Fiction - Women

For some families, a year can feel like a lifetime. The Harrisons were always a close-knit family. But with the grandchildren fast becoming adults and elderly Pamela struggling to adapt to widowhood, the four children of the middle generation find themselves equally lost in...

From the author of the "sharp, smart, and gloriously extra" (Nancy Jooyoun Kim, New York Times bestselling author) Good Morning America Book Club Pick The Fortunes of Jaded Women, a stunning family dramedy about estranged siblings competing to inherit their father's Vietnamese sandwich franchise...

Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes is a collection of seventeen darkly weird and humorous tales that reflect the essence of Angela Carter, Shirley Jackson, Kelly Link, and Haruki Murakami's storytelling. Grimes explores the spectral nature of glass in everyday objects, taking readers from purgatory...

Donna Russo's 'Vincent's Women' is the untold story of Vincent's loves: how they shaped his life, his art, and his death. It writes against the 'myths, ' exploring the possibility that none of them are true. It is the only novel to bring into...

When recent college graduate Lily Owens enrolls in the Civilisation Fran?aise course at the Sorbonne in 1982, she hopes to put a difficult childhood behind her and to find direction for her future. She moves into a mansion on the place des Vosges where...

An epic, heartfelt saga of hope and resilience, Westward Courage follows a New York socialite struggling to adapt to the sacrifices of life on the Oregon Trail.1850, Independence, Missouri: At twenty years old, Caroline Harper has everything she could want-wealth, position, the attention of...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'So gripping I read this in one sitting . . . The tension is palpable and grows with every page. I had to keep remembering to breathe.' HarmonyUtterly compelling women's psychological fiction.'She wasn't crying. That was the terrifying part.'My husband told me that...

Author: Lauren DaneISBN-10: 042525609XISBN-13: 9780425256091Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2013Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90dReview Citation(s): Romantic Times 10/01/2013 pg. 114 - Excellent

At the outbreak of WWII, three-year-old Caryl Hunter is evacuated from London. Her earliest memories involve living alone in Wales with her former host, now adoptive mother, Gwen. She is told she is an orphan and only child. Yet Caryl has always sensed she...

High on the hills above the wide blue loch, Deb pulls the torn, sepia photograph out of her pocket, tracing her thumb over the girl pictured playing happily amongst the heather. Her grandmother hid this secret for decades...After losing her sense of self recovering...

The BRAND NEW hilarious novel from the #1 bestselling author, Maddie Please! It's never too late to sail a new course... When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a...

The BRAND NEW hilarious novel from the #1 bestselling author, Maddie Please! It's never too late to sail a new course... When retired Jill Parker wins an all-expenses paid mediterranean cruise for two she is thrilled! At 63 life in retirement has got a...

From the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers In her debut collection of short fiction, Amanda Peters describes the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and place--from contact with the first European settlers, to the forced removal of Indigenous children, to...

Pushing intimacy to its limits in prose of unearthly beauty, Vauhini Vara explores the nature of being a child, parent, friend, sibling, neighbor, or lover, and the relationships between self and others. A young girl reads the encyclopedia to her elderly neighbor, who is...

In the middle of my beautiful daughter's eighteenth birthday party, silence falls as I unfold my speech, my heart bursting with everything I want to say. But when I look down I see a note, and my world stops: She's not who you think...

"It's been a long time since I fell right into a rom-com, but this one grabbed me immediately... Did I mention the saucy grandmother who favors animal prints in neon?... Fantastic. 5 stars" -- New York Times bestselling author Kristin Higgins It took the...

For fans of contemporary and historical fiction alike, An Audacious Woman is a charming and eminently readable story featuring a strong female protagonist and unlikely friendships in a glamorous setting.In 2018, a gilded-age-era Manhattan mansion worth 70 million dollars still stands in all its...

From the author of The School for German Brides and A Bakery in Paris, this captivating historical novel set in nineteenth-century Paris tells the story of Claire Eiffel, a woman who played a significant role in maintaining her family's legacy and their iconic contributions...

Could you trust the sister you've never met before?When tragedy brings biological sisters Jessica Williams and Reeve Elliot together, the initial shock of learning of each other's existence is quickly replaced by a commitment to be there for each other.For Reeve, it's the support...

Laura de Le?n is a radar astronomer who studies Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHOs) such as threatening asteroids and comets at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California. In Los Angeles in 2020, several crises are coalescing. The first strain of SARS-CoV-2 triggers the lockdowns,...

Peter James, the number one multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Grace series, returns with a thrilling new novel: a Roy Grace story told from a different perspective. Some will know how it begins . . . My name is Sandy.My husband is Detective Superintendent...

From one of our most compelling and sensual writers comes a searing, immersive novel about a seminal and shameful moment in America's conquest of the West. Drawing partly from a true story, it brings to life a devastating Native American revolt and the woman...

A paranormal women's fiction series with hilarious revenge proving there is a lot of life to live after 50.In the hallowed halls of Aura Cove High School, Principal Adrienne Thorne is a beloved beacon, guiding teenagers toward their destinies. The school board's decision to...

"It's a house that takes in strays."Nadine Eberhardt's seemingly idyllic life is shattered when an unexpected visitor arrives on her doorstep, unraveling the threads of her carefully woven existence. As the revelation of her husband's secret love child emerges, Nadine is thrust into a...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Today Read With Jenna Book Club Pick "I dare you not to fall wildly in love with Grace...It's a book about love, about grace, about even when we fall from those we love we can always find...

From the national bestselling author of Oona Out of Order, a novel about two best friends and aspiring actresses who join The Dollhouse Academy, where stars are made and dangerous secrets are hidden Ivy Gordon is living on borrowed time. For the past eighteen...

