Fiction - Women

A last ditch effort to save her marriageFresh out of college, Alexandra Conklin said I do to a handsome young minister. They filed for divorce less than a year later, proceedings they halted when Alex learned she was pregnant. Twenty years later, Hunter's ministry...

Everyone has at least one secret they carry through their lives. Lily tries to keep a secret herself as she encounters the many secrets of her quilt class, community, friends, and family members. The mystery continues with the doctor that once lived in Lily's...

Mary Louise, a bookish, redheaded, freckle-faced, eighteen-year-old virgin, who is unaware she has Asperger's Syndrome, dispenses with Tim, her loving but far too serious and conventional high school boyfriend, then thrusts herself, groin first, into the 1960s sexual revolution, pioneering concepts such as friends...

Charlotte Tilian's life seems to be unraveling. She's had a stroke, she's drinking again, and she's been moved from her home into an assisted living facility. To top it off, she's receiving threatening messages. Her past has caught up with her. Then she befriends...

Jilted, betrayed, framed. Maligned, libeled, abused. From Prohibition to the Great Depression to WWII, Tennessee madam Ollie Pope rises in a man's world to become a formidable force in town, turning her enemies against themselves. Miss Ollie's story is one of racism and hypocrisy,...

When April is suspended from Harvard University, she moves to a Northern California commune seeking clarity about her next step, but when she becomes friends with Andrea, a middle-aged psychotherapist dying of cancer, the direction of her life takes an unexpected turn. Interweaving themes...

It is the late 1940s as little Marilyn White grows up in tranquil Kentucky farm country, distant from the countries ravaged by the Second World War. Surrounded by a loving, supportive family, Marilyn's life experiences take her through incredible obstacles and personal growth as...

Sisters Nell, Meredith, and Lizzy left home as soon as they could to escape their mother's domineering presence. Called home to fulfill the final wishes of their narcissistic mother as she faces death, will the estranged Sunshine sisters discover that blood is thicker than...

HOW WRONG SHE WASEight years ago, Sydney Patterson's ex-husband used threats and fear to coerce her teenage daughter into the unthinkable. Haunted by guilt and condemned by her in-laws, she flees to Garfield Oklahoma to build a new life. Now, with a new job,...

This is a story of a woman who embraces the pearls of wisdom she discovers as her life unfolds. Weaving elements of fiction and memoir it takes the reader on a journey of discovery. Includes elements of special meaning from the life of Billie...

'A well-written and fascinating narrative about love and loss, courage and betrayal, the past and secrets, art and reproductions' Reader review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This is certainly a wow of a read . . . interesting, insightful, suspenseful' Reader review, ⭐ ⭐...

Dorothy M. Richardson's "Revolving Lights," Volume 7 of the "Pilgrimage" series, offers a fascinating glimpse into early 20th-century English society through a distinctly modernist lens. This work of women's fiction delves into the social life and customs of England, exploring the inner world of...

Katherine Mansfield, a master of the short story form, explores the complexities of human relationships and inner lives in "The Doves' Nest and Other Stories." Set against the backdrop of New Zealand and beyond, these stories offer a glimpse into the lives of women...

A lawsuit, an ex-husband, and a hotel full of men. Just another crazy day in the life of a single mom...Tasha Gerome tries to find the funny side of her everyday disasters. It's just about the only thing that gets the single mother of...

I'm rich, can get any woman I desire, and the last thing I want to do is settle down, especially with the socialite my mother has in mind.Participating in a PR stunt meant to help improve my image is the idea of my company's...

Camille is the story of a young woman struggling to rediscover herself in the aftermath of scandal in her small Mississippi hometown. Coming out of high school, Camille purposes to live within the privacy of a secluded life of work, content to rely only...

The mothers in this collection are awkward women with desperate urges, struggling with their failing domestications and profound disconnections. They have foul mouths, open legs, violent impulses, and they navigate a warped version of our mundane world in which anything can happen. They are...

Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else. When Clodagh Shepherd's curiosity gives way to obsession, her thoughts turn to revenge. In the wake of her husband's affair and subsequent disappearance, Clo makes an impulsive decision to befriend the beautiful stranger who has stolen...

Ananda is a bigger-than-life pop star, but the paparazzi won't leave her alone and she's tired of being smeared on the Enquirer every month for her drug addiction. After a mental breakdown, she goes home to her old friend Mag, and asks for her...

Voice Lessons is the story of Phoebe Hirsch, an aimless young woman who comes of age in the turbulent nineteen sixties, pursues art, music, and communal life in the seventies, and finally finds her voice as a writer as the eighties begin. Along the...

Cecilia Binner. Not exactly the name of a winner to start with, is it? Said name belongs to a thirty-two-year-old single Australian female: unintentionally comical, intentionally sarcastic, potentially alcoholic, managing somehow, regardless of general tardiness and verbal brawls, to cruise through life as an...

Anna Dale thought she had life figured out. Until, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, her parents pass away in a car accident. Now an orphan, she has nothing more than the strict rules her parents have been enforcing since she can remember. Seemingly innocuous...

Roz Dover finished her shift as a cleaner at the Hayworth Community Hospital at 11:00 PM on the evening of August 6, 1981. She has never been seen since.Diner Revelations: Regarding Hayworth Book IV is the final instalment of the series. The reader has...

Tilda Rudd's ability of controlling her feelings and slapping on a smile is severely tested after reaching her fortieth birthday. Her past must be confronted and she can't put it off much longer. Journeying down Memory Lane reveals a young woman open to possibility,...

