Lesley Crewe
If you like the Cape Breton settings in Lesley Crewe's books, try:
The Day the Men Went to Town: 16 Stories by Women from Cape Breton, edited by Ron Caplan
An Audience of Chairs by Joan Clark
North of Smokey by David Doucette
Stories From the Woman from Away and The Promised Land: Stories From Cape Breton by Tessie Gillis
Little Boy Blues by Mary Jane Maffini
Butterflies Dance in the Dark by Beatrice MacNeil
The Keys: Ten Stories by Teresa O'Brien
If you like the characters, plot, and/or humour in Lesley Crewe's books, try:
Irish Girls About Town, edited by Maeve Binchy
Sarah Dunn, especially Secrets to Happiness
Jane Green
Marian Keyes
Sally Koslow
Jill Mansell
Sheila O'Flanagan
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, especially Call Me Irresistible
Bernadette Strachan, especially How to Lose a Husband
and Gain a Life
Nancy Thayer, especially Beachcombers