21 must-read audiobook books like Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden

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Recipe for a Charmed Life

By: Rachel Linden

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After a day of unrivaled disappointments, a promising young chef finds every bite of food suddenly …

"Instinctively, her fingers drifted to the four-leaf clover charm on the delicate chain at her throat, and she rubbed the little leaves. Long ago, her mother had told her that the four leaflets on the clover stood for faith, hope, love, and luck. "Those four elements are the recipe for a charmed life, Georgia May," her mother had promised her."

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"She reached up and rubbed the four-leaf clover charm, saying a quick prayer for faith, hope, love, and luck. Faith that everything would turn out, hope that what was lost could be restored, gratitude that she had found the love of the woman who had born her, and at the end she tacked on a heartfelt request for a little bit of luck to smooth out these next uncertain, scary steps."

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"Star reached up and snapped an apple twig from the bough above them. It was laden with small white buds not yet blossomed. "Watch." She cupped it in her strong-knuckled hands. Before Georgia's eyes, the buds began to slowly open, their blooms unfurling into delicate white starbursts. Soon Star was holding a branch laden with fragrant white blossoms in full bloom where a few seconds before there had been only tightly closed flowers."

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"The wine was cold and refreshing on her tongue, sliding down her throat like a mouthful of winter air. She closed her eyes and sniffed the bouquet. Ripe apricots smashing open on gray rocks, the smell of cut grass. She still could not taste anything but bitter in the wine, but she could feel it, feel where it had come from. She turned the bottle around and read the description, smiling at the words "ripe stone fruit" and "mineral complexity."

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

If you liked the audiobook plot in Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. The Summer Book Club

By: Susan Mallery

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The rules of summer book club are simple: •  No sad books •  No pressure •  Yessssss, wine! … read more

Similar categories in Susan Mallery's The Summer Book Club book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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2. Look on the Bright Side

By: Kristan Higgins

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unex… read more

Similar categories in Kristan Higgins's Look on the Bright Side book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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3. The Bright Spot (Sunrise Cove, #5)

By: Jill Shalvis

4.00

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming story ab… read more

Similar categories in Jill Shalvis's The Bright Spot (Sunrise Cove, #5) book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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4. Summers at the Saint

By: Mary Kay Andrews

4.14

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more

Similar categories in Mary Kay Andrews's Summers at the Saint book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • audiobook
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5. The Best Life Book Club

By: Sheila Roberts

3.78

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

It started as a book club. It became a way to build a better life together. Karissa Newcomb is r… read more

Similar categories in Sheila Roberts's The Best Life Book Club book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden

6. Recipe for a Charmed Life

By: Rachel Linden

3.73

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

After a day of unrivaled disappointments, a promising young chef finds every bite of food suddenly … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • magical realism
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Instinctively, her fingers drifted to the four-leaf clover charm on the delicate chain at her throat, and she rubbed the little leaves. Long ago, her mother had told her that the four leaflets on the…"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"She reached up and rubbed the four-leaf clover charm, saying a quick prayer for faith, hope, love, and luck. Faith that everything would turn out, hope that what was lost could be restored, gratitude…"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"Star reached up and snapped an apple twig from the bough above them. It was laden with small white buds not yet blossomed. "Watch." She cupped it in her strong-knuckled hands. Before Georgia's eyes, …"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

"The wine was cold and refreshing on her tongue, sliding down her throat like a mouthful of winter air. She closed her eyes and sniffed the bouquet. Ripe apricots smashing open on gray rocks, the smel…"

-Rachel Linden, Recipe for a Charmed Life

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7. 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 Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • 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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8. 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 Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • 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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9. 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 Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • 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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10. Christa Comes Out of Her Shell

By: Abbi Waxman

3.59

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antis… read more

Similar categories in Abbi Waxman's Christa Comes Out of Her Shell book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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11. Take Two, Birdie Maxwell

By: Allison Winn Scotch

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Hollywood’s biggest rom-com star tries to recover from her damaged reputation by staging her own ro… read more

Similar categories in Allison Winn Scotch's Take Two, Birdie Maxwell book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford

12. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

By: Olivia Ford

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A huge-hearted, redemptive coming-of-old-age tale, a love story, and an ode to good food Nothing… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Ford's Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • food
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
"To want something, she realized, was to make yourself vulnerable to losing it."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"It's sometimes easy to feel left behind at my age, as if the world has a future and you have no place in it...but I hope to discover that there is meaning and adventure still to be found."

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

"...the strongest couples I know have grown together, supporting their partner's changes rather than harnessing or fearing them. It's a bit like growing roses - you don't get to choose exactly which w…"

-Olivia Ford, Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame

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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 Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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14. The Trail of Lost Hearts

By: Tracey Garvis Graves

3.98

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestselling author Tracey Garvis Graves takes readers on a life affirming journey, w… read more

Similar categories in Tracey Garvis Graves's The Trail of Lost Hearts book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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15. Happy Medium

By: Sarah Adler

3.69

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A clever con woman must convince a skeptical, sexy farmer of his property's resident real-life ghos… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Adler's Happy Medium book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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16. Love at First Book

By: Jenn McKinlay

4.03

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing … read more

Similar categories in Jenn McKinlay's Love at First Book book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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17. Nosy Neighbors

By: Freya Sampson

3.80

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Two neighbors-at-war band together to stop a dangerous criminal in their midst in this enthralling … read more

Similar categories in Freya Sampson's Nosy Neighbors book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • 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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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 Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Until Next Summer

By: Ali Brady

4.00

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Two former best friends each find love at an adults-only summer camp in this romantic and nostalgic… read more

Similar categories in Ali Brady's Until Next Summer book and Rachel Linden's Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • chick lit
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. 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 Recipe for a Charmed Life

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook

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