Books like Barren Cove by Ariel S. Winter

Mila, a teenager with an identity crisis, runs from both the CIA and a rogue intelligence group after uncovering a secret about herself.

In 1944, American naval officer Lt. Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to prepare for the Allied invasion of France. He works closely with Dorothy Fairfax, a "Wren" in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Dorothy pieces together reconnaissance photographs with thousands of holiday snapshots of France--including those of her own family's summer home--in order to create accurate maps of Normandy. Maps that Wyatt will turn into naval bombardment plans. As the two spend concentrated time together in the pressure cooker of war, their deepening friendship threatens to turn to love. Dorothy must resist its pull. Her bereaved father depends on her, and her heart already belongs to another man. Wyatt too has much to lose. The closer he gets to Dorothy, the more he fears his efforts to win the war will destroy everything she has ever loved.

A tangle of knots follows a 11-year-old girl's journey as she discovers her Talent to bake cakes.

Pat Conroy’s Beach Music weaves a tale of family, friendship, and the loss of a loved one, following a father in Rome who tracks a vanished Vietnam protester, confronting the echoes of his wife’s suicide and a daughter’s growing independence.

A young couple’s marriage and financial hopes collide with the harsh realities of the Atlantic coast during the 1920s Depression era.

A tale of the petticoats between sisters and the haunting secrets of the dollager family, this novel will keep you on the edge of your seat with its psychological tension and spine-tingling plot twists.

Set in New Mexico, Five Wounds follows the intertwined lives of Hispanic American families as they confront cancer, teenage pregnancy, and alcoholism, exploring the bonds between father and daughter during Holy Week.

After thirty years of marriage, an artist faces loss and betrayal when her husband’s death reveals a hidden affair.