Books like Christy by Linda Lael Miller

A sweeping coming‑of‑age story set on Nebraska’s prairie, following Jim Burden’s journey with his grandparents amid immigrant families, especially the Czech Shimerdas, and his complex love and friendship with Antonia.

Reena Hale, a seasoned arson investigator in Baltimore, battles a series of mysterious fires and harassing calls while courting a new love interest, Bo Goodnight, as she hunts for the truth behind her past and present threats.

In the second Key of Knowledge, Dana Steele confronts her past when fellow researcher Jordan Hawke writes a book that ties him to her quest for the legendary Key. Truth, deception, and lurking nightmares force Dana to choose her destiny.

Three resilient women, led by Zoe McCourt, must unlock ancient secrets to free trapped demi-goddesses, risking wealth, power, and their own futures.

Rebecca Bayliss confronts a shattered past when her dying mother reveals a hidden family, leading her from a Cornwall mansion into passionate and greedy entanglements that ultimately hold the key to her future and heart.

Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.

Three women, one destiny: Malory Price must navigate danger, art, and ancient Celtic gods to find the Key of Light and awaken sleeping demi-goddesses.

Suzanna Calhoun and her sisters search their ancestral home for priceless emeralds that hold the key to a decades‑old mystery. When old love Holt Bradford reappears, he must protect her from the shadows that threaten to undo everything.

A stolen painting starts a mysterious investigation that draws a police investigator into the complex world of art, love, and deception.

After a quiet California summer, Jane Marsh is drawn back to her ancestral Scottish home, Elvie, where memories of her youth and a former love reunite with a new inheritance, forcing her to confront what she truly seeks.

Elfrida Phipps, a 62‑year‑old former London stage actress, finds new companionship with church organist Oscar Blundell after a tragedy. Together with her dog, she travels to a Victorian house in Scotland where a diverse group of strangers forms an unexpected friendship amid winter.

Mojo, a talented slot‑machine player, lives at Bad‑Ass Bert's Biker Saloon and haunted by her past, must confront ghosts and mystery to uncover her true identity.

A young girl's journey of faith and adventure unfolds in a rural mountain school setting, touching on themes of family, responsibility, and Christian life.

At a new school, shy Christy struggles to connect with boys and confronts her feelings for Mike, a cute junior who recently broke up with Jill.

The illegitimate son of a wealthy rancher, Sheriff Slade Barlow grew up in a trailer hitched to the Curly-Burly hair salon his mother runs. He was never acknowledged by his father-until now. Suddenly, Slade has inherited half of Whisper Creek Ranch, one of the most prosperous in Parable, Montana. That doesn't sit well with his half brother, Hutch, who grew up with all the rights of a Carmody. Including the affections of Joslyn Kirk, homecoming queen, rodeo queen, beauty queen-whom Slade has never forgotten but Joslyn is barely holding her head up these days as she works to pay back everyone her crooked stepfather cheated. With a town to protect-plus a rebellious teenage stepdaughter-Slade has his hands full. But someone has to convince Joslyn that she's responsible only for her own actions. Such as her effect on this lawman's guarded heart.

Orphan train: A friendship between 17-year-old Molly and elderly woman Vivian sets in when Molly is tasked with performing community service at Vivian's home.

After losing her husband in the Civil War, Bridget McQuarry rises again on the Nevada frontier, caring for her son, a sister, and a baby, only to find an unexpected rekindling of past affection.

Megan McQuarry returns to her Nevada ranch after an ill‑fated acting career, only to discover family secrets that change her life. Amid frontier hardships, she finds love and renewed purpose with Webb Stratton, a new ranch owner haunted by past betrayals.

At Primrose Creek, four women confront the Nevada frontier’s hardships, while Skye McQuarry discovers love and loyalty with lumber baron Jake Vigil, whose past threatens their fragile bond.

In 1870 Montana Territory, widowed Evangeline Keating travels to the isolated Springwater Station and finds herself faced with a precarious romance and the challenges of frontier life.