Fiction - Women

The instant New York Times Bestseller (January 2018)! "A fiendishly smart cat-and-mouse thriller" --New York Times Book Review"Buckle up, because you won't be able to put this one down." --Glamour "Jaw dropping. Unforgettable. Shocking." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"The best domestic suspense novel since Gone...

Winner of the 2023 Colorado Book Award for Historical FictionA Denver Post bestseller Sandra Dallas's Little Souls is a gripping tale of sisterhood, loyalty, and secrets set in Denver amid America's last deadly flu pandemic. Colorado, 1918. World War I is raging overseas, but...

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unrealized dreams, the enduring bonds of female friendship, and love's capacity to surprise us at any age. In the winter of 2008, as snow falls without interruption, an actor in...

In 1824, Catherine, a Catholic spinster of 44, unexpectantly inherits millions. However, she doesn't use it to climb the social ladder or snare a husband; she uses it to fulfill a lifelong dream of building a refuge for the poor and sick of Dublin,...

A BOSTON GLOBE BEST MYSTERY OF THE YEAR Lisa and Joe Stone, married for twenty years and partners in their small Virginia law firm, handle routine, run-of-the-mill cases, including never-ending complaints from their cantankerous client Lettie VanSandt. When Lettie dies in a suspicious accident...

An NPR Best Book of the Year London translator Iona Kirkpatrick is at work on a new project: a collection of letters and diaries by a Chinese punk guitarist named Kublai Jian. As she translates the handwritten pages, a story of romance and revolution...

Kasey Phillips thought her biggest problem was deciding whether to photograph Cody Tuggle's honky-tonkin' tour, until an accident on Route 58 claims the life of her husband. Hurricane Ernesto threatens the region. In a desperate race against time they search for Kasey's three-year-old son...

"Dazzling...as funny as it is poignant, nostalgic as it is sharp." --Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After A book editor spends one last summer on Fire Island in this sparkling and surprising new novel from the author of A...

An NPR Books We Love selection for 2023 "An unforgettable read that should be at the top of every TBR list."--NPR In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women's pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to...

Love isn't just an act in this captivating and flirty romance by New York Times bestselling author Jane Porter. Forty-nine-year-old Margot Hughes has lived and breathed theater for the past twenty-five years. After a devastating breakup with her playwright fiancé, she wants nothing to...

Welcome to Black Dog Bay, a tiny seaside town in Delaware known as "the best place in America to bounce back from your breakup." Home to the Better Off Bed-and-Breakfast, the Eat Your Heart Out bakery, and the Whinery bar, Black Dog Bay offers...

An intricately crafted story of madness, magic and misfortune across three generations from the author of The Middle of Somewhere and House Broken... Vermont, 1972. Carole LaPorte has a satisfying, ordinary life. She cares for her children, balances the books for the family's auto...

"Urgent, haunting, and fearless." --Megan Abbott, author of Beware the Woman"Sing Her Down hits like a shotgun blast." --Dennis Lehane, author of Small MerciesCormac McCarthy meets Killing Eve in this gritty, razor-sharp thriller following two indelible women on a path to certain destructionWith blistering,...

From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it. Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, Arkansas, the small town they all fled after high...

From the bestselling author of Villa of Sun and Secrets. A sweeping, bittersweet love story amidst the glitz and the glamour of the French Riviera. Two very different women are starring in their own real-life dramas behind the scenes of the Cannes Film Festival....

It's not easy being a grown-up, but at 47, Eleanor hoped she'd bebetter at it by now... When Eleanor waves her daughter off for a gap-year trip, she finds herself stuck as a satellite wife, spinning in faithful orbit around her domineering husband, with...

'It's just a phase, ' they said. 'These are the happiest years of your life, ' they said...Mother of one and professional writer Saoirse (pronounced Seersha, not Searcy - thanks a bunch Game of Thrones ) is still adjusting to the demands of motherhood,...

'It's just a phase, ' they said. 'These are the happiest years of your life, ' they said...Mother of one and professional writer Saoirse (pronounced Seersha, not Searcy - thanks a bunch Game of Thrones!) is still adjusting to the demands of motherhood, four...

From the bestselling author of Villa of Sun and Secrets. A sweeping, bittersweet love story amidst the glitz and the glamour of the French Riviera. Two very different women are starring in their own real-life dramas behind the scenes of the Cannes Film Festival....

What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the city streets of Glasgow. Maybe she doesn't believe in serendipity, but a rare moment of kindness and a lost ring conspire to call her...

Now recognised as a pioneering exploration of gender freedom, from an era when female agency was rare and shocking. Written in the late Victorian era, The Awakening features a young woman who flings aside the norms of society and rejects her role as wife...

A fantasy from an early feminist writer who dared explore a world without men. A lost-world fantasy in the tradition of Arthur Conan Doyle and the Utopianism of William Morris, Herland inverted expectations with its exclusively female society visited by three men from the...

Cottage Two, Bracken Ridge Farm sits at the end of a pitted track, with the glorious Yorkshire moors stretching behind it. Just a simple two up, two down, the cottage holds the promise of a new start for two very different women, but it...

Perfect summer reading for fans of Jessica Redland, Holly Martin and Sue Moorcroft.Welcome to Heritage Cove, the little village by the sea brimming with character, community and friendship, and the perfect place to fall in love this summer...Melissa rushes back to Heritage Cove when...

Perfect summer reading for fans of Jessica Redland, Holly Martin and Sue Moorcroft.Welcome to Heritage Cove, the little village by the sea brimming with character, community and friendship, and the perfect place to fall in love this summer...Melissa rushes back to Heritage Cove when...

