20 must-read romance books like The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden

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The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

By: Rachel Linden

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to li…

"You don't need magic to change your life. You just need to follow your bliss as best you can."

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

"You don't need magic to change your life. You just need to follow your bliss as best you can."

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

"Whatever you do, keep following your bliss. Be honest. Pay attention. Seek joy. That is the key to unlocking your destiny."

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

"Whatever you do, keep following your bliss. Be honest. Pay attention. Seek joy. That is the key to unlocking your destiny."

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

If you liked the romance plot in The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

By: Heather Webber

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A mysterious letter. An offer taken. And the chance to move forward. When Ava Harrison receives … read more

Similar categories in Heather Webber's At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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2. Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

By: Abby Jimenez

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he d… read more

Similar categories in Abby Jimenez's Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I'm going to let that tall drink of water slam me like a door."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"The best kind of love doesn't happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

"I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you."

-Abby Jimenez, Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)

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3. The Paradise Problem

By: Christina Lauren

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Christina Lauren, returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery ch… read more

Similar categories in Christina Lauren's The Paradise Problem book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters"

-Christina Lauren, The Paradise Problem

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4. In the Middle of Hickory Lane

By: Heather Webber

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From the USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe comes Heather Webber's next… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webber's In the Middle of Hickory Lane book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You're smart to leave the past behind you. Otherwise, if you keep looking over your shoulder at it, you might miss what's right ahead of you."

-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane

"I'm surprised there aren't any lotus flowers in the gazing pool, seeing that they mean rebirth. After all, this is essentially where Bee Gipson died and Glory Wynn was born, isn't it?"

-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane

"I wished I could read the personalities of young children more easily, but because the early years were all about formation, true personalities didn't start showing up until nine or ten years of age."

-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane

"For the first time, I saw a pink glow breaking through the gray wisps that surrounded her, revealing the color of her true personality. Blush pink. I smiled. I should've known. I had known. Emme was …"

-Heather Webber, In the Middle of Hickory Lane

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5. Expiration Dates

By: Rebecca Serle

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper yo… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Serle's Expiration Dates book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We have to be cracked open sometimes. We have to be cracked open sometimes to let anything good in. What I see now, emerging in the mirror, is this one, simple truth: learning to be broken is learnin…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"There is nothing more terrifying than lying in a hospital bed and knowing your mom can't fix it. That she can't make it better. That no amount of bargaining with any doctor will carry you -- the both…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"Joel and I don’t work because he’s my person, we work because I feel like I can be every bad and impossible version of myself with him. I can change. And it’s not even that I know he’ll still love me…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

"I often wonder what our responsibility is to other people, how much we owe them. Whose job is it to look out for our own happiness, Us, or the people who love us? It's both, of course. We owe ourselv…"

-Rebecca Serle, Expiration Dates

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6. Summer Romance

By: Annabel Monaghan

4.10

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Benefits of a summer romance: it’s always fun, always brief, and no one gets their heart broken. … read more

Similar categories in Annabel Monaghan's Summer Romance book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"I am the architect of my own experience."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

"It's a lot easier to work through other people's problems. I think I must be very attached to my own."

-Annabel Monaghan, Summer Romance

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7. The Lost Ticket

By: Freya Sampson

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Strangers aboard a London bus unite to help an elderly man find his missed love connection in the h… read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's The Lost Ticket book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Hector looked unconvinced. “Does your job make you rich?"

-Freya Sampson, The Lost Ticket

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8. The Rom-Commers

By: Katherine Center

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's The Rom-Commers book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"If my life were a screenplay, I'd end the story right there and roll credits - and then maybe rewind and watch it again."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"But, it was okay. We don't get to know the whole story all at once. And where we're headed matters so much less than how we get there."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

"Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them."

-Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

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9. The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

By: Courtney Walsh

4.19

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

She’s out to prove that there’s no such thing as choosing happiness. Isadora Bentley follows the… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. The Wishing Game

By: Meg Shaffer

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Make a wish. . . . Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents … read more

Similar categories in Meg Shaffer's The Wishing Game book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Hate is a knife without a handle. You can't cut something with it without cutting yourself."

