Books like The Strange Proposal by Grace Livingston Hill

A charming first look at early American pioneer life, following young Laura Ingalls and her family as they live in a simple Wisconsin cabin, learn chores, and grow together on the Big Woods frontier.

A young man's family falls apart after a violent attack on his mother, forcing them into a world of turmoil and uncertainty.

A woman's rise from poverty to political influence, inspired by stories told by a storyteller's daughter.

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.

After losing her family, a seventeen‑year‑old orphan named Elizabeth flees from a Montana wilderness to Philadelphia, pursued by a killer, while her faith, horse, and two pistols become her only allies.

A kiss to Remember is a large‑print fiction work by Miranda Lee, designed for readers who benefit from larger text at a comfortable reading size.

Silas Marner follows a recluse weaver who withdraws to Raveloe after a wrongful accusation, finding redemption and a second chance at life through the love of an abandoned child.

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.

Paige Madison, a war veteran, seeks a new career with a prominent businessman, only to confront an unscrupulous boss and the advances of both the boss’s daughter and a minister’s daughter, forcing a painful choice based on faith and love.

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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.

Letty Conroy, a history professor, sets out to rescue her fiancé from a wild medieval celebration organized by a knight in shining armor.

Margaret Maron's mystery, Slow Dollar, follows fictional judge Deborah Knott as she navigates a North Carolina case that turns to the intrigue of a circus.

A Little Princess is a classic tale of a young girl's experiences at boarding school.