Fiction - Women

Abducted by an unknown enemy and fearing for her friends, Charlotte Duncan must draw on determination she never knew existed - and trust a mysterious stranger - to find a way out.When Charlotte is suddenly kidnapped, she struggles to find a way to escape....

Two young women are stabbed to death in Tyneside. But what's the connection?After a trip to the coast, Agnes Lockwood is shocked when she finds a young woman tucked away behind the litter bins in Newcastle Central Station. DCI Alan Johnson and Sergeant Andrews...

Mara is a werewolf. Powerful. Beautiful. Alone.Billy never knew about the paranormal world that existed right in front of his eyes. All he knew was his feelings for this strange woman he couldn't get out of his head.With an ancient betrayal weighing on her...

Fay invented a world of fantasy where she could dwell in happiness. Her friends in this perfect world were Belle and Persa, Enlai and Flor. She visited them on the edge of sleep, shaping their lives to suit herself."I dream better than other people....

Project X has made his mark on the physical world in a battle to save Claudia from the Shadow Man. He must possess her and he's willing to pull out all the stops to make it happen. She belongs with him in his world;...

Running from love, she found her destiny.Escaping an arranged marriage, Dody travels to Reno to help a friend. What she doesn't see coming is a stranger who captures her heart.Greg never expected the feelings that overtook him at the barest glimpse of the beautiful...

Three simple words. Words Savannah longs to say, but doesn't dare. She's made that mistake once already, at great risk to her fragile heart. Brandon seems perfect; the attractive, driven, medical resident with a bright shining future. But nobody is truly perfect, and the...

BOOK 2 OF JOSIE BROWN'S NEW 3-NOVEL EPISODIC SERIES!Audrey's worst nightmares are coming true: Despite being gravely ill, her mother does not want to give up her position as Head of Ashbury Academy, the school she created and nurtured into a success. Doing so...

BOOK 1 OF JOSIE BROWN'S NEW 3-NOVEL EPISODIC SERIES!Audrey Thorpe's dirty little secret will soon be the downfall of everyone and everything she holds dear: love, family, friends, and her high school alma mater. It's your child's senior year. A private prep school's reputation...

Following a nasty divorce from her rich banker husband, Maria Gowins is left with a rather unconventional inheritance-an old beach trailer on Banker's Point Island-and a whole lot ofcynicism when it comes to love and family life. Beside her rustic abode stands the three-story...

Some secrets refuse to stay buried, even in paradise.Felicity Bond thought she was retreating for a quiet summer at her grandmother's cozy bed and breakfast, but the island has other plans. Instead, she finds herself helping charming historian Brent Dunn unravel an island mystery...

The story centers around a young tea garden manager named Rajib, who finds solace in solitude and expresses his thoughts through poetry under a pen name. He crosses paths with Antora, a young college lecturer from a bustling city who appreciates quiet surroundings. Living...

Two women never meet, but their lives collide. Ulrike is an East German immigrant and Stasi survivor who still struggles with the effects of the totalitarian regime on her psyche. Her husband Peter is one of the people who must pay the price. Ruth...

1932. Natalia is 16 and a bootlegger's daughter, playing the mermaid mascot on a rundown paddlewheel used to entertain brewers and distributors. A sequined costume hides her scarred and misshaped legs, but it can't cover up the painful memories and suspicions that haunt her....

1932. Natalia is 16 and a bootlegger's daughter, playing the mermaid mascot on a rundown paddlewheel used to entertain brewers and distributors. A sequined costume hides her scarred and misshaped legs, but it can't cover up the painful memories and suspicions that haunt her....

Sometimes relationships do more harm than good... Three years after her divorce, Mary still finds herself in the shadow of her marriage. Timid, passive and thoroughly fed up with both, she decides it's time to take back her life. Fellow teacher Kelly is fed...

The Allegheny Mountains hold dark secrets and primal joy. Annie, who fled her home in the mountains and moved to California, returns again to live on the farm owned by her estranged husband. She settles near her friend Clare, whose feral ways are as...

Celia Middleton sacrificed nearly everything to become the wealthy matriarch of her family and the proud owner of Whispering Pines. After everything she's been through, does she have the strength to hold on to it all?Celia overcame rampant discrimination by proving herself, time and...

From international cult author, Tea Hačic-Vlahovic, comes a dark literary comedy celebrating and damning both coasts, following Val from LA where drug dealer crushes and cute homeless boys distract her from writing her next book, to NYC for a funeral for her writing career...

The Given-Up Girl is the story of Bonnie Koller, who joins the country's brightest women at idyllic Halstead College in 1969. With her roommate Hollis as her guide, Bonnie trades her skirts for jeans and her innocence for independence. An unwanted pregnancy forces Bonnie...

This is the story of Zonta, a woman raised jn a convent by her widowed mother, who is very conservative and traditional in her values and who instilled in Zonta, behavioral and thinking modes that is strongly influenced by social approval and traditional concept...

Meet Alva and Millie.... not your typical eighty-something sisters.While recovering from a mild stroke, Alva's vivid dreams of daring exploits spark a restless desire to break free from the predictability of her quiet life. Her sister Millie-a practical yet spirited counterpart-is skeptical of Alva's...

Paris 1946. A city on its knees. A young woman with a dream.All her life, Pearl Kimber has yearned to live in Paris and write. With the long years of WWII over at last, she's traded the familiar for the intoxicating allure of the...

Lila's got soul-crushing debt. Pierre needs a wife. Maybe they can help each other.Once she finishes these renovations, Lila can finally sell the money pit she'd been living in and get back on her feet. But on box store wages, that'll take decades. Then...

