeline Narrative 💌 Hidden Love Letters 🔍 Lost Child Search 🤝 Ride Or Die Friendship

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

by Kelli Estes • 2015

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

4.10

34k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

The Girl Who Wrote in Silk 91%

Her family's island estate holds a silk sleeve embroidered with a massacre her ancestor committed.

by Kelli Estes 2015

4.10

34k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Narrative 🔍 Historical Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets 💕 Cross-Cultural Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen • 2006

Orphaned, a vet student joins a traveling circus and falls for the mercurial animal trainer's wife.

4.11

1.7M+

🎪 Circus Fiction 🏚️ Great Depression ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Abusive Marriage

Water for Elephants 91%

Orphaned, a vet student joins a traveling circus and falls for the mercurial animal trainer's wife.

by Sara Gruen 2006

4.11

1.7M+ ratings

🎪 Circus Fiction 🏚️ Great Depression ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Abusive Marriage

Kaleidoscope

by Danielle Steel • 1987

A murder-suicide leaves three sisters orphaned and scattered across continents and separate lives.

3.99

17k+

🎭 Family Saga 👯 Separated Siblings 🤫 Hidden Parentage ⬆️ Rags To Riches 💔 Orphaned Heroines

Kaleidoscope 91%

A murder-suicide leaves three sisters orphaned and scattered across continents and separate lives.

by Danielle Steel 1987

3.99

17k+ ratings

🎭 Family Saga 👯 Separated Siblings 🤫 Hidden Parentage ⬆️ Rags To Riches 💔 Orphaned Heroines

The Lost Bookshop

by Evie Woods

A vanished bookshop leaves a lost Brontë novel for the bruised woman hiding in its basement.

3.98

364k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 📜 Lost Manuscripts 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌿 Healing After Abuse 🔒 Asylum Narrative

The Lost Bookshop 91%

A vanished bookshop leaves a lost Brontë novel for the bruised woman hiding in its basement.

by Evie Woods 2023

3.98

364k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 📜 Lost Manuscripts 🩸 Generational Trauma 🌿 Healing After Abuse 🔒 Asylum Narrative

The Library of Borrowed Hearts

by Lucy Gilmore • 2024

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

3.85

19k+

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

The Library of Borrowed Hearts 92%

Raising three siblings, a librarian discovers a vintage novel whose margins carry a secret romance.

by Lucy Gilmore 2024

3.85

19k+ ratings

📖 Dual Timeline Romance 📚 Books About Books 🏠 Found Family 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 💌 Secret Romance

Twice in a Blue Moon

by Christina Lauren • 2019

Her first love sold her secret to the tabloids. Now he wrote the film she is starring in.

3.62

90k+

💕 Second Chance Romance 🎬 Hollywood Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 First Love Betrayal 🔒 Forced Proximity

Twice in a Blue Moon 92%

Her first love sold her secret to the tabloids. Now he wrote the film she is starring in.

by Christina Lauren 2019

3.62

90k+ ratings

💕 Second Chance Romance 🎬 Hollywood Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline 💔 First Love Betrayal 🔒 Forced Proximity

Possession

by A.S. Byatt • 1990

Stolen Victorian letters send two scholars chasing a secret affair that becomes their own.

3.90

85k+

🏛️ Campus Novel ⏳ Dual Timeline Fiction ✉️ Hidden Letters 💌 Victorian Love Affair 🔒 Fear Of Possession

Possession 91%

Stolen Victorian letters send two scholars chasing a secret affair that becomes their own.

by A.S. Byatt 1990

3.90

85k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel ⏳ Dual Timeline Fiction ✉️ Hidden Letters 💌 Victorian Love Affair 🔒 Fear Of Possession

What Wild Women Do

by Karma Brown • 2023

Trapped in her fiancé's YouTube channel, she uncovers a 1970s mystery in the Michigan woods.

3.74

6k+

⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Inherited Mystery 📱 Social Media Strain 🌲 Atmospheric Woods 🌿 Women's Legacy

What Wild Women Do 91%

Trapped in her fiancé's YouTube channel, she uncovers a 1970s mystery in the Michigan woods.

by Karma Brown 2023

3.74

6k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Inherited Mystery 📱 Social Media Strain 🌲 Atmospheric Woods 🌿 Women's Legacy

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love

by Alice Murphy • 2025

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

3.64

657

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love Summary

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love 91%

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

by Alice Murphy 2025

3.64

657 ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

The Turnglass

by Gareth Rubin • 2023

A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.

