Books like A Place to Belong by Kathryn Shay

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.

Mia Corelli returns to Alabama for a sunny summer, but her excitement is shadowed by the presence of the man she despises—Benjamin Kelly. A tangled mix of resentment and unexpected attraction follows, as old feuds and new feelings collide.

"How we come to feel at home in our towns and cities is what Warnick sets out to discover in This Is Where You Belong. She dives into the body of research around place attachment--the deep sense of connection that binds some of us to our cities and increases our physical and emotional well-being--then travels to towns across America to see it in action. Inspired by a growing movement of placemaking, she examines what its practitioners are doing to create likeable locales. She also speaks with frequent movers and loyal stayers around the country to learn what draws highly mobile Americans to a new city, and what makes us stay. The best ideas she imports to her adopted hometown of Blacksburg for a series of Love Where You Live experiments designed to make her feel more locally connected. Dining with her neighbors. Shopping Small Business Saturday. Marching in the town Christmas parade. Can these efforts make a halfhearted resident happier? Will Blacksburg be the place she finally stays? What Warnick learns will inspire you to embrace your own community--and perhaps discover that the place where you live right now ... is home."--Jacket.

Three friends and a ring of female spies of WWII uncover a mystery of missing agents, weaving friendship, courage and danger through wartime Manhattan and occupied Europe.

Berta Schumacher leaves her privileged Chicago life to join Iowa’s devout Amana community, where she confronts strict traditions and a secret that forces her to choose between her past and a new future.

When photographer Aidan O'Neil meets Secret Service Agent C.J. Ludke‑cy, their instant chemistry sparks a daring romance that could upend both their lives and, if they choose their fate, lead to true happiness.