Fiction - Women

One summer, something happened that changed everything forever... Born and brought up in an artists' commune in Derbyshire, Oriana Taylor had freedom at her fingertips in a home full of extraordinary people. The Bedwell brothers, Malachy and Jed, shared their childhood and adolescence with...

'A delicious Christmas delight' - Katie Fforde'All the best things about Christmas wrapped into one gorgeous, romantic read' - Phillipa AshleyThe gorgeous, Christmassy feel-good follow up to the Summer best-seller 'From Italy With Love'.Just until Christmas...That's what Paris socialite Siena keeps telling herself. She'll...

"From its opening pages, this book exerts a quiet, propulsive hold over its reader. The three generations of Aylward women will break your heart and then put it back together again." -Maggie O'Farrell "This is a generous mosaic of a novel about the staying...

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict comes an explosive novel of history's most notorious sisters, one of whom will have to choose: her country or her family?Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters--each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next--dominate...

TWO LIFELONG FRIENDS. Jess loves her work as a high-profile lawyer in Charleston. But when her marriage implodes, she retreats to her childhood home on Cape Cod with her thirty-year-old daughter, Caitlin, hoping to regroup with her longtime best friend, Alison. ONE BOOKSHOP BY...

The characters you know and love face new challenges and fresh starts! Pastor Dave and Emily Flemming seem to have the perfect life, so when Emily finds an unfamiliar earring in her husband's pocket, she's devastated. He's a good man and a wonderful father...

Rediscover your old friends and favorite places in Cedar Cove! Mary Jo Wyse hasn't always made great decisions about men, but she has a good feeling about her landlord, Mack McAfee. Living next door with her baby girl, Noelle, has given her the chance...

As Waterville High School's newest English teacher, Kelly Lynch befriends fellow educator and James Joyce enthusiast Shannon Moran. While Kelly grapples with deep scars from her past, she struggles to balance her active life as a teacher and her stagnant marriage to shiftless alcoholic...

Faith is limited only by what she believes to be impossible...and the Guild Master who will do anything to stop her.In 1816 New York City, there is no place for women in the world of art, especially not for Faith, the gifted step-daughter of...

Ruth, a young woman struck by a heartbreaking loss, joins other residents in a wildly different Pacific Northwest community. Coastal View homeowners include Kevin, a young tech professional from the east coast wondering why he really moved across the country; Lou and Loretta, retirees...

"Pennell expertly recreates early 1900s Britain through the life of an inspiring heroine and other fascinating characters. The story is a compelling portrayal of courage during chaos and war and enduring love that withstands distance and hardship." -Edith Wairimu, Readers' FavoriteYorkshire Dales, August 1913American...

A controversial, award-winning story about the passionate but untenable affair between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, from one of Israel's most acclaimed novelists When Liat meets Hilmi on a blustery autumn afternoon in Greenwich Village, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him....

Gabriella de Conte Thornsen, Gaby, a former young plantation owner from Louisiana who'd followed her cherished cousin Cardinal Thornsen, to the old continent to pursue an operatic scholarship at the Acad駑ie de Musique in Paris has become the new sensation in the City of...

Based on the true story of a young Polish peasant woman who comes to America in 1921 under an arranged marriage, Catherine's Dream is a testament to the power and possibility of nurturing one's dreams against all odds.Author: Roxanne BocyckISBN-10: 1636981542ISBN-13: 9781636981543Publisher: Morgan James...

On the outside, Samantha has it all: money, looks, opportunity, love. But on the inside, Samantha is different. She can't stop making bad choices. She's restless and often reckless. In The Wrong Life, we meet Samantha's family, friends, doctors, lovers, spouse, and her children,...

The BRAND NEW novel from million-copy bestseller Jessica RedlandRosie feels like there's something missing in her life.She loves her job as the manager of Willowdale Hall Riding Stables, caring for the horses and teaching children to ride, and she loves the home she shares...

Is there a recipe for the perfect life? Thirty-two-year-old 'happiness guru' Dr Cooper Hunziker has it all - a dream job as assistant psychology professor at Yale University, a soon-to-be published self-help book, The Happiness Connection, and the perfect man. But there's a problem....

When 53-year-old Eliza Whitney loses both her beloved husband and her high-powered job in the same month, she's uncertain what the next chapter of her life will look like. Then her estranged father's widow contacts her and asks her to come to Sanibel Island...

"A very entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving novel about the complex bonds between mother and daughter." --Washington Post"Mary McCarthy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and a host of others have portrayed the power and value of female friendships, but no one has done it with more...

A life-affirming story from million-copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse about having it all, losing it all, and how new friends can show each other the way back to happiness.With kids to look after, an ailing mother and a neglected husband, life is full for...

New arrivals to Shellseeker Beach prompt Eliza to extend her trip...and fall deeper under the spell of Sanibel Island. The group of close family and friends are determined to settle the ownership of the beachfront property once and for all. But it seems there...

With the ownership of the property settled, Eliza knows that she's found the place where she belongs. But she can't take a chance on something completely new until she finally lets go of the grief that has gripped her heart, and saying that last...

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to together to claim the future they deserve.Arden Moore enjoyed an affluent life...

When Alice Bennett discovers her older sister, Lou Ella Sutton, has murdered the eleven victims recently shot at a college bar, her life is changed forever. Lou, in a psychotic state, hears voices urging her to kill government agents who are trying to steal...