Author: Susan WilsonISBN-10: 1250842387ISBN-13: 9781250842381Publisher: GriffinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/10/2021Pages: 720Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.89lbsSize: 8.23h x 5.42w x 1.58d

From the author of The Littlest Library--a heartwarming novel about a widowed children's book author who moves into a cottage in the English countryside and finds herself face-to-face with the handsome and brooding blacksmith who lives next door.In her books she can write "happily...

A BRAND NEW series for 2024 from bestselling author Lizzie LaneA country town in need of a good Doctor, but will they accept her as one of their own?Somerset, March 1930Born in the workhouse and adopted by a former suffragette, Frances Brakespeare was encouraged...

Pre-order the BRAND NEW, next book in the Beamer Street series set around Liverpool Docks, by bestselling author Sheila Riley.Liverpool 1924Trapped in an abusive marriage to Lord Caraway with her beloved daughter Melissa, 24-year-old Lady Elodie Caraway knows she has to escape before her...

A young woman's quest for a better education results in a case of modern-day slavery, written by the award-winning author of Swallow and Everything Good Will Come. In The Good-for-Nothing Girl, Gift, an eighteen-year-old Nigerian, gives an account of how her quest for a...

From bestselling author Kirsty Manning comes a stunning novel based on a true story of clandestine courage in World War II as prisoners of war risk their lives to secure evidence of Nazi atrocities--and how one man concealed it for decades before passing it...

In the vein of Where'd You Go, Bernadette and Fleishman Is in Trouble, a wickedly funny and incisive debut novel following a mother trapped in the rat race of NYC parenting as her life unravels.It takes a village...just not this one. Annie Lewin is...

From the critically acclaimed author of In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd comes a new novel about the search for freedom and the power of community that spans decades of residents in one Florida apartment The Helena is an art deco apartment building...

Taylor Jenkins Reid meets 100 Foot Wave in this dazzling new romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Sara Ackerman. 'Iwa Young's life is high in the Maui rainforest. As a field biologist, she's happiest in company with trees and birds and waterfalls. When a...

Can Lexie Whittle figure out a way to balance her failing marriage, her job, parenthood, and a new romance? Find out in this heartwarming read. Lexie Whittle thought she had life all sewn up with a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home, and a delightful...

"Denial is a powerful thing..." Izzy Stark, returning home from her service in Afghanistan, faces a heart-wrenching tragedy when her husband Dave is killed by an IED just weeks before his discharge. The shattered dreams they once shared now burden Izzy alone as she...

Greco-Roman mythology and the mystery of the vanished Roanoke colony collide in this epic adventure filled with sapphic longing and female rage--a debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller, Jennifer Saint, and Natalie Haynes. Before, Scopuli. It has been centuries since Thelia made the...

"...all Ladies should carry about with them [this almanack], as the Priest his Breviary, as the Cook his Recipes, as the Doctor his Physic, as the Bride her Fears, and as the Lion his Roar!"Unquestionably unique in its execution of narrative, Djuna Barnes' The...

A sweeping, dazzling novel centering on two unforgettable women--a Ukrainian resistance fighter in 1944 Ukraine and a reclusive artist on Salt Spring Island in 1972--and their inextricable link to each other decades apart. For readers of Kate Quinn, Heather Marshall and Genevieve Graham. Ukraine,...

A sharp and playful critique of colonialism from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature, animated by memories, archival specters, and powerful women "In sentences of great beauty and restraint, Mukasonga rescues a million souls from the collective noun 'genocide, ' returning them to us...

A glamorous romance novelist and an aspiring starlet share an unexpected secret in this addictive story about love, ambition and how far we're willing to go to protect our hearts.Fledgling actress Amelia Grant is at rock bottom when offered the opportunity of a lifetime:...

Finalist: 2023 Wishing Shelf Book Awards "A great voice that in spite of the heavy themes, carries a lightness so you root for Heddie and her dog, Fella. Clever and also quite touching." J Marie Rundquist, author of All I'm Asking and As Though...

From the author of Dog Days Forever, a heartfelt, holiday contemporary romance perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Kristan Higgins, and Susan Mallery, in which a young woman returns to her small hometown and ends up fostering a pregnant dog with--of all people--the man...

Songs My Mother Taught Me follows the narrator, confronted with the imminent death of her mother, on a voyage to share the final leg of their lifelong journey together. With candor and lucidity, she retraces the passage from childhood to womanhood under the powerful...

Two young women are stabbed to death in Tyneside. But what's the connection?After a trip to the coast, Agnes Lockwood is shocked when she finds a young woman tucked away behind the litter bins in Newcastle Central Station. DCI Alan Johnson and Sergeant Andrews...

A unique, absorbing journey in time crafted by a USA-Today bestselling novelist and a New Testament scholar.Rachel did everything right. But no matter where she was, she had the feeling she was supposed to be someplace else...When an agnostic suburban soccer mom lies down...

Thirty-six-year-old Olivia is an artist who's just been let go from her day job. Also, the presumed love of her life has suddenly decamped to another continent to avoid a lawsuit - but all of this pales when Olivia finds out that her beloved...

"This novel is a ray of light in the canon of vacation lit--in Reinhardt's hands, paradise gone wrong feels very right." --People A private Mexican villa is the backdrop to this smart, absorbing story of a milestone vacation in a tropical paradise gone wrong,...

Cuban-American TV reporter Rebecca Menendez's success comes from playing by the rules. When she's kidnapped by a fierce and intensely handsome man who needs her help, however, all of those rules seem pointless. Nothing could have prepared her for being taken hostage...or the irresistible...