Fiction - Women

In this richly imaginative novel, Mingmei Yip--author of Peach Blossom Pavilion and Petals From the Sky--follows one woman's daunting journey along China's fabled Silk Road. As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photographs of the desert--its long, lonely...

Named by Reader's Digest as one of the Best Romances of ALL TIMEA charming story of a wayward family heirloom, second chances, and true love. A perfect, feel-good summer read!Jess has always loved taking chances, but after a terrible accident, she's ready for a...

Cosy up with a mug of hot chocolate for some festive sparkle from bestseller Jessica Redland.Everyone is getting into the festive spirit on Castle Street - snow is falling, fairy lights are glistening and Christmas shopping is underway.But for Tara Porter, owner of thriving...

Do you want to read The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories? If so then keep reading...The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with...

Two women, a world apart.A secret waiting to be discovered...'An emotive and engaging read' Rosanna Ley'Rich, evocative and utterly immersive, this beautifully written book swept me away' Jenny Ashcroft'Evocative, sensual and authentic' Jane JohnsonVE Day 1945: As victory bells ring out across the country,...

A timely and hilarious novel about two friends who decide to give up their search for a perfect man and devote their lives to each other--but their careful plan soon begins to unravel with unexpected consequences. ?"A delightful story of female friendship that will...

She's forgotten everything ... including who it is that wants her dead. Mia's trapped in a nightmare inside her own mind. After a brain injury leaves her unable to form new memories, all she knows is that entire months of her life are missing....

Sweet with Heat: Seaside Summers features a group of fun, flirty, and emotional friends who gather each summer at their Cape Cod cottages. They're sassy, flawed, and so easy to relate to, you'll be begging to enter their circle of friends Dreaming at Seaside...

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with The Love in Bloom Series.In SISTERS IN LOVE...Danica Snow has always been the smart, practical, and appropriate sister. As a therapist, she...

Only in the glaring light of hindsight does pediatric surgeon Kate Murphy understand that she was groomed for the path she's taken. Raised by a widowed dad and a misshapen, sometimes comical trio of parental surrogates from Murphy's Pub, her father's Irish bar in...

A marriage of violence and control is not love and for Raine the moment of truth has come, the dark night of the soul is upon her but will she will find her way? You'll Come to Me is an electrifying story of strength...

Jessica F. Woods, attorney of record, experiences the romantic and professional vicissitudes, the ups and downs of life in Columbus, Ohio, where she is immersed in the beginning practice of law for a prestigious firm breaking into the central Ohio market. Young, single, and...

From the author of Little Broken Things--a suspenseful, breathtaking novel about true love, starting over, and finding the truth...at all costs. How long do you hold on to hope? Danica Greene has always hated flying, so it was almost laughable that the boy of...

"A lush page-turner about two women who fight for their futures in a patriarchal society" --Janet Skeslien Charles, author, The Paris Library"An engrossing tale of superstition, rebellion and love"--Esther Freud, author, Love Falls"Storytelling at its best" --Ellen Keith, author, The Dutch WifeIn medieval Moldova,...

The brand new instalment in Jessica Redland's bestselling Hedgehog Hollow series!Samantha has a secret. Returning home from her dream honeymoon to the normality of running her beloved Hedgehog Hollow rescue centre, she's ready for the next chapter of her life with Josh. Or 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...

Watch the Burly-Que Girls as they become private eyes looking for their lost friend.With their tell-all book having become a bestseller, there is no longer a need to track down the conwoman who absconded their money, but this unruly gang wants justice. Just as...

He lost his ambition. She can't find her perspective. Will joining forces bring them the meaning they need?College student Toby is desperate for direction. Pausing his higher education, he relocates to Portland and rents a townhouse in hopes of reconnecting to his roots. But...

Willa Cather established her reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent with the publication of O Pioneers!-the first of her books set in Nebraska. In this stirring romance of the Western prairies, the lives of two very different heroines unfold during a time when...

People often pull me aside to say they have an idea for a story I should write. Story ideas come to me in every way except that way. I've learned to listen for an emerging tale when my mind is creating. Sometimes the idea...

From the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids comes an emotional novel about two women facing the betrayals, heartbreaks, and refuge of true friendship.Phoebe and Suze used to be closer than sisters. Growing up in a quiet and wildly beautiful...

"A fabulous storyteller who will keep you turning pages and wishing for just one more chapter at the end."--Carolyn Brown, New York Times bestselling authorA small town is the perfect place to find love--but first there's work to do...When a tornado tears through her...

From USA Today bestselling author Layla Frost... A friends-to-lovers romance with a grumpy heroine and a sunshine hero. Welcome home, neighbor...I wasn't looking for a lover. I wasn't even looking for a friend. After my life imploded around me, I only wanted one thing.A...

A boy. A shadow. A murder. Or not? Pathological liar? Sociopathic killer? Or just a troubled kid seeking attention? These are the questions that haunt an obsessive-compulsive therapist as she undertakes the most challenging case of her career. Sitting on a couch two feet...

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...

Named a Best Book of 2023 by the New Yorker and one of the Top 20 Best Books of 2023 by Esquire magazine. For years, Teresa has passed from one job to the next, settling into long stretches of time, struggling to build her...

In this explosive novel about a decades-old mystery, shocking revelations of the past and the secrets of three women will be spilled when a small Midwest town announces a DNA lottery.One drop of blood for a chance at a multimillion-dollar windfall. Is it a...

