Fiction - Women

A summer the Sheridan Sisters will never forget.Christine Sheridan is the middle sister of the Sheridan clan: lost between her older sister, Susan, a successful criminal lawyer and her whip-smart little sister, Lola. After twenty years apart, they have just learned the secret their...

Kennedy Mitchell is brilliant, beautiful and ... tired of being the only Black woman in the room.Two years ago, Kennedy was plucked from the reception desk and placed in the corporate boardroom in the name of diversity. Rather than play along, she and her...

A novel by an acclaimed American poet, House under Snow is a story of mothers and daughters, of sexual identity, and a family slowly disintegrating after the premature death of its patriarch.Anna Crane, soon to be married, reflects back on her childhood in Ohio...

If Mae loses the Inn, she'll lose everything.Mae Benson was born to run the Sweet Island Inn. She cooks, she cleans, she laughs, she makes a mean pot of coffee, and she always knows which beach to recommend to her guests. But suddenly, that...

"A seesaw of rising tension that ultimately delivers a raw, crashing conclusion... An intensely emotional psychological roller coaster." --Library Journal on Nanny Dearest A young woman's life is torn apart when her wealthy ex-lover is found dead--along with his wife. Vera is ruthlessly ambitious,...

One last clientA week at a beautiful chateau in the south of France--it should be a straightforward final job for Dora. She's a smart, stunning, and discreet escort, and Daniel has paid for her services before. This time, all she has to do is...

1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotna is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital.One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad--and multilingual--she is tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy...

A woman questions everything she knows about her son when a local woman is found dead.Valerie has been forgetting things. Her daughter worries about her being on her own in her big Victorian house--one rumored to be haunted after a tragedy decades earlier--and truth...

In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bookshop--the only bookshop--in the seaside town of Hardborough. By making a success of a business so impractical, she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers. By...

A family fallen on hard times. Two sisters with different dreams. Can a luxurious hotel forever change their lives?Vancouver, Canada, 1927. The Roaring Twenties are anything but extravagant for seventeen-year-old Clara Wilson. With her family struggling to make ends meet and under the threat...

From the Booker Prize nominee and New York Times bestselling author of Great Circle, a piercing, irresistible, "immersive" (The New York Times) first collection of short stories exquisite in their craft and audacious in their range. A love triangle plays out over decades on...

A father's lie tears his family apart in the thrilling continuation of the bestselling Virginia Vineyard series. Daniel Love has alienated his loved ones. And he'll stop at nothing to have his daughter and long-time mistress back in his life. He resorts to drastic...

Emma Rosales is the heiress to the largest ranch in Texas-The Thorn. All of the responsibilities of managing a million acres now fall into her fifth-generation hands. A task Emma could handle with her eyes closed... if The Thorn was any ordinary property. The...

In the aftermath of her husband's life-altering mistake, Tiana Williams grapples with lingering resentment while working full-time and raising their toddler. But when Jay becomes a person of interest in the kidnapping of ten-year-old Zoe Miller, Tiana is torn between trusting her husband and...

Author: Sandy SullivanISBN-10: 1944122680ISBN-13: 9781944122683Publisher: Sandy SullivanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2022Pages: 212Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.45d

Widowed after a long marriage, Dorelia MacCraith swaps the family home for a house with a tower, and there, raised above the run of daily life, sets out to rewrite the stories of old women poorly treated by literature. Throughout this winding story, Dorelia...

A Summer of CastlesA Secret in RuinsAt the beginning of the sultry English summer of 2003, Robyn Yates quits her job to photograph fifteen castles for a man she's never met. A man who won't tell her his real name.What motivates her is an...

My boyfriend is getting married.Okay, technically he's my ex-boyfriend. Two months ago he decided he wanted a break. I still thought he was my happily ever after.On any other day, knowing he was gone for good would be the worst thing that could possibly...

As a flight to St Lucia leaves the runway, four passengers meet for the first time.After escaping her controlling husband, Bernadette Manson is taking the first extravagant holiday of her new life. But when her best friend cancels, will she be strong enough to...

Perfect for fans of Jo Watson, Mhairi McFarlane and Portia MacIntosh.When Charley finds herself suddenly single on Christmas Day it feels like her world has fallen apart.Forced to move back in with her parents, she embarks on a journey of re-invention. When she meets...

Grief leads us into different directions but are we just treading on the same ground, carrying another heavy weight.Pondering on the word, deal, it comes to mind how we reach out to deal a hand of cards and seal the deal with a handshake....

Now on audio for the first time! Groundhog Day meets Grey's Anatomy in this heartfelt novella with a hint of magic from the internationally bestselling author of The Room on Rue Am駘ie, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, and The Sweetness of Forgetting, in which...

Loved by generations around the world, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is a truly universal coming-of-age story, as relevant and engaging today as it was when originally published in 1868. Set against the backdrop of a country divided, the story follows the four March...

There comes a point on our spiritual journey that we encounter the idea of becoming worthy. Lexi, a feisty young adults travels to find her purpose and encounters more than she imagined.Lexi displays a soft inner strength and wisdom, even through experiences that so...

