Fiction - Women

Magic and transformation in the beauty of a Ukrainian village For seven-year-old Angela, happiness is exploring the verdant countryside around her home in western Ukraine. Her imagination carries her into the spirits of passing birds, into the breath of the wind, into the leaves...

Georgiana is gorgeous, smart, and independent, and has no need for a romantic relationship at this point in her life. While attending a professional conference, she finds herself painfully attracted to her new boss, Jackson, and struggles to not give into temptation. When the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Part of Quindlen's gift is that you don't just read about these characters, you inhabit them. . . . Luminous with life, hope and the power of love."--People (A Book of the Week Pick) "[A] quietly revelatory and gently...

In this beautiful novel, New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels follows the transformation of a heartbroken girl into a proud, sophisticated woman who stands at a turning point facing a magnificent destiny. SERENDIPITY Six years ago, Jory Ryan fled Philadelphia after a brief,...

GMA BOOK CLUB PICK - AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR - From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name H駘鈩e comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century...

"The emotional range and depth of these stories, their clarity and deftness, is astonishing." --Alice Munro A finalist for the Governor General's Awards, Vanishing and Other Stories is the stunning debut short story collection from Deborah Willis. Evocative and passionately written, Vanishing brilliantly explores...

Set in the futurist world of New Khan, young Ary lands her dream job as a flight nurse. Fueled by her desire to help those who cannot help themselves, Ary believes this new job will help her overcome her own newly formed trauma of...

The Legacy. The sequel to the Dual Timeline, Family Saga, Unspoken.Where there's a will there's a rift.The Legacy continues the story of Jessica Griffiths and her fractious relationship with her grandmother, Martha, her gambling addicted father and her narcissistic ex, Calvin who refuses to...

One word. That's all it takes for Stacey's world to crumble.When Stacey Dupont, an American in Paris, learns that her French husband has been cheating, her happy life falls apart. Her marriage is a shambles. Her self-confidence is in tatters. Her kids are taking...

Revealed is the fourth book in The Great Escapee Series, following Released, Rescued, and Restore. All are based in small town America. Each book centers around an eighty-year-old man name Clarence, who has spent sixty years in prison, only to be kicked out of...

Litwak's trilogy is a fresh take on Goldman's generous and courageous life, showing her as a brave, brilliant, honest, sensitive and wild spirit. The plays cover four decades beginning with LOVE ANARCHY AND OTHER AFFAIRS; THE SNAKE AND THE FALCON; and SLEEPING.The three plays...

Ooh-la-la This magical first-person novel poignantly captures the quest for love, truth, and meaning in a tumultuous world.Chances are, you know someone like Camille: tenderhearted and ambitious, yet free-as-the-breeze. An American portrait artist in Paris, Camille Portraro leads an enchanting existence until her life...

Roberta escapes her humdrum middle-class existence and the persistent ache of her dead mother's secrets by fleeing to Alaska. Having abandoned everything she'd spent her life building, Roberta remakes herself in another place, doing anything other than responding to the demands of her self-absorbed...

What is a fourteen year old to do when her mama's best friend is found guilty of murdering his wife and said mama swirls into madness from the sheer weight of her grief? When Briley Beckwith comes face to face with this heartbreaking reality,...

Damn Sure Right, the "wonderful, dark, unforgiving" (Frederick Barthelme) debut by Meg Pokrass, "conveys entire worlds that are touching, haunting, funny, moving, and strange in the most beautiful ways" (Jessica Anya Blau). "The brew master of flash" (Sean Lovelace), Pokrass writes "like a brain...

Newly married Greta Berkley's dream is to return to live on her beloved Isle of Wight, her birthplace. During a weekend visit to her parents' house on the Island, Greta and husband Max, discover a remote, rundown cottage. Having tracked down its owner, Rev....

No matter how strong and independent Tess Morgan appeared on the outside, she was always let down by her inner five-year-old - who persistently believed that one day her Prince would come. Real life is tough. For Tess, her job with struggling local radio...

A big bereavement. An empty nest. And a runaway husband.Susannah Stevens hopes that whoever said bad things come in threes got it right, because she can't cope with much more going wrong in her life.She finds herself a job as a freelance 'Mind Body...

Conflict between Boomer parents and Millennial children about how you should lead your life.... When Jenn Adler returns from a year in India, she has a surprise for her parents: a young guru from Bangalore whom she intends to marry. Her father, Paul, is...

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND DECEMBER PICK FOR REESE WITHERSPOON'S HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUBFilled with envy, deception, and power, it's a great reading escape. And there is a thrilling twist at the end --Reese Witherspoon"Will keep you up. In a 'can't put it down' way....

Megan Moran is worried. She is 12 years old and has found a steamy book. This sets her on a course of action that finds her struggling between the need to explore her sexuality through masturbation and the need to stop, what she figures,...

A cancer survivor who celebrates in silence... Aaron Hawkins is a reporter whose assignment is to report on the Relay For Life fundraiser that Hannah Locke's team is holding. But the news report turns into a love story he continues to pursue long after...

"On our 20th wedding anniversary my husband had invited me to an elegant dinner. We sat in the casino-restaurant by candlelight and had already ordered our meal. I had asked for filets of milk-fed lamb, he a wiener schnitzel. He raised his glass and...

From an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, "a wonderfully smooth, sinuous, enigmatic, and sexy tale of two love affairs" (Providence Journal) set in Amherst and illuminated by the presence of Emily Dickinson.Alice Dickinson, a young advertising executive in London, decides to take time off work to research...

