Fiction - Women

From the author of The Widows of Champagne, and inspired by true events, comes a gripping and heartwrenching story of two very different women united to bring light to the darkest days of World War II. London, 1933 At first glance, Austrian opera singer...

A collection of lost books holds the clues to her family's legacy...and her future. Hope Sparrow has mastered the art of outrunning her tragic past, learning never to stay anywhere too long and never to allow anyone control over her life again. Coming to...

Now a Netflix Series, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling story about mothers and daughters, secrets and betrayals, and a binding curse. The #1 International Bestseller Gabriela's mother Luna is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty...

From Robin Sloan, the New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, comes Sourdough, "a perfect parable for our times" (San Francisco Magazine): a delicious and funny novel about an overworked and under-socialized software engineer discovering a calling and a community as...

Joylynn M. Jossel's When Souls Mate is the sexy, drama filled sequel to The Root of All Evil What wouldn't you do for love? While serving time in prison for the murder of her ex-husband Reo Laroque's child, Klarke Taylor has lost everything, including...

Joylynn M. Jossel's The Root of All Evil is a sexy, drama-filled, roller coaster of a ride about a woman's pursuit of the perfect man to provide all her needs. THE ALMIGHTY $. SOME PEOPLE PRAY FOR IT.SOME PEOPLE PRAY TO IT. Thirty-four-year-old Klarke...

The Revenge is the taut, edgy, sexy, explosive conclusion to The Insiders trilogy by New York Times and USA Today bestseller Tijan! Bailey and Kash were used to living in the shadows. Now they are thrust into the public eye. Together, they can do...

Drawing together a delightful cast of characters, Ella Griffin brings her warmth, wit and wisdom to this captivating tale of the connections that bring us all together. Every bouquet tells a story. And every story begins at Blossom & Grow, a tiny flower shop...

Having graduated college with an eating disorder and a rapidly worsening drinking problem, our narrator is set adrift in the real world. After drunkenly sabotaging her plans to move to New York for a lucrative job in investment banking, she finds work both at...

Child marriages have been the topic of debate for many years. Having been given in marriage at the tender age of fourteen, Lydia Chais retells her story of what it was like being married to a much older man, a man who had over-stepped...

Have you ever made one simple decision that changed EVERYTHING? Even the smallest choice can have radical consequences as we see in this captivating story of our fierce heroine, Fanaye. At the height of Mussolini's fascist invasion of Ethiopia, a feisty thirteen-year-old village girl...

Come join the International Convention for the Red and Purple Sisterhood of fabulous ladies, fifty years and older, that are out to rock the New Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with fun and friendship! For Mary Jane Watson, a former Police Detective,...

Amy has a normal life. That is, if you were to go by a definition of 'no obvious indicators of peculiarity', and you didn't know her very well. She has good friends, a good job, a nice enough home. This normality, however, is precariously...

Sitting beneath a willow tree, Beth is visited by the otherworldly essence of her maternal grandmother, Milly, a woman she had neither liked nor considered in many years. The visitation triggers a journey of research into a life she had not understood and into...

Sitting beneath a willow tree, Beth is visited by the otherworldly essence of her maternal grandmother, Milly, a woman she had neither liked nor considered in many years. The visitation triggers a journey of research into a life she had not understood and into...

A captivating story of love, loss, family, and friendship from debut author Katherine Ward.Fiona, a teenager from Canada, embarks on the ultimate adventure - a year abroad in Turkey. Though leaving her loving family has her nerves on edge, she is immediately enveloped by...

A captivating story of love, loss, family, and friendship from debut author Katherine Ward.Fiona, a teenager from Canada, embarks on the ultimate adventure - a year abroad in Turkey. Though leaving her loving family has her nerves on edge, she is immediately enveloped by...

Lillian, a social worker, is used to making tough decisions involving families. Widowed in her 40s and haunted by a tragedy from early in her career, she's been struggling to find her footing. Especially with two troubling cases that are making her examine closely...

Lillian, a social worker, is used to making tough decisions involving families. Widowed in her 40s and haunted by a tragedy from early in her career, she's been struggling to find her footing. Especially with two troubling cases that are making her examine closely...

Ale Ferretti is back! ER nurse, part time waitress and now owner of her new fashion design company Vitale; Ale finds herself single again in LA after breaking up with sexy Security expert, Carlos 'Striker' Montoya. Her attempts at dating fail miserably. Sewing bridal...

Ale Ferretti is back! ER nurse, part time waitress and now owner of her new fashion design company Vitale; Ale finds herself single again in LA after breaking up with sexy Security expert, Carlos 'Striker' Montoya. Her attempts at dating fail miserably. Sewing bridal...

Ivy Reynolds has it all: a successful business, a large, happy family, and Vins, the man of her dreams. Until one day, out of nowhere, Vins doesn't come home from work. Ivy's increasingly frantic texts and calls are met with silence; another day goes...

Ivy Reynolds has it all: a successful business, a large, happy family, and Vins, the man of her dreams. Until one day, out of nowhere, Vins doesn't come home from work. Ivy's increasingly frantic texts and calls are met with silence; another day goes...

Threatened by the unexpected, a devoted rancher refuses to compromise her ambition or her legacy.Chloe McIntyre is determined to become the co-CEO of her grandfather's Montana ranch, but her father isn't ready to become partners-yet.Jaded memories of her parents' shotgun wedding gone wrong cloud...

Since high school, Amanda Wagner has lived in the shadow of a stranger. An unexceptional student and part-time waitress, the most interesting thing about her is that, apparently, she looks a lot like a mysterious girl named Jill, an MIT scholar and soccer star...

