9 must-read adult fiction books like The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson

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The Accidental Beauty Queen

By: Teri Wilson

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Gorman loves her job as an elementary school librarian, and is content to experience life…

"There's fire in my eyes and my lips are bee-stung, swollen with kisses. I look like a poem—something penned by Wordsworth, all dancing daffodils and smokeless air. I look like a woman in love."

-Teri Wilson, The Accidental Beauty Queen

If you liked the adult fiction plot in The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Dear Mr. Knightley

By: Katherine Reay

3.93

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Dear Mr. Knightley is a contemporary epistolary novel with a delightful dash of Jane Austen. Sam… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Reay's Dear Mr. Knightley book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Never let something so unworthy define you."

-Katherine Reay, Dear Mr. Knightley

"It helped us both—shared failure is always a comfort."

-Katherine Reay, Dear Mr. Knightley

"Have you ever confused your senses? Something taste like another thing smells?"

-Katherine Reay, Dear Mr. Knightley

"We didn't talk much, and the silence hung like a silk curtain, light and lovely."

-Katherine Reay, Dear Mr. Knightley

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2. Southern Charmed

By: Melanie Jacobson

3.91

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Lila Mae Guidry is a Southern girl through and through. As a fourth-generation Latter-day Saint in … read more

Similar categories in Melanie Jacobson's Southern Charmed book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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3. How I Met Your Brother

By: Janette Rallison

3.41

Format: 400 pages,

The best day of his life, the worst day of hers. Back in college, Marco Dawson never thought of Bel… read more

Similar categories in Janette Rallison's How I Met Your Brother book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
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4. The List: Finding Love Was the Last Thing on Her List

By: Melanie Jacobson

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Ashley Barrett doesn't want to get married. At least, not anytime soon. She doesn't care how many o… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Jacobson's The List: Finding Love Was the Last Thing on Her List book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
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5. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

Similar categories in Kate Albus's Nothing Else But Miracles book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. To Charm a Lady (The Cartwells, #2)

By: Joanna Barker

4.42

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Cora Atherton wants nothing more than to finally fall in love—real love, not the unrequited sort. W… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Barker's To Charm a Lady (The Cartwells, #2) book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • 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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8. 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 Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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9. Lakeshire Park

By: Megan Walker

4.19

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Brighton, England 1820 Amelia Moore wants only one thing—to secure the future happiness of her y… read more

Similar categories in Megan Walker's Lakeshire Park book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Love was indeed pain. And to love so deeply meant to be susceptible to an equally deep agony."

-Megan Walker, Lakeshire Park

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10. Meet Me in the Margins

By: Melissa Ferguson

3.61

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Ferguson's Meet Me in the Margins book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"His smile grows. ''After all, not everyone at Pennington shares the same appreciation of the more ... adventurous fiction as you and me."

-Melissa Ferguson, Meet Me in the Margins

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11. A Heart Worth Stealing

By: Joanna Barker

4.14

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Little Sowerby, England, 1802 Miss Genevieve Wilde—a magistrate’s daughter and independent heiress… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Barker's A Heart Worth Stealing book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Of course, Disheveled Jack was my favourite Jack..."

-Joanna Barker, A Heart Worth Stealing

"Clearly, kissing was another of his 'certain talents'."

-Joanna Barker, A Heart Worth Stealing

"I will not leave her. So long as she wants me, I will be at her side."

-Joanna Barker, A Heart Worth Stealing

"I am fighting for you.' I could not hide the wrenching pain in my words. 'Will you not fight for me?"

-Joanna Barker, A Heart Worth Stealing

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12. 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 Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. The Outlaw Noble Salt

By: Amy Harmon

4.46

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes a sweepingly romantic tale of risk, redempt… read more

Similar categories in Amy Harmon's The Outlaw Noble Salt book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Unexpected Boyfriend for Christmas by Janette Rallison

14. An Unexpected Boyfriend for Christmas

By: Janette Rallison

3.61

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

One little lie can spin so wildly out of control...and yet turn out so well. Scarlet’s grandmoth… read more

Similar categories in Janette Rallison's An Unexpected Boyfriend for Christmas book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson

15. The Accidental Beauty Queen

By: Teri Wilson

3.64

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Gorman loves her job as an elementary school librarian, and is content to experience life… read more

Similar categories in Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • humor
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
"There's fire in my eyes and my lips are bee-stung, swollen with kisses. I look like a poem—something penned by Wordsworth, all dancing daffodils and smokeless air. I look like a woman in love."

-Teri Wilson, The Accidental Beauty Queen

Cover of Summer Ever After (Falling for Summer) by Kortney Keisel

16. Summer Ever After (Falling for Summer)

By: Kortney Keisel

4.13

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

Falling in love is easy. Finding the right guy to spend happily ever after with... that's the hard … read more

Similar categories in Kortney Keisel's Summer Ever After (Falling for Summer) book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Flying in Love by Chalon Linton

17. Flying in Love

By: Chalon Linton

3.90

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Will Paige decide to share her heart or fly solo? Paige Hall’s happy ending may just be in sight… read more

Similar categories in Chalon Linton's Flying in Love book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Beachy Keen (Falling for Summer) by Kasey Stockton

18. Beachy Keen (Falling for Summer)

By: Kasey Stockton

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

He has it all, except the one thing money can't buy: her heart. When Cat Keene finds a medical b… read more

Similar categories in Kasey Stockton's Beachy Keen (Falling for Summer) book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • audiobook
Cover of Dear Dwayne, With Love by Eliza Gordon

19. Dear Dwayne, With Love

By: Eliza Gordon

4.14

Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition

Wannabe actress Dani Steele’s résumé resembles a cautionary tale on how not to be famous. She’s pus… read more

Similar categories in Eliza Gordon's Dear Dwayne, With Love book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • romance
  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Book of Purrs: Everyday Thoughts from Your Feline Friends by Luís Coelho

20. The Book of Purrs: Everyday Thoughts from Your Feline Friends

By: Luís Coelho

4.42

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The internet’s favorite googly-eyed feline—@purr. in. ink—wrote a book to send you a little bit of … read more

Similar categories in Luís Coelho's The Book of Purrs: Everyday Thoughts from Your Feline Friends book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • humor
  • adult
Cover of The Confidence Games by Tess Amy

21. The Confidence Games

By: Tess Amy

3.63

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Two female con artists must pull off the ultimate heist in this rollicking caper from a dazzling ne… read more

Similar categories in Tess Amy's The Confidence Games book and Teri Wilson's The Accidental Beauty Queen

  • adult fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary

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Katherine Reay

3.93

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Melanie Jacobson

3.91

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How I Met Your Brother

Janette Rallison

3.41

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Melanie Jacobson

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4.27

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Kortney Keisel

4.13

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Annah Conwell

4.01

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