Fiction - Women

New York Times bestselling author and NAACP Image Award winner Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name Selena Montgomery, tells a chilling tale of lost love, dark family secrets, and hard-won redemption.Mara Reed has been stirring up trouble since she was eighteen--running scams, living...

Margaret and Liz are sisters who are about to get in over their heads ...They've been gifted The Seahorse Inn, a beautiful bed-and-breakfast by the beach in Cape May. Though it hasn't been open to guests in years, the pair endeavor to reopen in...

Author: Alexander McCall SmithISBN-10: 1432892258ISBN-13: 9781432892258Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2021Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10dLarge Print

Winner of the Sala Novel AwardWinner of the Humanities and Social Sciences Award for the Novel A cry for reparations for Lucy Lurie. She is the victim of an act of terrible sexual violence that devastes her life. Afterwards, she becomes obsessed with the...

In New York Times bestselling author Kate Pearce's sweet and sexy Millers of Morgan Valley series, the close-knit folks of Morgantown, California, have long memories--and big hearts to go with them. In this sixth installment delves into the behind the scenes of the PBR...

In 1816 London, Kendra Donovan tries to track down a missing man, but also finds trouble brewing closer to home in the fifth book in Julie McElwain's riveting time-travel mystery series. When Kendra Donovan is approached by Mrs. Gavenston with an unusual request--to find...

New York Times bestselling author A. Meredith Walters delivers an emotional, heart-wrenching story about the all-consuming power of first love--for fans of J.A. Redmerski and Colleen Hoover. Maggie Young had the market on normal. Normal friends, normal parents, normal grades...normal life. Until him. Clayton...

From the Bestselling Author of the hit Netflix series, Virgin River!Sometimes the happiness we're looking for has been there all along...Adele and Justine have never been close. Born twenty years apart, Justine was already an adult when Addie was born. The sisters love each...

From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War comes a novel set during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, telling the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as...

The inspiration for the six-part series "Little Birds" from Sophia Al-Maria.These thirteen erotic short stories by the acclaimed author of Henry and June explore the nature of desire, taboo, and female sensuality.From the beach towns of Normandy to the streets of New Orleans, these...

New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. London, 1939. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying...

Inspired by real events, a touching novel about a new class of courageous women who worked at London's historic Kew Gardens during World War II. In the face of war, gardening is their duty...When Daisy Cooper's new husband joins the RAF to fight the...

In this charming and poignant novel that "oozes charm and wit and speaks beautifully about friendship and love, and the differences between the two" (Laura Pearson, author of I Wanted You to Know), teenager Emmie Blue releases a balloon with her email address and...

An addicting and twisty debut about an apartment building devastated by the disappearance of a teenage girl--and by the secrets that won't be kept behind each closed door--that will thrill fans of Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena. One House. Three Families. Countless Secrets. From...

From Rachel Hawkins, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, comes Reckless Girls, a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an isolated Pacific island with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. ONE ISLANDBeautiful, wild, and strange--Meroe...

Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award and 2021 Kate Challis RAKA Award! "A beautifully written novel that puts language at the heart of remembering the past and understanding the present."--Kate Morton"A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia."--Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize...

WINNER OF THE WHITING AWARDPEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARD FINALISTRecommended by Héctor Tobar as an essential Los Angeles book in the New York Times.Carribean Fragoza's debut collection of stories reside in the domestic surreal, featuring an unusual gathering of Latinx and Chicanx voices from both...

Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that inspired the hit Netflix series...Virgin River became a safe haven for Sacramento prosecutor Brie Sheridan after she nearly lost her life at the hands of a violent criminal. Though tough and courageous, she has some...

"A sharp, funny, and eccentric debut ... Pond makes the case for Bennett as an innovative writer of real talent. ... [It]reminds us that small things have great depths."-New York Times Book Review "Dazzling...exquisitely written and daring ." -O, the Oprah Magazine Immediately upon...

"A luscious, layered story of inheritance, heartbreak, reinvention, and family. I adored this book." --Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author When a deed to an apartment in Paris turns up in an old attic trunk, an estranged mother and daughter must reunite to...

These Are Not Your Fairy GodmothersWhen Toots Loudenberry relocated to Los Angeles from South Carolina to be near her daughter, Abby, she expected to bump into the occasional celebrity. She just never expected them to be dead. Meanwhile, Toots and her friends Sophie and...

"Kleypas is a romance gem, a queen among a vast royal court of historical romance authors." --Entertainment WeeklyA stunning new reprint of a classic Lisa Kleypas love story about a man whos decided to forgo all romantic entanglements... until he meets a beautiful woman...

The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for...

A sensational 1954 French novel that has become a contemporary classicSet against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse is a bittersweet tale narrated by Cecile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose meddling in her father's love life leads...

