Books like One Special Moment (Arabesque)

One Special Moment (Arabesque) by Brenda Jackson reads as passionate, heartwarming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

What One Special Moment (Arabesque) is like to read

A warm, wish-fulfillment romance built on a business-arrangement premise that escalates into real desire and emotional healing, told in alternating perspectives with a guaranteed happy ending. Best for: readers of category romance wanting a classic marriage/baby-bargain premise with a guaranteed HEA.

Temperatures Rising

Brenda Jackson · 2009

Matches the passionate, hopeful mood, carried on quick, propulsive pacing.

Destiny's Embrace

Beverly Jenkins · 2013

A close romance relative — matched on how it reads, with quick, propulsive pacing.

A Girl Like Her

Talia Hibbert · 2018

A witty, warm contemporary romance where a guarded woman learns to trust and belong through patient connection with her neighbor, set against a small town's scrutinizing gaze.

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Remember When

Judith McNaught · 1996

A glossy business-marriage romance between a Texas billionaire and a lifestyle-magazine mogul, where the practical arrangement gives way to unexpected passion.

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Rising Tides

Nora Roberts · 1998

A warm, family-centered romance about a quiet waterman and the woman he's long loved, with healing and small-town belonging at its heart.

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All Rhodes Lead Here

Mariana Zapata · 2021

A famously slow-burn small-town romance where a sunshine heroine thaws a gruff single-dad landlord across hikes, fireside chats, and quiet grief work.

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Safe Haven

Nicholas Sparks · 2010

A tender, intimate romance shadowed by genuine danger: Sparks' signature earnest voice carries both the fragile bloom of new love and the creeping dread of an unsafe past.

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