Fiction - Women

Where do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Cohan is asked this interview question, she has a meticulously crafted answer for it. Later, a newly engaged Dannie goes to sleep confident in her five-year plan. But then she wakes...

Nell McDaragh never knew her grandfather, the celebrated Irish poet Phil McDaragh. But his love poems seem to speak directly to her. Restless and wryly self-assured, at twenty-two Nell leaves her mother Carmel's orderly home to find her own voice as a writer (mostly...

"An unflinchingly honest romance." --Kirkus, starred reviewFrom the author of THE MATZAH BALL and MR. PERFECT ON PAPER comes this hilarious and emotional rivals-to-lovers romance.Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don't fall in love...Avital Cohen isn't wearing underpants--woefully, for unsexy reasons. Chronic...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December . . . When a double-booking at a remote one-room cabin accidentally throws two solace seekers together, it feels like a cruel twist of fate. But what if it's fate of...

The debut of a wonderful new series, The Scoop is #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels's introduction to The Godmothers, four unforgettable women who are about to get a whole new lease on life. . . Teresa ""Toots"" Amelia Loudenberry has crammed...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification "Strikes all the right notes--captivating characters, lyrical language, and a storyline that captures your...

Felicity "Fizzy" Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practicing what she's preached.Author: Christina...

What if your best friend returns to town and helps you snag a date with the guy you've had a crush on since you were sixteen? That would be fabulous. Or would it?Tara helps her brother run their family's restaurant in Moonbeam. Not that...

From the USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe comes Heather Webber's next charming novel, In the Middle of Hickory Lane! Emme Wynn has wanted nothing more her whole life than to feel like part of a family. Having grown up...

Tessa joins a mysterious dating app. Soon after, every time it rains in London, she bumps into an eccentric cocaine addict, who drags her into his world ruled by the Law of Attraction. He guides her through various dates, until the two cross a...

From beloved New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas the first in a heartwarming new series that's the epitome of comfort reading. In a small Texas town where most families go back generations, four strangers meet and unite as they bury a father none...

Reissued and repackaged for the very first time since 1988, Lady of Fortune is a classic story of one woman's perseverance and strength in the face of insurmountable odds in the wake of the French Revolution. A countess turned servant . . . Forced...

"Locke's novel is a travelog of epic proportions, an enticing love story and an emotionally resonant tale of the empowerment of following one's dreams that is as sleek and chic as an episode of Mad Men." --Entertainment Weekly For fans of Jess Walter's Beautiful...

"Raw and searching...Taddeo returns with more ruthless explorations of the feminine mystique." --Entertainment Weekly, "The Best New Books of the Month" * "Provocative." --Los Angeles Times From the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Three Women and "our most eloquent and...

"A wise, funny, and slyly knowing novel about Sundance, filmmaking, writing, and creating not just the life you think you want for yourself-but discovering the life you actually need. As effervescent as a Perrier with a delicious bite of lime."-Caroline Leavitt, New York Times...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER--for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!A BookBub Pick for Best Historical Fiction of Summer 2023A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of the underground...

For the heroes of Rome, and its enemies, it is a time of reckoning.There is a saying in Rome: the Tarpeian Rock is near the Capitoline--meaning that even at the height of power, one is never far from a fall. As the Vestalis Maxima,...

A taut, breakout psychological thriller with a wicked twist. Matty Melgren is a convicted serial killer serving life without parole for the murders of several women in London in the 1980s. He has consistently protested his innocence, and the evidence against him was largely...

" Every new novel by Jen Craig is cause for celebration. They are a reminder that literature is still being written in the English language. In Wall, her brilliant third novel, Jen Craig deepens her proliferative style of self-examination as her narrator tries to...

What really happened to Gulliver during his famous travels? And what did his wife do in the meantime?In this fun, satirical work, Mary Burton-Gulliver recounts her life as a "widow-of-the-sea" and the events that her husband (using the pseudonym "Jonathan Swift") didn't dare to...

It's Spring in Cape May, and while the rain falls, everyone is getting ready for a big Easter weekend.Margaret and Liz are organizing an Easter brunch for the Seahorse Inn's guests and end up having some obstacles they hadn't bargained for.Judy and Bob are...

A kid walks into your bookstore and . . . Guess what? He's your son. The one you put up for adoption eighteen years ago. The one you never told anyone about. Surprise! It's a huge surprise to his adoptive mother, Monica, who thought...

In this engrossing novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a top Hollywood executive seeks a new beginning when his career takes an unplanned turn.As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every conceivable...

Jodi Picoult's powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment. Sometimes finding your own voice is a matter of listening to the heart... For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego...

"Three cousins return down South for a homecoming that's a little bitter, a whole lot sweet, and full of surprises. Upon inheriting their sassy grandmother's home and family bait shop, three cousins--Lanie, Jodi, and Becky Cornell--return to Catfish, Texas, looking for a fresh start....

Still spry at ninety-three, Theodora has lived long enough to see her family grow into an insufferable bunch of truculent knuckleheads. Having finally gathered the whole bickering brood together for the holidays at her South Carolina home, the grand matriarch pines wistfully for those...

