Books like Leave a Candle Burning by Lori Wick

A poignant young‑adult tale of two teens—Hazel and Augustus—who meet in a cancer support group, and whose unlikely romance forces them to confront love, illness, and the meaning of life.

Hailey Ashton strives to be strong while working at Serendipity Amusement Park, yet her fragile self-image threatens a romance. A minor emergency brings her into contact with Tyler Scott and may spark a love she never imagined.

Brandy balances caring for her three younger sisters while navigating the intense, challenged romance with blustery businessman Mitch Waring.

Divorced Theresa Osborne finds a mysterious bottle on a Boston beach, prompting a search for a lost love that may change her life.

Victoria Bradshaw’s return to an old love, now a widower with a young son, leads her on a spring journey to a Scottish castle where they rediscover romance and the complexities of human connection.

A Korean War veteran returns home, grappling with chemical formula leaks while living under a new identity, navigating the challenges of life after war.

In 1950 Browerville, Minnesota, widower Eddie Olczak grieves the loss of his wife while finding unexpected solace with Sister Regina, a nun bound by vow yet drawn to a growing connection that tests faith and love.

In Amish Hope Springs, nurse‑midwife Amber Bradley defends traditional childbirth against the new doctor’s insistence on hospital births, striving to keep her community’s faith‑based practices alive.

In 1900s Seattle, young Susannah McKittrick arrives to care for her cousin’s newborn, only to meet the baby’s stoic father, Aubrey Fairgrieve, and discover love may be more complex than she imagined.

A widowed widow and widower make their way back to Cedar Cove, where they discover new love and the possibilities of life ahead.

Each of six animals--cat, mouse, gull, dog, squirrel, and pig--tells a story in verse about himself to earn a candle and celebrate an old man's birthday.

Anna Galloway has arrived on the sparsely populated North Beach Peninsula in Washington State to continue her career in nursing, but there is no hospital and the only doctor, Dr. Wesley Snow, is brusque and judgmental. Anna doubts she can stay, though she knows that this is a place where her skills are very much in need. But Anna doesn't just want to be needed, she wants to be loved. Peter Fielding, a young widower, needs her to mother his two children, but can he offer her love? It is Peter who introduces her to the wild, untamed land, but it is the brooding Dr. Snow who, though scorning Anna's prayers for her patients, seems to have captured her heart. ' Should Anna give up her dreams of marriage and family and be content with her nursing career? She is hoping that God will not only lead her in the right direction but will teach her to trust that small voice that says: "Be still and know that I am God..." Psalm 46:10.

After her husband admits love for a younger woman, Annie Colwater retreats to her hometown in Washington, where she rekindles a past romance with widower Nick Delacroix and their daughter, only to face a life‑changing decision.