Fiction - Women

From the international bestselling author of The Drowning Woman, a psychological thriller about a couple rocked by infidelity who moves to a villa in Spain's Costa Brava to rebuild their relationship, only to welcome a pair of visitors who have no intention of leaving....

A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 New York Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid!Sometimes, enough is enough...Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her...

A brand new twisted thriller that will have you cheering "good for her!" from the #1 New York Times bestselling and global sensation Freida McFadden, author of The Housemaid!Sometimes, enough is enough...Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her...

For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July-and the darker edge of Breaking Bad and Uncut Gems-comes a whip-smart, irresistible debut novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the...

Can she unlock the mysteries of the past? A country at war It's the summer of 1919 and Ellen O'Brien has her whole life ahead of her. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seems full of shining possibility....

They say time heals all wounds. . . but what if they were wrong?Growing up, Emily Hart never had it easy. After losing her mother at a young age, she and her sister move in with their grandmother-whose eccentric ideas have earned her a...

Four hearts entangled by corruption and blood...Two decades after her family's legacy was stolen, Kiran Tariq is still fighting to restore the multi-million dollar empire left in her baby brother's name. Unaware of his worth, Osman is in his final year of high school...

The BRAND NEW gorgeous, heartfelt read from Samantha Tonge, bestselling author of A Single Act of Kindness A totally uplifting Christmas story about finding what you're missing, by the bestselling author of A Single Act of Kindness. Perfect for fans of Shari Low, Milly...

An isolated island. A grieving nurse, struggling to heal. Three desperate fugitives taking hostages. Can she outwit them and survive?Guilt-ridden over the drowning death of her nine-year-old nephew, Kenzie Adams flees her nursing job at a major city hospital to work at a primitive...

Hard times mean tough choices. But the ladies of Eagle River have always been up to the challenge. These strong-willed women sheltered secrets, forged friendships, and made heartrending decisions to leave or to stay. One by one, they step forward from the past to...

The enchanting, escapist read from the author of the INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The Little Provence Book Shop. The most deliciously escapist novel you'll read all year. Perfect for fans of Veronica Henry, Jo Thomas and Fiona Valpy; from the bestselling author of The Bordeaux Book...

'Filled with tension and family secrets . . . If you're looking for outstanding historical fiction, you must read this book! I highly recommend.' Gosia Nealon, award-winning author of Her Secret Resistance'The most compelling, evocative, heart-wrenching book I have ever read.' Reader reviewA woman...

Addie Burhan never allowed the choice she made eighteen years ago to control her life. A goal not easily accomplished in 1940, when an unplanned pregnancy left women with few options. But after hearing gossip about her former boyfriend Barry Gallatin at the weekly...

A heartfelt, emotional book club pick from Amanda Brookfield A splintered childhood. A family divided. An ugly past resurfaces... From birth, twins Cath and Rob are inseparable. When their mother dies, their bond deepens as their father hastily remarries a woman with a volatile...

Unbeknownst to nurse practitioner Alexandra Lawson, during an airplane flight, a now-dead felon had secretly hid a thumb drive with incriminating evidence in her computer case. Two of the felon's fellow cartel members determine that nothing will prevent them from obtaining this drive. While...

All Dani Sommer wanted was a sexy summer fling before her study abroad. But when the twenty-year-old discovers Sorin Kruk, the hot-as-hell townie bartender, is tied to the Polish mafia, everything changes for the worse. His seductive charm and manipulative ways keep her coming...

A remarkable trio whose lives have been cracked wide open by their husbands' crimes unite to catch a serial killer in this dazzlingly captivating novel. Beverley, Elsie, and Margot are not your average housewives. They are all wives of convicted killers. During the sun-drenched...

Once a promising magician, Abalone has lost everything: her love, her voice, and her soul. For thirteen years, she hides behind the high walls of Jiankang, the imperial capital of ancient China, consumed by grief and silence. But one fateful new moon night, she...

A feminist fairytale retelling becomes a real-life nightmare. From USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller comes a haunting psychological thriller about two women trapped by a storm, tormented by the past, and desperate to survive the present. A stay in a remote cabin...

In this wildly creative, horror-soaked reimagining of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, nothing is as it seems in Dorothy's dystopian nightmare. Most of all Dorothy herself. Fans of Tender is the Flesh and Maeve Fly will want to follow her twisted...

In this "thrilling, heartbreaking" (Annie Lyons, author of The Air Raid Club) debut novel set during the Great Depression in 1930s New York, a daring dancer must take her twin brother's place as a riveter high atop the in-progress Empire State Building to save...

“Cake Upon The Waters” by Zoë Akins is a compelling novel set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties. Akins masterfully portrays the lives and struggles of women navigating a rapidly changing society. Through vivid characters and sharp social commentary, the novel explores themes...

From the bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories and The Secrets of Flowers comes a gorgeous, heartwarming story about secrets, second chances, and finding friendship in the most unlikely places.Her new chapter starts now ...Jo Sorsby knows she's hiding from her past when...

A remarkable trio whose lives have been cracked wide open by their husbands' crimes unite to catch a serial killer in this dazzlingly captivating novel. Beverley, Elsie, and Margot are not your average housewives. They are all wives of convicted killers. During the sun-drenched...

In this electrifying historical novel about coming of age in tumultuous 1960s San Francisco, a pregnant teenager reckons with womanhood and agency after being sent to a home for unwed mothers. It's 1968, and the future is bright for seventeen-year-old Elizabeth "Baker" Phillips: She's...

One look and I knew the new girl in town would be mine. Carsynn was the last thing I expected after coming home from being out of town for work. While I was gone, Gramps talked non stop about the new pretty waitress. It's...