Straight-laced and anxiety-ridden Anna never expected to save someone's life. When she sees a woman standing on the ledge of a bridge, she can't help but intervene. The unexpected kindness from a stranger changes the course of Kylie's life. Only now, she has to...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER * MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD NOMINEE * 2022 BOOKPAGE BEST MYSTERIES AND SUSPENSE * LIBRARY READS TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2022 * CRIME READS BEST NEW CRIME FICTION"Investigations are launched, fingers are pointed, potentially dangerous liaisons unfold and I was turning...

Summer brought Anna and Aidan together, but can she finally let go of the past for a chance at a new beginning? Lilac House has always been a source of comfort for Anna Harris. Though things will never be the same since her husband's...

An epic and cinematic novel by debut author Nicola Harrison, Montauk captures the glamour and extravagance of a summer by the sea with the story of a woman torn between the life she chose and the life she desires. Montauk, Long Island, 1938. For...

"One of the biggest names in Urban-fiction, Ashley Antoinette, is back ... An intense start to this new series with characters that are real and genuine. It's a story about love, trying to put the past behind and moving on with your life" -...

A chance meeting on the New York subway leads to the destinies of two very different women becoming intertwined with terrifying consequences in this nerve-jangling thriller. Sixteen-year-old Addison is on the run. She's leaving her life on New York's streets behind for a new...

Just in time for the holidays, author Kristen McKanagh gifts readers with the latest heartwarming novel featuring lovable, irresistible, mischievous feline ball of fluff, Snowball. By now, the kitten we met in Snowball's Christmas is all grown up, greeting guests at her Victorian B&B...

Note to readers: In the UK, this book is published under the title The Love Letter. "Plenty of twists, flashbacks, and a dash of romance keep the suspense high. For anyone looking for a dose of palace intrigue or upper-crust scandal, Riley's latest novel...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The beloved author of The Handmaid's Tale reimagines Shakespeare's final, great play, The Tempest, in a gripping and emotionally rich novel of passion and revenge. "A marvel of gorgeous yet economical prose, in the service of a story that's...

A New York Times BestsellerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Francesca Bridgerton, in the sixth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.FRANCESCA'S STORYIn every life...

"A teen thriller in the vein of the '90s horror movie The Craft . . . A beautiful meditation on meditation . . . Frequently hilarious, and thoughtful throughout." --The New York Times Book Review"The Lightness could be the love child of Donna Tartt...

"This collection of inter-related short stories examines the lives of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in East Los Angeles"--Author: Estella GonzalezISBN-10: 1558859144ISBN-13: 9781558859142Publisher: Arte Publico PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2021Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 02/15/2021Booklist 03/15/2021 pg. 30Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2021

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The much-anticipated conclusion to Debbie Macomber's beloved Rose Harbor series, set in the picturesque town of Cedar Cove, Sweet Tomorrows is a vibrant and poignant novel of letting go of fear, following your heart, and embracing the future--come...

Acclaimed author Karen White returns to Charleston, South Carolina, with the second novel in the New York Times bestselling Tradd Street series. Melanie Middleton has grown accustomed to renovating old houses, but she never imagined she'd have to renovate her own life to include...

"If you loved Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere, allow me to introduce you to your next obsession. --Kim Liggett, New York Times bestselling author of The Grace YearA tangled web of lies draws together three women in this explosive thriller of revenge,...

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK For fans of The Hours and Fates and Furies, a bold, kaleidoscopic novel intertwining the lives of three women across three centuries as their stories of sex, power, and desire finally converge...

Following his acclaimed New York Times bestseller Did You Ever Have a Family, Bill Clegg returns with a "delicate, deeply observed, and deftly crafted" (Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs) second novel about the complicated bonds and breaking points of friendship, the corrosive forces...

"For those who couldn't stop reading about Lori Loughlin and Operation Varsity Blues, this suspenseful thriller about the lines moms are willing to cross to get their kids into college is for you."--Refinery29"Book Club Winner."--Real Simple, Book Club Selection"A thriller for the post-college-admission-scandal age."--PopSugarNamed...

"Lisa Jewell leaves the chick-lit tag firmly behind with Before I Met You, a poignant story about a young woman uncovering her grandmother's bohemian life in 1920s London--and finding her own place in the world in the process."--Good Housekeeping (UK) "Jewell's moving novel immerses...

With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers far and wide, New York Times bestselling author Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure...

In Malina, originally published in German in 1971, Ingeborg Bachmann invites the reader into a world stretched to the very limits of language. An unnamed narrator, a writer in Vienna, is torn between two men: viewed, through the tilting prism of obsession, she travels...

Begun as a "joke," Orlando is Virginia Woolf's fantastical biography of a poet who first appears as a sixteen-year-old boy at the court of Elizabeth I, and is left at the novel's end a married woman in the year 1928. Part love letter to...

From No.1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes the gripping, emotionally charged novel of a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating crime. What do you do when the person you love best becomes unrecognisable to...

Growing up along the Oregon coast, Cassie George has always been fascinated by the ocean. She's used her studies in marine biology as a convenient excuse for staying away from her small hometown ever since her unplanned pregnancy. But when she receives a call...

INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER A brand-new book from the #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Woman Who Stole My Life. They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend...