Books like And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine by Stella Pevsner

Judy Blume’s "Double Fudge" follows mischievous Fudge Hatcher and his brother Peter as they navigate family life, sibling rivalry, and unexpected money mishaps with humor and heart.

A story of a dog thief, told by Barbara O'Connor, 0374334978

High‑school senior Maddie wins the lottery and suddenly becomes the center of attention, both at home and at her modest job in the zoo, as she balances new fortune with a budding, ambiguous friendship with coworker Seth.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris explains how childhood stress and trauma can create lasting health problems and offers ways to disrupt the cycle for both children and their families.

As a high‑school senior, she faces her boyfriend’s college departure, while a new, intriguing classmate enters the picture. She must choose between holding on to a fading love or risking her heart for a fresh, daring romance.

Seven‑year‑old Nora navigates curiosity and camaraderie with her neighbors during the ups and downs of school, family chores, and a city that never sleeps, all within a bustling New York City apartment building.

Middle mouse Nora feels overlooked, so she creates a ruckus that finally brings her family’s attention to her—showing that a noisy little mouse can be the heartbeat of a home.

A 19th‑century romance set in America and England, it follows William Woodville, who abandons his English life, claims a captive woman, and later returns to seek forgiveness and a second chance at love.

Fourteen‑year‑old Ellen watches her older brother grow closer to his best friend, a friendship that forces her to confront her own family ties and emerging feelings about gender and love.

Four teenage siblings—two sisters, Katie and Julie, and two brothers, Alex and Kyle—congregate each summer at a lakeside community in upstate New York, where they confront hidden secrets and emotional challenges.

Allison is excited about a new baby in the family, but her plans to attend a sleepover clash with her duty to watch her younger brother Charlie. She learns to fight for her own voice and feel valued by her family.

Trust becomes an issue when Claudia refuses to share a secret with her boyfriend, Pres, and Olivia learns that Walt has been seeing Nancy.

Third entry in Elaine Coffman’s MacKinnon Brothers series, the story follows brash Texan Ross Mackinnon as he travels to Scotland to claim his inheritance and title, encountering family expectations, rugged Scottish customs, and the betrothed Lady Annabella Stewart.

Mia St. Clair leaves brothers’ ice hockey shadow to chase figure skating, while a new coach and family pull her in opposite directions.

Maggie Ramsay was alone, homeless, and widowed with three children—the man she loved and her life at Glengarry Castle destroyed in one murderous act. Her desperate circumstances called for desperate measures: marriage to a man she'd never met. As the bride of California timber baron Adrian Mackinnon, she would have a new life, a new beginning...away from the danger that still threatened her young son. Adrian Mackinnon wanted a perfect jewel to crown his redwood empire; a beautiful, ornamental wife to give him heirs. But Maggie Ramsay, with her Scot's logic, dry humor—and her past—was not what he had bargained for. Undaunted, Maggie met the challenge of the primitive raw forest and Adrian's own blustery ways head-on, winning the hearts of every man at camp, and tackling a business no ordinary woman would dare. She also found herself in love with her husband. But the closer she got to Adrian's aching heart, the harder he pushed her away. He was determined to prove he needed no one—until greed and passion threatened all he owned, and he was faced with a choice no man should ever have to make.

A hard‑bop exploration of power, discipline, and bondage, where control and pain intertwine in a raw, unfiltered erotic narrative.