Fiction - Women

The bestselling author of The Space Between Us and Reese's Book Club pick Honor delivers a powerful story about family secrets, a mother's power, and the importance of forgiveness. Remy Wadia left India for the United States long ago, carrying his resentment of his...

Wedding bells are ringing at the Happy Valley Motor Inn and Resort. While she's still grieving the loss of her husband the year before, Paula Jean Arnett is determined to help her friend have the wedding of a lifetime. Still, she doesn't expect her...

Barkley Strong had had a rough day. He was starving, so he stopped at the mall for a quick lunch. Normally, he would stay out of other people's business, but when he heard two women shouting at each other, he was worried for the...

Eighty years after a powerful hurricane destroyed it, the Aquinnah Cliffside Overlook Hotel opens its doors for a beautiful Sheridan wedding. But everything is about to go horribly wrong.Kelli Montgomery is happier than she's ever been. Together with her fiancé, she opens the luxurious...

"Passion, heat and deep emotion--Naima Simone is a gem!" --Maisey Yates, New York Times bestselling authorHe's the best mistake she ever made...Back in Rose Bend after a work trip that went wrong, Florence "Flo" Dennison craves the kind of distraction only a searing fling...

USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Springer brings holiday cheer in this festive story about fresh starts and unexpected love blooming on a snow-covered Christmas tree farm. It's three weeks until Christmas, and Lucy Gable is not in the holiday spirit. She's the assistant to...

"Joy Calloway weaves a dramatic, heartfelt story of self- discovery and a hard-won love against the stunning backdrop the 'Eighth Wonder of the World.'" --Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of Time is a River At this wondrous resort, secrets can easily...

Abby is strong, independent, and up for a promotion. She is also the estranged daughter of an aging ceramic artist. Years have passed since Abby fled the home of her youth and a past she would rather forget. Now a call from a cousin...

Kali Miller hasn't even given birth to her first baby when doctor-husband Matt 'helpfully' hires a live-in nanny. Britta is svelte, blonde and Swedish enough to make any new mother insecure, especially one who looks and feels as ginormous post-delivery as she did before...

A storm's rage. A woman's desire. A man with the power to set them both free. He can summon lightning at will. Emerge unscathed from the center of a tornado. Strip a woman down to her barest defenses through the sheer force of his...

When her friend asks, Why did we never have children?, Nell struggles to answer.She has a career, she married late...there are any number of reasons but fate seems set on making her face up to the realities of her past. A casual observer would...

In this emotional story from Starlight Cove, a single mother must solve the mystery of the town theater to learn why it was shut down and stop the unknown forces trying to keep it closed.Newly divorced Lily Kimura returns to her hometown to start...

Bestselling author Liza Palmer carries readers to North Star, Texas, in the amusing and poignant Nowhere But Home.After Queenie Wake is dismissed from her restaurant job, she returns to North Star to cook meals for death row inmates.Hopeful that the bad memories of her...

The famous soprano, Lottie English, is--unbeknownst to anyone--really the Lady Charlotte Hughes. Colin has been admiring Lottie from afar for almost three years when he finally decides to ask her to be his mistress. Instead, Lady Charlotte suggests they marry so that he can...

"[Lessing] is a pro, writing at the top of her powers, realistically, passionately, accessibly.... a stirring novel"--San Francisco ChronicleFrances Lennox stands at her stove, bringing another feast to readiness before ladling it out to the youthful crew assembled around her hospitable table--her two sons...

From the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years and One Italian Summer comes a love story that will define a generation. Being single is like playing the lottery. There's always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win...

A brand-new novel from the #1 bestselling author of VIRGIN RIVERFour women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will leave them all forever changed.Celebrity cooking show host Marni McGuire has seen it all. She's been married--twice--and...

Three women. Three terrible Christmases. Can they finally perfect the holiday by celebrating every month? From USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts comes a story of family, second chances and holiday do-overs, brimming with warmth and Christmas charm.Sunny, Arianna and Molly are having three...

Author: Jen DeLucaISBN-10: 8885786294ISBN-13: 9798885786294Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00dLarge Print

Feeling as if she had no choice but to abandon her newborn to the authorities, Jane Bertram is eager to turn her life around. She escapes Iowa aboard a train to Chicago, determined to rise above her abusive past, hoping a new environment will...

A "modern masterwork" (NPR)--remarkably told through museum wall labels--about a 20th-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist. Author Christine Coulson spent twenty-five years writing for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her final project was to write wall labels...

Author: Elizabeth C. CabreraISBN-10: 8988060024ISBN-13: 9798988060024Publisher: Elizabeth C. CabreraLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2023Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

It is almost Christmas, and Penny is not at her desk. Feeling that everyone takes her for granted, Penny itches for adventure.Enter Captain Dan Losegg.On a whim, Penny abandons all responsibilities and dashes off to Hawaii with the charming pilot. But before she can...

Growing up in a remote valley on a sparsely populated planet, Shevra doesn't remember ever encountering anyone other than her parents and sister. And she longs to explore more of what she is certain lies beyond. But when tragedy thrusts her out into that...

