Although the inheritance in Book B consists of an old house and not a pile of money, the nature of the problem is quite similar. The characters in Book A face a moral dilemma, a contested inheritance.
In the same way, the characters in Book B face a similar problem. The characters in Book A face a moral dilemma. Use transitions with enough context in a sentence or paragraph to make the relationships clear. Also remember that while transitions describe relationships between ideas, they do not automatically create relationships between ideas for your reader. Often, there exists a slight, but significant, difference between two apparently similar words. This page only provides a list of transitional words be certain you understand their meanings before you use them. Writer's Web: Transitional Words and Phrases