Books like Miranda (Grace Livingstone Hill) by Grace Livingston Hill

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

A young orphan girl from Canada makes her way to a Prince Edward Island farm and becomes a cherished member of a family there, all while proving she has a talent for making friends and learning languages.

Ruth Benedict, a sophisticated New Yorker, uproots to a small Southern town, where she confronts hostility, discovers two estranged brothers, and brings wealth, faith, and new possibilities, while challenging the community’s expectations.

A former orphan, Jerusha Abbott, meets a dramatic transformation when an anonymous benefactor sends her to a prestigious women’s college, where she adopts a new name, embraces education, sports, romance, and the mystery of her benefactor, “Daddy‑Long‑Legs.”

A powerful don, a cursed lion’s lair, and a devoted sister clash in this romance‑fueled thriller. Isabella Vernaducci defies death to rescue her brother, confronting danger, betrayal, and forbidden passion.

478 p. ; 21 cm

With four younger siblings to support as well as her invalid mother, since her father died unexpectedly the previous year, Shirley was really up against it. Her tiny secretary's salary could only afford rent for a house that was too small and located in an area with excessive heat, traffic, and pollution. To compound the problems she had been served notice that the family must move in a few weeks. This is why a large stone barn outside the city, in a spacious natural setting with cool, fresh air seemed so inviting. The barn's owner, Sidney, was also up against it in trying to get the barn not only in a habitable, but also in a truly homelike and comfortable state without appearing to be offering charity nor compelling an increase in rent. Shirley completely refused charity of any kind, but was so completely conscientious and loyal in her work, at times jeopardizing her own safety and even risking her life, that abundant help came her way in many forms, leading eventually to property ownership that guaranteed lifetime security for her family. Along the way she taught Sidney the meaning of inner wealth, which is what he really wanted rather than the haughty, condescending, shallow, superficial, undeserving hypocrisy of some of his rich acquaintances. His curiousity about how someone could really live in a barn came to be richly rewarded. Shirley found that her daring bravery in attempting actual life in a barn was also richly rewarded. As she and Sidney discovered what real wealth was, it wasn't only the barn that was enchanted.

A collection of four Grace Livingston Hill stories—"Lo, Michael," "The Patch of Blue," "The Unknown God," and Isabella Alden’s "Stephen Mitchell's Journey"—explores faith, love, and moral choices in early 20th‑century American settings.

In post‑Civil War California, Sarah Anderson flees an oppressive stepfamily and the debts of a riverboat gambler to seek her brother in the San Joaquin Valley, where romance and frontier trials await.

Olivia Cole faces an impossible choice when her brother’s debt forces her into a London gaming hall, where she meets the enigmatic Viscount Breckenridge and confronts desires she never knew she had.

A humorous look at a family of seven siblings in Australia, their misadventures, and the everyday challenges of childhood as seen through the eyes of their spirited parents.

Ava Fychon is kidnapped from Wales and thrust into 1825 London, where her escape brings her to the doorstep of the Earl of Atherton. As they pursue truth and love, they must confront the possibility that their desire may never be fulfilled.

When her brothers’ lives endanger, Lady Margaret Chattan—vowing never to marry to break a centuries‑old curse—teams with Laird Heath Macnachtan to battle a formidable supernatural foe.