From award-winning author Corinne Demas comes a moving story about the sometimes volatile but ultimately unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters.When Meredith flies home to New England, daughter Eloise in tow, she leaves her husband and a life back in LA. A heartbreaking loss...

College freshman Tess is ready to start over three thousand miles away from a life not worth remembering. She's keeping her head down and definitely not going to frat parties. Well, except for the one where the hottest guy on campus spills his beer...

An act of vandalism at a Florida high school connects three individuals in unforeseen ways. Nina, a retired art teacher with no family, moves into Shadow Oaks Senior Home amid fears she has lost a purpose for living. Unexpectedly, she receives a letter that...

Every family has its secrets. Josephina "Joey" Harris wouldn't mind if her family still had a few of their own after a lawsuit tarnishes their name. When an opportunity opens to become a temporary keeper of a decommissioned lighthouse on a North Carolina island,...

Beautiful but fragile Taylor Hartwell has been afraid of disappointing her manipulative mother, Claire, for as long as she can remember. To the outside world, Claire Hartwell is caring and attentive, but beneath her carefully curated exterior lurks an ever-deepening darkness-and Taylor is desperate...

The BRAND NEW gorgeous getaway novel from Emma Burstall Now her children have moved out, Edie has begun to feel lonely in the home she shares with her husband. She hopes returning to Crete, where she and Ralph spent their honeymoon, will help heal...

Welcome to The Sylvan, a small Seattle luxury hotel where polished mahogany walls keep secrets, rock stars slip by in low-lit spaces, and the switchboard crackles with drama. Joann's working at reception, but not planning to stay long; she's "just paying bills" while figuring...

Author: Colleen OakleyISBN-10: 0593200802ISBN-13: 9780593200803Publisher: Berkley BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/28/2023Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 9.26h x 6.36w x 1.20dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 96Publishers Weekly 01/09/2023Booklist 02/15/2023 pg. 21Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2023Shelf Awareness 03/24/2023

Just before Christmas, Jane Sperling is headed from Montana to Texas, to the hometown she once abandoned, in a car she doesn't fully trust, for a job that's a leap of faith and the only line she has on a better life for herself...

Some stars guide us. Others blind us.Alice Ann Lark remembers everything, most especially the husband and daughter she abandoned for a life on the sea. Almost four years later, having failed to achieve her adventurous dreams, she would never ask for a forgive-and-forget return...

An Alpha Man, Curvy Woman MC RomanceSaintThey call me Saint. But I'm not one.I've always lived life by my rules and my own moral code.What I did may have put me behind bars, but I don't regret it.At least not until I met her....

She was always the one who got away. Rosaleigh caught my eyes from the beginning, but I didn't make my move.She was too young.Unfortunately, my best friend didn't have the same morals.It killed me, watching from a distance as he disrespected the woman who...

When reality presses, it leads to a nightmare phase. Everything goes wrong, culminating in the explosion of reality when post-birth emotions finally crumble. For many women, a Cesarean Section was a must to survive. However, according to scientific reports, many survivors of the Caesarian...

This heartfelt novel covers three generations. It tells the mother-daughter story of Eileen and Peggy. After her little sister Lilly is killed by a passing car, Eileen blames herself. Trying to shield herself from imagined hatred, she finds comfort in numbers. Her parents can't...

Captive of the dystopian Ministry is Maryja, a Servile bound to the oppressive Schopenhauer household since childhood. Her life of banal servitude is forever changed one night when she discovers a sinuous creature emerging from the floorboards of her room, supposedly eradicated from the...

In this imaginative cozy mystery, the search for a missing maid leads Miss Caroline Bingley from Jane Austen's beloved Pride & Prejudice into murder and mayhem in the gritty underbelly of Regency London.Two years after her brother Charles Bingley weds Miss Jane Bennett, Miss...

Esmerelda lost her boyfriend and her job in the same 24-hour period. She thought things couldn't get much worse until her sister sprang a new plan on her: opening a fortunetelling shop together. Petal has already paid for the lease in full and knows...

Who was the Mysterious 355? Culper Ring members such as Robert Townsend and Hercules Mulligan are well known for the part they played in the Revolutionary War, but who was the mysterious 355 that could outwit them all? Inspired by many of the same...

News! How much newness does any news have? What news-value do the non-new things carry? There are things, incidents and people that do not make news. They do not possess enough newness for the news-hungry world. These things and beings are useless for the...

"I should've stayed, I should've stayed..." echoes in Janina's mind. Surrounded by the pulsating energy of a festival crowd, she stands frozen, receiving the news that changes her life forever.Just a few months earlier, Janina found herself amidst the chaos of Raman's room, snorting...

"The riveting characters in Woman of the Hour are full of desire, anger, regret, and darkness. Their fragmented lives are tough, but their grit inspires." Grant Faulkner, executive producer on America's Next Great AuthorA girl changes into a fox in self-defense. An idealist imagines...

Slide into the bittersweet, beautifully peculiar world of Patricia Q. Bidar's Pardon Me for Moonwalking, a collection of short stories that illuminate the offbeat, the tender, and the painfully human. Each story offers a glimpse into the extraordinary moments of ordinary lives, from fleeting...

The characters in THAT VERY PLACE find themselves in settings-whether mundane or bizarre-that they'd rather avoid. Each is chasing or fleeing from a bond too deep to sever: an unwanted child, an unloving parent. Long-ignored troubles erupt into chaos, forcing them to confront the...

Upon her death, Ashton's mother leaves a legacy that upends her world. Why did she leave Ashton the family's historic home and her three younger siblings virtually nothing? Does her mother expect Ashton to repair the damage she caused to the family? ����While coping...