Fiction - Women

New York, 2016: Natalie Abbott offers help to hurting listeners on her popular radio program. But she struggles to connect with her own teenagers. New York, 1776: Mercy Howard joins the revolutionary spy ring to avenge her fianc , Nathan Hale, who was hanged...

They were six university students from Oxford -- friends and sometimes more -- spending an idyllic week in a French farmhouse. It was supposed to be the perfect summer getaway . . . then they met Severine, the girl next door. For Kate Channing,...

"A beautifully told story about one woman's determination to exorcise the sorrows of her family's past. It brought tears to my eyes more than once--always a good sign. I look forward to reading more novels by Sara Alexander." --Holly Chamberlin, author of Home for...

For nearly two hundred years, women in Ashley Tolliver s family have practiced the art of midwifery in their mountain community. Now she wants to take her skills a step further, but attending medical school means abandoning those women to whom she has dedicated...

A bright June day. A split-second distraction. A family forever changed. Life is good for Maura Corrigan. Married to her college sweetheart, Pete, raising three young kids with her parents nearby in her peaceful Chicago suburb, her world is secure. Then one day, in...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of Three Junes comes a tender, riveting book of two sisters and their complicated relationship. Louisa Jardine is the older one, the conscientious student, precise and careful: the one who yearns for a good...

'A heartwarming story about family, forgiveness and the importance of kindness' FIONA HARPER on The Kindness Club on Mapleberry Lane 'Comforting and uplifting, this book is a joy to read' MY WEEKLY 'A heartwarming tale' WOMAN'S OWN Home is where the heart is... Joy...

Coming soon The Midwife's One-Night Fling by Carol Marinelli will be available May 22, 2018.Author: Carol MarinelliISBN-10: 1335663525ISBN-13: 9781335663528Publisher: Harlequin Medical Romance Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/22/2018Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 6.50h x 4.20w x 0.70dLarge Print

Coming soon Bringing Emma Home by Stella MacLean will be available May 8, 2018.Author: Stella MacLeanISBN-10: 1335449248ISBN-13: 9781335449245Publisher: Harlequin Special ReleasesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/08/2018Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 6.50h x 4.20w x 1.00d

Cooper Harrison, a member of the Boston K-9 unit, never thought he would ever go back to his hometown, Harmony Farms. But when his faithful canine partner, Argos, is killed in the line of duty, Cooper finds himself mired in grief. Jobless, on the...

In this compulsively readable debut, set between London and Sicily over one blood-drenched week in the dead of summer, an identical twin reveals the crazy lies and twists she'll go through to not only steal her sister's perfect life, but to keep on living...

Eighteen-year-old Dakota Buchannan is determined not to be the messed-up, orphaned teenager with an over the top imagination the media describes her as. After her father's accidental death at Jennings oil refinery, she finds out that she has a much older half-brother and moves...

" A] bittersweet feminist antiwar novel . . . Brilliantly written, and cleverly mixing humor with bitterness" (Library Journal). Praised by the Chicago Sun-Times for its "furious, indignant power" and winner of the Prix Severigne in France as "the novel most calculated to promote...

Memoria tells the seemingly ordinary story of a woman overwhelmed by grief when her lover abandons her. The loss opens an old wound: some 20 years ago Emma's teenage sister vanished without a trace. Soon Emma will meet another man, but the return to...

Part mystery, part elegy, This Side of Sad begins with an ending: the violent enigma of a man's death. Was it an accident, or did James commit suicide? In the shattering aftermath, his widow, Maslen, questions her own capacity for love and undertakes a...

The sequel to the bestselling Martha's Girls, The Golden Sisters is a moving wartime saga that takes the reader to the very heart of a close-knit, fiery, loving family - perfect for fans of Maureen Lee, Mary Larkin and Pam Weaver.Author: Alrene HughesISBN-10: 0856409391ISBN-13:...

Championed by Salman Rushdie in The New Yorker, Qurratulain Hyder is one of the "must reads" of Indian literature. Fireflies in the Mist is Hyder's capstone to her astonishing River of Fire, which was hailed by The New York Review of Books as "magisterial...

Breakout sensation Monica Murphy returns with a hot new contemporary romance--a heartfelt story of second chances, forgiveness, and redemption.Commitment. That's what I really want from Colin. Ever since my brother, Danny, died in Iraq, Colin's done so much to help me, including giving me...

What's in a name? A lot, according to Caribbean-born Chastity, who has adopted the more fitting moniker Calamity. Now in her fifties, true to her name, Calamity is confronting two big life transitions: her beloved father has just died, and she is starting menopause,...

The latest novel from Ali McNamara, Kate and Clara's Curious Cornish Craft Shop, is out now 'If you like your stories with an added pinch of magic, you'll love this... wonderfully enjoyable' - Heat 'A magical tale of loss, love and finding happiness in...

The enchanting story of a young girl growing up in 1950s Ireland Little Clare Richardson is just nine years old when her childhood is abruptly ended, with the death of both her parents. Though part of a large extended family of aunts, uncles and...

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION* An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James. During the golden age of the...

Author: Catherine SteadmanISBN-10: 0593358694ISBN-13: 9780593358696Publisher: Ballantine BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/08/2021Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.17h x 6.09w x 0.81d

'One of the smartest writers of popular fiction around' Irish Independent Number 24 Ulysses Crescent is an elegant three-storey mansion overlooking the beautiful Dublin Bay. Converted into luxurious seaview apartments, it's now home to a close-knit group of tenants. There's former style icon Evelyn;...

Includes reading group guide with discussion questions.Author: Marie BostwickISBN-10: 1496709233ISBN-13: 9781496709233Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/27/2018Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d

The joyful and escapist Sunday Times bestseller about three women searching for friendship in a beautiful seaside town 'An emotional tale of friendship. This is Cathy at her very best' Sarah Morgan 'A wonderful story about how friendship gets you through hard times' Katie...

