Fiction - Women

Suddenly-widowed Maisie sets out to clear her late husband's collection; wonky furniture and balding rugs, bolts of material for upholstery projects he never got round to, other people's trash brought home from car boot sales and rescued from the tip. The hoard is endless,...

'...[Rebecca Raisin]'s a modern Maeve Binchy. If you love books about community life with true-to-life characters in true-to-life situations, delivered with gentle humour and heartfelt emotion, these are for you.' - Books for Bunny Enjoy the warmth, cupcakes and hot chocolate at The Gingerbread...

No one believes Marta can get better--not her sister, not her father--and she doesn't care. But when a troubled, enigmatic acquaintance from her therapy group goes missing, Marta discovers what she does care about: finding Thomas Zimmerman. For twenty-six-year-old Marta, group counselling is just...

"With pitch-perfect humor, endearing insights and wonderfully relatable characters, One Last Word is a smart and breezy read about taking hold of the life you want and refusing to let go. An absolute delight." --Allison Winn Scotch, bestselling author of Take Two, Birdie MaxwellWhat...

Inspired by true events, this powerful World War Two novel tells the incredible and inspirational tale of two ordinary people who risk everything to achieve the impossible: bringing new life into a death camp. As Lore is pushed through the towering gates of Mauthausen...

Every person has a story to tell. People in this book are no different. Adults will show to us how we can lose a grip on life but still keep hopes and faith to try one more time. Through children, we can see how...

Join Sam Keene on a heartfelt journey of self-discovery in this compelling story. From the ashes of the Vietnam War, Sam's life takes an unexpected turn when she's adopted by an American soldier and his wife, who whisk her away to the bustling streets...

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide "What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet..." When retired math teacher...

A Broadway actress has a chance at stardom when cast by a major Hollywood director, but the role of her dreams may cost her the love of a lifetime in this epic novel from "one of the finest romance writers of our age." (Entertainment...

There are worse fates than growing up knowing that you will one day inherit a vast and magnificent Cotswolds country estate, but for Rhys Travers it has always felt like a huge responsibility.Juniper Meadows is home to much of his extended family, not to...

"Wives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep...

Love books? The Bordeaux Book Club is seeking new members!When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming self-sufficient. But in truth, it's not the 'good life' she'd imagined, as three hours of digging barely yields a single...

She wants in. He needs out.Moments from her small but pivotal role in A Very Crowded House, Harriet "Harry" Smith begins her own story where an Ivy League education, her wit, and talented two hands make no promises, least of all the promise of...

Two rival bookstore owners. One chance for a happily ever after... Bookshop owner Lexi Austen's problems are stacking up. Her dating life is a mess and Sam Dickens - devastatingly handsome, arrogant, and fiercely competitive rival bookshop owner - is hellbent on stealing all...

John Vincent has always led a life of danger, and now he has every reason to want to remain as dead as the obituary in the Australian papers had proclaimed him to be. He'd left nothing behind in the life he had once led--except...

A spicy satire full of laughs as a happily married woman plays games with her sex life and gets caught in a digital trap.Meryl has a beautiful sex life with her husband until she stops taking it seriously and starts playing around recklessly online....

The BRAND NEW read from Saturday Kitchen's Helen McGinnMartha is the youngest of three sisters and, in her mid-thirties, has the dubious honour of being the only one to call off a wedding at the last moment.Now, feeling as if she'll be single forever,...

""A deeply humane and touching novel; highly recommended for book clubs and fans of Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures."" -- Booklist""A beautiful, big-hearted treasure of a novel."" --Lily KingFrom the award-winning author of The One-in-a-Million Boy comes a heartfelt, uplifting novel about a...

An A-list movie star moves to Los Angeles--next door to a family of five eligible sisters--in this irresistible novel where The Kardashians meets Pride and Prejudice, from the NYT bestselling author of Birds of CaliforniaEvery family is complicated, and the Benedettos are no exception....

This first book in a spicy Formula 1 romance series pairs a STEM-inist engineer with a cocky racecar driver, perfect for fans of Drive to Survive on Netflix and readers of Hannah Grace or Sarah Adams. Phaedra Morgan is one of the best race...

Named a best historical novel of the year by The New York Times Book Review and "reminiscent of both The Scarlet Letter and Hamnet" (Jezebel), The Witching Tide is a powerful debut inspired by the true events behind a deadly witch hunt in 17th-century...

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...

Meryem has learned to look out for number one.Abducted as a teenager from England to Turkey, thirty years later she is finally free to live life on her own terms.She is divorced and wealthy, working a lucrative job in Dubai, when a whispered confession...

1961 brought the promise of a family to couple Tom and Dot Cornell. Until one day, several days past her due date, Dot nearly collapsed to the floor in excruciating pain.Knowing something was horrifically wrong, Dorothy made her way to the couch and laid...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House,...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A thrilling, raucous, and gloriously queer debut about a scrappy orphan bent on making her own luck in the American West--and finding friendship, romance, and her true calling along the way, now in paperback. "A powerful feminist battle cry . ....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Danielle Steel comes an uplifting novel about an author who--to her surprise--inherits a grand estate near London. Sabrina Brooks is a wildly successful bestselling author of gripping thrillers. Unlike her fictional characters, Sabrina lives a quiet life in...

