Fiction - Women

A hopeful, funny, and untraditional love story about second chances, the ripple effects of love, and the myriad ways in which the simplest lives have the power to change the world.The next step in Ellie Baker's marriage: divorce. She and her husband, Jonah, are...

Do you ever really know someone?To the people of St Andrews, The Pink Cafe is just another coffee shop, but to its customers and staff, it's so much more than that. This cafe is a place to feel safe and know they belong but...

Bestselling author Julia Spiro's Such a Good Mom is a brilliant standalone mystery that's the perfect beach read. In the heat of summer, a murder on Martha's Vineyard rocks one new mom to the core, leaving her to search for answers. With a healthy...

Before becoming a wealthy matriarch and the proud owner of Whispering Pines, Celia Middleton faced the challenge of a lifetime-saving her family. Kimberly Diede's heartwarming series, Gift of Whispering Pines, began with this amazing woman's legacy. Now it's time to discover the secrets behind...

Celebrate summers at the lake, where great food, timeless fun, and the promise of renewal await in Choosing Again, the uplifting fifth novel in the beloved Gift of Whispering Pines series.Val cherishes her role as the quintessential boy mom. She enjoys her bustling life...

White Lotus meets The Guest List in international bestselling author S. C. Lalli's next thrilling novel, where two business moguls were set to be married in the biggest event of the year--until they're both found murdered the day before the wedding--and a social outsider...

Author: Rebecca MorrisISBN-10: 1773901621ISBN-13: 9781773901626Publisher: Linda Leith PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/14/2024Pages: 320Format: Paperback

Ethel Jones didn't mean to fall in love with her employer's cousin. What had started out as an unexpected friendship had quickly developed into something she had never dreamed of, and it was probably the absurdity of the thing that kept her refusing every...

DO YOU REMEMBER THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING? 'A thrilling look at mothers and daughters, adolescence, sex, suburbia and secrets' NELL FRIZZELL 'Unsettling, challenging and utterly immersive' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'A sultry, stifling debut exploring power, consent and womanhood' COSMOPOLITAN --- Rachel and her daughter...

The interconnected stories of Vigil are packed with uncomfortable characters caught in situations of complex morality, with each piece both a chapter in the overall story and also a stand-alone investigation of the concepts of addiction, crime, redemption, and complicity. Vigil is a collection...

When the ambitions of two former friends clash, a much-loved, small-town community school could become the casualty.Sprucedale Community School principal Joyce Stone has dedicated her career to revitalizing struggling, small-town schools, but now, her career bucket list is empty. Retirement is the next step,...

Best Friends Forever... Friends for the last six years since college, Freddie ignored the fact that she'd been in love with Ceban O'Connell since the first day of their Civics 102 class.Ceban wasn't the love and commitment type though; so, she shoved those emotions...

"Lesbianism, its flories and sorows, is the subject and quest of this marvelously perverse sentimental journey by Nightwood's author... A striking lesbian manifesto and a deft parody." --Library Journal Blending fiction, myth, and revisionary parody and accompanied by the author's delightful illustrations, Ladies Almanack...

Some people are good at keeping secrets but some secrets are never meant to be kept... The beautiful old Bath House in Ballytokeep has lain empty and abandoned for decades. For devoted pensioners Archie and Iris, it holds too many conflicting memories - sometimes...

A gorgeous new festive read from the Kindle #1 bestselling author of The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club This Christmas, everything will change... When Liv Latimer says goodbye to her fellow nurses and finishes work for the holidays, she's looking forward to a Christmas to...

Three women. Three different stages of life. United by one thing: the chance to start again.An independent.ie '50 hottest summer reads of 2021' pick! 'Hogan presciently taps into the pursuit of these pandemic times' - RTÉ 'Charming... Full of pathos and humour. A heartwarming...

FEMINA explores the horror of womanhood. Or, more accurately, the horror of gender norms and societal expectations on women. This collection features work that explore themes of identity, motherhood, sexuality, and isolation. A blend of Kristen Roupenian's "Cat Person And Other Stories" and Carmen...

Distraught after the death of her husband of ten years, Beth unexpectedly hears that her Aunt Ada has left her a cottage on the Pentire estate in Cornwall, England. With no intention of staying, Beth heads to Cornwall and becomes friends with the Early...

Ranbir threw down the napkin and stood up. "What is your price, Mira?" "You'll never be able to afford it!" she spat at him, moving to the door. Feisty, small-town girl Mira Talwar is just finding her feet in Delhi when she encounters the...

A road trip to remember with the voices of two women echoing through the captivating beauty of the Australian outback.Chance throws together Felicity (Flea) and Mia. They flee their demons and travel across the Hay Plain to a music festival in Adelaide, creating the...

A perfect life...Paul Henderson leads a normal life. A deputy headteacher at a good school, a loving relationship with girlfriend Jenna, and a baby on the way. Everything seems perfect.A shocking message...Until Paul receives a message from his ex-fiance Nicole. Beautiful, ambitious and fierce,...

Esther Waters (1894) is a novel by George Moore. Considered his best novel, it was an immediate critical and commercial success, and has since been adapted several times for theater, film, and television. Like much of Moore's work, Esther Waters shows the influence of...

She moved away long ago. When fate reunites two old friends, will they play love's perfect chord?Catherine Hart is confused. With her dream career as a singer-songwriter flourishing, the country-western star doesn't understand why she feels so empty. But when her beloved grandmother's sudden...

From the author of the Amaryllis Series and Glacier Adventure Series, comes a touch of gold...For the last ten years, I've guarded the gate to my heart.I've lived under a shroud of despair after I was emotionally devastated. I isolated myself to avoid seeing...

