Fiction - Women

There's no place like home--except when it's a faded resort town like Derton-on-Sea. Which is why, eighteen years ago, Josh Peters couldn't wait to escape the place he thinks of as 'the last resort' for the bright lights of London.Now his dad is sick,...

Struggling with both PTSD and the trauma of his ex-wife's infidelity, retired Marine Wesley Holt seeks a simple civilian life. His favorite waitress at the Perfect Diner secretly stirs his heart. Yet Wes--scarred by betrayal and racked by guilt over his fallen comrades in...

The painful memories from her life back in Toronto will never be distant enough, but Katherine Price finds peace under the autumn sky in the South of France...and a deepening, dizzying love with Philippe. Together, they savor the delicacies and splendor of life, toasting...

Suddenly single after twenty-two years of marriage, the calm of Katherine Price's midlife has turned upside down. Seeking to find her true self, she took a chance on starting over. A year later, she is certain of this: she's in love with Philippe and...

When his high school sweetheart experiences a devastating tragedy, Dr. Alan Lincoln reluctantly returns to his Pennsylvania hometown to see her. It's been fiteen years. Rita was a small-town beauty queen-his first love whom he has never forgotten. He was a nerd from a...

GOING HOME WITH A CAT AND A GHOST is a fictional novel about life's complexities for Judy Howard: Liberated enough to drive forward in her RV, yet still imprisoned by her 40 year old past when she was drugged, raped, and had an illegal...

Kacie Jensen has one main priority in her life: raising her twin daughters, Lucy and Piper. Ever since her ex--the girls' father--vanished four years ago, Kacie's sworn to keep her head in her studies and her heart out of trouble. Moving back home to...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon returns with the fourteenth novel in the beloved Mitford series, featuring three generations of Kavanaghs. After twelve years of wrestling with the conflicts of retirement, Father Tim Kavanagh realizes he doesn't need a steady job to...

Indi Blyss ran away from her dysfunctional mother at fifteen years old.Crippling guilt? Yup.Up until now, she has happily drowned out her less-than-pleasant emotions with hot, cheesy carbohydrates and icy cold Sauvignon Blanc.Now, her mother has passed away, and veteran hairstylist and successful salon...

The day after her eighteenth birthday, Julia Reeves checks herself into a psychiatric facility, longing to find a way out of the grief and guilt that have engulfed her since her father's untimely death. What she finds is fellow suicide attempt survivor Sam Lorenzo,...

'A king adorns the throne... He has no subtlety, no grace but he does not deserve to die in the way that has been planned and this is why we shall stop them, our men, our kin and save us all.'1605Bess Throckmorton is well...

In Prohibition-era Los Angeles, two women on opposite sides of the law must take control of their lives, make their marks, and try to survive. Even if it means crossing the line.It's 1927. Letty Hart's father is long gone, but his old winery provides...

A tale of two girls--one living in a parable, the other in ManhattanAni, journeying across a great distance accompanied by a stolen kitten, meets many people along her way, but her encounters only convince her that she is meant to keep searching. Annamae, journeying...

Dublin. The 1920s. As war tears Ireland apart, two young people are caught up in events that will bring love, tragedy - and the hardest of choices. In a country fighting for freedom, it's hard to live a normal life. Winnie O'Leary supports the...

Hailed as "One of the best technical painters of our time" by an L.A. Times critic, 27-year-old Aubrey Johnson is finally gaining traction with her work. But as she weaves through what should be a celebration of her art, a single nagging echo of...

Can love bloom again under the heat of the Spanish sun?Ten years ago, while travelling before starting a cookery apprenticeship, Alice fell head over heels for Barcelona: the food, the sun and the gorgeous Andy Hall...Family tragedy sent her back to London, but now,...

In this fun, feisty romp, a celebrity life coach collides with her former mentor as both women struggle with the choices they've made, the lives they have now, and the legacy they'll leave behind.Caroline Beckett is living the dream. A self-help guru with a...

"Set against the backdrop of the Prohibition Rum Wars, Robuck has brought two real-life figures to the page with heartfelt intimacy and crackling suspense. A fascinating read!" -- Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Cuban HeiressTwo real, brilliant women on opposite...

Finding family is a journey of love, risk, secrets, and healing in a powerful novel by the bestselling author of A Brighter Flame, The Passing Storm, and The Road She Left Behind.When Nova Doubeck is asked to foster two children, she can't say no....

Eighties supermodel Harlow Hayes seeks solace in a quaint Florida beach town to hide and heal from a heartbreak that shattered her entire world. To her surprise, she encounters Matt Knight--a Hollywood A-lister with a bad-boy reputation--who has returned to his hometown to help...

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious young man work to bring a community together in this uplifting novel for readers of The Chicken Sisters.Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of...

A small-town bartender juggles motherhood and a sexual awakening in this heartwarming queer friends-to-lovers romance from the author of Sammy Espinoza's Last Review. Cash Delgado has a good life in the quaint town of Ridley Falls. She has Joyce's Bar, where she manages a...

Hannah McKinnon, the acclaimed author of the "charming and warm-hearted" (PopSugar) The Summer House, returns with a fresh beach read about a group of outsiders threatening the status quo at an exclusive New England beach club. Mayhaven is the best keep secret in Massachusetts....

From "a writer at the top of her game" (The New York Times) comes a bighearted and sharply funny debut novel about two estranged sisters and the crossroads they face after becoming unexpectedly pregnant at the same time. Two years after the death of...