The Lilac Bowl, Melanie Wyllie's third collection of short stories, is set in post-war Britain as it moves out of drab austerity into a new era of cosmopolitan affluence. With characteristic wit, imagination and empathy, Melanie Wyllie depicts a set of characters as diverse...

Unspoken words are sometimes the most painful... Tumultuous and unpredictable. The very essence of Savannah's life from the day she learned she was adopted. Her journey of self-discovery continues as she begins her first year of college and faces a series of difficult decisions...

Hayworth, Alberta--for them, a haven to escape the past and start a new life.Everyone has secrets, and The Station serves as a refuge for such a collection of, seemingly, ordinary souls.Meet Benjamine Tullis, the recently retired antique dealer; Cheryl Nadler, the petite young adoption...

Dr. Norah Clarke is an unexceptional and extraordinary woman. The progression of her life is through loss and forgiveness; learning to love and be loved; through growing, friendship, and simple pleasures. Her story could be your own.Spanning six decades, the author weaves together the...

'I was seven years old. Do you honestly think I would tell the truth so that I could get beaten again the minute the police left?' Just as an elegant swan emerges from the gaucheness of a young cygnet, Melanie Jones struggles to escape...

Rose, a young Kiwi, is on a working holiday in the United Kingdom, to discover her roots. When in Scotland, she is subjected to a brutal assault by a local man, Tommy.Their lives will ever be the same again. While Rose fights to recover...

Alice Green realises that reaching fifty is much the same as being invisible so why not make the most of it? Her head-in-the-sand husband doesn't notice the clothes mountain and the piles of pretty stationery.When two police cars draw up outside her house in...

A Chick Lit Lover's Delight. The story jumps off the page and hits you square in the face. Fashion may be the main theme; along with a nagging mother, but with friendships, intrigue, a villain, romance, food and laughter too. Imagine "The Devil Wears...

In the south of Scotland in the early 90s, five women have unresolved issues with their men. Against the backdrop of the commercial horse-riding world, the woman find friendship as well as jealousy, rivalry and bitchiness. Their relationships with their horses seem easy and...

What would you sacrifice to save a stranger? Isabel Cartier was career-driven with a careful plan. Back when her life made sense. Now she's trying to keep a secret, keep her job and keep everyone around her alive. Isabel doesn't know how or why...

After spending four years caring for her mother, twenty-two year old Evie Crane is starting over with a new job in a new city. Unfortunately, her new life involves working for a woman with close ties to the mob. When a short walk home...

It was a day of firsts for Kat, her first mission, her first command, and the first time someone tried to kill her. It was a test and she passed merely because she survived. There would be more tests, more missions, each one more...

Copperhead, West Virginia, is plunged into turmoil when bodies of little girls who have been sexually assaulted begin to turn up. The FBI, the local police and the state police learn that this once isolated mountain community which, long ago, solved all of its...

'I'm not Mavis anymore.' For years, song bird Nikki Mills (aka Mavis Mills) dreamed of the freedom and lifestyle that came with being a platinum record artist. To get there, she put her career and son first and her love life on hold. Now...

Overview: Mavis was born to be a songbird. Her parents named her after one, a bird with a distinctive song worthy of poetry. With her wings clipped by circumstance, Mavis spent six years of her life grounded and her dream of soaring flight almost...

Sometimes we may have to sacrifice something to receive something that our hearts desire. It is time for The Wish Giver to arrive. Her coming may bring unsettling times for those she visits. To receive a wish is a gift. For those who wish...

This is a story about a bond of love that forebears all misunderstanding and even defies death itself.This book focuses on the voice of America as well as the complexity of our relationships, patricularly that of women.Empowering us to unveil emotions that entangle and...

Chance brings together Nina Thomas and elderly Laura Chadwick just at the time when Laura is in need of a friend to help with an interfering family member. Their growing bond is one thing that Nina will be sorry to leave behind as she...

Author: Esther CampionISBN-10: 0733645534ISBN-13: 9780733645532Publisher: Hachette AustraliaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2025Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.13h x 5.98w x 1.42d

Marie Cunningham's life falls into disarray when she is suddenly thrust into caring for her teenage niece. After operating The Bean Sprout Café with her former partner, becoming a single parent is not a life she ever imagined.Drew Hamilton has arrived in Granite Springs...

"Exceptionally entertaining and wonderfully original" (Chicago Tribune), Beth Kendrick delivers a funny story about family, self- discovery, and the pursuit of the perfect pie crust. Suburban soccer mom Amy has always wanted to stand out from the crowd. Former child prodigy Linnie just wants...

As the dress-bearer for her mother's wedding, Laney Hudson has a lot more baggage than the bulky garment bag she's lugging from New York to Hawaii. Laney is determined to prove she's capable of doing something right, but running chores for her mom's fairytale...

"A vintage version of 'Gossip Girl' meets bigger hair." --The Skimm "DiSclafani's story sparkles like the jumbo diamonds her characters wear to one-up each other. Historical fiction lovers will linger over every lush detail." --People From the bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp...

The author of Conversations with a Fat Girl--optioned for HBO--returns with the hilarious and heartfelt story of a woman who must learn how to be the heroine of her own life--a journey that will teach her priceless lessons about love, friendship, family, work, and...

Charleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn is thrilled by her recent estate auction purchase of a spectacular bejeweled birdcage from India, but not so much by its occupant, a mouthy mynah named Monet. Still, her customers at the Den of Antiquity seem charmed by...

Author: Jo AventISBN-13: 9798993453903Publisher: Brizo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/14/2025Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.31d