If you like Rosamunde Pilcher, you may like . . . Rosamunde Pilcher 's early novels were written in the classic romance tradition. Later works, such as The Shell Seekers , feature an appealing woman protagonist facing her own mortality and the complexities of family relationships. Bacher, June Masters. Ms. Baldwin began writing during the Great Depression intending to help people escape from reality through romance novels.
Stories often center around a female character's choices between career and marriage.
Most often set in rural Ireland, these novels center around family life and intimate friendships. Ms. Cadell's English characters meet life's obstacles with practicality and a sense of humor, often finding romance along the way. Frequently published in series, Ms. Chaikin's novels follow female characters as they pursue their heart's desires in work and love in historical settings. In lush prose, the story of Molly, an orphaned Irish woman, comes of age in post-war England. Hetty agrees to house-sit her uncle's mansion in a rural English village where she is welcomed by humorous villagers and her uncle's bitter heir, Conner.