Books like The Search (Grace Livingston Hill #39) 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.

During her wedding, Sherrill Cameron discovers her fiancé’s secretary will walk down the aisle instead. A handsome stranger named Graham Copeland offers comfort, but a stolen emerald necklace raises doubts about his true intentions.

Heiress Betty Stanhope faces a forced marriage and a secret plot to seize her inheritance, but she escapes the ceremony and seeks help from a mysterious stranger, Jane Carson, while a ruthless bridegroom hunts her down.

Marion Warren balances family duty with her dream of becoming a teacher, while romance and divine guidance help her navigate adversity and find her place in the world.

In 1940s Laramie, Rachel stands out as a bright, carefree sister, while her quieter sibling Maria struggles with self‑worth and family confidence after a move to a coastal summer cottage. A meeting with the thoughtful Howard Fairfield sparks a profound personal transformation for Maria.

The Reeds face a series of hardships—death, financial ruin, and a legal threat—only to find hope in a humble house named April Gold, where their faith and perseverance shine through adversity.

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.

After her father's death, young Doris Dunbar faces financial ruin, a hostile stepmother, a broken engagement, and a dying brother, but an unlikely partnership with Scottish businessman Angus Macdonald offers hope and the chance to rebuild her family.

During World War II, young Dale Huntley fights to protect her inheritance and hold on to love as war takes her husband to the front. Her faith and the love of a family on the brink transform a bitter inheritance dispute into hope.

A compilation of four romantic Christian novels by Grace Livingston Hill—"The Chance of a Lifetime," "Under the Window," "A Voice in the Wilderness," and "The Randolphs"—offering wholesome love stories set in American life.

(From the back cover) Young Katharine Bowman is certain the winter will be long and dreary. Her friends from the summer have all gone back to their homes, she feels deserted and lonely. Then she discovers a gift left for her by one of her friends...a gift that will change her life in astonishing ways! “Katharine’s Yesterday,” like the other short stories in this collection, brings readers a real sens of the past, of days when life seemed simpler, more straightforward. Yet it also shows that struggles with pride, self-centeredness, and temptation are timeless, as real in the past as they are today. Fortunately, the solution to these struggles is equally timeless. Written in Grace Livingston Hill’s inimitable style, these entertaining stories will both challenge and inspire.