He's big-city successful. She's small-town sweet. But thanks to one reckless night of passion, these opposites are about to become family.With her professional reputation in tatters, journalist Aria Simons needs to get back on track. A promotion at her local paper is just the...

An intimate look at the lives, loves, horrors, and dreams of girls and women in an Afghan mountain village under Taliban rule A heartbreaking tragedy in the vein of The Kite Runner from a major English-speaking Afghan figure famous for his books and long...

The author of the "twisty, fast-paced" (London Sunday Times) Greenwich Park returns with a deftly paced thriller about murder, class, and motherhood in one of London's toniest communities.When a young nanny dies under mysterious circumstances near new mom Tash's home, she is certain that...

When two childhood friends return home after their sports careers don't go as planned, a puppy just may give them a second chance at happiness together. She's always been the girl with the plan . . . until the plan crashed big time Kendall...

A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss--and attempting to reshape the narrative of her life--from PEN/Faulkner Award nominee Claire OshetskyMargaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth...

A Best Book of the Year at NPR A Must-Read at The Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and The Orange County Register "Steamy, smart, and hilarious." --Oprah Daily "Effervescent . . . Acerbically funny and tender . . . [A] supremely layered, emotionally and intellectually...

Set against the glamorous 1960s Jet Set--a failed debutante's new job as assistant to society photographer Slim Aarons takes her into Palm Beach's inner circle, and into a beguiling friendship with the star at its center, fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer"This glittering novel shines as...

The club comes first. Always. Until she comes into my life... Sting (Iron Tzars MC 1)Iris - My only goal has been to get custody of my sister -- until I find she's been adopted overnight. Now I have nowhere to go but to...

In this newest addition to the School for Scoundrels series, Simeon Jones and Lady Myrtle Allen tell all the ton that they are engaged to be wed, fully knowing that once the season is over they will quietly part ways. They each have their...

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.? If Shakespeare had a sister as talented as he, would she have got the same opportunities to develop...

Nothing brings a family together like a murder next door.A lighthearted whodunnit about a grandmother-mother-daughter trio of amateur sleuths. Think: Gilmore Girls, but with murder."Mother-Daughter Murder Night is the perfect mix of family drama and murder mystery." -- Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Like...

In this stunning new novel, bestselling author Gill Paul reveals the unknown history of cosmetic titans Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein and their infamous rivalry that spanned not only decades, but also broken marriages, personal tragedies, and a world that was changing dramatically for...

Could she be the secret daughter of the Prince of Wales? In this dazzling novel by the author of Sisters of the Resistance, a young woman seeks to discover the truth about her mysterious past. Perfect for readers of Shana Abe, Bryn Turnbull, and...

When Lin, Josie and Minnie left Miss Hamilton's class at Middleton Ferris County Primary School, sixty years ago, they could only dream about what the future had in store for them. The one thing they knew for certain was that their friendship would thrive.Years...

I'm crushing on my boss. An older, single-dad grump who walked out on me the day we met.Still, every time he enters a room, my pulse races.How long can I pretend our relationship is strictly professional?Our first encounter is nothing like I imagined.He's broody,...

A Manhattan photographer finds inspiration and new possibilities in a Gothic Rhode Island beach house in this uplifting fall-set read from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. Dani Campbell is the latest darling of the Manhattan art scene. As a self-taught photographer, Dani...

A Manhattan photographer finds inspiration and new possibilities in a Gothic Rhode Island beach house in this uplifting fall-set read from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble. Dani Campbell is the latest darling of the Manhattan art scene. As a self-taught photographer, Dani...

Diana Quincy returns with a steamy affair between an Arab-American woman who inherits a run-down castle in the English countryside and the duke who asserts the castle is his, in the first book in a brand-new Victorian historical romance series.Anthony Cary, Duke of Strickland,...

The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman--now in a gorgeous deluxe hardcover edition. This deluxe edition of Practical Magic includes: - A beautiful new jacket featuring embossing and a...

Twenty-three-year-old actress Celia Stuart is offered the career-changing role of a lifetime: the lead in The Werewolf and The Witch Queen. However, part of her contract states she must agree to be in a PR relationship with the handsome lead actor, Thomas Richardson.Not wanting...

A chance encounter with a celebrity, an impromptu video, and a shiny new espresso machine all add up to a juicy tale for Rachael Allen to share with friends. But when her best friend posts the video online without her knowledge, Rachael begins receiving...

This "clever and satisfying" (Associated Press) #1 international bestseller for fans of Kristin Hannah and Jennifer Chiaverini follows three women who are bound together by a long-lost letter, a mother's love, and a secret network of women fighting for the right to choose--inspired by...

Sitting in the purple heather, Carrie carefully opens the tattered cover of the journal, the gold-edged pages catching the sunlight shimmering off the surface of the loch. The handwriting is unmistakable. The words inside will shatter everything she thought she knew about her family......

As I stood on the terrace and gazed out over the most glorious view, he studied my face and said to me 'Why do you look sad? No-one should be sad in Rome. We only have this one life, you know. Don't waste it.'Beth...

A three-year-old son, a struggling cafe, and fading memories are all Robin Price has left of her late husband. As the proud owner of Willow Tree Cafe in small town Peaks, Iowa, she pours her heart into every muffin she bakes and espresso she...

A single dad, a nanny, a baby, and a fake engagement...it's all baby business!When the hot single dad next door asks me to babysit one morning in a pinch, I figure I can help him out temporarily. I'm supposed to be the resident baby...