Author: Lori FosterISBN-10: 8885785328ISBN-13: 9798885785327Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 2.10lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.59w x 1.02dLarge Print

Jodi was only a child when she was orphaned and taken into the care of a religious organization that hated everything that she was. They abused her physically and emotionally, robbed her of her culture and identity, and left her with emotional scars. This...

Edith is dead. And her three best friends are staring down the barrel of a dead-end future. Minnie and Sarah didn't imagine a life of poverty in Tenderloin, San Francisco, when they set out to be teachers a lifetime ago. And Jeanette didn't see...

It happened the way attraction happens best: suddenly, passionately and unforgettably. Thousands of feet above the ground on a crowded flight to Washington, DC, radio personality Keely Williams feels the irresistible pull of handsome congressman Dax Devereaux. The two are on their way to...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes a "compelling and heartbreaking" (Jojo Moyes) novel about three strangers who are brought together by the father they never knew. Lydia, Dean, and Robyn don't know one another. Yet. Each is...

In this witty, warm novel by award-winning author Corinne Demas, unexpected changes bring two retirees together on a voyage of self-discovery from past regrets to the true meaning of happily ever after.Widower Noah Shilling considers Clarion Court to be less an independent living community...

At eighteen, Jenna Welles has it all? fame, fortune, and a lifestyle other girls can only dream of. Eric Laine, the beautiful young man, who accidentally falls into her world, has nothing. All he can offer is the precious gift of love. But his...

Perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Camille Perri comes a story about a mother, a daughter and a road trip that's about to take a hard left turn...Darcy Evans is getting married. In a week. To a man who is her childhood dream...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese's Book Club pick, here, Detective Elin Warner uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway. "Devilish and deliciously twisty."--People"The suspense inexorably builds...

Lindy Biller's striking debut chapbook, selected by Matt Bell as the winner of the 2021 Chapbook Open from The Masters Review, is a testament to the power of flash fiction. Across thirteen stories, Biller experiments with form, explores themes of identity, motherhood, and loss,...

"I, Maggie Banks, solemnly swear to uphold the rules of Cobblestone Books. If only, I, Maggie Banks, believed in following the rules. When Maggie Banks arrives in Bell River to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to her small-town...

Jacqueline Finch and her mystical, magical bookshop is back in this third entry of the bestselling Three Tomes Bookshop series!Spring is in full swing in lakefront Button Cove, and Jacqueline is embracing her new life-her friends, her new home, the crones down the street,...

Author: Kate ClaybornISBN-10: 8885787711ISBN-13: 9798885787710Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/10/2023Pages: 551Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x 1.34dLarge Print

In the courtroom, they're rivals. In the bedroom, they're . . . divorced. But could the road trip from hell lead to a second chance at love? Aubrey Gates is the hottest divorce lawyer in Chicago, a barb-tongued stiletto with legs that go on...

Winner of the 2021 St. Lawrence Book AwardSet entirely in the Bangalore region of South India, BOOMTOWN GIRL explores the ambitions, delusions, and struggles of people navigating a rapidly developing city. A rebellious teenager and her workaholic father confront their mutual distrust while dining...

Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island."This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp." --Kevin Kwan, New York Times...

More than ten years after The Foulest Things, murder and mayhem return to Ottawa in the highly-anticipated next installment of Amy Tector's acclaimed Dominion Archives Mystery series.It's a stormy summer day when Ottawa coroner Dr. Cate Spencer is called to the scene of an...

A small-town baker learns to raise her expectations for love with some help from a handsome local teacher in this sunny romantic comedy. Layla Dupree has given up on love. She's waded through all the fish in the sea, each one more disappointing than...

"Even though Luna and her brother Cullen seem like complete opposites, they're identical in two ways: they'll never let injustice stand and they always have each other's back. #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels blends mystery, drama, and a touch of romance...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Sparkling... A sure hit with women's fiction fans." --Publishers WeeklyTwo best friends jump-start their lives in a summer that will change them forever...Single mom Ellen Fox couldn't be more content--until she overhears her son saying he can't go to...

Sometimes the past we leave behind leads us right where we belong. Talulah Barclay doesn't like complications. Unfortunately, they seem to love her. Fourteen years after leaving her fiancé at the altar, Talulah returns to her hometown of Coyote Canyon, Montana, to settle her...

From the instant New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, comes a sweeping romance about the sustained power of chance encounters.When Izzy Astor gets on a plane to go home, she isn't expecting much. It's the usual holiday travel experience: busy,...

When a wedding planner strikes a deal with her former best friend to save her business, the unexpected chemistry between them makes sticking to the terms of their agreement difficult! Discover what happens in Nina Milne's latest Harlequin Romance novel. Old friends... New beginnings?...

This final novel in the acclaimed Seventh Flag Trilogy rides through the American West with two Texas families after the fall of civilization thirty years in the future as they hunt for the key to their salvation: the Algorithms of everything.Author: Sid BalmanISBN-10: 1684632080ISBN-13:...