Fiction - Women

When a young woman is subjected to a violent attack, the impact of colonialism, patriarchy, and who we choose to love are thrown into sharp relief. Daria is an immigrant woman living in Toronto, and as she begins to tell her story, the reader...

Twenty-four-year-old Zarah likes three things: comics, cake, and solitude. She wasn't always like this. Two years ago, she barricaded herself in a closet during a mass shooting. Now, she keeps flashbacks and panic attacks at bay by imagining she becomes her alter-ego Z, a...

The first time I saw him was at a bar called Ophelia's on a misty Thursday night. I was there to drown my sorrows after a trying day, he was there to escape the storm. After a brief yet incredibly cruel exchange, the handsome...

Juliet Manchester is America's best-loved movie starlet. But when a nasty divorce and a sex-tape scandal threaten to tarnish her spotless good-girl reputation, she turns to co-star Ryan McDonnell to help distract the media with a passionate (and completely fake) new romance. The only...

A PROPER LOVE STORY Love forced him into exile in Spain. Love drove him into a criminal world, and love trapped him for 50 years. I wonder whether you'd do the same?Author: Hilary CoombesISBN-10: 1976529409ISBN-13: 9781976529405Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2017Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight:...

In a desperate attempt to save her company from bankruptcy, designer Evelyn Lewis decides to sell the only memento from her past worth anything-the family farmland. Determined to get in and get out of the abandoned property, she finds the valuable land tangled in...

Can she piece together a dream on a shoestring?As new owner of the falling-apart family homestead in West Texas, Dee Bennett is wrangling ways to earn a living, mend fences with farm and family, and manifest her dreams as a writer-all while nurturing the...

I lost my journal. No big deal, right? It's only the most honest parts of me. Raw. Uncensored. Humiliating. It's a race against time to get it back before someone finds it.Except someone did find it. And read it. AND COMMENTED.Sexual boundaries aren't just...

Pain, hurt and desperation drove Miranda on a path to addiction. What started as brutal sexual abuse, combined with the humiliation of being exposed as a drugs cheat, created a burning desire to destroy others in a quest for revenge. She was determined to...

'AMAZING... Had me in tears of laughter and in tears of sadness. A completely mesmerising, heartwarming and unforgettable book ... Took me less than 24 hours to read ... In fact, I'm off to read it all again ' Stardust Book Reviews If you...

When April is suspended from college at Harvard University, she moves to a Northern California commune to contemplate her next step. But when she becomes friends with Andrea, a middle-aged psychotherapist who's just received a cancer diagnosis, the direction of her life takes an...

Kate would feel silly for having a crush on a fictional pirate-if he wasn't standing right in front of her.After discovering that her long-term boyfriend has been cheating on her, psychologist Dr. Kate Barnes decides she's still going on their romantic Bahamas getaway-alone. Her...

Leigh Somerville delivers the third and last novel in the trilogy that began with It All Started with a Dog. In her debut as a novelist, she created what has been called a "feel good book for not-so-feel good times" and captured the hearts...

Caleb Solomon's office air conditioner is on the fritz. Although not his choice, he winds up meeting with a difficult but profitable client in the pleasant chill of the air-conditioned Faulk Street Tavern. It's there that high school teacher Meredith Benoit finds him. Due...

Perfect for fans of Jo Watson, Mhairi McFarlane and Portia MacIntosh.When Charley finds herself suddenly single on Christmas Day it feels like her world has fallen apart.Forced to move back in with her parents, she embarks on a journey of re-invention. When she meets...

We are all capable of telling an untruth, but men seem particularly adept at it. It's as if they possess an unidentifiable cell, that neither Einstein, Freud, or any other eminent male mind, has managed to uncover. Maybe they all chose not to look....

"[Thayne] engages the reader's heart and emotions, inspiring hope and the belief that miracles are possible." --Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Come home to Shelter Springs this Christmas, where hearts are warm and hopes are bright... Growing up at the Shelter...

As a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are in this "remarkable study of ordinary people's extraordinary inner...

Barbara's fairytale life has hit a brick wall. Worst part, she didn't see it coming.Barbara navigates the NYC corporate world as a confident Black lawyer, balancing sky-high career goals with heavy family expectations. But while her career thrives at 31, her engagement crumbles, leaving...

David Nicholl's 'One Day' meets Colleen Hoover's 'It Ends with Us' in this epic love story. A hidden secret, an unforgivable betrayal, one all-consuming passion Victoria Turnbull's life appears flawless. She loves living and working alongside her best friend and as travel agents, they...

**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club 2023** 'Tense. Moving. Morally complex. Zina Pavlou is wholly unforgettable.' Rachel Rhys'Impressive... worthy of Sarah Waters' The TimesTHEY HAVE TOLD SO MANY LIES ABOUT ME.London, 1954. Zina Pavlou, a Cypriot grandmother, waits quietly in the...

Sadie Taube, the daughter of a deceased heroin addict, has been forced to live with her aunt and uncle in their "big ass house." While they treat her all right (she's living on Bainbridge Island), she's not exactly their daughter. Sadie has been working...

A wildly original, "gorgeous . . . brave and effecting" (New York Times Book Review) coming--of age novel about a teenage girl working at Andy Warhol's Factory in 1960s New York. New York City, 1966. Seventeen-year-old Mae lives in a rundown apartment with her...

Book Three in the Farmer's Market Story series This couldn't be happening...not to him! For Charlie Wainwright, the only way to live is according to plan. But a corporate layoff and one hot night with Meg Carmichael has thrown him off course. He doesn't...