In this updated version of the beloved mystery series, Nora Blackbird's new job working for the poisoned-pen Philadelphia society columnist heats up when Nora is implicated in the not-so-accidental death of a young woman who turns out to be a high society jewel thief....

Broken Fortune explores the unraveling of a wealthy, blended family forced to reconsider their future together as their world falls apart around them. Elizabeth Sunderland--a forty-three-year-old wife and mother of two teenagers--is the oldest of five children in a blended family that never quite...

After disaster strikes, a Louisiana family and their community need to prove to each other and the world that their bond is thicker than the oil threatening their shores in Sharon J. Wishnow's stunning debut novel.It's taken Chef Josie Babineaux six months to reconcile...

A rising movie star reunites with his high school prom date, now a personal stylist, in this delightful rom-com for fans of forced proximity, second chances, and celebrity romance.This has to be a joke. Stylist Marley Kamal has waited years for the chance to...

Mollie Brennan thought her life was perfect when she and her best friend and cousin, Claire, moved to Tasmania from Queensland. When the unthinkable happens, grief-stricken Mollie returns home to Paradise Cove hoping to find peace and some light in a world where darkness...

Author: Meg Mitchell MooreISBN-10: 0063026171ISBN-13: 9780063026179Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2024Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d

Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death in this unforgettable story of grief, hope, and the complexities of family, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein. The three Blue sisters are exceptional--and exceptionally different....

People come to the guest house for fresh air and views across the Atlantic. But if they're lucky, they might just leave with the second chance they didn't know they needed... Esme has run the guest house for as long as anyone in Ballycove...

Family of Choice: Raising Each Other features four A.A. recovery "family" members who help one another navigate life, death, success, fear, love, loss, grief, harassment, and renewal-developing spirituality and bonds they can rely on. Brisk pacing, snappy dialogue, humor alternating with tears, and compelling...

When Debra left Australia, it hadn't been her plan to live in a tiny Islamic Sultanate in Southeast Asia. It was Alex's dream to work in Brunei and the seventies were a time for pursuing dreams. She was young, still grieving the loss of...

'A king adorns the throne... He has no subtlety, no grace but he does not deserve to die in the way that has been planned and this is why we shall stop them, our men, our kin and save us all.'1605Bess Throckmorton is well...

A paranormal women's fiction series with hilarious revenge proving there is a lot of life to live after 50.When Roxanne Sullivan, a West Point alumna and retired military officer, visits Katie's beachfront home in Aura Cove, a cryptic message from Karma sets an unthinkable...

Shaken by her parents' divorce and discouraged by the growing chasm between herself and her serious boyfriend, Nikki Werner seeks solace at her uncle's farm in a small Missouri hamlet. She'll spend the summer there, picking up the pieces of her shattered present so...

Best friend extraordinaire, Nadine Garrison, is back for book two, but she's got her own problems this time.Sure, in retrospect, going into business with some guy I'd only been dating for six months sounds impulsive.Okay, it was impulsive, but it was a good opportunity,...

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,...

Once upon a time we were a family.In those days, all I remember was laughter and joy. I was their first-born, and I remember so clearly my parents' pride as I held my little sister, Phoebe, for the first time, the joy shining out...

When seventeen-year-old Katherine McCall awakened one morning to find her beloved sister, Sara, brutally murdered, her whole life changed in the blink of an eye. Kat was named the prime suspect and, on a string of circumstantial evidence, charged and tried. While the jury...

Starting over can be hard to do...So when mum of two Beth moves out of her beloved marital home and into an unloved and unkempt cottage, she can't help but feel demoralised. Faced with months of DIY and dust, her children Jacob and Olivia...

She's the only one who ever loved him-and the only girl he can never win back... Includes the bonus love letter!Jude lost everything one spring day when he crashed his car into an apple tree on the side of the road. A man is...

Book your place at the table . . . The brand new murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestsellerMidsummer, the Dorset coastGuests gather for the opening of The Manor hotel, the new jewel on the Dorset coastline. The champagne is flowing, the guest list...

Julie Rafferty's life-long dream is within her grasp. But just as the toy company she founded verges on becoming a multi-million-dollar enterprise, her husband abandons their marriage.Trevor had no choice but to walk away from Julie. How else could he show his wife that...

RT Book Reviews proclaims that the O'Brien Family series from award-winning author Cecy Robson "has the hottest brothers ever " And in FEEL ME, Declan, the sexy, driven powerhouse meets the one woman immune to his charm . . . Declan O'Brien was always...

How is Travel a Folded Form? is a question that moves through the American landscape, imagining how different eras might interrogate each other. The book revels in the history and peculiarities of the national tourist machine, while remaining rooted in the continent's palpable presence....

A recipe book is an odd thing to give to someone who doesn't cook, so when Kat Bower is bequeathed a book of secret family recipes by her recently deceased mother, Ella, she is puzzled. Along with the recipes, lovingly handed down from generation...

Does she have the courage to love a man destined to leave?Ariela lost everything when her dad was killed in the line of duty: her father, her home, her school, her friends. Unable to cope without the love of her life, her grief-stricken mom...

Fiction. Short Stories. A collection of stories including the Pushcart Prize winning Teen Culture from American Short Fiction. I didn't want to ever be outside of this moment. I knew at some point I would look at the picture I'd just taken and feel...