Embrace the seductive call of the latest novel in Christine Feehan's #1 New York Times bestselling Dark Carpathian series.Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her...

"...a page turning, international, sensually romantic, rags to riches, grape to wine saga." -A Woman's WriteFrom author Linda Sheehan, who's part of a Napa wine dynasty, comes a story of grapes, wine, first crushes, and juicy redemption. Dreading the desk job that awaits her...

An artist and her perfectionist mother unpack a lifetime of secrets while on vacation in Paris in this moving novel--perfect for fans of One Italian Summer. A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes--with a giant Pattersonian...

It is 1934 and Bea Ledoux is a headstrong seventeen-year-old who has just returned from a stint at a home for troubled girls with more than a suitcase. She has also brought the baby with her that she was supposed to give up for...

It is 1934 and Bea Ledoux is a headstrong seventeen-year-old who has just returned from a stint at a home for troubled girls with more than a suitcase. She has also brought the baby with her that she was supposed to give up for...

This is Kate's story. From age five to adult, from intellectual exposures to a violent experience, from longing to love. Kate's reactions to the experiences of her life reveal a constantly curious multi-faceted character -- capable of both animated silliness and reasoned seriousness. Perceived...

New York in the 1920s--a time when fortunes are made and a woman's dreams are challenged against all odds in a sweeping historical novel by the international bestselling author of The Light After the War.1926, Hyde Park, New York. Born to modest means but...

"He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink."-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway (1925)Mrs. Dalloway (1925) by Virginia Woolf is touted by Time as one of the top 100 novels...

While the nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley may be hailed as the first modern writer of horror, the success of her immortal Frankenstein undoubtedly inspired dozens of female authors who wrote their own evocative, chilling tales. Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie...

"From the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost. While in college...

Inspired by her own family's experiences following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Susanne Pari explores the entangled lives within an Iranian American family grappling with generational culture clashes, the roles imposed on women, and a tragic accident that forces them to reconcile their guilt or...

Christmas Shorts is a collection of four short stories set during the holiday season and beyond.A child coming of age will question the existence of Santa, as a mom struggles to help him hang on to the fantasy for one more year.Travel woes will...

FROM DEBUT AUTHOR S.L. ASTOR COMES A HEALING LOVE STORY OF SECOND CHANCES, MAKE-BELIEVE, AND THE BLURRED LINE BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY. One prestigious writing program. Two writers matched at random. At 30, Rory Wells is about to embark on the next chapter of...

In this heartfelt novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a young woman with an unforgettable voice fights for the freedom to pursue her dreams. Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no...

A woman must rescue her cousin's family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of bravery and resistance, from the bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in...

New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming tale of three people who are brought together when they're bequeathed an old Wild West inn that has the potential to pull their lives apart, but instead turns into the...

"Ms. Demeanor is a complete and utter delight. Of course it is. What Elinor Lipman novel isn't?"--Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are . . ."Who knew house arrest could be sexy and fun? Not me, at least not until I read...

Eyes Turned Skyward is a powerful examination of the cost--emotional, familial, generational--when women are denied their right to soar... Alena Dillon's poetic prose and complex characters will linger long after the last page is turned! -- Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the...

Before Princess Margaret, before Duchess Meghan, there was Princess Louise: royal rebel.As the fourth daughter of the perpetually in-mourning Queen Victoria, Princess Louise's life is more a gilded prison than a fairy tale. Expected to sit quietly next to her mother with down-cast eyes,...

Victoria Park in Hong Kong is the crossroads for thousands of Muslim women who come from Indonesia to find their fortunes - or at least support their families - in the teeming Chinese city. Most come as maids, but some descend into the netherworld...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STORY PRIZE Named a BEST BOOK OF 2022 by Oprah Daily, Vogue, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Electric Lit From a prizewinning author comes an "electric...stunning" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut story collection about women navigating...

In 1968, Nelli Hart believed she was living a near-perfect life. She was happily married to Nicholas, the love of her life. Her days were filled with the treasures of raising three precious daughters-Kalli, Nichola, and Jilli. And she was blessed to be making...

Brenda was in a quandary because she had attempted to castrate her ex-husband. He held a hammer over her head if she sued for any alimony or child care she would have her charged with attempted murder. So the bastard had walked away from...

Months after their elopement, Annie and Rob are settling into their new home and married life. It seems they've finally left everything that stood between them in the past, but their happily-ever-after is short-lived. When Annie announces she's pregnant, past issues flare to life,...

From the best-selling author of Giant and So Big, a sweeping look at the lives of three generations of women on Chicago's South Side. Part of Belt's Revivals series and with a new introduction by Kathleen Rooney (Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk).First published in...

1808 Rio de Janeiro. The Portuguese Court flees Napoleon to Brazil. For the first and only time in history, a European royal family transfers its capital to an American colony. Maria Azevedo and her sister, Isabel, have spent years transporting gold through the jungle...