I'll also recommend the Chesapeake Bay trilogy (not so much the 4th book, Chesapeake Blue) as romance with strong male characters and lovely plots.
It took me years before I could read Birthright, but that's because my kids are adopted.
I also enjoyed Hidden Riches. (I just finished a re-read of the four MacKade books, which also have strong male PoV characters).
The trouble with Nora Roberts is that nobody writes like her, so it's hard to generalize and say "if you like NR, you'll like..." - maybe mid-90s era (pre-Arcane Society) Jayne Ann Krentz. I also like her SF/R books written as Jane Castle, but for the most part can't stand her Victorian-era Amanda Quick books.
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