Books like Sandcastles by Luanne Rice

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

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.

James Joyce’s Dubliners is a landmark collection of fifteen short stories set in late‑19th‑century Dublin, capturing ordinary lives and suppressed dreams while exploring themes of lost innocence, paralysis, and the moral fabric of Irish society.

A first‑century‑turn English novel by E. M. Forster that explores social conventions, class distinctions, and the relationships among families and sisters.

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

In County Mayo, falconer Connor O'Dwyer lives a life steeped in Irish lore, but a brush with death and a passionate connection to his best friend Meara Quinn threaten to upend his world, as family, friends, and ancient forces collide.

When a wife’s hidden letters go unsent, a mystery unfolds in the stacks of a husband’s books, leaving a daughter to uncover secrets that may change their lives forever.

A Knit to Quit series about women learning to embrace change and the bonds of friendship that help them through difficult times.

Jack, a reclusive architect, returns home after a business trip and finds his ex-wife, Rachel, in a coma and with two teenage daughters. Determined to be there for his family, he must confront his past and face new challenges.

An ordinary snapshot leads to a suburban mother's unraveling world as she tries to shield her children from her husband who has been found dead with a family photograph in his possession, and the revelation of a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to find Jack and the photo.

An emotional journey that follows Caretta Rutledge as she returns to her Lowcountry roots to restore a family beach house, become a turtle volunteer, and heal the bond with her mother.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

A Season of Angels is a heartwarming Christmas story featuring three guardian angels who return to Earth to answer the prayers of three lovelorn souls.

Set on South Carolina's Sullivan’s Island, the novel follows Susan Hayes as she confronts a troubled marriage, a resentful daughter and buried family secrets, ultimately returning to the beach house where her sister awaits.

A romance story set in the fictional town of Virgin River, featuring a man who returns to help his family run the apple orchard and falls in love with a single mother.

In a world ruled by a ruthless regime that hoards resources, young Eden embarks on a daring quest to a neutral island in search of a friend, facing relentless enemies and treacherous traps along the way.