…and like strong characters, light romance, and prefer audio format, try these:

The mountain between us by Charles Martin

Shoot the moon by Billie Letts

Miss Julia speaks her mind: a novel by Ann B. Ross

Two more options that are available in print:

Big Stone Gap: a novel by Adriana Trigiani

Gold of kings: a novel by Davis Bunn

As well as the authors Jan Karon, Karen Kingsbury, Beverly Lewis and Fannie Flagg.