A viral video sets off a chain reaction that alters the course of Mel's life...Mel had her moves down pat until her ex-boyfriend burst in on her with another woman. Distracted by their kissing, Mel, who was filming a promotional video for her dance...

Lauren returns to Vermont to gather her things, but a random run-in with her ex-husband has her ready to get back to Ocean City.Lauren's friends, Veronica and Dan, head down to Ocean City to help her get settled and start renovations on her newly...

Anitra Pollard has lived in Blueberry Beach all her life, an idyllic small, lakeside town where regular people go to escape real life.Unfortunately Anitra's real life couldn't get much worse, despite the idyllic setting.Her husband left not long before her oldest son was diagnosed...

In this sequel to the much-loved book, Tears of Betrayal, it's been three years since Dalton and Amber married. So far, their blended family seems to be settling in. Still, there is plenty of room in their hearts and home for another child, a...

Amber's world is shattered when her husband Jeff dies suddenly in an accident.On the day of his funeral, in the midst of her grief, she is blind-sided with divorce papers, served only hours before the service.Forced to face how flawed her marriage truly was,...

In a town filled with lies, is there room for one more? Widow Devonny Campbell arrives in tiny Red Bud, Iowa, determined to make a new life for herself and the child she carries. But when her former career in adult films is uncovered,...

Three best friends. Two crumbling estates. And one trip that changes everything. When three barn besties escape for a girls' trip to Ireland, they expect a lot of fun. They don't expect to want to stay... forever.Natalie was always the responsible one, the organized...

She vowed to follow him anywhere. What happens when he's gone?1850, Independence, Missouri: Rebecca Tenney had the life she always dreamed of-a warm home, a loving family, and a marriage built on devotion. When her husband, Andrew, set his heart on Oregon, she promised...

Every mile takes them farther from home-and closer to the unknown.1850, Independence, Missouri: Beth McKinnon and her family leave behind everything they've known, setting out on the Oregon Trail in search of a better future. With six children to protect and endless dangers ahead,...

She vowed to follow him anywhere. What happens when he's gone?1850, Independence, Missouri: Rebecca Tenney had the life she always dreamed of-a warm home, a loving family, and a marriage built on devotion. When her husband, Andrew, set his heart on Oregon, she promised...

She vowed to follow him anywhere. What happens when he's gone?1850, Independence, Missouri: Rebecca Tenney had the life she always dreamed of-a warm home, a loving family, and a marriage built on devotion. When her husband, Andrew, set his heart on Oregon, she promised...

Every mile takes them farther from home-and closer to the unknown.1850, Independence, Missouri: Beth McKinnon and her family leave behind everything they've known, setting out on the Oregon Trail in search of a better future. With six children to protect and endless dangers ahead,...

Every mile takes them farther from home-and closer to the unknown.1850, Independence, Missouri: Beth McKinnon and her family leave behind everything they've known, setting out on the Oregon Trail in search of a better future. With six children to protect and endless dangers ahead,...

Caroline was a relevé away from becoming prima ballerina when, partly due to her own actions, she was injured enough to end her ballet career. With a strong determination, along with some help and hindrance from her antisocial tendencies, Caroline returns to her beloved...

Claire Blackwell can't find that damn white light. Thanks to a mishap at an intersection, she's dead and stuck somewhere between Heaven and what seems like Hell as she is forced to watch her husband and children unravel without her. While she struggles to...

Erin Walsh walked through fire and she lived to tell about it.Not that the volcanologist is interested in telling anyone anything about her personal life. She ran away for a reason and she ran from everything-her home, her family, her secrets, their tragedies-and now...

Sam Walsh is ready to call himself a married man.He's finally put an end to decades of self-destruction and turned over a healthy new leaf. But love and marriage are only the beginning-and it's all about to get more complicated. Tiel Desai never planned...

Sam Walsh is hanging on by a thread. He works hard at concealing his chronic illnesses and represses the lingering pains of childhood, but he's running out of vices to distract him from his wounds. Nothing feels good anymore. Not his prize-winning work preserving...

Fourth in the USA-Today bestselling PACIFIC HORIZONS series!Is there ever a good enough reason to let your children think you're dead? Since leaving her home in Maine two years ago, geriatric nurse Mei Lin has done nothing but make mistakes. For penance, she took...

Three years ago, Sofia Kennedy reported the tragic death of her girlfriend live-on air. Still in the closet even with her closest friends, she was forced to suffer her loss in silence. In the years since she's become isolated and sticks strictly to a...

"Emotionally gripping and explosive." -BiblioManiacAfter last summer's failed attempt at romance, Gina is absolutely done with men. And especially with millionaires. She has a good job as a fashion editor and amazing friends, and she's decided she needs nothing else. All she really misses...

Violetta Dorée wrings every drop of pleasure from her life, and Manhattan's social elite are happy to help, pampering their darling with endless luxuries. And why not? She deserves a little fun before she dies. But there are pleasures money can't buy. When Adrian...

Dahlia and Saul have hidden their love because he's a married father of three. After six years of hot trysts, Saul must come to terms with his dual life while Dahlia, as the single paramour, confronts her surprising ambivalence about sharing a future with...

All She Wanted was Family. Now She Wants the Truth. Stephanie Cortez finds her life turned upside down after the sudden death of her mother. Thrust into the ultra-wealthy world of her South American father, she discovers he has a family who does not...

For Hannah Fairchild, jaded Hollywood trust fund baby and aspiring astronomer, life as she knows it (financially secure, albeit emotionally frail) goes out of orbit when her father -- the larger-than-life legendary actor and playboy, Leo Fairchild -- drops dead while making love to...

There are two sides to every story, but you must be willing to listen. Marsha Winslow believes she lives a charmed life. She has a loving husband, a successful business they built together, and a beautiful home overlooking the ocean in California. But when...