20 must-read romance books like A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel

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A Dance in Donegal

By: Jennifer Deibel

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

All of her life, Irish-American Moira Doherty has relished her mother's descriptions of Ireland. Wh…

"Ah, well."

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

"Smack in the middle of what God is askin' is the best place for any of us to be."

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

"Her mother’s voice echoed in her mind: When someone seems bent on making your life miserable, heap coals of kindness on their head."

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

"I know ye feel responsible for what happened, but ye canna live in defect. Ye love the Laird, and ye follow hard after Him. Not a man on earth can condemn ye.~ Peg"

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

If you liked the romance plot in A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel , here is a list of 20 books like this:

1. The Mark of the King

By: Jocelyn Green

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

After being imprisoned and branded for the death of her client, twenty-five-year-old midwife Julian… read more

Similar categories in Jocelyn Green's The Mark of the King book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

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2. A Heart Adrift: A Novel

By: Laura Frantz

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Esmee… read more

Similar categories in Laura Frantz's A Heart Adrift: A Novel book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Did she realize she held his heart? Not just a piece of it. The entire whole of it."

-Laura Frantz, A Heart Adrift: A Novel

"The only certainty about life was its uncertainty. Only God stayed steadfast. Only the Almighty could walk her through life’s many changes. And when she felt overwhelmed… she simply had to look back …"

-Laura Frantz, A Heart Adrift: A Novel

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3. The Rose and the Thistle

By: Laura Frantz

4.17

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

In 1715, Lady Blythe Hedley's father is declared an enemy of the British crown because of his Jacob… read more

Similar categories in Laura Frantz's The Rose and the Thistle book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"You cannot change the past, only how you regard or respond to it. Nor should you dwell on it."

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

"Her defenses had been bridged, compromised. She should have continued to find him maddening, even infuriating. NOT enthralling."

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

"You are still my English rose," he said, laying their clothing over a chairback. "While I remain your Scottish thistle." -Laura Frantz, the Rose and the Thistle 2023"

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

"Perhaps I should apply my scholarship to your speech, milord. Labor over a dictionary of your peculiar language. 'Tis a great garble of words and growls, at least to my Northumbrian ears."

-Laura Frantz, The Rose and the Thistle

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4. A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2)

By: Julie Klassen

4.21

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Royalty comes to Sidmouth, bringing unexpected danger and the sweet possibility of romance. . . . … read more

Similar categories in Julie Klassen's A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Take two chickens and dress them very neatly. - Mrs Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy"

-Julie Klassen, A Winter by the Sea (On Devonshire Shores, #2)

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5. In the Shelter of Hollythorne House (The Houses of Yorkshire #2)

By: Sarah E. Ladd

4.00

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A young widow faces an uncertain future . . . until an unexpected encounter with her first love giv… read more

Similar categories in Sarah E. Ladd's In the Shelter of Hollythorne House (The Houses of Yorkshire #2) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2)

By: Pepper Basham

4.21

Format: 396 pages, Paperback

Told mostly through letters, texts, and email, this contemporary romance will charm its way into he… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"But don’t let all those big dreams in your head stop you from seeing that sometimes the best adventures can still be in the simplest things. Like home and family."

-Pepper Basham, Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2)

"He’d never met anyone who wore sunshine quite like Penelope Edgewood. At first, it had been too much. Too overpowering and seemingly inauthentic, but then, over the weeks, her vibrancy melded into th…"

-Pepper Basham, Positively, Penelope (Skymar, #2)

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7. Yours Truly, Thomas

By: Rachel Fordham

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

For three years, Penny Ercanbeck has been opening other people's mail. Dead ends are a reality for … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Fordham's Yours Truly, Thomas book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There's nothing so fine as a man who knows to turn down a different road."

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

"You don't want to miss the love that's perfect for you because you're too busy searching for a fairy tale."

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

"I'd rather never marry than marry for any reason but love. Don't you want something more? Someone you can't imagine living without?"

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

"I'm a better person in Azure Springs than I was in Alexandria. And pain brought me here. I'm still making peace with it all, but I'm grateful I got here even if the road was rocky and marred with pai…"

-Rachel Fordham, Yours Truly, Thomas

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8. A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

By: Roseanna M. White

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their father's death, Lady Marigold Fairfax an… read more

Similar categories in Roseanna M. White's A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I think the truth always changes us. I think it always should."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

"The truth isn’t always pretty. But I like to think it’s always beautiful."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

"The truth isn't always pretty. But I like to think it's always beautiful."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

"How very boring he'd painted his faceless future spouse. No wonder he'd never been inspired to search for her."

-Roseanna M. White, A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters, #1)

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9. The Juliet Code (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #3)

By: Pepper Basham

4.41

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New My… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's The Juliet Code (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #3) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1) by Pepper Basham

10. The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1)

By: Pepper Basham

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Will the magic of Christmas bring these two newlyweds closer together, or will the ghosts of the pa… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Clearly you’ve not been reading your Sherlock. Every mystery starts with a remote theory based on inconclusive findings."

-Pepper Basham, The Mistletoe Countess (Freddie & Grace Mystery, #1)

Cover of The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2) by Pepper Basham

11. The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2)

By: Pepper Basham

4.23

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Clue meets Indiana Jones with a fiction-loving twist only Grace Percy can provide.   Newlyweds Lo… read more

Similar categories in Pepper Basham's The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I must say here is another perfectly good example of the value in having a rope along with you at all times."

