Books like Light beckons the dawn by Susannah Hayden

Zora Neale Hurston’s Pulitzer‑winning novel follows Janie Crawford’s journey of self‑discovery and empowerment, mapping her search for love, independence, and identity against the backdrop of the African‑American South during the early 20th century.

Sisters Vianne and Isabelle are pulled into the turmoil of World War II, each forging a path of courage and resistance against the Nazi occupation of France.

Richard, Duke of Cleybourne, returns to his country estate to deal with the tragic loss he had suffered four years earlier. But the arrival of Miss Jessica Maitland and Gabriella, his new ward, throws a wrench into his plans. The governess, feisty and flame-haired, reveals that the girl is in danger, and the mysterious events escalate into a murder mystery at Cleybourne Castle.

Bella, a determined outlaw, faces danger and temptation as she pursues her freedom and finds her place in the world under the leadership of Duncan, a preacher who is drawn to her despite their opposing beliefs.

A shipwreck and a secret marriage: when Deirdre MacKenzie's father is killed during the raid on the Maid of Alexandria, the privateer Kieran Ashford offers her his hand to ease his remorse.

A bounty hunter and an orphaned beauty bond over a crime they didn't commit, leading to a forbidden romance in a gritty historical novel.

A collection of three short stories featuring women in marriages where love appears unlikely, but passion and devotion transform relationships.

Linda Lael Miller’s collection of five interwoven short stories follows ordinary people who find unexpected second chances at love, devotion, and happiness in everyday life.

Historical romance set in England as newly married Lynden Downpatrick battles pride and suspicion in her marriage to the celebrated young poet‑Lord Justin Melbrooke.

In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, one of our most celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalists awakens us to the world at dawn. Diane Ackerman draws from sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymology, art history, and poetry in order to celebrate that moment in which the deepest arcades of life and matter become visible. From spring in Ithaca, New York, to winter in Palm Beach, Florida, *Dawn Light* is an impassioned call to revel in our numbered days on a turning earth. A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book, Booklist Editors Choice Award, Spirituality and Practice Best of 2009, Library Corner Best of List, and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2009. [More…][1] [1]: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=17035

A romance novel about a widowed widower and a spirited young woman who sets out to prove that age isn't a barrier to love in a small town in the South during the 1930s during the Great Depression. The book explores themes of perseverance and overcoming adversity through the love story of Reed Tyler, a young man who dreams of settling down on his own land with the woman he has promised to marry, and Hattie Colfax, a spirited young woman who runs her family's farm and dreams of a brighter future for her family. The novel is set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and explores themes of perseverance and overcoming adversity through the love story of Reed Tyler, a young man who dreams of settling down on his own land with the woman he has promised to marry, and Hattie Colfax, a spirited young woman who runs her family's farm and dreams of a brighter future for her family.

The Wells family has tended the lighthouse on a remote Lake Superior peninsula for fifty-four years. It is expected that nineteen-year-old Lacey will want to carry on the family tradition, but what of all her girlhood dreams of life in a big city that teems with people, excitement... and a future? The only connection Lacey's family has with the "outside world" is the supply boat that arrives every two months carrying the basic necessities of life and oil for the lighthouse. But during the harsh winters, not even the supply boat dares to take on the treacherous waters of the great lake. One beautiful spring day, however, when the quiet and ruggedly handsome Travis Gates arrives on the boat, something stirs within Lacey, changing her life forever.