Fiction - Women

"Liza Palmer's voice is fresh, exciting, and necessary. She's a must-read author." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & the SixCharmingly candid, hilarious, and deeply moving, The Nobodies is a novel about failing but never losing the core of yourself, from a beloved...

After Anna Shields receives an invitation from her estranged Aunt Lydia, she flies to Tennessee to find a number of older women-Tasha, Sadie, and Chloe-also living on Lydia's farm. Losing power during a blizzard, the women share dark and startling secrets. Skating between past...

"When two roads diverge...take the one that leads to the beach! Hannah McKinnon delivers a charming gem of a novel in Mystic Summer. I adored this book." --Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Rumor A chance run-in with a college...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE - "An intoxicating exploration of male-dominated workplaces . . . NSFW is gripping, with a lot to unpack, making it excellent book-club fodder."--TIME Named an Amazon "Best Book of 2022" for Literature...

Welcome to Cedar Cove, where the extraordinary bonds that hold family and friends together are only the beginning. Family court judge Olivia Lockhart has seen a lot of couples in her courtroom. Most divorce petitions are open-and-shut, but when Olivia meets a young couple...

"Everyone has a story, and maybe everyone needs a little help toward healing." Popular podcaster and ex-reporter Faith Byrne made a name for herself telling stories of greatness after tragedy--but her real life does not mirror the stories she tells. While her daughters spend...

Seeing beauty in Edward's twisted spine, a young art student begs him to sit for her. Dubious but flattered, Edward is awakened from years of apathy, and experiences emotions he cannot suppress or contain. But vulnerability can bring a strength. This tale of secrecy,...

A Knives Out-style whodunnit with a twist of Taylor Jenkins Reid, You Must Remember This is an immersive Gothic mystery, with a long-ago love affair, icy death, and a rich family gone bad, from Kat Rosenfield, the acclaimed author of No One Will Miss...

A book of spells. Memories in the snow. And nowhere to run. Lumi thought she'd escaped her past, but when she falls in love with a man from the far north, she leaves the safety of her life in libraries and follows him into...

"The perfect quarantine read. It's funny, sweet, and beautifully written. The romance is so perfect it made me ache. --Alisha Rai, Bustle Kirkus Best Fiction Book of 2020 PopSugar Crazy Popular Books of 2020 Amazon Best Romance of the Month Top Ten Best Romances...

Question: What do a reclusive author and an outgoing travel agent have in common?Answer: Nothing.But fate brought them together on a vacation five years ago, and as Logan and Sloane prepare for their annual get-together, there are sparks flying between them.Sloane: When Logan Murphy,...

I've spent the better part of the last few years successfully avoiding my brother's best friend, Weston Aldrich. As CEO of Andes Inc, the infuriatingly handsome and incessantly grumpy Weston also happens to be my new boss. It shouldn't have been hard to continue...

The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew.And that was going just fine...until she gets a request...

A modern fairytale retelling of The Prince and the Pauper What if you could take the week off from your entire life? Hard-working barista/photographer Kenna has always been told she looks just like former child star turned film-fatale, Lorelei Dupont. If only she had...

Right person, wrong time? Or better off as friends? Holly Anderson needs to decide. Cheerful and confident veterinarian Holly doesn't do flings. Falling in love is not in her five-year plan. Moving her entire life out of London to a fishing village in the...

Over the course of these nine stories, Mary Rechner brings a frank, humorous, and ultimately illuminating narrative voice to the subjects of sex, marriage, family, and work. Resisting expected behaviors and received opinions, the protagonists of Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women fight to...

Sara Oliver finds herself in many situations she is not prepared for as a sheltered, na?e twenty-something from South Carolina in the 1990s. She was brought up to be perfect under her mother's watchful and cruel eye. Unfortunately, growing up that way has consequences....

It has been two years since Sarah Sams, a divorced, mid-forties, art teacher, took a second chance on love and happiness. Selling her cottage in Hadley Falls, Sarah moved lock, stock and attic to Long Leaf Farm in Greenway, North Carolina. She and Nick...

An indelible story of one woman's life, revealed in a series of beautifully sculpted episodes that illuminate an era, moving from the 1960s to today, from one of Britain's leading literary lights--Tessa Hadley."Clever Girl is...what could be called a 'sensibility' novel--a story that doesn't...

Emily Morris got her happily-ever-after earlier than most. Married at a young age to a man she loved passionately, she was building the life she always wanted. But when enormous stress threatened her marriage, Emily made some rash decisions. That's when she fell in...

In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers--one white, one Black--living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America's all-too-familiar racial reckoning. De'Andrea...

Author: Sally ThorneISBN-10: 8885786332ISBN-13: 9798885786331Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage CompLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/10/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.10dLarge Print

"RaeAnne Thayne gets better with every book." --Robyn Carr, #1 New York TImes bestselling author New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne tells a story of family, healing and second chances in Hope's Crossing. Alexandra McKnight prefers a life of long workdays and short-term...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes an all-new audio production read by Julia Whelan, including a bonus conversation with Julia Whelan and Taylor Jenkins Reid, recorded exclusively for this edition.Have you ever heard of supernovas?...

September 1924, the coast of Maine is bright with color. Along the Bagaduce River in Sedgwick, Maine, orange, red, and yellow trees sparkle among the evergreens. Ten-year-old Helen Elizabeth Gray wonders, "How could life just go on? How could the world look so beautiful?"Mama...

