Fiction - Women

"A heartfelt, delicious story." --Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia PalaceFrom the author of Husbands and Other Sharp Objects comes a witty, bighearted novel about the happy accidents that lead to love and second chances.Forty-one years old, the last of...

"A heartfelt, delicious story." --Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia PalaceFrom the author of Husbands and Other Sharp Objects comes a witty, bighearted novel about the happy accidents that lead to love and second chances.Forty-one years old, the last of...

Back home is the best place to start over in a heart-stirring Texas romance about friendship, second chances, and small-town scandals by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.Riverbend, Texas, doesn't look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting...

He came to Rose Bend to hide. But she'll help him find everything he's been missing.Leontyne Dennison is on a love hiatus. And that's just fine, because perfectionist Leo is hyperfocused on the success of her family's southern Berkshires inn. Volunteering for Rose Bend's...

In After Everyone Else, Bailey and her marriage are tested by a demanding job, new challenges in motherhood, and murder charges when her ex-husband who she hasn't seen in 20 years turns up dead and she becomes the primary suspect in the investigation.Author: Leslie...

*Warning: Dominant alpha hero Blake Roberts will own your nights and forever ruin you for lesser men* Blake has what he thought he wanted-Erin's submission, her trust, and the woman he loves back in his bed. But with her submission comes protection of her...

Warning: This book features a Dominant alpha man who will push your boundaries until you beg for more. Read at your own risk. Blake Roberts is falling hard for his old flame and won't stop until Erin is his. He doesn't simply want her...

* * Warning: This book features a big, tattooed, Dominant alpha male-give him your trust and he'll command your pleasure. All. Night. Long.* * Blake Roberts has everything he's ever wanted-fame, money, and ownership of the hottest chain of tattoo parlors in the country....

A Tale of Unexpected Friendship and Old Hollywood GlamourLauren Summers is hiding. Her fashion house internship should have launched her career, but a red carpet accident has left her blackballed. The only job she finds is unpaid, but comes with free lodging--a run-down cottage...

Considered the world's biggest superstar and the King of Romance, Shah Rukh Khan came into Anna Hazakev's life after a tumultuous breakup from her college boyfriend. Disappointed and disconcerted, she finds solace and immerses herself in the world of Bollywood, romance and Shah Rukh...

Brandy Chambers was looking forward to the birth of her first child. She and Weston move from San Francisco to the small town of Alameda to start a family, she's writing her second book, and Weston has a fantastic job working on the Oakland/San...

IT'S FUNNY HOW THINGS SNEAK UP ON YOU...Kate Willoughby is a champion for throwaways--discarded dogs and cats, abandoned horses bound for slaughter, and all creatures great and small. But she never imagined she'd be a throwaway like an old dog dumped by the side...

Like mother like daughter? Mary sure hopes not. Two decades ago, Mary's mom walked out.A few days later, her dad started drinking. He never stopped.Mary won't touch alcohol, just in case she turns out to be like him. She won't risk having kids either,...

The one passion they had in common was the one that would keep Jack and Sienna apart.Sculptor, Sienna Sacchi, is about to have everything she's ever dreamed of, when Jack Montgomery comes strolling back into her life as the owner of her gallery at...

Rookie cop Valorie Dawes fights racism and sexism in her hometown police department as she pursues a savage sex offender - and confronts her own #metoo past. For Valorie Dawes, #metoo means it's time to #fightback.Rookie policewoman Valorie Dawes has a mission: take men...

When a jaded romance writer takes up horseback riding as research for her latest project, she joins up with a horse on an accidental journey that will challenge everything she knows about love...Enter into New Jersey's legendary horse country, where wealthy women, six-figure performance...

A charming and uplifting story, perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove or Jonas Jonasson.Biddy Weir is a quirky girl. Abandoned by her mother as a baby, and with a father who's not quite equipped for the challenges of modern parenting, Biddy lives...

"Published in 2020 by arrangement with Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC"--Copyright page.Author: Ani KatzISBN-10: 1432877933ISBN-13: 9781432877934Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2020Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80dLarge Print

A poignant and heartwarming novel about friendship, ghosting, and searching for answers to life's mysteries.When Mackenzie, Sunna, and Maude move into a converted rental house, they are strangers with only one thing in common--important people in their lives have "ghosted" them. Mackenzie's sister, Sunna's...

Love is supposed to be the happy ending. Maybe it's only the beginning.... Fashionable Sophie Mills was a corporate manager on a fast track to success. Then, in the space of a heartbeat -- the time it takes for a car to crash --...

Nellie Hawthorne is a woman who has it all. A devoted husband, her own business, a wealthy lifestyle. But the Nellie she is now is much different from her past. A past filled with abuse, addiction, and men. Nellie's carefully constructed new life is...

Thin places. There are sacred moments when the distance between heaven and earth narrows, and anything is possible. Skye arrives at college, determined to leave her past behind. But suddenly she sees the shadowy image of her mother on campus. Eight years ago, Skye's...

Deprival haunted her.Regret troubled her.Silence left her detached.A life in the service of others is both penance and a blessing. She soothes her personal hell by pulling victims from theirs, helping them on their path to survival; never finding her own.When a crippling blow...

Emily has always cared for people, her husband, children, mother, and her best friend, Sue. Now she is 50, divorced, living alone and has too much time on her hands. A commanding old neighbour, Sylvia, acts as a guiding light for Emily, as she...

Alexandra has hidden from love all her life. She has watched from the sidelines as love has come and gone for her friends. Then Kate comes back into her life, her best friend from university days, bringing with her the unsettling memories of Alexandra's...

