Books like The house by the shore by Mary Joyce

A dual‑tale graphic and text adventure following Billy Marvel, a shipwrecked boy who builds a renowned London acting dynasty, and Joseph Jervis, a runaway drawn into the family’s haunted house.

A mysterious heirloom jug and its effect on a family's fortunes and love lives over twelve months in the Dark and Penhallow clans, set in the fictional province of Prince Edward Island, Canada, during the late 19th century, and involving scandal, conflict, and romance that unfolds as the coveted jug's name is revealed after a year, leading to a series of twists and turns that transform family loyalties, love, and relationships within the clans, with the novel's themes of family, succession, and the power of inheritance being the primary focus of the narrative.

Three brothers lose a wager to their driven sister and are drafted into her house‑cleaning venture, where they encounter Sean Manley and a feisty heiress who inherited a historic mansion.

Roderick Landry, a war artist suffering the after-effests of the trenches, stays for a few weeks at the Cornish hotel where Elvina Simmons lives with her aunts Susie and Tilly. Initially reserved, Roderick eventually warms to Elvina and to life in the sleepy little seaside village. And when, together, they renovate the ruined house on the shore, it seems that their friendship may deepen--to love.

Contains 37 plays by William Shakespeare, including classics like Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth.

Legacy, love, and a startling photograph bring the troubled poet James Mangan back to life decades after his fame faded. A son grapples with past, present, and identity amid a family’s hidden history.

Contains: PLAYS (38) All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI. Part 1 King Henry VI. Part 2 King Henry VI. Part 3 King Henry VIII King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream [Much Ado About Nothing](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362691W) Othello Pericles [Romeo and Juliet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362705W/Romeo_and_Juliet) Taming of the Shew [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona **Two Noble Kinsmen** Winter's Tale POEMS (5) & Sonnets Lover's Complaint Phoenix and the Turtle Rape of Lucrece Sonnets Venus and Adonis

A tale of the petticoats between sisters and the haunting secrets of the dollager family, this novel will keep you on the edge of your seat with its psychological tension and spine-tingling plot twists.