Fiction - Women

Financial straits and a desire for a fresh start take recently widowed Meg Rosenthal and her aloof teenage daughter, Sally, to Arcadia Falls, a tucked-away hamlet in upstate New York where Meg has accepted a teaching position at a boarding school. The creaky, neglected...

There are no second chances--or are there? Krista Mueller is in a good place. She has a successful career as a professor of history; she's respected and well-liked; and she lives hundreds of miles from her hometown and the distant mother she could never...

Charlene Ann Baumbich's two heartwarming Dearest Dorothy novels have transported thousands to a little Midwestern town where the ups and downs of everyday life have charmed readers and left them clamoring for more. Of course, the character everyone has come to love is the...

In Helen Callaghan's chilling, tightly-spun debut novel of psychological suspense, a teenage girl's abduction stirs dark memories of a twenty-year-old cold case...Margot Lewis is a teacher at an exclusive high school in the English university town of Cambridge. In her spare time, she writes...

Crime really stings in Killer WASPsBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, is a haven for East Coast WASPs, where tennis tournaments and cocktails at the club are revered traditions. Little happens in the sleepy suburb, and that is the way the Lilly Pulitzer-clad residents prefer it. So...

It's Time is a fresh and innovative collection of twelve flash fiction pieces that focus on the immediacy of the moment. With realistic plotlines and vibrant imagery, the stories convey the lesson that the most valuable commodity we have is time - time to...

When the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was....Author: Laura DaveISBN-13: 9798891643116Publisher: Center PointLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2024Pages: 500Format: Library...

Once held captive. Can she ever escape him? HONG KONG 1950 With the war now over, well-regarded obstetrician Dr Rowena Rossiter, of the Victoria Hospital for Women, is ready to plan her new life with her child and great love, Connor O'Connor. So, when...

Ever since childhood, the ocean has called to Mia Rossi. It wasn't until she uprooted her life with her family to move to Long Beach, a shore town located in Long Island, that she realized how powerful this calling truly was. A calling that...

Discover the thrilling final book in the blazing hot dark academia romance trilogy from USA Today bestselling author Roxy Sloane--perfect for fans of Ana Huang, Emily McIntire, and Lauren Asher!"Oxford, England. The city of dreaming spires, dark secrets... And desire."I came to Oxford to...

The Harvard-trained neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice returns with a breathless, page-turning, and heartbreaking novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the complex effects this has on her identity, her relationships, and her dreams of a...

In a South Florida beach town, a chance meeting unravels a web of secrets in this gripping novel about the consequences of lying to protect the ones we love.Andrew Williams's perfect Delray Beach house has become a pressure cooker. He and his wife, Amy,...

An electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of nightclubs, bad romance, and self-discovery--a portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that can't escape its history A girl can get in almost anywhere, even...

Author: Patricia J. DeloisISBN-10: 0425227774ISBN-13: 9780425227770Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2009Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d

In this luminous prequel to her beloved Cobbled Court Quilts series, New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick takes readers into the heart of a small Texas town and the soul of a woman who discovers her destiny there. . . Welcome to Too...

The "compulsively readable" (Susie Essman, actress, Curb Your Enthusiasm) author of Best Supporting Role delivers a new novel of one woman who's stretched so thin, she almost disappears... Knocking on sixty, Barbara Stirling is too busy to find herself, while caring for her mother,...

From the author of Cradles of the Reich comes a poignant and inspiring tale of resistance, friendship, and the dangers of propaganda, based on the real story of Theresienstadt, for fans of The Forest of Vanishing Stars and The German Wife.Hannah longs for the...

A New Hampshire playboy is about to meet his match in this Americana romance from the New York Times bestselling author. Twenty-two-year-old Stephanie Hall has heard the rumors about the White Boar Inn's playboy owner, but never met the man in person. So when...

An astonishing historical novel of one woman's dangerous journey through WWII Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young writer decades later--from the #1 international bestselling author of Looking for Jane. Northern England, 2010. After a tragic accident upends her life, writer Kate Mercer...

I am a gender criminal. I am Unmale, yet I write as though I am a person. Driven by a Machiavellian mind and ego, Tiresius has risen through the ranks of the Autokracy to become Imperial Treasurer, has won over the trust of the...

In the breakout debut by author Martina M. Woebcken, a young female diplomat in her search for freedom and independence faces personal challenges, political turmoil, and star-crossed love in Karachi, Pakistan's late 1950s.Vienna 1958. Brigitta receives an unexpected job offer from her superior at...

Rows of citrus trees laden with colourful fruit create the perfect playground for Janco and Naledi, two young children who are inseparable friends, setting the stage for this gripping and grounded coming of age story. Piet, Janco's father and the owner of the South...

'Sparkling writing and imaginative storytelling - I love it.' Sue MoorcroftThe best adventures in life are the ones you don't plan . . .Skye Threppel lost most of her memories in a car crash that stole the lives of her best friend and fianc?....

This book was previously published as Please Don't Stop the Music by Jane Lovering.Can two lonely souls find a second chance at happiness?Winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year 2012.Jemima Hutton's dream of her bespoke jewellery being sold across the country collapses when...

Author: Jill ShalvisISBN-10: 0063353407ISBN-13: 9780063353404Publisher: Harper Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2025Pages: 496Format: PaperbackLarge Print

Isabelle Chilton Chandler, Chicago-based author of a successful women's mystery series, has always known exactly what she wants and how to get it. But when she starts working on a new book, inspiration-for the first time ever is painfully out of her reach. Grasping...

FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS FUN, FEEL-GOOD, ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS ROMANCE.________________________________________________Please note this is a fully revised edition of The Magic of Stars.He's her new boss and everything she hates . . . right?Flight attendant Emerald Montrose's spontaneous trip to Florence to surprise her boyfriend turns...

A breathtaking, joy-filled novel about the people we love, the secrets we keep, and the enduring power of family, from the bestselling author of The Unsinkable Greta James. The four Endicott siblings--Gemma, Connor, Roddy, and Jude--were once inseparable, a bond created by the absence...

From the star of the Emmy award-winning HBO film, "Alabama Snake," and a prolific writer with over 150 screenwriting awards under her belt, including the prestigious Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition and the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, comes a debut novella that...

There is only one day, and I live it over and over.Convicted of murder at age twenty-three, Clara Mattingly lost her promising future decades ago when she joined her boyfriend on his impulsive crime spree. Since that day, she has led a stoic and...

It arose not from desire or even interest, but from curiosity: what would happen . . . if she just let it?The bubble in which Ruth and David live their tidy suburban lives is about to burst. A tragic automobile accident shatters their insular...

In her forties and desperately yearning to be a mother, Rachel Sutton is devastated each month by a negative pregnancy test. Her marriage is on the rocks, but she believes a child will fill the hole in her heart. Life seems bitterly unfair until...

Present DayMaureen Peterson is the eldest of the Cook sisters, a role that often comes with its own set of expectations and responsibilities. To the outside world, Maureen's life appears perfect: she is happily married, is the proud mother of three children, and has...

A completely heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, and unforgettable romance, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Paige Toon. When two lost souls are thrown back together, is it far too late to fix their broken hearts?Jane McCaffrey is only back in her hometown of Linden Falls...

Venice, 1943. How much will she risk to save the ones she loves? Evelina has already lost so much: her sons are away fighting, her husband is dead, and most of her friends have fled the little valley that once felt like home. Her...

A compassionate and hopeful romantic comedy, Passion Project is a reminder that love is waiting for us to let it in If your twenties are supposed to be the best years of your life, Bennet Taylor is failing miserably . . . with a...

From Lynn Steger Strong, critically acclaimed author of Flight, a sophisticated and layered novel about sisters, betrayal, love, and climate change, for readers of The Dutch House and The Most Fun We Ever Had.The Kenner siblings are at odds. Jenn is a harried mom...

A funny and heartwarming debut romance about two exes forced to reunite when a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island.Piper Adams is totally, one hundred percent, completely over Wyatt, the former love of her life. After he broke her heart, she...

Remember me.Jean Dickey dreams of doing something important for women's rights. She failed in 1970, but now she's in her seventies and has a second chance. Her granddaughter, Dani, arrives to help her start a civil rights center on Chicago's Lower West Side. But...

Rekindle your belief in the magic of first love and the charm of small towns with Annie England Noblin's delightful friends-to-lovers romantic comedy, perfect for readers of Jill Shalvis and Sarah Adams.Spring is in the air and Mylie has everything she could ever want:...

Two strangers find themselves in a tricky situation when one night turns into days of being stranded at sea in this epic new love story by bestselling author Beth O'Leary. What if you were lost at sea...with your one-night stand? Zeke and Lexi thought...

She helped her brothers soar... but was the flight worth the fall? It all started with two boys and a bicycle shop. Wilbur and Orville Wright, both unsuited to college and disinclined to leave home, jumped on the popular new fad of bicycle riding...

Clara Noelle O'Reilly was at a crossroads. Faced with the unexpected separation from her spouse, she reluctantly decided to return home to the town she'd left twelve years before. She had doubts about relocating her young family and starting a new job, but they...

*Soon to be a TV series* Jimmy Fallon's Book Club Top Four Pick and a PBS Book Club Pick For fans of Kazuo Ishiguro and Emily St. John Mandel, this "mind-bending take on time travel" (The New York Times) is about an isolated town...

Date night goes off the rails in this hilariously insightful take on midlife and marriage when one unhappy couple find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise....

Elizabeth Catherine Stevens was every man's fantasy. Young and beautiful. She could be what they needed, whenever they wanted. The ultimate pretender. She had everyone fooled, herself included. She longed for the extravagant lifestyle that had taunted her and was seemingly unattainable. That is,...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Tessa Bailey--#1 New York Times bestselling author, TikTok favorite, and "the Michelangelo of dirty talk" (Entertainment Weekly)--comes a spicy small town rom-com about a grumpy professor and the bubbly neighbor he clashes with at every turn...Hallie Welch fell...

National bestselling author Robin Wells weaves a moving epic that stretches from modern-day Louisiana to World War II-era New Orleans and back again in this multigenerational tale of love, loss and redemption. Hope Stevens thinks Wedding Tree, Louisiana, will be the perfect place to...

From the award-winning novelist, a ravishing new novel set between London and rural Australia, both a love story and a ghost story Max didn't believe in an afterlife. Until he died. Now, as a reluctant ghost trying to work out why he is still...

For fans of the international bestselling and award-winning author of AND THEN THERE'S MARGARET comes the perfect family 'dramedy'. AND NOW THERE'S ZELDA takes readers on another relatable 'slice of life' ride as Allison Montgomery realizes the only way to survive the angst of...