He Wants More ...Can Davina Give It?Davina Stuart's children and her cows are her life. Yes, she's a farmer. She's a widow, too. Blue jeans, cowboy boots and her pickup truck are more her style. Davina is an author and someone whom others write...

She has dreams and goals - but could those be interrupted? Freelance writer Rhiann Kelly dreams of starting an animal rescue sanctuary. Her beloved grandmother supports her vision. However, they don't agree on when or where that goal should transpire. During their annual winter...

Lesley Robinson is forced to step up and take control of her father's Fortune 500 company after his debilitating stroke. Because she also just adopted a baby and divorced her cheating husband, she hides her pain and uncertainty behind an icy exterior. After Niko...

"We understand what we want to understand."Leaving a life of privilege to strike out on her own, Lauren Durough breaks with convention and her family's expectations by choosing a state college over Stanford and earning her own income over accepting her ample monthly allowance....

Blood defines family. Blood reveals betrayal.Heartbreaking, guttural, and uncomfortably close to home, award-winning author Staci Troilo brings to life the riveting story of a marriage on the rocks and a family in crisis. Dr. Royce Keller is no stranger to blood. As a world-class...

"A stylish, highly original and completely addictive take on du Maurier's Rebecca. Read it!" --Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door "Dark and richly atmospheric. . . A bewitching novel about love, lies, and the ghosts that never quite...

Vivian Lee is a pre-med student, a young Black woman with Native American Heritage in an age of massive turmoil and change in America. Higher education and especially Medical School in the Sixties was not an easy prospect for women, especially Black woman who...

In this sequel to 'Joy Came in the Morning, ' Cobola Ennison, now in her mid-seventies, has resigned herself to an uneventful and lonely old age in the village when a family crisis makes it necessary for her to move temporarily to her son's...

Dealing with her husband's infidelity means Eva's throwing herself into her equestrian dreams. Her trainer convinces her to show. Her goal? Not to embarrass herself. Except her husband wants back into her life, her horse has colic, and Eva's world is turning upside down....

Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on a house-sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets and when a skeleton is discovered at the roots of...

In The Staggerford Flood, Jon Hassler brings back Agatha McGee and reunites other favorite characters from his award-winning Staggerford novels. When a flood hits Staggerford and neighboring towns, Agatha McGee's house on the highest hill in town becomes a refuge for seven female neighbors,...

"A totally captivating, hilarious, and clever look on the magical kingdom of Manhattan, where kissing frogs has never been this fun."--Melissa de la Cruz, author of The Au Pairs Katie Chandler had always heard that New York is a weird and wonderful place, but...

Ella's life has been shaped by the mother who spent her entire childhood abusing her in the name of Jesus. So when she receives a letter from her mother asking to see her one last time before she dies, Ella makes the decision to...

Have you ever looked at those mothers who seem to be perfect - with sweet little children, a full-time job, a beautiful home - and thought: am I not good enough? Ava has. She's desperate to become just like them. That's exactly why I'm...

Desperate to find a plot for her second novel, author Mallory Shepard attends her estranged best friend's wedding in Austin, where she and six friends try to settle old scores--with unexpected deadly consequences--in this debut for fans of Veronica Mars, Tara Isabella Burton, and...

I always wanted to travel, I wanted to work in a café in Paris. Drink coffee, learn French and eat tasty food.I took the wrong path, so many wrong paths. I took drugs, I drank too much. But I ended up ruining my own...

Limited edition hardcover jacket with foil and embossing, gorgeous designed edges, a ribbon bookmark, exclusive four color endpapers, and a decorative, gold foil stamp on the front case.A #1 New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, the stunning...

When the United States military adopts a newfangled test from France called the "intelligence quotient test" during the first world war, no one expects the turmoil that follows. Thousands of immigrants fail it and are forced to return to homelands devastated by war, disease,...

From beloved author Hannah Orenstein, this love letter to lake life is "the Parent Trap for adults," the story of two half-sisters who meet for the first time at their father's cabin in Maine after his unexpected death. Every summer, Vivian Levy and Lucy...

In The Bag Ladies of Ebondale, a close-knit group of best friends embarks on a transformative journey. When they join a unique therapy group known as the Bag Ladies, they come face-to-face with the shadows of their pasts-love lost, deep-seated guilt, and unresolved traumas....

What happens when a pop princess is reunited with her childhood pen pal--a dreamy prince!--in the Maldives? Find out in Faye Acheampong's latest Harlequin Romance! POP PRINCESS TO FUTURE QUEEN? Crown Prince Dorian's Maldives holiday was supposed to be an escape. But he soon...

A runaway princess's growing connection with her billionaire boss threatens to unravel her new life away from the crown in Scarlett Clarke's latest Harlequin Romance novel! TRADING A TIARA FOR TEMPTATION... Princess Eviana escaped her kingdom and life in the limelight for Edinburgh with...

The Paris runways of the 70s come to wild and splashy life in this novel of fashion's "It Girl" Loulou de la Falaise and her life partying and designing with Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, and Halston. Nightlife! Gowns! Cocaine! Glamour!It's the 1970s, and...

Burned out and broke, twenty-two-year-old single mother, Anna Jennings, moves back to her grandparents' rural home for the summer with her four-year-old son, David, in tow. Living next door is Jamie Presswood, Anna's childhood friend, now much more handsome and hardened than she remembers....

There's nothing like the unconditional love of a rescue dog and their ability to bring people together as these meant-to-be-couples are about to find out in these brand-new sweet and romantic tales from bestselling authors Lori Foster and Maisey Yates. The Odd Couple *...

Neighbors to lovers can be a risky proposition in this funny, sexy, and swoony romantic comedy between a single mother and the grumpy man next door by USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke.When Gabrielle Solomon falls, she falls hard. Even if that means literally...