Fiction - Women

The thirteen stories in Rebecca Turkewitz's debut collection, Here in the Night, are engrossing, strange, eerie, and emotionally nuanced.With psychological insight and finely crafted prose, HERE IN THE NIGHT investigates the joys and constraints of womanhood, of queerness, and of intimacy. Preoccupied with all...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! From the author of Dear Edward comes a "powerfully affecting" (People) family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole? "Another tender tearjerker . . ....

"I adored this novel. It's a story about being an awkward, misfit girl with big dreams in a man's world. It made me laugh out loud, and it made me really, really want a tattoo." --Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of The...

The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile...

Author: Laurie Lico AlbaneseISBN-10: 8885786839ISBN-13: 9798885786836Publisher: Wheeler Publishing a Part of Gale a Cengage CLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2023Pages: 623Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.67w x 1.10dLarge Print

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match from "a true talent" (Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Dr. Briana Ortiz's life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother's...

An engrossing novel inspired by the mysterious true story of Irmgard Keun, a female novelist who defied all the rules during Berlin's volcanic post-WWI years, as a young German writer exiled for her ideas flees her country and her Nazi-supporting husband, fighting for her...

The retired librarian from Hideaway Bay, Carol Rimmer, has been handed a terminal diagnosis. As she looks over the course of her life, she decides she must do one more thing before she goes. But she's going to need help and who better to...

You open your door and find business-sized envelopes on the front porch. Your phone rings just as you toss them on the kitchen table.When you answer, an automated messaging system causes your heart to rapidly beat in your chest. Your hands shake.Flustered, the phone...

This coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of the mid-1990s Midwest, follows Cassandra, a high schooler whose big dreams clash with her family's conservative expectations, as she comes into her own while navigating the complexities of teenage sex and dating. Fourteen-year-old Cassandra Economos doesn't...

Vanessa's luck has just run out. Though she's supposed to be her parents' perfect daughter in every way-the one with the college degree, the big-girl job, and the successful lifestyle-her sudden and unexpected breakup from her ideal boyfriend leaves her reeling.​​Bradley, however, is used...

Had they known how fasttime was going to pass by, maybe they wouldn't havetaken it all for granted.On her daughter Harper's twentyfirst birthday, Katherine Dawson gives her the one thing she has ever wanted: the journal Katherine kept when she was Harper's age, detailing...

The nationally bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths series and Burying Water--which Kirkus Reviews called "a sexy, romantic, gangster-tinged page-turner"--returns with a new novel packed with romance, plot twists, and psychological suspense. Ivy Lee, a talented tattoo artist who spent the early part...

Lorelei Lee is a highly-strung, ambitious flapper woman with striking wit and a good heart. Follow the dazzling blonde on her gold-digging escapades and numerous romantic flings as she travels the world in the Roaring 20s.Author: Anita LoosISBN-10: 1528720563ISBN-13: 9781528720564Publisher: Read & Co. ClassicsLanguage:...

Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasmen and Josiah Wade found that love alone couldn't solve or save everything. It couldn't save their marriage. Yasmen wasn't prepared for how her life fell apart, but she's...

While Miriam was still a preschooler, the family court of Georgia left her in the sole custody of her neglectful mother, an undiagnosed mental case. When bullied at school for her shabby appearance, Miriam stuffed her pain as deep inside herself as possible. Young...

Brain meets Beauty in this sparkling, fresh take on the classic Bringing Up Baby - if Jane Austen had written it! A romantic comedy with a dash of chaos featuring the most ill-behaved poodle in Regency London, by New York Times bestseller Suzanne Enoch....

Eveleigh's Books is a staple on the island and has been for years, but a newcomer to the island might bring the shop's downfall.Evie's book club friends are the people in the world she relies on most. But when one of the newer members...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A twist you won't see coming. A love story you'll never forget. From the acclaimed author of The Notebook comes a powerful novel about risking everything for a dream--and whether it's possible to leave the past behind. We...

Is living the life you've wished for really a dream come true? Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never...

A newly single girl. A tall dark handsome stranger. What could go wrong? It's 7 a.m. on a Monday morning and Abby Reynolds isn't where she wants to be. She wants to be in her beautiful loft apartment in Manhattan, drinking a coffee with...

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, The Atlantic, Electric Lit, Thrillist, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews - A witty, intelligent novel of an American woman on the edge, by a brilliant new voice in fiction--"the glorious love child of Ottessa Moshfegh and...

Now a Major Film'You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever.'Anne Elliot is persuaded to reject a marriage proposal from handsome Captain Wentworth because he lacks rank...

"Jessica Keener has written a gorgeous, lyrical, and sweeping novel about the tangled web of past and present. Suspenseful, perceptive, fast-paced, and ultimately restorative." --Susan Henderson, author of Up from the Blue Budapest: gorgeous city of secrets, with ties to a shadowy, bloody past....

"With two protective older brothers and a traditional Catholic Italian mother, it's surprising that Chloe D'Angelo can manage a date without someone in the family naysaying her romantic choice. And Dante Mancuso...oh, no. Her brother's best friend is not a dating-app right swipe. But...

