Books like Ocean Beach by Wendy Wax

Three sisters struggle to reconcile their faith with the world outside the convent.

A Navy SEAL returns to his Massachusetts hometown for the annual Mermaid Festival, where a mysterious beach‑wreck woman who mirrors a famed mermaid painting challenges both his heart and her longing for love.

Their husbands were gone, their families were grown, and the future stretched out before them like an unfulfilled promise...Tired of always dreaming and never doing, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget make a life-altering decision. Uprooting themselves from their comfortable lives in the suburbs, the three friends buy a run-down mansion, nestled in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. They christen their new home "Ladybug Farm," hoping that the name will bring them luck.As the friends take on a home improvement challenge of epic proportions, they encounter disaster after disaster, from renegade sheep and garden thieves to a seemingly ghostly inhabitant. Over the course of a year, overwhelming obstacles make the three women question their decision, but they ultimately learn that sometimes the best things can happen when everything goes wrong...

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.

A single mom and a wealthy widow decide to help each other out by matching them up for a Christmas get-together.

In small‑town Minnesota, a tight‑knit book club called AWEB—Angry Wives Eating Bon Bons—holds up a lifeline for five housewives navigating love, loss, and late‑life adventures.