'I'm sorry, Sam's not available, ' says the woman who answers my husband's phone. I can't place her voice, so I politely ask who she is. Her answer sends my world spinning out of control: 'I'm his wife.' I know I want to marry...

"A complex, absorbing portrait"--People A tangled and vivid portrait of the women caught in Picasso's charismatic orbit through the affairs, the scandals, and the art--only this time, they hold the brush. The women of Picasso's life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow...

Can a fake relationship lead to real passion?Kaity is too fat to pole dance. Her ex-husband's voice in the back of her head reminds her every day.Dragged by a friend to a pole studio's showcase, Kaity reluctantly agrees to try out a class. She...

A heart-pounding new series set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, about a scientist fighting to save the gray wolves--and getting caught in a deadly trap herselfLydia Susi is passionate about protecting wolves in their natural habitat. When a hotel chain develops a tract...

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Bet The Wager Lose a bet, lose your heart... What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew....

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...

Some victims are hard to find sympathy for but it's the job of Adam Trent, a jigsaw officer and civilian investigator, Sarah Roberts to see past that and find out what happened. The death of a tenant from a local hostel brings together the...

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war, and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping novel from the bestselling author of the "timely must-read" (People) The German Girl. Berlin,...

In a country where the precarious rights of women and children can be reversed in an instant, legacies of enslavement and quiet resistance still reverberate across time. Present-day Casablanca, Morocco: Nadine Alam, a physician by training and housewife by choice, has reached her hour...

A riveting and prismatic novel of the eternally enigmatic Coco Chanel in the aftermath of World War II. Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War...

A Racehorse, a Holiday Wish, and AlexAll Alex wants for Christmas is a little peace and quiet. This racehorse trainer is looking forward to spending time at her Florida farm this winter...and maybe stirring up trouble with her husband, Alexander. But a phone call...

Lord Bryson Mackenzie Fraser is in need of a wife, but not just any bride will do. He needs someone unaware of his reputation in the Highlands, or the stipulations behind his inheritance. On the pretense of visiting his aging aunt in London, he...

A laugh-out-loud rom-com about learning to embrace living outside your comfort zone.Author: Ashley WinsteadISBN-10: 1638088489ISBN-13: 9781638088486Publisher: Platinum Spotlight SeriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2023Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 8.63h x 5.83w x 0.81dLarge Print

Set in modern-day Tokyo, The Butterfly Café tells the story of American Jessie Yamada. When her emotionally-abusive husband suddenly dies in a traffic accident, she is overcome with guilt because while making plans to leave him, she had often thought how much easier it...

'Hold Off the Night''s twelve stories find people wrestling with the difficulties inherent in composing a life, navigating change, and salvaging relationships. These stories explore the difficulties of life inherent in families and relationships, complicated by class and faith, fear and loyalty, and longings...

Brilliant, corseted, and haunted by spirits from the Borderlands, Ida Craddock is outraged by unmarried women's lack of knowledge about what happens in the marriage bed. Turning her back on the constrictions of Victorian society, Ida strikes out on her own, becoming a mystic...

"Amazing...I was completely surprised by the ending of this beautifully told and written book." --Reese Witherspoon "A triumph of historical fiction" (The Washington Post), an instant New York Times bestseller, and a Reese's Book Club pick, set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that...

Author: Jennifer WeinerISBN-10: 1638088764ISBN-13: 9781638088769Publisher: Center PointLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2023Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 8.82h x 5.69w x 0.92dLarge Print

"A rich, emotionally-nuanced story about a woman's deeply held connection to her family and her past. With an evocative setting and finely-drawn characters, Corporon creates a beautiful world you won't soon forget." -- Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling authorOn a beautiful Greek island,...

Sometimes life's most fulfilling journeys begin without a mapAn executive at a New York cosmetics firm, Sarah has had her fill of the interminable hustle of the big city. When her husband, Josh, is offered a new job in suburban Virginia, it feels like...

Some days Bee feels invisible. Most days Bee does not feel as if she is 'living her best life'.Sure she has a loyal group of friends, a job she's good at, and a small London flat to call home, but a lot of the...

They have nothing in common - except falling in love.Zoey Beckett, still haunted by the loss of her parents in a plane crash, has closed herself off from relationships and pours herself into her teaching. But when the school board implements changes that would...

In the inner depths of the soul, darkness, a pain so excruciating it grips your gut and twists it into knots. Wanting to end your life, but your life has already... ended.This is the life of Jonathan Hawker, a vampire who, for as long...

In book three of the Nememiah Chronicles series, Charlotte Duncan begins to master her gifts - but when she confronts her nemesis, will she be strong enough to face him?After managing to rescue her friends, Charlotte finds herself in love with two very different...

It was like this: Charlotte "Charlie" Caldwell wanted to live somewhere not her parents' house, not her sister's house, and not her friends' couches. The problem was that she had a very expensive degree from a top-notch university and all the debt that went...

RACHEL, saved from an attack twelve years before by a faceless stranger, never got to thank him, never knew his name.Despite the devastation she chose to rise above it to help others from their pain by becoming a psychologist.... Her only issue now is...