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12 books with a reading profile close to Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 Safe Haven

    Safe Haven

    by Nicholas Sparks

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Katie arrives in the small coastal town of Southport, North Carolina, determined to maintain a low profile and avoid forming personal connections.

  2. 2 Montana Sky

    Montana Sky

    by Nora Roberts

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Three half-sisters, strangers to one another, learn that their late father, Jack Mercy, has left them a Montana ranch on one condition: they must live there together for a year.

  3. 3 Angels Fall

    Angels Fall

    by Nora Roberts

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Reece Gilmore is the sole survivor of a mass shooting at a Boston restaurant.

  4. 4 The Ghostwriter

    The Ghostwriter

    by A.R. Torre

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Helena Ross is a successful thriller novelist diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer and given only months to live.

  5. 5 Friction

    Friction

    by Sandra Brown

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Texas Ranger Crawford Hunt fights to regain custody of his young daughter, Georgia, while stuck in a legal battle against his former father-in-law.

  6. 6 He Will Be My Ruin

    He Will Be My Ruin

    by K.A. Tucker

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    When Maggie Graham travels to New York to settle the affairs of her best friend, Celine, she refuses to believe the official police ruling of suicide.

  7. 7 The Mountain Between Us

    The Mountain Between Us

    by Charles Martin

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Ben Payne, a surgeon, and Ashley Knox, a journalist, charter a small plane to reach their destinations after a storm cancels commercial flights.

  8. 8 Verity

    Verity

    by Colleen Hoover

    Also practical and escapist · thriller, romance

    Lowen Ashleigh, a writer facing financial ruin, moves into the estate of Jeremy and Verity Crawford to ghostwrite the final installments of a famous book series.

  9. 9 The Guardian

    The Guardian

    by Nicholas Sparks

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Julie Barenson is a young widow living in North Carolina, struggling to rebuild her life four years after her husband’s death.

  10. 10 WOMAN DOWN

    WOMAN DOWN

    by Colleen Hoover

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    A novelist struggling with a stalled career seeks out a local detective to provide professional insight for her latest manuscript.

  11. 11 Pen Pal

    Pen Pal

    by J.T. Geissinger

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    After the sudden death of her husband, Kayla Baer begins receiving mysterious letters from a death row inmate named Dante.

  12. 12 Does It Hurt?

    Does It Hurt?

    by H.D. Carlton

    Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, romance

    Sawyer Dixon lives as a fugitive, stealing identities to maintain her freedom until she encounters Enzo Vitale on a small Australian island.

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