"Love's flame burns bright... Leanna Ryan's hometown in coastal Oregon has been her refuge ever since a traumatic event during her teens. But over time, even the safest harbor can start to feel more like a prison. That's why Lea, a master carpenter and...

A propulsive and daring new novel by the author of Very Nice about a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, home, a swimming pool, and for someone who can perhaps stop the bleeding from her head. "The novel surprises us by...

I thought I had the perfect life. A handsome husband, a flourishing restaurant, a loving family, and a bright future. Until I caught him cheating on me, the bastard. So I walked away. My new job as a cruise ship chef was wonderful. But...

Rule #1: Never fall for your client.Rule #2: Never fall for your client's fiercely protective, smoking hot sister-in-law.I'm the kind of guy who believes that everyone deserves the best legal representation money can buy-which just so happens to be me, Lucas Wright. Give me...

Right after losing her father, ten-year-old Annie Zechman gets a visit from her dead grandmother. Even more bad things are coming, and Annie must choose whether they come early or late in life. Annie chooses early, setting her on a tumultuous, coming-of-age journey through...

A powerful, engrossing story of a biracial heiress who escapes to Paris when the Haitian Revolution burns across her island home. But as she works her way into the inner circle of Robespierre and his mistress, she learns that not even oceans can stop...

Jess and Josh are polar opposites--she's Black, he's white; she's liberal, he's conservative--whose mutual hatred transforms into mutual attraction and love in this hilarious, thought-provoking novel about whether love really can trump all.When Jess Lands a job as an analyst at Goldman Sachs, she's...

Author: Barbara MujicaISBN-10: 8885787428ISBN-13: 9798885787420Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/05/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20dLarge Print

GMA BOOK CLUB PICK - ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER - An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors. "Irreverent...

A Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club PickA Must-Read: Nylon, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Review of Books, Literary Hub, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, BookRiot, The Christian Science Monitor, Our Culture, The Saturday Evening Post "A book that I will recommend to...

Escape to the French coast this summer with Jennifer Bohnet's deliciously uplifting read. One summer to chase her dreams! Rosie Hewitt's dream of opening a little French café on the Riviera is finally coming true. She's giving up on love and instead chasing her...

In the stratified world of ancient Rome, there are citizens and slaves, soldiers and senators, priests and priestesses--and Caesar Augustus rules them all. Yet his authority holds only as long as the people believe the gods of Rome support him, particularly the beloved goddess...

"Once again, Woods, with such authenticity, weaves a tale of true love and the challenges that can knock up against that love." --RT Book Reviews on Beach Lane A small-town reunion, a heartfelt family and a summer of second chances... Intimidated by her shrinking...

"Introducing the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe, carrying secrets on their shoulders ... An orphan who spent her youth without a true home, Marion Hoxton found in the Great War something other than destruction. She found a chance...

I thought I had the perfect life. A handsome husband, a flourishing restaurant, a loving family, and a bright future. Until I caught him cheating on me, the bastard. So I walked away. My new job as a cruise ship chef was wonderful. But...

When sixteen-year-old Vernadine Dawn Turnipseed is asked to join the boys' basketball team for Buford County High School in 1943, shock waves, riots and anger roll through her hometown of Spit's Creek, Alabama with a fury. In a strange twist of fate, the once...

The acclaimed authors of the "emotional literary roller coaster" (The Washington Post) and Good Morning America book club pick We Are Not Like Them return with this moving and provocative novel about a Black woman who finds an abandoned white baby, sending her on...

Austria 1929When three little girls-Anna, Bernie, and Elica-make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them.Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As...

A Time Magazine "25 New Books You Need to Read This Summer" "A riveting, behind-the-scenes portrait of a high-drama industry, from the chateau to the corner office...pour a glass and dive in."--Oprah Daily An intoxicating escape into the cutthroat world of wine and the...

Rosie the Riveter meets A League of Their Own in New York Times bestselling novelist Jennifer Chiaverini's lively and illuminating novel about the "munitionettes" who built bombs in Britain's arsenals during World War I, risking their lives for the war effort and discovering camaraderie...

Bad New Age mother seeks miracle cure in Germany but encounters her past with an aloe plant instead.Author: Coco PicardISBN-10: 163628051XISBN-13: 9781636280516Publisher: Red Hen PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2022Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d

"The show must go on" takes on a whole new meaning for one single mom in a witty and emotional novel by the USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work.It seems lately that Poppy Lively is invisible to everyone...

Two determined women. The men they love. One desperate plan.Pilot Tris Miles is finally getting the recognition she deserves. She is a trusted captain and confidante to her boss at Westin Charter Company, and mentor to her young, ambitious co-pilot Bruce. Tris is offered...

Pretending to be lovers leads to red-hot complications as fake relationships become all too real in these sizzling romances by Jayci Lee and New York Times bestselling author Anne Marsh. Just a Few Fake Kisses... by Jayci Lee Pretending in public...and fighting their desire...

From secret babies to family secrets, these two breathtaking romances conclude Joss Wood's fan favorite Dynasties: Calcott Manor series. The Trouble with Little Secrets Her little secret's about to be revealed... Jack Grantham's powerful grandmother blamed Peyton Caron for the death of his brother....