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12 books with a reading profile close to What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon. Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

  1. 1 The Winemaker's Wife

    The Winemaker's Wife

    by Kristin Harmel

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    In 1940, Inès marries the owner of Maison Chauveau, a historic champagne estate in occupied France.

  2. 2 The Echo of Old Books

    The Echo of Old Books

    by Barbara Davis

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Rare book dealer Ashlyn Greer possesses a psychometric gift that allows her to feel the emotional echoes of previous owners through their physical copies.

  3. 3 The Garden of Small Beginnings

    The Garden of Small Beginnings

    by Abbi Waxman

    Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative

    Lilian Girvan is a widowed illustrator raising two young daughters three years after her husband’s fatal car accident.

  4. 4 The Apothecary's Daughter

    The Apothecary's Daughter

    by Julie Klassen

    Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative

    Lilly Haswell spent years working alongside her father in his English apothecary shop, mastering the identification of curative herbs and the precise mixing of medicinal draughts.

  5. 5 The Lost Husband

    The Lost Husband

    by Katherine Center

    Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative

    Libby Hart is a young widow with a small daughter, still reeling from the sudden death of her husband.

  6. 6 A Hundred Summers

    A Hundred Summers

    by Beatriz Williams

    Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative

    In the summer of 1938, the privileged Lily and her former best friend Violet reconnect at Lily's lavish Long Island estate.

  7. 7 Summer of '69

    Summer of '69

    by Elin Hilderbrand

    Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative

    The narrative follows the Foley and Levin families during a summer of significant social upheaval on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.

  8. 8 The Rose Garden

    The Rose Garden

    by Susanna Kearsley

    Also clear-cut and escapist · romance, narrative

    After the death of her sister, Eva Ward returns to the Cornish coast and her childhood sanctuary, Trelowarth.

  9. 9 At the Water's Edge

    At the Water's Edge

    by Sara Gruen

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Highlands during the height of World War II, this historical novel follows Ellis and Maddie Hyde, an elite socialite couple searching for the Loch Ness Monster.

  10. 10 The Identicals

    The Identicals

    by Elin Hilderbrand

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Harper and Tabitha Frost are identical twins who grew up in a divided family, and they have not spoken in years.

  11. 11 Surviving Savannah

    Surviving Savannah

    by Patti Callahan Henry

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    In Savannah, Georgia, history professor Everly Winthrop is tasked with curating a museum exhibit for the Pulaski, a luxury steamship that exploded and sank in 1838.

  12. 12 The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    by Sarah Addison Allen

    Also clear-cut · romance, narrative

    Emily Benedict, a seventeen-year-old, moves to Mullaby, North Carolina, to live with the grandfather she never knew after her mother's death.

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