Books like Street of the City (Grace Livingston Hill #47) by Grace Livingston Hill

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.

Two bachelor brothers, David and Joseph, live on an old farm until a city‑raised sister, adopted by an aunt, arrives and reveals their kinship, bringing faith, love and renewal to their home and village.

A poor girl from a river‑separated city defies social boundaries to win the heart of a rich man during the early days of World War II, while avoiding a jealous rival that threatens their love.

A wealthy young banker seeks a fresh start after a tragic accident, assuming a new identity in a small town. His journey of faith and forgiveness forces him to confront guilt and embrace truth.

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.