Books like Finally and forever by Robin Jones Gunn

1818 novel by Mary Shelley about young scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox experiment.

After her husband’s tragic death, Marty Claridge becomes the unexpected mother of Clark Davis’s daughter, Mission. As she bonds with the family, she faces a life‑changing choice: return home or stay on the frontier.

Ariana, a young pioneer woman, is kidnapped and must rely on her faith and courage to outwit robbers and find her way back home.

An unsentimental yet uplifting story of marriage and young love set in poverty and hardship, Joy in the Morning is a timeless novel about the strength of a loving, loyal relationship.

In seventh grade, Duncan Dougal discovers an alien in his school and finds himself plugged into a brain-frying machine, racing to expose the alien teachers before his own mind—and the planet—are destroyed.

A band of college friends discover extraordinary powers—invisibility, telepathy, flight, super strength, and speed—after a wild party, and must navigate the unexpected costs of becoming costumed crime‑fighters amid a looming September 2001 crisis.

Ida May struggles after her best friend leaves, but a new friend Stacey Merriweather lights her way into a secret club centered on a wish‑granting mermaid night‑light. As wishes go awry, Ida must untangle truth from friendship.

Seventeen‑year‑old Landon Carter reflects on the first love that changed his life, a passionate romance that begins in North Carolina and ends with a painful, enduring memory of the battle against leukemia.

A teenage mission trip to Indonesia turns into an emergency when a sectarian conflict erupts, leaving Cori and her fellow volunteers stranded in the jungle and forcing them to navigate danger, faith, and survival.

When Chloe Adams' fiance dumps her---the night before their wedding---two girlfriends from her book group decide a little adventure is in order for the three of them. After all, why let a perfectly good honeymoon cruise go to waste? Adventure? Chloe Adams? No way! Chloe's lived in one town her whole life. The closest she's ever gotten to actual adventures is reading about them. But her girlfriends won't take no for an answer. One good adventure calls for another as Chloe's friends try to coax her out of her post-dumping funk, and soon she finds herself living out the adventures in her book club's latest selections. Hiking. Sailing. River rafting. Traveling to new places and eating exotic food. The play-it-safe Chloe begins to blossom into a new, daring Chloe. A Chloe who just might be ready to take on her biggest adventure of all ... Laura Jensen Walker has a knack for quirky heroines and real-life humor. In Chloe, she's created another memorable character who will live on in readers' hearts.

Tom Swift won’t settle for the $10,000 prize at Eagle Park’s aviation meet without building the fastest sky racer—until his plans vanish, forcing a complete redesign and a race against time.

The Bobbsey Twins: A Series of Adventures for Youngsters

On a Whim follows Katie Weldon as she prepares for college graduation and faces the decisions that shape her adulthood, rekindling friendships with Christy, Todd, and Rick.

Step back into McKinley High before New Directions premiered and meet the teens who shaped the Glee Club’s early days.

Christy Miller learns the true meaning of friendship when she lets go of her best friend Katie and her boyfriend Todd, whose brief missionary assignment forces her to reevaluate her priorities.

A heartening tale of a domestic servant who wisely guides the lives of her employers and their children, showing that service, whether as servant or king, is a noble destiny.

Off an a European mission trip with her friends, Christy Miller discovers foreign adventure is her cup of tea. She can just see herself tromping throught the streets of London, traveling across different countries, and talking to new people, like her new friend Sierra Jensen. But when tensions among the group set in, Christy finds memories of Todd, her past boyfriend, are constantly swimming in her mind - no matter how hard she tries to delete him from her mind! To make matters worse, she is assigned to go to Spain by herself while all her friends travel elsewhere. Will Christy face her fears of the future? And can she truly trust that God has great things planned for her even when all seems lost?

Christy is back at Aunti Marti and Uncle Bob's house on the beach for the entire week between Christmas and New Year's... and Todd is in town, too! The cute surfer completely captured Christy's heart last summer, and she's eager to spend every possible minute with him. But soon Christy and her aunt are barely speaking, and it seems like all her friends are mad at her, too - including Todd! Is he hers or isn't he? And why would God let things get so tangled?

Teenage Christy Miller, a 19‑year‑old student in Basel, Switzerland, navigates love, friendship, and self‑discovery on a whirlwind three‑week European trip with her best friends Todd and Katie, confronting jealousy and the weight of promises.

Gogol, N. The overcoat. Melville, H. [Billy Budd, sailor](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL102746W) James, H. The Aspern papers. Chopin, K. [The awakening](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65430W) Conrad, J. Heart of darkness. Joyce, J. [The dead](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15073437W) Kafka, F. The metamorphosis. Lawrence, D.H. St. Mawr. Porter, K.A. Pale horse, pale rider. Pynchon, T. The crying of Lot 49.

Ex‑soldier Logan Thibault, haunted by Iraq memories, seeks the woman in a photograph he found in his pack. He embarks on a journey that uncovers a startling truth while Beth, the woman in the picture, battles her own turmoil.