World Literature Today's Notable Translations of 2022The Millions Most Anticipated, 2022Words Without Borders Watchlist, July 2022An unprecedented collection of women's voices from the heart of Central Asia.From the foreword by Gabriel Mcguire: "I cannot think of anything quite like ... Amanat."A man is arrested...

Karma has some scores to settle... Choosing to live outside societal norms, four women, whispered to be witches, have kept a prickly truce with their small town for decades. Unexpectedly, the relationship becomes fraught when the only witness to a long-ago tragedy shows up...

In the final book of the Caroline's Heritage series, Caroline and Peter are caught up in the excitement of a rapidly approaching marriage! They are pulled in many directions as they navigate engagement parties, trying to make over Caroline's home to become a home...

Tala is an Alexander, her name notorious. In the Republic of Columbia, a formidable nation built on the remains of the former United States, her family's legacy is a prestigious one. Her domineering brother, Thias, is one of the top leaders of the country,...

***Braving the Shore was selected as the first place winner for excellence in fiction at The Author Zone Awards for 2023.***How do you brave the shore when what's beyond it holds more questions than the deepest ocean?Chelsea Beckett thinks she's finally got her life...

Why run from your troubles when you can fly instead?When Caity Shaw is fired from her first job that doesn't require an elf uniform, her older sister, Rachel, an event planner, hires her to work a meeting in Dublin. Caity jumps at the opportunity...

From the acclaimed author of Miss Burma, longlisted for the National Book Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction, comes an immersive and searing story of two women, their marriages, and the rivalry between themTessa is a successful writer who develops a friendship, first...

"Do we ever really know our children? Amber Garza invites readers to untangle the web of a family just like yours--or are they? This thriller will have you triple-guessing yourself." --Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I Disappear A mother questions everything she knows...

"I'll drop anything for a new Adele Parks: she nails it every time"--Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Apartment"Absolutely gripping"--Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of The Family Remains"Whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying"--Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author...

USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger's assistant goes missing. When Alex first began posting unscripted family moments and motivational messages online, she had no intention of becoming...

"This sparkling novel starts with high energy and unique characters that move from one surprise to another." --Ann Garvin, USA TODAY bestselling author All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover... That was what Elliot--the beloved...

Meet Julia, a wildly successful television producer who appears to have the picture-perfect life. But beneath the surface, things are not as perfect as they seem. Stuck in a loveless relationship with her boyfriend, Mark, Julia thinks a baby is the answer . ....

Escape to the mountains this Christmas...Alice Bright loves her life. She has a job she adores, a devoted family, and friends she'd lay down her life for.So when tragedy strikes, bringing with it Bear - a rapidly-growing puppy in need of a home -...

A remarkable story of love and sacrifice centred on three young English volunteers in the bloody Spanish Civil War, from the author of The Prisoner's Wife. 1936. Civil war is tearing Spain apart, and the world is on the brink of chaos... Twenty-one-year-old Lucy...

From the author of beloved Top Ten bestsellers The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club and The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle comes a delightful novel about friendship, love and finding yourself. Far North Queensland, 1993: At 74, former cane farmer Grace...

Four perfect strangers. Three days. Can one weekend away change your life? The unputdownable new drama by one of Australia's most beloved storytellers Coming together for a writing workshop with bestselling author Jan Goldstein, four strangers converge upon a luxury forest retreat. But along...

The heartwarming and hilarious new novel by the author of cherished bestsellers, The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village and The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home The Marjorie Marshall Memorial Cafeteria has been serving refreshments and raising money at the hospital for over...

Part of a curated collection of forgotten works by early to mid-century women writers, the British Library Women Writers series highlights the best middlebrow fiction from the 1910s to the 1960s, offering escapism, popular appeal and plenty of period detail to amuse, surprise and...

Part of a curated collection of forgotten works by early to mid-century women writers, the British Library Women Writers series highlights the best middlebrow fiction from the 1910s to the 1960s, offering escapism, popular appeal, and plenty of period detail to amuse, surprise, and...

No relationship is more charged than that between a psychotherapist and her patient--unless it is the relationship between a mother and her daughter. This disturbing literary thriller explores what happens when the line between those relationships blurs. Jody Goodman enters psychotherapy with questions of...

Translated from the Malayalam by Abhirami Girija Sriram and K.S. Bijukumar Jezebel, a young doctor in Kerala, struggles against the cruel realities of a patriarchal world-realities that not even her education, resolve or professional brilliance can shield her from. Her already contentious divorce proceedings...

Acutely observed, sharp and absorbing - an insightful exploration of the pain and beauty of mother-daughter relationships. The page-turning new novel from bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe.How can you know so little about those you love?With a coveted promotion dangling within reach, the last...

2090. Retired millennial Olivia has fallen into a familiar routine. Gardening. Painting. Keeping the stray cat off the grass.Until Dotty, her new seven-year-old neighbour, starts fiddling with her pristine front lawn. Olivia must now choose between the memories of her past, or the promise...

A COLLECTION OF THINGS; NONE OF WHICH ARE RELATED TO ANYTHING ELSE. FANTASY, FICTION, POETRY, SHOWER THOUGHTS, AND SPECULATION. SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU THINK, SMILE, OR PUT THE KETTLE ON. DIP IN, JUMP OUT. SHAKE YOUR TAILFEATHER. A LITTLE ADVENTURE. JUST YOU AND ME....

This story hooked me like a great song and I can't get bits of it out of my head. Tania Doko, award-winning singer/songwriter.What a treat to dive into this insatiable story. Jim Shomos is a literary rock star! Marcelle, Singer/SongwriterMusic never judges us but...