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JoJo Moyes Author Read AlikesJuly 23, 2014 |
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If you enjoy reading books by JoJo Moyes try these authors.
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The Sealed Letterby Emma DonoghueEmily "Fido" Faithfull, a spinster pioneer in the British women's movement, is distracted from her cause by the details of her friend's failing marriage and affair with a young army officer, in this drama of friends, lovers, and divorce, Victorian style.
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I Remember Nothing, and Other Reflections by Nora EphronIn a hilarious collection of personal essays, the best-selling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck discusses her career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated results, the evolution of her relationship with her e-mail in-box and more.
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Life After Life : A Novelby Kate AtkinsonThe award-winning author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum follows the experiences of a woman who after being born on a snowy night in 1910 repeated dies and reincarnates into the same life to correct missteps and ultimately save the world. .
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The White Queenby Philippa GregoryA tale inspired by the War of the Roses follows the conflict from the perspective of Elizabeth Woodville, who ascends to royalty and fights for the well-being of her family, including two sons whose imprisonment in the Tower of London precedes a devastating unsolved mystery.
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The Rose Gardenby Susanna KearsleyTransported back in time to the year 1725, Eva Ross finds true love with Daniel Butler, but is plunged into a dangerous world of courtly intrigue and treason due to the discord surrounding Hanoverian King George.
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan : A Novelby Lisa SeeAn evocative story of friendship set against the backdrop of a nineteenth-century China in which women suffered from foot binding, isolation, and illiteracy follows an elderly woman and her companion as they communicate their hopes, dreams, joys, and tragedies through a unique secret language.
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Friends Forever : A Novelby Danielle SteelForging inseparable bonds in childhood that reinforce them throughout their teen years, two girls and three boys go their separate ways as adults and encounter respective tragedies and transformations.
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The Ten-Year Napby Meg WolitzerTen years after leaving high-power jobs to raise their children, four New York friends enter their forties while struggling with the differences between their past ideals and their present realities, a situation that become turbulent when one of them meets a successful working mother of three who seems to have it all. .
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Wedding Night : A Novelby Sophie KinsellaTiring of commitment-phobic boyfriends, Lottie readily accepts her ex's offer of marriage in fulfillment of a safety pact made years earlier that they would marry if they were still single in their thirties, a rushed arrangement that prompts family disapproval and an unexpected renewal of passion.
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Ladies' Nightby Mary Kay AndrewsCut off from her palatial home and checking account after an act of post-divorce rage forces her to move in with her widowed mother and attend court-mandated group therapy, rising media star Grace Stanton bonds with three fellow patients who she helps plot respective pursuits of justice and closure.
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The Senator's Wifeby Sue MillerTwo unconventional women, neighbors in adjacent New England townhouses--Meri Fowler, pregnant, newly married, and discovering the gap between reality and expectation, and Delia Naughton, wife of a notoriously unfaithful liberal senator--confront the costs and challenges of love. .
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Escapeby Barbara DelinskyLanguishing in her career as a business lawyer after relinquishing her dream to defend victims of corporate abuse, Emily Aulenbach impulsively abandons her husband and returns to a New Hampshire town where she spent a watershed college summer. .
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Shameless
by Karen Robards
Known as a heartbreaker after breaking three prior engagements in her search for true love, beautiful Beth Banning falls victim to a vengeful scheme on the part of her last jilted fiancé, a plot that is foiled when the victim frees herself and turns the tables on her seductive kidnapper.
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The Lady Most Willing-- : A Novel in Three Partsby Julia QuinnWhen both of his nephews refuse to wed, Taran Ferguson, laird of his clan, takes matters into his own hands by raiding a ball and kidnapping four likely brides - an heiress and her sister, an English beauty, and a woman without name or fortune, in hopes that one of them will want to marry a Scottish lord.
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And Then She Fellby Stephanie LaurensWith an uncanny skill for preventing ill-fated nuptials, Henrietta Cynster, famously known in London society as "The Matchbreaker," must help James Glossup find a suitable bride for a marriage of convenience after she disrupts one match too many.
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A Secret Affairby Mary BaloghA final installment in the best-selling series that includes Seducing an Angel focuses on darkly mysterious cousin Constantine, who finds unexpected love when a passionate woman compels him to question his life of solitude.
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A Perfect Proposalby Katie FfordeEagerly visiting New York to escape her suffocating family, young Englishwoman Sophie clashes with her hostess's arrogant grandson, who follows her back to England with an unconventional proposal.
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Lost Dogs and Lonely Heartsby Lucy DillonAfter losing both her job and her boyfriend, Rachel takes over the care of her late aunt's beloved border collie and the daily operations of her crowded rescue kennel, despite knowing nothing about dogs.
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Staying at Daisy's
by Jill Mansell
Jill Mansell is a huge internationally bestselling author with 22 novels and over 4 million copies sold. Our first six U.S. editions have sold over 85,000 copies. Hotel manager Daisy MacLean thinks she has people all figured out. When she meets cocky, sarcastic Dev Tyzack, it's a no brainer-stay away. But as guests come and go, Daisy realizes Dev is the one person she wants to stay
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Wild Mountain Thymeby Rosamunde PilcherTwo years after playwright Oliver Dobbs abandons her in pursuit of fame and success, Victoria agrees to flee with him, almost against her will, to the Highlands of Scotland and to a future filled with uncertainty.
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Fingersmithby Sarah WatersGrowing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, Gentleman, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lily, but Sue's growing pity for their helpless victim could destroy the plot. By the author of Tipping the Velvet.
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Revenge of the Middle-Aged Womanby Elizabeth BuchanHer happy marriage and successful career falling apart after twenty-five years, Rose Lloyd struggles with the prospect of starting over before finding unexpected fulfillment in her new independence and the reappearance of an old flame. .
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Tapestry of Fortunes : A Novelby Elizabeth BergSelling her home and taking time off from her career as a successful motivational speaker, Cecilia Ross moves into a beautiful old house in St. Paul and bonds with three roommates, including one who would reconnect with a daughter she gave up for adoption, one who would visit her long-absent ex and a professional chef who would find inspiration from other restaurants. .
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The Age of Desire : A Novelby Jennie FieldsReimagines the midlife world of Edith Wharton and the impact of her affair with a young journalist on her longtime friendship with disapproving literary secretary Anna Bahlmann, in a tale told against the vivid backdrops of Gilded Age Paris, the Wharton's elegant home in Lenox and Henry James's English manse.
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Turning for Homeby Sarah ChallisWith her family secretly trying to evict her from her beautiful Somerset country home, Lady Pamela finds her life suddenly changing for the better when Maeve Delaney arrives at Charlton House to be her new companion
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The Last Telegramby Liz TrenowAfter an unexpected event, Lily Verner is forced to remember a disastrous decision she made decades earlier on the 1940s British countryside
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The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving : A Novelby Jonathan EvisonAfter losing virtually everything meaningful in his life, Benjamin trains to be a caregiver, but his first client, a fiercely independent teen with muscular dystrophy, gives him more than he bargained for and soon the two embark on a road trip to visit the boy's ailing father.
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One Dayby David NichollsFalling in love on the eve of their 1988 college graduations, Dexter and Emma embark on a heady relationship marked throughout subsequent decades by their disparate personalities, conflicts and misconceptions, in a tale told on the anniversaries of the day they met.
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Bread and Butter : A Novelby Michelle WildgenRunning a successful, ethical restaurant in a small Pennsylvania community, Britt and Leo face a perplexing dilemma when their younger brother, Harry, opens a restaurant nearby and steals their talented pastry chef, a situation that leads to a competitive rivalry and compromised values.
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