A professor finds a photograph of her deceased mother in a compromising position on the wall of a museum. A twenty-something's lucrative remote work sparks paranoia and bigotry. A transplant to a new city must make a choice about who she trusts when her...

As the sun sets on a feverishly hot July evening, a young woman spies on her teenage neighbor, transfixed by what looks like an occult ritual intended to banish an ex-boyfriend. Alone in a new town and desperate to expel the claustrophobic memories of...

Set against the glamorous backdrop of 20th century Alexandria, Carol Cooper's The Girls from Alexandria is equal parts contemporary mystery and historical fiction: a re-coming of age story about family, identity, and homeland.Memories are fragile when you are seventy years old. I can't afford...

Asha-lee has been blessed with "The Gift" but refuses to acknowledge it. Growing up in a house with chanting and incense burning, and her mother, Lalita, declaring everyone needs to 'cleanse their spirit', Asha-lee turned from being a girl wanting to appease her mother...

A canine Search and Rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness in this riveting #1 New York Times bestseller from Nora Roberts. To most people, Fiona Bristow seems to have an idyllic life--a quaint house on an island off...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER - From the award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel that "starts as a catalogue of spoken and unspoken rules for swimmers at an aquatic center...

A Most Anticipated Book by Real Simple ∙ SheReads ∙ BookBub ∙ and more! Inspired by a remarkable true story, a young teacher evacuates children to safety across perilous waters, in a moving and triumphant new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hazel...

Onscreen, they're in love. Offscreen, they can't stand each other. From the author of How to Fake It in Hollywood comes "a sexy lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romance that smolders then bursts into flames" (Abby Jimenez, New York Times bestselling author of Part of Your World). "Wilder...

A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion... Nada Syed is stuck. On the cusp of thirty, she's still living at home with her brothers and parents in the Golden Crescent neighbourhood of Toronto, resolutely ignoring her mother's unsubtle pleas to get married...

"You'll be gripped in this clever exploration of fear and vulnerability right until the flawless ending--one you'll most certainly want to talk about."--ASHLEY AUDRAIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Push NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY Newsweek ∙ E! ∙...

The village of Mere Barton would be a different place without local busybody Annie Roberts. Standing only five feet tall, the tireless retired nurse organizes and oversees all local activity with military precision. When Sheila Malory gets roped into Annie's latest project, a compilation...

Julia Darrow runs a thriving business in South Carolina, has a houseful of foster dogs-and she wears designer pajamas all day, every day. John Dodge makes a living moving around the country, fixing up small businesses on the brink of disaster. His newest venture...

Amanda and her daughter Clover live in a close-knit community of expats on Grand Cayman Island, an idyllic place to all appearances. But the comfortable island life can become stifling in hard times. As Clover falls for her first love, and allows her heart...

HIGH SOCIETY CAN BE A KILLER. Upper East Side socialite Daisy Greenbaum is accustomed to the finer things--designer clothes, summers in the Hamptons, elite private school educations for her daughters, and a staggeringly expensive Park Avenue apartment. But Daisy finds her well-heeled lifestyle on...

Iris Greenfeder, ABD (All But Dissertation), feels the buts are taking over her life: all but published, all but a professor, all but married. Yet the sudden impulse to write a story about her mother, Katherine Morrissey, leads to a shot at literary success....

A lucid, genre-defying novel that explores the surreality of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in a country in crisis A novelist attempts to write a book about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, a mother and artist whose harrowing pregnancies reveal the cost of human reproduction....

What makes life sweet? Freshly baked breadA cool lake on a hot summer dayThe comfort of a cozy bookstoreSecond chances and new beginnings When Harper Shaw's life falls apart, she knows it's time for a change. She removes everything that doesn't spark joy--from her...

What makes life sweet? Freshly baked breadA cool lake on a hot summer dayThe comfort of a cozy bookstoreSecond chances and new beginnings When Harper Shaw's life falls apart, she knows it's time for a change. She removes everything that doesn't spark joy--from her...

"Nicole Galland is exceptionally well versed in the fine nuances of storytelling."--St. Petersburg Times"Galland has an exceptional gift."--Neal StephensonThe critically acclaimed author of The Fool's Tale, Nicole Galland now approaches William Shakespeare's classic drama of jealousy, betrayal, and murder from the opposite side. I,...

Curl up with this uplifting festive read - perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Carole Matthews.'This wonderful story put a huge smile on my face' Lucy ColemanLast winter she had a plan.Lucy fell in love with tumbledown Rosemary Cottage as a child. So...

'As comforting as a slice of homemade apple pie' RedPrepare to fall in love with beautiful village of Burley Bridge.Growing up in a Yorkshire village, Roxanne Cartwright couldn't wait to escape and make her place in the world. Now, thirty years later, she's a...

After a devastating breakup six months ago, Mara, a famous but anonymous painter, lost her ability to paint, and with it her sense of self. Low on funds and desperate to find herself again, she moves into her grandparents' old cabin in Copper Springs,...

All she wants is the truth. Someone else just wants revenge. Daphne Sullivan wants the truth, about the mother she never knew and the visions she was told were dangerous-visions that make her suspect her mother was murdered. After her father's death, Daphne moves...

THIS AWARD-WINNING NOVEL PORTRAYS FOUR GENERATIONS OF PERSIAN WOMEN OVER A SPAN OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. IT DEPICTS THE EFFECTS OF RELIGION AND POLITICS - EVER CHANGING IN IRANIAN SOCIETY. TAPESTRIES STANDS OUT AS A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE CYCLE OF LIFE. THE DESTINIES...