Fiction - Women

Set in February 2019, The Self-Made Saint follows retired UNHCR volunteer and affectionate curmudgeon, JUDITH DRAINGER (59) as she leaves London to move to the dusty shores of Adelaide, South Australia, to rescue her daughter, CASSANDRA (29) and her baby granddaughter, EMILY(5m) from what...

Adults can behave badly too... It's the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. She always gets what she wants. What she can't get for herself... well, that's...

Getting onto the invite list is hard, but staying there is even harder.Knightsbridge is one of London's most exclusive postcodes, with cut-throat rules for anyone trying to make it into the social scene. Paisley juggles a budding career as a social columnist turned investigative...

Three novellas, Teresa Carmody's Today Must Be Sunday, Kim Chinquee's I Thought of England, and Allison Pitinii Davis's Business, unique in style and narrative, deal with longing, loneliness, fear, and the relationships their characters make, and break, on their way to something like peace,...

Shunned by a society that puts attractiveness above all else, Lady Eliza Darby's wallflower status keeps her from getting the one thing she wants most, namely, to be a mother. But when her scorned older sister returns home to see all of her sisters...

Lisa has lost custody of her young twin boys. Caught between the French legal system's sluggish bureaucracy and her sinister, scheming in-laws, she's alone and lost, an Argentine migrant in rural France picking grapes for a pittance, only allowed to see her children in...

A devoted mother, outrunning a troubled childhood and facing an empty nest, is tested in ways she never expected, in this suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.On the occasion of her daughter Valerie's wedding and her own upcoming fiftieth...

Isabelle is haunted by remorse over a past mistake that drastically changed the lives of those closest to her. Apologizing would be a step in the right direction-if only she could muster the courage to say, "I'm sorry." Her world is turned upside down...

A failed actress turned grifting psychic searches for her missing doppelgänger and is plunged into a web of murder and corruption among Hollywood A-listers. "Weird and wonderfully addictive--reads like Agatha Christie on acid, or maybe Raymond Chandler adapted by the Coen Brothers." --Ernest Cline,...

Mayfair, 1910. At the age of ninety, Florence Nightingale is frail and no longer of sound mind. After a celebrated career as a nurse, writer and statistician, she now leads a reclusive existence. One summer evening she is astonished to receive a visitor: a...

Twenty-five years ago, Joanna Johnson fled her hometown of Rivers End, leaving behind her best friend, her first love, and a dark secret. When a mysterious letter arrives, she's forced to confront the past she's tried so hard to forget...Returning to the picturesque coastal...

An emotional trip down memory lane, author Lisa Greenwald's playful second-chance romance is perfect for anyone who grew up reading her middle-grade books or spent fervent summers away at camp.Successful event planner Mira Erdman never expected to see Brush Hill Camp again. But these...

Are you single?Have you lost your confidence when it comes to travelling?Would you welcome a few weeks away to find that missing spark?Climb aboard the Creaky Cauldron for an adventure like no other! Budding entrepreneur Kat Sinclair wants to grow her quirky solo narrowboat...

Deftly weaving romance, action, and humor with a quest for integrity in an unjust world, Love, Coffee, and Revolution is a timely and relatable coming-of-age novel.Dee Blum has a plan. Or rather, her parents do. Graduate college. Go to law school. Become a divorce...

Author: Roisin MeaneyISBN-10: 1473643074ISBN-13: 9781473643079Publisher: Hachette IrelandLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2025Pages: 448Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.40d

Katherine Center meets Really Good, Actually in this clever and poignant novel about an English professor who grieves the sudden loss of her husband the Victorian way, by wearing widow's weeds and escaping to London, where she unexpectedly discovers there's still love, life, snark,...

A vivid and compulsive story of obsession, control and guilt, set in Nineties Dublin - perfect for fans of dark academia and Donna Tartt's The Secret HistoryJessica and Linda have been best friends since the first day of school. Both girls are from very...

'Warm ... uplifting -- Roisin Meaney is a gifted storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling author It's the day before the wedding ... Three strangers arrive home to Ireland to the house that gave each of them refuge when they needed it most. They are there...

In this million-copy international bestseller from Korea, the owner of a corner store takes in an unhoused man who does a good deed, a kind soul whose presence will transform the whole neighborhood--a heartwarming tale of community and redemption reminiscent of the bestselling novels...

Megan Abernathy knows two things for certain. Men are trash. Men that aren't complete trash, are only good for one thing... That attitude has kept her safe. Work hard, play harder, don't let anyone get too close. Then one day her life changed. Her...

BRAND NEW escapist romance from Top 10 bestselling author Kate Frost Three friends, a Balearic promise and a summer that could change their lives forever... For twenty-one-year-old Belle Madden her first holiday to Ibiza with best friends Gem and Laurie was memorable for all...

Hormone Harmony: Achieve Natural Balance for Energy, Health, and Vitality is your essential guide to understanding and optimizing your hormonal health. This comprehensive book explores the vital role hormones play in our daily lives and provides practical, natural solutions to achieve and maintain hormonal...

Tis the season to be jolly! But all Holly or Clyde want is some peace on Earth ... Burtonbridge School in the north of England might look and sound like a magical place to teach, but with Christmas fast approaching and work piling up,...

A train trip from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Roanoke, Virginia turns into a test of survival for eight-year-old twins, Faith and Tilley Hall.In the spring of 1875, the girls are traveling to meet a grandmother they did not know, with a father they had...

A secret identity Christmas romance between a former NHL star and the owner of the league's newest team. But can you truly fall in love with someone who's keeping their identity a secret? A charming, sweet romance with characters so real they'll feel like...

