Books like Light of my heart by Ginny Aiken

Anne Shirley: A Teacher's Inspiration in Prince Edward Island, Canada

A story of war, love, and unexpected connections in Chechnya, exploring the shared past of a doctor, a child, and a hospital.

A mother's heart yearning for her lost son in a Texas town where secrets and desires collide.

Set in San Antonio, this psychological fiction examines bereavement and family life, with themes of cats and orphans reflecting cultural heritage and personal struggle within a southern Texan context.

Arson investigator Rand Mason is reluctant to trust Catelyn Caldwell, the fire chief’s daughter, when her father is wounded in a meth lab blaze and she seeks his help to uncover the culprit.

Sixteen‑year‑old Ian travels to Cape Hatteras to claim an inheritance from his estranged grandmother, only to uncover a dangerous mystery surrounding her death.

Three lives— a traumatized boy, a weary ER physician, and a centenarian with a hidden past— converge in Rhode Island after a brutal murder, each confronting secrets and the possibility of healing.

A tale of faith, courage, and the unlikely rescue of Chinese orphans during World War II, blending historical fiction with inspirational elements of missionary work and family bonds in China's tumultuous past.

Fever is a 341‑page science‑fiction novel for youth by Lauren DeStefano that has been a New York Times bestseller. It addresses genetic engineering, genetic disorders, orphanhood and misogyny.

Mma Ramotswe, the charming and skilled private investigator, once again solves mysteries in Botswana.

Four contemporary American romance novellas centered on the meaning of a special bouquet, each weaving biblical themes of forgiveness, communication, and faith.

Andrés Segovia becomes an orphan when a car accident kills his parents. Forced to move to Mexico with his siblings, he struggles with identity before returning to the U.S., where a therapeutic relationship with Grace Delgado unravels hidden truths about his family.

Whistledown Woman is a romance novel exploring the lives of young women, including orphans, Romanies, and millinery workers, weaving themes of love, resilience, and hope in today’s society.

"When I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait." With that insight, Pat Schneider invites readers to contemplate their lives through spiritual observation and exploratory writing. In seventeen concise thematic chapters that include meditations on topics such as fear, prayer, forgiveness, social justice, and death, How the Light Gets In gracefully guides readers through the philosophical and spiritual questions that face everyone in the course of meeting life's challenges. Praised as a "fuse lighter" by author Julia Cameron and "the wisest teacher of writing I know" by the celebrated writing guru Peter Elbow, Pat Schneider has lived a life of writing and teaching, passion and compassion. With How the Light Gets In, she delves beyond the typical "how-to's" of writing to offer an extended rumination on two inner paths, and how they can run as one. Schneider's book is distinct from the many others in the popular spirituality and creative writing genre by virtue of its approach, using one's lived experience--including the experience of writing--as a springboard for expressing the often ineffable events that define everyday life. Her belief that writing about one's own life leads to greater consciousness, satisfaction, and wisdom energizes the book and carries the reader elegantly through difficult topics. As Schneider writes, "All of us live in relation to mystery, and becoming conscious of that relationship can be a beginning point for a spiritual practice--whether we experience mystery in nature, in ecstatic love, in the eyes of our children, our friends, the animals we love, or in more strange experiences of intuition, synchronicity, or prescience."--