-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

"Another thing I learned in therapy?" Angie said. "The kids in dysfunctional families who act out and rebel are the ones who are the healthiest mentally. They're the ones who see that something's wron…"

-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

"Once, he'd loved the ocean. Loved seeing it every morning, every night. Seeing all its facets, all its faces. Not many people knew what the sea looked like in all seasons, under all phases of the moo…"

-Meg Shaffer, The Wishing Game

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11. Hello Stranger

By: Katherine Center

3.94

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry. Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Li… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Center's Hello Stranger book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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12. The Last Love Note

By: Emma Grey

4.08

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of … read more

Similar categories in Emma Grey's The Last Love Note book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She's one of the golden threads running through each of our lives. Hope, in human form."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

"If I stay very still and very open, our energies feel so close it's as if we can almost touch in this place where love is infinite. Limitless."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

"I've learned that love outlives death. It holds steady through despair. It won't fade, even as time elapses and distance increases and your world shifts."

-Emma Grey, The Last Love Note

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13. Sylvia's Second Act

By: Hillary Yablon

4.00

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Her husband’s cheating on her. She hates Boca. Sylvia is mad and she isn’t going to take it anymore… read more

Similar categories in Hillary Yablon's Sylvia's Second Act book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden

14. The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

By: Rachel Linden

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to li… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You don't need magic to change your life. You just need to follow your bliss as best you can."

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

"Whatever you do, keep following your bliss. Be honest. Pay attention. Seek joy. That is the key to unlocking your destiny."

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

"...we must be emptied of that which fills us that we may be filled with those things which we are lacking. [ST. AUGUSTINE, paraphrase by Gertrude Lund]"

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

"My life is a lemon. I faced the truth afresh, bent over a cold stainless-steel mixing bowl, whipping egg whites and sugar into stiff French meringue peaks."

-Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

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15. The Good Part

By: Sophie Cousens

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cousens's The Good Part book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. The Unmaking of June Farrow

By: Adrienne Young

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A woman risks everything to end her family’s centuries-old curse, solve her mother’s disappearance,… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Young's The Unmaking of June Farrow book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"[He] was the kind of handsome that was carved from forests and rivers. He had the look of someone who'd spent his life in the sun, hands in the dirt. Every color, curve, and angle of him was shaped w…"

-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

"I didn't care that this crossed the line of keeping my distance or confusing boundaries. In that moment, I needed there to be no space between the three of us. I needed to feel us together, with no b…"

-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

"My eyes focused on the chart that hung on the wall behind him. It was a diagram of the human heart, with detailed renderings of the muscle and tissue, and I immediately thought how fortunate I would …"

-Adrienne Young, The Unmaking of June Farrow

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17. A Happier Life

By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put h… read more

Similar categories in Kristy Woodson Harvey's A Happier Life book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
"Trends come and go; the simplicity of timeless meals with the ones you love is forever."

-Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life

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18. How to Age Disgracefully

By: Clare Pooley

4.24

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy f… read more

Similar categories in Clare Pooley's How to Age Disgracefully book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Mature? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

"Mature'? Good grief! I'm not a cheese. Or a herbaceous border."

-Clare Pooley, How to Age Disgracefully

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19. The Summer of Yes

By: Courtney Walsh

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A near-death experience catapults workaholic junior editor Kelsey Worthington into changing her lif… read more

Similar categories in Courtney Walsh's The Summer of Yes book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. A Certain Kind of Starlight

By: Heather Webber

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the face of hardship, two women learn how to rise up again under the bright side of the stars. E… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webber's A Certain Kind of Starlight book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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21. The Race to Midnight

By: Jessica Booth

4.78

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Celia Martinez and Brian Young have been best friends since high school and now share an apartment … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Booth's The Race to Midnight book and Rachel Linden's The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

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Heather Webber

3.97

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Abby Jimenez

4.40

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Christina Lauren

4.14

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Emily Henry

4.27

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Tessa Bailey

3.71

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