Long before she became a famous, chart-topping recording artist, Meredith Clark was brutally wounded, insecure, and lonely; part little girl, part fragile woman. Just as she had fled a traumatic situation as a scared sixteen-year-old, she once again sought to put miles between herself...

The long-awaited and never-before published finale in New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan's delightful School by the Sea series.After all those lessons, it's time to graduate....Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously...

Twenty-five years ago, Oriana hid a devastating professional mistake--and now must face the consequences. Oriana Coleman is one of the most sought-after art dealers on the east coast, renowned in New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. She fought tooth and nail to get to...

Twenty-five years ago, Oriana hid a devastating professional mistake--and now must face the consequences. Oriana Coleman is one of the most sought-after art dealers on the east coast, renowned in New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. She fought tooth and nail to get to...

Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, who is addicted to drugs, has just had a baby, Lily. Ruth adjusts herself in ways large and small to give to Eleanor what she thinks...

Ruth is a woman who believes in and despairs of the curative power of love. Her daughter, Eleanor, who is addicted to drugs, has just had a baby, Lily. Ruth adjusts herself in ways large and small to give to Eleanor what she thinks...

SOPHIE HUNTSBERGER found her way to a new life and new family when she ran from the physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. She has blossomed and healed in ways she never imagined she would or could be within the...

28-year-old Drew Kelly knows exactly how to be happy. No work, no bills and no responsibilities. And definitely no relationships. Rather than dealing with life's daily struggles, Drew only does what he wants, when he wants. Like volunteering at the local soup kitchen, reading...

Gina Meadows is getting the short end of the stick when it comes to her longtime boyfriend, Ronald Mills. He won't give her the one thing she craves, a child of her own. Instead, he expects her to raise the next bitch's child. Gavin...

Her acclaimed debut, The Song Reader, won her praise as a "brilliant new literary talent" (The Albuquerque Tribune). Now, Lisa Tucker returns with a starkly lyrical novel of page-turning intensity and rare emotional power. Patty Taylor can handle anything. So what if the guys...

Rich with unforgettable characters, gorgeously drawn, and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death Provence, 1347....

"At once comic, heart-breaking, and life-affirming."--Tish Cohen, author of Town House"Imagine if Bridget Jones fell into a million little pieces, flew over the cuckoo's nest, and befriended Lindsay Lohan along the way, and you are beginning to grasp the literary roller coaster ride that...

Here comes the bride . . . there goes the groom.Penny Bracket waited two years to marry dream man Bram Shiraz. Then on the morning of the Big Day, while she's trying on her veil, Penny receives the worst two-line letter of her life:...

This: this is about us. Always. An opportunity. A gift. A chance to come together again. And you want it as much as I do."Thank you for unhinging my sanity, threatening the stability of my life, with one text. Because that's how it begins,...

'Wishington Bay is the perfect place to wrap yourself in Maxine Morrey's witty sense of humour and snuggly warmth' Victoria Cooke Home is where the heart is... Holly doesn't have time for a holiday this year. But when her job threatens to send her...

Author: Rene Gutteridge, Cheryl McKayISBN-10: 0307444988ISBN-13: 9780307444981Publisher: Crown Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2009Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 7.88h x 5.38w x 0.69dAward: Carol Award - WinnerReview Citation(s): Romantic Times 06/01/2009 pg. 62 - ExcellentLibrary Journal 06/01/2009 pg. 80CBA Retailers 01/01/2013 pg. 20

In her private memoir, Theresa Alston Crandall reflects on family secrets she has held for forty years. Her duplicity has created a life of uneven rewards as she begins to hear footsteps from the past sneaking up on her. Is it too late to...

Always the Chalet Girl...Year round chalet girl Tash doesn't do attachments--she's learned the hard way that relationships of any kind never last. But when self-made millionaire and hit TV star Nathaniel Campbell arrives to spend a month at Chalet Repos, she's tempted to reconsider...

Grab your passport and escape to Europe for the romance of a life time with this stunning romance read!'Full of glamour, romance and sizzling sexual tension, but at its heart is a truly heart-warming tale of self discovery - you'll not want to miss...

A wronged wife goes toe to toe with her cheating husband at the polls in this hilarious and heart-lifting novel by the bestselling author of Don't Forget to Write.It's a doozy of a bad day for Beverly Diamond when she catches her husband, Larry,...

Author: Joyce MaynardISBN-10: 0679771026ISBN-13: 9780679771029Publisher: Knopf Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/1993Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.78dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 06/24/1996

An investigation into a girl's disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a...

An evocative and charming novel full of secrets and mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop *The Story Collector is available to pre-order now* In a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything... One...