Going Home by Nora Roberts (2005)

Not the best of Nora Roberts, but it has three short novels from the 80's and 90's. Read over a longer time, so don't remember details. But as I write these up, I realize all of them do tackle the mother (or father) - daughter relationship. Many of the other romances get written in a vacuum, where parents and even friends aren't part of the story, but in all three below, the relationship with the parent is important. The romantic relationships can't really happen until the parental one is resolved, as it has often left a lot or mistrust or other negative feelings.

Unfinished Business (1992)
This one was about Vanessa, a classical pianist, whose father dragged her around the world performing, away from her mother and any other life. After her father dies, she returns to her hometown, starts rebuilding her relationship to her mother and an old flame - Brady, now a local doctor.

Island of Flowers (1982)
Laine spends her last dollars to go to Hawaii to find her father, who left her and her mother when she was little. Now that her mother has died, she found an address and headed out. Turns out he is a wonderful man and has a good looking younger partner Dillon in running a small airport.

Mind Over Matter (1987)
This one was about David Brady, a documentary producer working on a program about paranormal occurances. He finds a special woman Clarissa that he wants to interview, but has to go through her agent A.J. Turns out Clarissa is A.J.'s mother, and though they love each other, A.J. doesn't want to accept that she may have some of the same powers as her mother.