Two neighbors--strangers--with one thing in common--they share a fence. But is that the only thing they share? Nathan Fraser lives a solitary life, never letting anyone get too close. It's safer that way. Kourtney Whyte hides from the world and behind her work, too...

With unabashed winter charm, The Wishing Bridge sparkles with the humor and heart fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey, Nancy Thayer and Jenny Colgan love most.Once the hottest mergers and acquisitions executive in the company, Henrietta Wegner can see the ambitious and impossibly young up-and-comers...

To the Lighthouse is a book of interrelationships among people. Those who reject To the Lighthouse as inferior to Mrs. Dalloway because it offers no one with half the memorable lucidity of Clarissa Dalloway must fail to perceive its larger and, artistically, more difficult...

Warm and escapist fiction from the bestselling author of the Cornish Cream Tea series'Stuffed with Cornish sunshine and hope and loveliness' Milly JohnsonPraise for Cressida McLaughlin: 'Gorgeous!' Phillipa Ashley'Perfect' Cathy Bramley'A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi SwainSunshine awaits in the beautiful Cornish coastal...

It's February in the Hudson Valley and Oak Falls veterinarian Dr. Kate is once again up to her galoshes in corpsesHudson Valley winters can be brutal...and deadly! Dr. Kate is once again on the case (not to mention thin ice) after discovering a young...

In this masterly sequel to THE SYRIAN, author and Middle East expert Cathy Sultan once again uses her unique knowledge of the region to spin a suspenseful web of intrigue and deceit, mirroring the complexities of this ancient place where nothing is as it...

From the bestselling author of Beyond the Moonlit Sea comes an atmospheric tale of how one woman's search for the truth uncovers long-hidden secrets and rocks the very foundation of her world.Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend--a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon....

Two women. An old friendship rekindled. A growing fear. Not everything is as it seems in a dark and twisty novel of suspense by the Edgar Award-winning author of Deer Season.Gwen Maner is a widowed single mom, returning to her Ohio hometown with her...

Who wouldn't want to accept a free cruise? Especially if that means a chance at meeting your true fated mate? Bill isn't over his ex. He left her high and dry half a year ago, but it's time he moves on. He's a Grizzly...

Kendall's Journey is a story about a middle-aged woman who lacks the coping skills needed to have the will to live after she finds out about her husband's alledged affair with his secretary, Ann Kimmons. After two failed suicide attempts, Kendall is placed in...

In THE DEADLINE, Andy Friessen has packed up everything and moved his family two states away, to Montana, to protect his wife, Laura, his newborn babies, and his stepson, Gabriel, from the threats of his mother. Andy and Laura soon face a new threat,...

In this heart-wrenching exploration of unconditional love, what a mother finds in the aftermath of her son's death could put her family back together--or tear them apart for good.In the wake of her son's sudden death, Margaret Dobrescu struggles to keep it together in...

Discover the brand new escapist read from the author of A Year at the French Farmhouse.Only child out of the house - so far out that she's gone all the way to Australia! A husband, who has requested a break. Life isn't quite going...

Josephine ("Jo") Hayes is in her final year at Westgate University, a prestigious school tucked within the mountains of New England. As a journalism major and lead media liaison for the Westgate District Attorney, she remains on track to finish school and start her...

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe from New York Times bestselling author, Melissa de la Cruz, is a sweet, sexy and hilarious gender-swapping, genre-satisfying re-telling, set in contemporary America and featuring one snooty Miss Darcy. The basis for the Hallmark TV Movie of the same...

*Instant New York Times bestseller*tropes: sports romance, Latina heroine, opposites attractI'm naturally gifted on the field and between the sheets. With flashy cars and enough media attention to put the Royal Family to shame, I'm the definition of Most Eligible Bachelor.Every man wants to...

Set in a small town in the Appalachian Mountains, Rachel Margaret Drews' debut novel, WILD WOMAN, tells the story of Charlene Louise Montgomery (Charlie), a Guns 'N' Roses-loving mountain girl who comes from generations of women to whom spousal abuse is just another part...

A surprise inheritance. A hostile lord of the manor. A chance at a new beginning...?When Cassidy Beeswhistle loses her job and her boyfriend within seconds of each other, it's time for a change. Discovering her beloved late father's connection to a tiny English village,...

MY MOTHER'S GRUMPY BOSS IS MY NEW BOSSHOLESo, a tall, dark, handsome stranger found me naked in his bed - Oops, awkward.I was so embarrassed. Him? He was repulsed, blunt and raging mad.Now, fresh out of college, I got a job at my mom's...

Fourteen-year-old Harper Whitmore has just entered high school as a na?e five-foot tall freshman who has a quick wit and an ability to hold her own. Although she is convinced she is prepared to take on the world (or her tiny island of it),...

Samantha Luna Thorp, a witchy yoga instructor with a deep connection to the moon, has been having nightmares. Her idyllic life in Madison, Wisconsin has been disrupted by the realization that her boyfriend, Dan, isn't the sweet guy she thought he was. On the...

In this "brilliantly original" and warmhearted novel, an old set of encyclopedias leads a young woman to a curious museum and one profoundly moving lesson: that every life is an extraordinary life (New York Times bestselling author Claire Mackintosh). Still reeling from the sudden...

Sharp and propulsive, The Damages is an engrossing novel set in motion by the disappearance of a student during an ice storm, and explores themes of memory, trauma, friendship, and identity. What I remember best about that week in January is trying to keep...