3.46

7k+

🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Literary Gothic 🔐 Generational Secrets 📖 Book Within A Book ⛓️ Inherited Guilt

The Turnglass 91%

A doctor uncovers a woman sealed behind glass whose silence guards a family's darkest crimes.

by Gareth Rubin 2023

3.46

7k+ ratings

🔀 Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Literary Gothic 🔐 Generational Secrets 📖 Book Within A Book ⛓️ Inherited Guilt

The Cut of the Moon

by Cynthia Ellingsen • 2025

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

4.39

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

The Cut of the Moon 92%

A 1920s heiress witnesses a death and discovers the servants trapped beneath her family's estate.

by Cynthia Ellingsen 2025

4.39

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔐 Family Secrets ⚖️ Class Divide 🎷 Jazz Age

The Air You Breathe

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

The Air You Breathe 92%

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018

3.88

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

The Missing Pages

by Alyson Richman

A Harvard library ghost pulls a grieving student into the love story the Titanic buried with him.

4.10

6k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 📜 Rare Book World 🔑 Hidden Family Legacy 🌸 Class-Divided Romance

The Missing Pages 91%

A Harvard library ghost pulls a grieving student into the love story the Titanic buried with him.

by Alyson Richman 2025

4.10

6k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Mystery 👻 Ghost Narrator 📜 Rare Book World 🔑 Hidden Family Legacy 🌸 Class-Divided Romance

Songs in Ursa Major

by Emma Brodie • 2021

A crash sidelines a folk icon; an island singer takes his stage and steals his heart.

3.88

14k+

🎸 1970s Folk Rock 🎤 Women In Music 💞 Slow-Burn Romance 🖤 Tortured Artist 🔒 Family Secrets

Songs in Ursa Major 91%

A crash sidelines a folk icon; an island singer takes his stage and steals his heart.

by Emma Brodie 2021

3.88

14k+ ratings

🎸 1970s Folk Rock 🎤 Women In Music 💞 Slow-Burn Romance 🖤 Tortured Artist 🔒 Family Secrets

Nora Goes Off Script

by Annabel Monaghan • 2022

She wrote the script. He stepped off the screen and into her tea house.

4.05

215k+

🎬 Hollywood Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💞 Second Chance At Love

Nora Goes Off Script 91%

She wrote the script. He stepped off the screen and into her tea house.

by Annabel Monaghan 2022

4.05

215k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mother Romance 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💞 Second Chance At Love

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

by Amanda Quick • 2017

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

3.83

12k+

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

The Girl Who Knew Too Much 91%

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

by Amanda Quick 2017

3.83

12k+ ratings

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🫂 Found Family

Los amantes de Praga

by Alyson Richman • 2011

Prague newlyweds separated by the Holocaust reunite decades later at their grandchildren's wedding.

4.25

65k+

🔄 Dual Timeline 💔 Wartime Separation 💞 First Love Reunited 🎨 Art As Survival 😔 Survivor Guilt

Los amantes de Praga 91%

Prague newlyweds separated by the Holocaust reunite decades later at their grandchildren's wedding.

by Alyson Richman 2011

4.25

65k+ ratings

🔄 Dual Timeline 💔 Wartime Separation 💞 First Love Reunited 🎨 Art As Survival 😔 Survivor Guilt

The Unmaking of June Farrow

by Adrienne Young

June Farrow steps through a door into 1951, into a marriage, and into a murder charge.

4.11

198k+

🧬 Inherited Magic ⏳ Time Travel Romance 💍 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Small Town Mystery 🌫️ Southern Gothic

The Unmaking of June Farrow 91%

June Farrow steps through a door into 1951, into a marriage, and into a murder charge.

by Adrienne Young 2023

4.11

198k+ ratings

🧬 Inherited Magic ⏳ Time Travel Romance 💍 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Small Town Mystery 🌫️ Southern Gothic

Funny You Should Ask

by Elissa Sussman • 2022

A writer reunites with the movie star whose interview broke her heart ten years ago.

3.55

146k+

🎬 Celebrity Romance 🔁 Second-Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline ✍️ Writer Heroine 🎥 Hollywood Setting

Funny You Should Ask 92%

A writer reunites with the movie star whose interview broke her heart ten years ago.

by Elissa Sussman 2022

3.55

146k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Romance 🔁 Second-Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timeline ✍️ Writer Heroine 🎥 Hollywood Setting

Scandal in Babylon

by Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Scandal in Babylon 92%

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

by Barbara Hambly 2021

3.77

469 ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

The Memory Box

by Kathryn Hughes • 2021

A hundred-year-old woman returns to Italy, carrying a box of mementos and a wartime secret.

4.48

16k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🧳 Evacuee Story 🇮🇹 Wartime Italy 💔 Love Triangle

The Memory Box 91%

A hundred-year-old woman returns to Italy, carrying a box of mementos and a wartime secret.

by Kathryn Hughes 2021

4.48

16k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🧳 Evacuee Story 🇮🇹 Wartime Italy 💔 Love Triangle

The Only Woman in the Room

by Marie Benedict • 2019

A film star weds a munitions mogul, escapes, then invents a weapon the world dismisses.

3.87

111k+

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