Winner of the Barbara DiBernard Prize in Fiction Amy Black, a queer single mother and an aspiring artist in love with calligraphy, dreams of a coveted artist's residency at the world's largest social media company, Q. One ink-black October night, when the power is...

Set in the 1850s, The Stockwell Letters is based on the true story of a high-profile runaway slave and the bold women who dared to help him, even when it meant defying their husbands, male abolitionist leaders, and society at large. Author: Jacqueline FriedlandISBN-10:...

In this heart-warming story from million copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse, Nora has given up on finding happiness. But has it been waiting for her all along?As Nora and her British Army officer husband, Gordy, pack up yet another home and leave the sun...

The perfect stocking stuffer for fans of Hallmark Christmas Movies! Legendary author Fern Michaels continues her annual holiday tradition with a new festive novel filled with Christmas magic, joyful romance, and a timely story about a small business owner's struggle to compete with online...

Driving to the luxurious Carling Resort Hotel, Julia Mariani and her daughter Sydney can hardly wait to immerse in the peaceful, cottage-country setting and spend uninterrupted time with their adoptive Carling Family. Armed with an itinerary of magical, time-honored traditions, they gift the staff...

Therapy can kill. It's Thanksgiving, and Kat Harper's glamorous mother Maybelle is back in Cherry Hills, Washington. But her return isn't the joyous holiday reunion Kat had hoped for, not when Maybelle ends up becoming the prime suspect in a brutal murder. To make...

Welcome to Cherry Hills, small town and . . . criminal hideout? It's a typical Monday workday for Kat Harper--until the police storm into her office building and arrest a new employee for a three-year-old murder. Zack Lawson swears he didn't do it, but...

"Count on Lori Foster for sexy, edgy romance." --Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times bestselling author He had it all planned...until she showed up. Jedidiah Stephens came to the Colorado Rockies for one reason: to uncover the truth behind the fire that killed her...

Rachel Kemper Kelsey was fourth on her parents' emergency contact list so an evening phone call from their physician signals a major calamity. Her mother Katherine, who rigidly controls family communications, has avoided contact with her older daughter for years.As the family crisis deepen,...

Sometimes, looking back at one's life, one can recall the precise end of childhood. For Meredith, that time is 1955, when she is fourteen years old and her quiet, predictable life revolving around high school and ballet classes is upended by a visit from...

A vivid, character-driven historical saga set in Greece at the end of WWII and on the verge of the Greek Civil War. Fans of Ariel Lawhon's books about little-known history will love this sweeping, multigenerational story of familial love and loyalty against all odds.Corfu,...

The cottage stood alone on a rocky outcropping at the edge of the loch. Standing in the garden amongst the wildflowers, she felt the weight of the tattered envelope in her hands. Maybe there was something keeping her here in Scotland, a secret waiting...

Chances Inlet, North Carolina, has an infamous power for second chances. But its charms are lost on the town's favorite son-until she comes along...When his father's sudden death puts his family's construction business in serious debt, architect Gavin McAlister is forced to put his...

Eleven sensual and modern-day short stories about love, loss, sex, devotion, and desire. Set in the small lake towns and suburbs of the country's Midwestern heartland, the tales thread from one heart to another with extraordinary effectiveness and power. Lovers, partners, family members and...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A seductive and lyrical debut following a young woman's dangerous summer romance during an idyllic vacation on the Aegean coast "A gorgeous exploration." --Raven Leilani, author of LusterMOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024: Goodreads, She Reads, Bookshop.org, and more! Ada adores spending...

Women in the 1870s have little control over their lives and the women of Dry Creek, California, look to Sheriff Maud Overstreet, a thirty-something spinster, as an example of women's progress. Following a disastrous fire that leveled the school, Maud appoints a woman as...

Brand New from Number 1 bestselling author, Beth Moran.Sometimes when you can't see the way forwards, the best thing to do is to look back...When Jessie left home at eighteen, she swore she'd never go back. But when life takes a turn for the...

Welcome back to The Starfish Café for a glorious summer, but with a few dark clouds on the horizon...A new beginning...As her summer wedding to Jake approaches, Hollie is excited for their new beginning as a family. But when some unexpected news threatens the...

National Bestseller A brilliantly original and funny novel about a sex therapist's transcriptionist who falls in love with a client while listening to her sessions. When they accidentally meet in real life, an explosive affair ensues. Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an...

Mia Strauss is trying to be a good mother. She's worked hard to build a stable life since losing her memory at eighteen when the assailant, who shot and killed her famous father, pushed her from the third-story landing of their gold coast mansion....

Three young people pick up the pieces of their lives after a devastating hurricane ravages their small town. Sean's head chef is responsible for his restaurant's success. He'll do anything to make Carla happy, including inviting her to live with him at his parents'...

A heart-warming, gorgeous story of family secrets, lost loves, and one woman's fresh start in the most unexpected of places. Heartbroken Lowri Morgan, a young Welsh widow, is finally packing up her beloved husband's belongings, her young daughter Wren asleep at her side. Then,...

Susan Delaney is a smart, attractive, loyal woman, whose parents taught her that all good things are possible with hard work. They provided her with the best education that money could buy. However, Susan sacrifices her entire law career to marry Jeremy. Disapproving of...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Today Read With Jenna Book Club Pick "I dare you not to fall wildly in love with Grace...It's a book about love, about grace, about even when we fall from those we love we can always find...

"There are few things of such importance as one's own identity."Emma Molloy is forced to look back on her life due to a chance encounter on a cruise ship with an old friend. Emma, the adopted daughter, has grown up alongside her natural-born sister,...