Books like Sunshine Girl by Julianna Margulies

Twenty‑five year‑old Belly Conklin returns to the family summer home on the coast, where a cancer diagnosis forces her to confront love, loss, and growing up amid the familiar rhythm of beach life.

Two college friends discover that love can span continents and a decade when they reunite after life‑changing choices thrust them apart.

Sunshine Girl unlocks her supernatural powers after passing a critical test, prompting a mentorship that challenges her bonds with humans.

Jillie Mac’s accidental fortune‑teller act in Barefoot William draws the attention of wealthy local Aiden Cates, sparking a fresh romance that tests identity and expectations.

Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, Sunshine Griffith and her mother Kat move from sunny Austin, Texas, to the rain-drenched town of Ridgemont, Washington. Though Sunshine is adopted, she and her mother have always been close, sharing a special bond filled with laughter and inside jokes. But from the moment they arrive, Sunshine feels her world darken with an eeriness she cannot place. And even if Kat doesn't recognize it, Sunshine knows that something about their new house is just ... creepy. In the days that follow, things only get stranger. Sunshine is followed around the house by an icy breeze, phantom wind slams her bedroom door shut, and eventually, the laughter Sunshine hears on her first night evolves into sobs. She can hardly believe it, but as the spirits haunting her house become more frightening—and it becomes clear that Kat is in danger—Sunshine must accept what she is, pass the test before her, and save her mother from a fate worse than death.

Sunshine Griffith’s luiseach powers awaken, threatening a demon war that could destroy humanity. With her brainiac boyfriend Nolan, she must confront hidden forces and decide if she will sacrifice herself to save everyone.

The Tale of Murasaki: A Tale of the Japanese Court and a Woman of Genius

A summer mystery unfolds at the Trowbridge estate when new housekeeper Kate uncovers secrets that hint at a hidden crime.