-Pepper Basham, The Cairo Curse (A Freddie and Grace Mystery, #2)

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12. The Letter Tree

By: Rachel Fordham

4.19

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Mere words can’t end their families’ feud, but the Campbell heir and the Bradshaw heiress plan to w… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Fordham's The Letter Tree book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel

13. A Dance in Donegal

By: Jennifer Deibel

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

All of her life, Irish-American Moira Doherty has relished her mother's descriptions of Ireland. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • ireland
  • irish literature
  • audiobook
"Ah, well."

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

"Smack in the middle of what God is askin' is the best place for any of us to be."

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

"Her mother’s voice echoed in her mind: When someone seems bent on making your life miserable, heap coals of kindness on their head."

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

"I know ye feel responsible for what happened, but ye canna live in defect. Ye love the Laird, and ye follow hard after Him. Not a man on earth can condemn ye.~ Peg"

-Jennifer Deibel, A Dance in Donegal

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14. Tidewater Bride

By: Laura Frantz

4.30

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Selah Hopewell seems to be the only woman in the Virginia colony who has no wish to wed. True, ther… read more

Similar categories in Laura Frantz's Tidewater Bride book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I will not give you what you are yet unsure of, thus forming a bond between us that might well break."

-Laura Frantz, Tidewater Bride

Cover of Against the Wind (Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing, #2) by Amanda Cabot

15. Against the Wind (Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing, #2)

By: Amanda Cabot

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Doctor-in-training Louisa Vaughn has no intention of remaining in Sweetwater Crossing. She's just t… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Cabot's Against the Wind (Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing, #2) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Seamstress of Acadie by Laura Frantz

16. The Seamstress of Acadie

By: Laura Frantz

4.41

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada's Acadian shor… read more

Similar categories in Laura Frantz's The Seamstress of Acadie book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of To Spark a Match (The Matchmakers, #2) by Jen Turano

17. To Spark a Match (The Matchmakers, #2)

By: Jen Turano

4.19

Format: 361 pages, Paperback

After five unsuccessful Seasons on the marriage mart, Miss Adelaide Duveen has resigned herself to … read more

Similar categories in Jen Turano's To Spark a Match (The Matchmakers, #2) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I’m twenty-three years old and have been out in society for five Seasons, both winter and summer. It would be next to impossible to convince anyone I’m anything other than peculiar." To Spark A Match…"

-Jen Turano, To Spark a Match (The Matchmakers, #2)

"It's curious, now that I think on it, that you've humored me as long as you have, considering you knocked a man out in midst of a dinner party, and yet you've wasted time with me instead of throwing …"

-Jen Turano, To Spark a Match (The Matchmakers, #2)

Cover of A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1) by Jen Turano

18. A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

By: Jen Turano

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

Miss Gwendolyn Brinley accepted a temporary paid companion position for the Newport summer season, … read more

Similar categories in Jen Turano's A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I knew underneath that intimidating demeanor of yours was a reasonable woman,"

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

"But you succeeded in your assignment because you, my darling Gwendolyn, are my perfect match"

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

"I’m perfectly comfortable with who I am— a bluestocking at heart, who besides loving the written word has a great affection for cats."

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

"We’ll receive everyone in the parlor, but only after I have Gibbons leave them lingering about in the receiving room for a good ten minutes or so."

-Jen Turano, A Match in the Making (The Matchmakers, #1)

Cover of While the City Sleeps (The Women of Midtown, #1) by Elizabeth Camden

19. While the City Sleeps (The Women of Midtown, #1)

By: Elizabeth Camden

4.26

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Katherine Schneider's workaday life as a dentist in 1913 New York is upended when a patient reveals… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Camden's While the City Sleeps (The Women of Midtown, #1) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky

20. The Legacy of Longdale Manor

By: Carrie Turansky

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In 2012, art historian Gwen Monroe travels to England's Lake District to appraise the paintings and… read more

Similar categories in Carrie Turansky's The Legacy of Longdale Manor book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Time is fleeting, the days fade fast. Treasure faith and family, only they will last. ~text from Charlotte's diary"

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

"How she longed for a more meaningful connection and to be seen and loved despite her mistakes and weaknesses. ~Gwen"

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

"When we choose to forgive others, we are not excusing what they did or saying it was right. We’re releasing them into God’s hands and allowing Him to deal out justice as He sees fit."

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

"I’ve learned forgiveness is just as much for my benefit as it is for the other person. It’s like giving up my right to hurt someone back and letting God handle the justice of the situation as He thin…"

-Carrie Turansky, The Legacy of Longdale Manor

Cover of Midnight's Budding Morrow (Regency Wallflowers #2) by Carolyn   Miller

21. Midnight's Budding Morrow (Regency Wallflowers #2)

By: Carolyn Miller

4.06

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Can real love grow between a wallflower and an unrepentant rogue? Sarah Drayton is eager to spend t… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Miller's Midnight's Budding Morrow (Regency Wallflowers #2) book and Jennifer Deibel's A Dance in Donegal

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"For what was life but a mere precursor to death? No, he could not afford to care, when life had proved that caring was just another word for heartbreak."

-Carolyn Miller, Midnight's Budding Morrow (Regency Wallflowers #2)

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