10 Romance Authors Like Nora Roberts

Darby Travers, Viscount Nailbourne, was one of four men who survived the Bonaparte wars and the hell of prison. Together, the forged an unbreakable bond. Now, someone has come to ask for his help. Sadie Grace Boxer faced many trials working in her brother's surgery, but none prepared her for the world she's thrust into following his death. She's now the ward of his daughter and she needs to provide for her. 

That requires help from Darby, but he cannot know the truth about her niece. Still, the handsome viscount has ignited something in her she thought long dead, and when her family's past comes back to haunt her, she'll have to trust Darby to help her, even if it costs her everything.

Dianna Harrington is known throughout the world as "The Face." She's an iconic model and the public representation of her family's lavish fashion empire. But that's not her dream. She'd rather stay out of the public eye and hang out with her friend, Alex Stewart. 

Ever since they were kids, Alex has been Dianna's protector and pal, the one who knows her better than anyone else. He's also the brother of her best friend, which meant he was off limits. Now a handsome, successful New York lawyer, Alex never realized how lonely Dianna's life has been, or how naive she is about matters of love. He wants to help her in every way he can, to give into the feelings he's had for her for so many years. Maybe all it takes is just one kiss…

Charlotte Godowski had grown used to the gasps and stares her facial difference elicited, but when the cruelty became too much, she decided to go under the knife for a risky operation. Now, she's Charlotte Godfrey, a beautiful Hollywood star who is the envy of the nation. 

Suddenly, she has everything she could want, but the shadow of her old life is forever looming overhead. Charlotte Godowski and Charlotte Godfrey are two sides of the same woman, and she'll only be able to reconcile them when she loves herself.

Kellen Adams is on the run. She has a scar on her forehead from a gunshot and doesn't remember an entire year of her life but she knows she's in danger. She knows she has a husband who wants her dead, and she hopes that he has forgotten about her. 

Taking a job as assistant manager of a remote vacation resort on the North Pacific Coast, Kellen finds peace amid the endless storms. But when she discovers a woman's dead and mutilated body, she's soon trying to keep her own secrets while investigating a murder. The bodies keep piling up and every guest and employee is a suspect. Kellen wants to defend her job, her friends, and her life, but she cannot help but wonder if the killer is staring her in the face...

Maggie Whitaker is a thoroughly modern woman who is running away from her old life, including unemployment and an ex-husband who’s demanding alimony. Amid her troubles, she finds herself inexplicably transported to Elizabethan England of the 16th century. 

Now, she's in the midst of courtly intrigue and has captured the attention of Nicholas Layton, the third son of the Earl of Traherne. He cannot stay away from this beautiful and unique woman who claims she is from the future, and now they are both entangled in the political drama of Queen Elizabeth I's court. Love is powerful but can it withstand time itself?

Carrie Wiggins is the ultimate wallflower, a beautiful young woman who is also extremely shy. A secret from her childhood has left her terrified to pursue the love she so desperately wants. Handsome, aristocratic Tyler Wilkes had turned his back on high living to set up a medical practice in the rural turn-of-the-century town of Wayne's Crossing, Pennsylvania. He wants to care for those who need it most, not those with more money than everyone else. 

Chance brings him into contact with Carrie, the mountain girl who instantly captures his heart. Fate seems to have brought them together but there are nefarious forces that want to keep them apart. Will love be able to break through those differences?

While arguably best known for her long-running historical series Pennyroyal Green, Julie Anne Long has also penned a contemporary series, Hellcat Canyon. The First Time at Firelight Falls follows Eden Harwood, a single mother and business owner who has no time for romance in her life. When Gabe Caldera, the principal of Hellcat Elementary, enters her life, she begins to rethink her stance on relationships. 

The ex-Navy SEAL is gorgeous, funny, and only has eyes for her, and he plans to get Eden in his arms. Their passion is explosive, but so are the secrets of Eden's past she's worked overtime to keep hidden. When one of those secrets waltzes into town, Gabe knows he'll have to fight for Eden's heart.

Grace Bennett seems to have the perfect life. She has three wonderful children, her devoted husband Steve and a life of adventure and travel. But life is hard as a Navy wife, moving from place to place and never being able to establish roots. It's caused Grace to lose her sense of self, as she forever puts duty above her own wellbeing. 

Grace and Steve are forced to confront the reality of their lives and their faltering marriage, but when the unthinkable happens, Grace must deal with every Navy wife's worst nightmare...

Laura Kinsale has been writing romance for almost as long as Roberts and her historical titles will be familiar to anyone who's a fan of the classic bodice-ripper, Fabio-heavy style of cover. 

In The Shadow and the Star, young and naive Leda Etoile has been forced to abandon her old life and take refuge in her tiny attic room in a decrepit London boarding house. Her small safe haven is invaded by a dark but handsome man named Samuel Gerard. 

Wealthy and powerful but scarred by his traumatic childhood, he has sworn to love chastely, but Leda is testing his limits of control. Leda too cannot help but fall for a man she knows she cannot have, but perhaps they can come together and fight their dark pasts to achieve happiness for the first time in their lives.

After a night of passion six years ago, Eden Bradwell made the shattering discovery that the man she was about to marry was not mortal. He was Lord Hern, a woodlands guardian spirit who had disguised himself as a man to find a new queen to birth his heir and help him escape his exile. Devastated by his deception, Eden fled Hartsmere and married someone else. 

In a deep sleep for the last five years, Hern, the Forest Lord, has been informed that Eden has returned to Hartsmere, bringing with her the son he never knew he had. He wants his child back and will wreak vengeance on Eden to get him. He disguises himself as a humble servant named Hartley to get close to them, but the more time they spend together, the more he realizes that he cannot be without the woman he has come to love and the son he adores. Will Eden feel the same when she discovers his true identity?