Books like A Whole New Light by Kim O'Brien

Jules's dream comes true as she gets her first taste of love and action in the wake of a vision that sends her on a quest to rescue her ex-lover before the future turns into a nightmare.

After her husband’s death, Cyn McCall finds herself both grieving and drawn to her late husband’s business partner, Worth Lansing, during a weekend getaway in Acapulco, sparking a passionate but complicated romance.

A mercenary and a businesswoman, destined for love in a world of magic and danger.

A love story between a sheriff and a single father's child, set in a small town and featuring a dynamic cast of characters.

When a single father sends his eight‑year‑old daughter to Florida for a summer of support, a compassionate woman must balance help with her own heart and faith.

Widowed Janelle Townsend seeks a new beginning for her silent five‑year‑old daughter in Bear Lake, Montana, when she meets widower Adam Hunter, whose own tender daughter and quiet auto‑mechanic skills help her child—and their hearts—heal.

Meg Cabot’s historical romance novel, Where Roses Grow Wild, follows a tender journey of love and longing, weaving heartfelt stories against an evocative backdrop of a bygone era.

A poignant story of a love that transcends loss and confusion after the September 11 terrorist attacks, set in D.C. and centered on two young men trying to navigate the post-9/11 world while finding love with each other.

Sarah Wendell’s inspirational guide to love stories and romance novels that teach life lessons and inspire happy endings.

After her grandmother’s death, Cheyenne Wilkins faces a countdown set by a will that limits her love life, while rancher Derek Brandt balances devotion to family and faith.

A romance novel about a widowed widower and a spirited young woman who sets out to prove that age isn't a barrier to love in a small town in the South during the 1930s during the Great Depression. The book explores themes of perseverance and overcoming adversity through the love story of Reed Tyler, a young man who dreams of settling down on his own land with the woman he has promised to marry, and Hattie Colfax, a spirited young woman who runs her family's farm and dreams of a brighter future for her family. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and explores themes of perseverance and overcoming adversity through the love story of Reed Tyler, a young man who dreams of settling down on his own land with the woman he has promised to marry, and Hattie Colfax, a spirited young woman who runs her family's farm and dreams of a brighter future for her family.

"When I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait." With that insight, Pat Schneider invites readers to contemplate their lives through spiritual observation and exploratory writing. In seventeen concise thematic chapters that include meditations on topics such as fear, prayer, forgiveness, social justice, and death, How the Light Gets In gracefully guides readers through the philosophical and spiritual questions that face everyone in the course of meeting life's challenges. Praised as a "fuse lighter" by author Julia Cameron and "the wisest teacher of writing I know" by the celebrated writing guru Peter Elbow, Pat Schneider has lived a life of writing and teaching, passion and compassion. With How the Light Gets In, she delves beyond the typical "how-to's" of writing to offer an extended rumination on two inner paths, and how they can run as one. Schneider's book is distinct from the many others in the popular spirituality and creative writing genre by virtue of its approach, using one's lived experience--including the experience of writing--as a springboard for expressing the often ineffable events that define everyday life. Her belief that writing about one's own life leads to greater consciousness, satisfaction, and wisdom energizes the book and carries the reader elegantly through difficult topics. As Schneider writes, "All of us live in relation to mystery, and becoming conscious of that relationship can be a beginning point for a spiritual practice--whether we experience mystery in nature, in ecstatic love, in the eyes of our children, our friends, the animals we love, or in more strange experiences of intuition, synchronicity, or prescience."--