With her abusive ex-husband in prison, Jane Cowan finally has the confidence to accept a new job: head teacher of the primary school in the Kentish village of Wrayford. But her new life is soon disrupted when a mysterious intruder breaks into her school...

The lives of middle-aged women struggling with jobs and family, friendship and romance, are captured to perfection in this collection of humorous and touching stories set in the contemporary Southwest. Mary Sojourner writes about hardworking, hard-living, blue-collar women who fight quietly and fiercely to...

Writing of Samrat Upadhyay's story collection, critics raved: "like a Buddhist Chekhov . . . speak[s] to common truths . . . startlingly good" (San Francisco Chronicle) and "subtle and spiritually complex" (New York Times). Upadhyay's novel showcases his finest writing and his signature...

The sea wrote her fate as surely as if it could mark her soul. Atlantic to Pacific to Indian, the rip currents of her life always shortened the dead calm.The devil wears a Hong Kong tailored suit. Ava's mama warns her that he hides...

Teresa Francis could never go home again to the lush Caribbean island of her birth. Even at fifteen, as she fled to Paris to avoid scandal, Teresa knew that the island was her past, never to be spoken of again. Her future lay in...

A touching novel full of Southern comfort for fans of Joshilyn Jackson and Fannie Flagg. Dell Haley's mama always said there were two things a man couldn't get enough of: good cookin' and good lovin'. Well, Dell knows she's got the cookin' down pat,...

A riveting and poignant novel of one woman's journey to Bali in search of love, renewal, and a place to call home--perfect for readers of Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love and Alex Garland's The Beach. It starts as a trip to paradise. Sent on...

O Chonghui crafts historically-rooted yet timeless tales imagining core human experiences from a female point of view. Since her debut in 1968, she has formed a powerful challenge to the patriarchal literary establishment in Korea, and her work has invited rich comparisons with the...

Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princess. An appropriate gift indeed for her impending trip to Seoul, but Barbara doesn't know who sent it. On the plane, she avidly reads the memoir, a...

Already praised as "a writing powerhouse" (USA Today) and "among the select group of novelists who have invigorated the crime fiction arena with smart, innovative, and exciting work" (George Pelecanos), New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman is constantly sending reviewers back to their thesauruses...

Everything Claire Raphael has she's earned. On her own. The hard way. She built her part-time business up from nothing and made it successful through her imagination, creativity, and hard work. She has two great children and Dennis, a husband she loves completely.Then, one...

"Full of surprises and captivating plot twists all the way until the very last page." --ExaminerAn unsolved murder. A missing child. A lifetime of deception.In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder....

The lyrical, feminist novel that exploded onto the Romanian literary scene: a 21st-century Scheherazade recounts her life to a man from whom she is ready to part ways forever.Author: Magda CarneciISBN-10: 164605041XISBN-13: 9781646050413Publisher: Deep Vellum PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/08/2021Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 7.90h x 4.90w...

Ms. Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive, akin to that of writers as different as Richard Price, Richard Ford, and Richard Russo.--Janet Maslin, New York TimesThe highly anticipated new novel by...

"Propulsive . . . . Good books sometimes cut to the bone, and this one feels like a scythe." --The New York Times Book Review"This wise, brilliant novel is so special, so overflowing with honesty and love--about motherhood, sisterhood, what it's like to be...

Louise Moore's life is finally falling into place. Her health has improved, she has a beautiful flat, a bestselling book and has finally moved on from the pain of her past. She is happy and confident and ready to move on. That is until...

For fans of Kristin Harmel and Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls -- the bestselling author of The Piano Maker returns with a vivid, atmospheric, and deeply moving novel set during the final months of the Second World War. NATIONAL BESTSELLER London, 1944/45: Kate Henderson...

What if your life was spinning out of control? Where would you turn?A silent meditation retreat, deep in the Thai jungle, promises to restore peace and help its visitors achieve joy in the midst of a chaotic world.Lured by this tantalising promise, a Brazilian...

In 1880s Ontario, the arrival of a new, forward-thinking headmaster forces a young teacher to wrestle with her heart's conflicting desires. Lucretia Goodwin bucks centuries of tradition by refusing to take a husband. She wants no part in the custom that has her best...

Being loved, admired, and respected is totally possible when you decide to live the secret formula that Sofia Bosco shares with you in this fascinating love story that puts you in touch with the joy of living and the art of being a woman....

When she's asked to care for a young Black woman fleeing bondage, a white Ontarian must confront her privilege and the racism that pervades her community in this striking historical novel from the author of Angel of Mercy and Journey of Hope. Rose Goodwin...

Welcome back to the Starfish Café - where you will find stunning views, delicious food and lifelong friendships.A new season...As winter turns to spring, Hollie - owner of The Starfish Café - is feeling content as she settles into her new life with her...

I'm getting really good at cutting my losses.First, the husband.Divorcing him was the best decision I ever made. But between single-parenting and job-hunting, I can't catch my breath. When a celebrity blogging position falls into my lap, I'm determined to succeed. That is, until...

Meredith's life has been measured in men - some were a dash, a few were marathons, others she gave inches, and they took miles. But Sam was different. Neither of them could have known when they met all those years ago what loving each...

In the sweeping, poignant internationally bestselling sequel to The Vintner's Daughter, the Lemieux family's ambition to establish an American winemaking dynasty takes Sara and Philippe from pastoral Napa to the Paris World's Fair and into the colorful heart of early 20th-century San Francisco. It...