'Such a joy of a book' Faith Hogan, author of The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club'Family stalemates are unravelled in this moving novel about three strong women told with Samantha's warmth, humour and empathy' Zoe Folbigg, author of The NoteOne forgotten discovery will change three...

The brand new novel from #1 bestseller Shari Low!Colm O'Flynn was loved by his close circle of family and friends, however his death came too soon for everyone to make peace with their past.Shauna, his second wife, adored him. But one night she broke...

Abbey Carter should be feeling on top of the world. She has the home of her dreams - a picturesque cottage just walking distance from her beloved Primrose Woods. She has a job she adores, great friends, and most exciting of all - a...

'Before We Grow Old had me from the first page, and crying buckets by the last!' Katy ReganWhen seven-year-old Fran first met Will they knew instantly that they were made for each other. For eleven years they were inseparable, but then, at the age...

When Ollie Tennyson was sixteen, she wrote a Dream List of all the things she wanted for her life. But at twenty-nine, Ollie is single, living at home with her over-protective mother, and her dreams are getting further out of reach.It's time for a...

Taking a chance on love is just the beginning...All NEW from bestselling author Kate Frost.When Harlow Sands arrives on an idyllic Greek island to work on a big budget movie, it should be the opportunity of a lifetime. But her uncertainty over the direction...

Taking a chance on love is just the beginning...All NEW from bestselling author Kate Frost.When Harlow Sands arrives on an idyllic Greek island to work on a big budget movie, it should be the opportunity of a lifetime. But her uncertainty over the direction...

Can two strangers dreams lead to their destiny?American Star Mendoza is living in her dream location, Edinburgh, a place she discovered in British novels while growing up.Employed at a trendy city centre coffee shop, quirky, pink-haired Star spends her days fantasising about a handsome...

Do you love someone enough to let them go?It was love at first sight when talented art student Felicity "Flick" Johnston-Hart and Jim MacDuff's worlds collided at Oxford University.However, after years of blissful marriage, everything crashes down when their marriage comes to a painful...

Everything can change - In Just One DayFlora has always adored her brother Billy. Born just eighteen months apart, their childhood was spent like two peas in a pod - no one could separate them. Now, as adults, they remain the best of friends....

Sometimes you just need a little Christmas magic to make your wishes come true...When master chocolatier, Charlee, takes the leap to move to the picturesque seaside town of Whitsborough Bay, she is determined to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and set up a chocolate...

A gripping, emotional book that asks the question: What does it take to be a parent?Brand new from the bestselling author of The Last Days of UsIn one split second, Aidan Whelan's perfect world is changed forever when his wife Rowan and three-year old...

The brand new instalment in Jessica Redland's bestselling Hedgehog Hollow series!It's time for the wedding we've all been waiting for...Life at Hedgehog Hollow is never dull, although Samantha hopes that the new year ahead will be a little less chaotic as she prepares to...

Everyone deserves a second chance...right?Escape to the Villa in the South of France with Top 10 international bestseller Jennifer Bohnet, for an uplifting story of family, love and second chances.Run by sisters Rebecca and Delphine, Villa Sesame is a popular venue for small intimate...

Escape to hills high above the French Riviera with international bestseller Jennifer Bohnet.After tragically losing her husband, Nicola Jacques and her teenage son Oliver relocate to his father's family's olive farm in the hills above the French Riviera.Due to a family feud, Oliver has...

Do you want to read The Yellow Wallpaper? If so then keep reading...The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman - is a much celebrated and classic tale by one of the worlds most loved authors. This work is considered an important early work in feminist...

It's never too late to live the dream...'Unputdownable, a heart-warming story of love, family and friendship in the glorious south of France. What's not to love!' Lucy ColemanCarla Sullivan's 50th birthday is fast approaching when her whole world is turned upside down. Discovering her...

When life demands that you make a choice, how do you know you are making the right one?Tabitha Thomas gave up on a happy family life with Michael her absent, high-flying husband long ago. Instead, she pooled all her energies into their daughter, Rosie,...

Washington, D.C., 1870sAt a glittering White House gala, Abigail Cabot discovers the man of her dreams. Only, he's not interested...yet. So the gifted lady astronomer, whose passion for measuring stars has left her woefully lacking in social graces, seeks someone to educate her...someone who...

An unbroken horse, a broken man, an estate that needed herVirginia, 1854. Once a privileged son of the South, Hunter Calhoun now stands a widower shadowed by the scandal of his wife's death. Burying himself in his success with breeding Thoroughbred racehorses, he has...

From neighbors to friends to lovers? All the makings of a risky second-chance romance by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Brogan.Since Carli Lancaster's divorce, she's worked hard to keep life as normal as possible for her daughters. When she lands...

From the bestselling author of The Bloodletter's Daughter comes a historical novel about a defiant seventeenth-century artist who dared to feed her passions and explore the limitless possibilities of art.Born in the bustling artist quarter of Rome, Artemisia, daughter of renowned painter Orazio Gentileschi,...

Someone is watching Hope Miller. She's sure of it, but neither the police nor her boyfriend believe her. Despite being raised in foster care, Hope has always seen the best in people-until now. When she gets mugged during her third trimester, her life gets...

Not him. Not now. Not the hell again.But I need a hero fast...I'm about to go nuclear.Yet I have to smile and pretend I won't slap him into the next century.James Nobel and I have history.The raging hearts, dueling kisses, nights on fire kind.A...

A must read Romantic Comedy. Being called the worst boyfriend can do a number on a man's ego. But I handled it the way any full-grown adult male would-by eating copious amounts of carbs and wallowing over whether I was good enough.I admit, it...