Recommended by Kirkus Reviews, BookLife, Readers' Favorite, IndieReader, The Book Commentary, & Indies Today!Kim Kincaid can't catch a break. She has a thankless job at a law office, a nasty co-worker, and a boyfriend allergic to genuine commitment. Meanwhile, her older sister, Dena, skates...

A Hush Hush Novel including The Proposition, an Exclusive Bonus Novella I broke all the rules. He knows my true self. Our relationship is far from a game. I've never felt this close to a man. James Riviera is everything I never knew I...

FINALIST FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 "[A] powerful debut." --The Washington Post "An exceptional and stunningly original novel by a major new writer." --Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other Set amid the Jamaican diaspora in...

'Oh my, I have to admit I sobbed reading this book, it broke my heart. I went and gave my sixteen-year-old daughter a huge hug and told her I loved her always... a heartbreaking story. I loved it though, even through the tears.' Reader...

From No. 1 bestselling author Beth Moran comes a story about family, friendship and community.As Faith tries on her future mother-in-law's wedding dress in preparation for her own wedding, her tears are not of joy. The hideous frock is nicknamed 'The Ghost Web' by...

What Not to Wear and Queer Eye meet All the Feels in this sparkling romantic comedy by Jenny L. Howe, in which the new guest on a popular plus-size makeover show has her style--and her love life--transformed. Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate...

A heart-stirring journey about discovering inner peace, strength and self-love. Join Mary, as she unveils a profound truth: the real treasures of true love lie within.The Orchid is a peaceful and luxurious retreat founded by Mary and nestled in picturesque Northern California. Its unique...

The next installment in the wonderfully warm and uplifting series set on Puddleduck Farm.Life would be idyllic if everyone else was on the same page...Puddleduck Vets Practice is busier than ever.Phoebe Dashwood is juggling the usual crazy animal antics of her quirky clients, whilst...

A "modern masterwork" (NPR)--remarkably told through museum wall labels--about a 20th-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist. Author Christine Coulson spent twenty-five years writing for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her final project was to write wall labels...

BRAND NEW from the NUMBER ONE bestselling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont comes a powerful story of memory, loss, love, and new beginnings...When Shelley Woodhouse wakes up in hospital from a coma, the first thing she says is that her husband...

Take a stroll down Serendipity Lane, breathe in the beautiful fragrances of the flowers and see if you can spot the love in the air...After years of juggling long hours at work, studying for her dream vocation and struggling for money, Sadie realises it's...

The ghosts that haunt us aren't always human. Liss Larkin and Nao Kao Inthavong hail from opposite corners of the world when they meet in graduate school; she an exuberant daughter of the American Midwest, and he the reserved survivor of Southeast Asia's wars....

The long, tarnished chain and heart-shaped pendant is heavy in Paige's hand. Carefully prying it open she can just make out the tiny engraving inside. What she reads will change everything she ever believed about her great-aunt Violet, and their family history...When newly single...

Turning to face the glittering loch, Bel clasps the worn notepaper tightly in her hand. Will these hastily scrawled words, written decades ago, destroy the new life in the Highlands she's risked her heart for? When Bel Tipton catches her husband cheating on her,...

A global CEO with crime family ties. A mafia princess who can't stay out of trouble. When the Italians puts out a hit, will their love survive?If keeping Katarina safe means joining full forces with the mafia, then that's a risk I'll have to...

You cannot put a price on your first love.David Wayne has always called Point Judith, Rhode Island home and for good reason-the small village is the jewel of the ocean state-clean beaches, shopping, restaurants, fishing, boating and, year-round ferry service to Block Island.After traveling...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with an all-new sports rom-com about a burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky live-in nanny...Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She's also twenty-six and broke. So...

A reclusive woman living in outback Australia receives a letter acknowledging a terrible secret from her past. Thirty years before, she stole another woman's life. From the moment the letter is opened two women are on a collision course with destiny. From the London...

From Leningrad in the seventies to America and London in the present day, Kimberley Freeman's new novel follows the lives of two sisters, Lena and Natalia and their cousin, Sofi, as they move away from Russia and all they have known. Despite promising to...

Emerald is determined to find five strong women that are dedicated to preserving her vision of the Saint Augustine Gypsy Sisterhood while she continues to search for Liam, her lover and husband for over two hundred years. Yes, Emerald is a time traveler who...

Lake Geneva, 1951: Delphine looked up at Florian, her fingers grazing his cheek as she pressed her mouth to his, the sapphire tiara sparkling beside them. "Yes," she whispered against his lips. "I will marry you. If you can find a way, then I...

Audrey Mae Scott has felt the sting of her mother's whipping stick far too many times. Unlike her little brother, Harry, she must do whatever she's told without question... or else. Her only solace from her fear and loneliness comes from writing about her...

Joleigh Moore lives an almost-reclusive life on her small farm in Missouri. But when she witnesses the murder of her boyfriend, Mack, she worries the assailants will come after her next.Planning to hide out until Mack's killers are caught, Joleigh stows away in a...

The New York Times bestselling author takes her state-by-state romance series to Michigan, where a summer home brings together two suspicious hearts. Victoria Beaumont is looking forward to relaxing at the family summer home on Mackinac Island, Michigan. But how can she relax when...

The New York Times bestselling author takes her state-by-state romance series to Michigan, where a summer home brings together two suspicious hearts. Victoria Beaumont is looking forward to relaxing at the family summer home on Mackinac Island, Michigan. But how can she relax when...

Sweeping and evocative, The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the global number one bestselling author Lucinda Riley. You can't alter destiny . . . Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors, Leah Thompson grows more beautiful with each...