As the found family in Shellseeker Beach prepares for the high tourist season, excitement is in the air as the new Sanibel Sisters boutique opens. Eliza navigates the possibility of a second chance romance, but an unexpected fear is slowing things down. Her daughter...

In order to secure a high-profile feature story for Shellseeker Cottages, the family must come together like never before. But as they do, some of the strongest relationships face daunting challenges, and more than one heart may be left broken on the beach. Olivia...

Nearly a year has passed since Eliza arrived for a "few days" on Shellseeker Beach. She has overcome grief, forged lifelong relationships, and found a place where her heart can sing. All around her, there is peace and harmony and love for the found...

NOW A HIT NETFLIX MOVIE - The bestselling international sensation and viral TikTok phenomenon--a dark, sexy, haunting novel of two aching young adults who are taken in by the same family and forced to reckon with a destructive love that could be the undoing...

When Eliza's son arrives in Shellseeker Beach, he's struggling. Dane deeply disapproves of his mother's relationship with a new man, causing friction in Eliza's happy life. In addition, Dane must navigate a whole new life and find a way to channel his emotions in...

Jake Wilson is something peculiar in the deep-south Bible belt town of Warner Robins, GA. He's a single pastor. In his early thirties, he's built a large, contemporary church with plans for an expansive building project. His nine-year-old goddaughter, Boston, lives on the other...

Rich with visions, miraculous horses, and linguistic ecstasy, The Besieged City stars Lucr馗ia. Clarice Lispector's heroine is a materialistic girl free of the burden of thought: "Behold, behold, all of her, terribly physical, one of the objects.""The object--the thing," Lispector once remarked, "always fascinated...

Don't Whisper Too Much was the first work of fiction by an African writer to present love stories between African women in a positive light. Bona Mbella is the second. In presenting the emotional and romantic lives of gay, African women, Ekotto comments upon...

A catastrophic disaster in China triggers a mother's heartbreaking choice and a daughter's reconciliation with the past in a powerful novel by the author of A Single Swallow and Where Waters Meet.In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the city of Tangshan,...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chicago Stars series where a successful sports agent and the sister of his biggest client engage in a take-no-prisoners battle of the sexes. Take one hard-driving sports agent...Throw...

An emotional novel about a small-town Texas family, forgiveness, and coming to terms with the past by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Angela Marie has spent all of her thirty-five years on Meadow Falls, the farm that's been in her Texas family for...

A lucid, genre-defying novel that explores the surreality of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in a country in crisis A novelist attempts to write a book about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, a mother and artist whose harrowing pregnancies reveal the cost of human reproduction....

Maryah's heart skipped a beat when she heard a voice. Footsteps sounded behind her. She turned to kneel, propping her arms on the sofa to push herself up on unsteady legs.Her brother stood in his typical garb, sports team t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers. Danny...

Ties That Bind is one woman's journey on the path of self-discovery as she puts the pieces of her past together. Pat always knew she was adopted; she was reminded of it daily. What she didn't know was the depth of the cover-up. With...

If you focus on results, things will never change.Aleena Redding comes from a wealthy, connected family, but she is ready to forge her own path.She takes a job as an intern at the prestigious Redwall Enterprises, convinced she landed it on her own.Nathan Redwall,...

"Ortiz Lane renewed my love for reading " -Tiffany Literally borne of fire, Hannah enters this world prematurely and stoned out of her mind. Twelve families later she emerges from foster care into the campus of adulthood, struggling with the reality of her sexual...

A picturesque cottage with a beautiful garden, the seashore and a small bustling town are the backdrop to this timeless story. Woven into the pages are acute observations of the natural world with the changing days and seasons a foil to Susie Chester's journey...

While enacting revenge on her father for divorcing her mom and leaving them both penniless, Morgan builds an empire in Manhattan. She quickly learns how to manipulate both men and women to achieve her desired result. Within a short time, she builds her own...

This is the life story of Charlotte Anne Gurganus, a down east North Carolina girl who grew up in the generation before working people learned that they were poor. Charlotte Anne had aspirations and followed the life path that seemed to show the most...

Leaving behind a nomadic and dangerous career as a journalist, Sarah DeVaughan returns to India, the country of her childhood and a place of unspeakable family tragedy, to help preserve the endangered Bengal tigers. Meanwhile, at home in Kentucky, her sister, Quinn--also deeply scarred...

At the exact same place, at the precise same time, one-hundred-fifty years apart, two tragedies take place. Becca, a teacher from the twenty-first century and Delphi, prostitute from 1865, each drown in the rugged seas off the shore of a northern California town. In...

"The voice of the sea speaks to the soul." --- Kate Chopin, The Awakening The Awakening Kate CHOPIN (1850 - 1904) The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on...

Molly's life is shattered first by a gunshot then a needle of heroin from a man trying to avenge his father. She doesn't know who his father is but others die or are hurt as she and her CIA friend struggle to find out...

HAPPILY EVER BEFORE is best described as the comedic literary love child of the hit film's Bridesmaids and Baby Mama. It is the story of two sisters, who while watching a Lifetime movie marathon (of course ) make a drunken pact that changes their...

'A beautifully written tale of enduring love' Rowan ColemanOne night in December, twenty-two year old Ted Green makes his way to Waterloo Bridge determined to end his life. Lonely, despairing and utterly hopeless, it seems the only choice to make.That same night in December,...

From Perfectly Impossible author Elizabeth Topp comes an unforgettably searing novel about a band of mothers who are forced to reckon with themselves after the unexpected loss of one of their own.When beautiful and successful Susan Harris jumps from the roof of her apartment...