Truth is the way to a man's heart...Samantha Hartwell's life changes completely when she's attacked by a client's boyfriend. She leaves Boston and Straight Talk, her consulting business, and escapes to California wine country to heal and to help her sister and brother-in-law with...

The power of love and the strength of women working together are proved once again. When Willow Sanchez is asked to help Alec Thurston, the man for whom her parents work and who's always treated her as the daughter he once lost, she doesn't...

People and hearts can change... Emerson "Em" Jordan always wanted a Valentine's Day wedding. But after being dumped by her boyfriend, she spends the holiday at Seashell Cottage on the Gulf Coast of Florida with Devin Gerard, a family friend who has no interest...

There's nothing a mother wouldn't do for her children - even if it means telling a lie...Sisters Georgie and Kate have always been close. Brought up by their mum Jan after the death of their father, this family of women have always been able...

'Before We Grow Old had me from the first page, and crying buckets by the last!' Katy ReganWhen seven-year-old Fran first met Will they knew instantly that they were made for each other. For eleven years they were inseparable, but then, at the age...

Daddy's a sucker for troublemakers. RAPHAELHer mother broke my heart. Her father despises me.I know I shouldn't so much as look at Willa Canterbury. She's their daughter, after all.It's a recipe for heartbreak - for both myself and her.So I'll do everything in my...

My hot one-night stand...is now my new boss! I've been hiding nearly all my adult life to protect myself and my autistic daughter from the mob boss who wants me dead. I've sworn off relationships and vowed never to fall in love again. Suro...

What if you meet the love of your life, but he thinks you're someone else?Anna and Marley are best friends. So when Anna rings Marley, panicking because she has to miss a tour of an exclusive wedding venue, Marley agrees to go in her...

After the death of her parents, Christie Devon declares her autonomy and desire to pioneer a new option for women-working. As a single woman, Christie wants to maintain her independence and work outside the home. She begins her journey discouraged to find that as...

The beloved author returns with a remarkable novel of both raw suspense and lyric beauty-- the story of a lost pilot and a wartime photographer that will leave its mark on your soul. In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a...

When they told her that he died, she left. Faced with the option of living a life without him, she wanted something radically different. So, she sat and waited for Death. And then, there was nothing else for her to do other than to...

Bold, audacious and unexpected, these twenty scintillating stories will take you on a journey of exploration and empowerment between the sheets and beyond. From a mermaid's quest to quench her earthly desires and a weary traveler indulging her lust along the Scottish coast, to...

'Elastic Girl highlights the cruelties, indignities and injustice of child trafficking. An enlightening and gripping read.' Joanna LumleyBefore Muthu Tikaram is born, her grandfather murders the family's landlord, an act of violence that shapes Muthu's life from the very beginning.Too young to understand the...

Serena is a Bermudan jazz singer whose mental health problems lead her to abandon her daughter "Artie." Artie's anger and curiosity eventually drive her to seek out Serena's younger lover, Jamie L'Heureux, a jazz superstar. The spirit of Charles Mingus thrums throughout the story...

Dale Rose-Jinks has a pill problem, and the man trapped in her mirror isn't helping. When she learns the mirror man is real, her quest to free him from his prison lands her dead center in a fight between a monster and her best...

This decidedly blissful and romantic anthology is filled with couples in every stage of love and lust who simply can't get enough of each other. Best Erotic Romance 2014 is naughty and nice, and has both the heat and the sweet. Editor Kristina Wright...

This wasn't the way Beck Throckmorton had planned it. She wasn't expecting to find herself in her thirties writing erotica and making flat whites for a living while she stewed over that fact that her ex had wound up with her sister. She never...

Fiction. Women's Studies. BELLES' LETTERS 2 affords a variety of fiction being written by Alabama women. A number of stories are love stories--first loves, lost loves, strange loves, from transient, feckless, grotesque, even abusive, to permanent and heartwarming. Featuring 39 authors, including Lee Smith,...

Self-made billionaire Nathan Trainor feels restless and disillusioned. His company may be thriving, but he can't find a woman who sees him for more than his wealth. With his love life in the red, he meets two other billionaire bachelors at the ultra-exclusive Bellwether...

In the witty, sizzling finale to award-winning author Nancy Herkness's Wager of Hearts series, a haunted writer conquers his demons with the help of a feisty muse and a passion that doesn't play by the book.Gavin Miller, the billionaire author of a bestselling thriller...

Praise for Best Kind of Broken: "By turns humorous and heartbreaking, Best Kind Of Broken has become one of my favorites!" -- Cora Carmack, New York Times bestselling author "You'll fall for Pixie and Levi, just like I did!" -- Jennifer L. Armentrout (J....

Frankie Byrne Tennyson stunned everyone when she decided to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps. Now -- after bravely serving her country in Iraq -- she's finally come home. Home to a husband whose lingering feelings of abandonment make her wonder if their lives...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets--"a cool depiction of a mother and daughter's fraught and fiery relationship" (USA Today). Clara Brodeur has spent her entire adult life pulling herself away from her famous...

Dirty, flirty fun on, and off, the catwalk.KellanSo, I got my ass fired after a minor scandal on my last shoot.No big deal. Plenty more offers waiting... or so I thought.Wrong, and with every door slammed in my face, I'm desperate for work.My lavish...

The hilarious, feel-good, kick-ass novel about second chances for sisters everywhere. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Lindsey Kelk, Mhairi McFarlane and Anna Bell.They're fixing up their childhood home. It's going to get messy.When Willow Lake asks her daughters for help renovating the family...