Fiction - Women

From bestselling author Sarah McCoy, a sun-splashed romp with a rich divorcee and her two wayward daughters in 1970s Mustique, the world's most exclusive private island, where Princess Margaret and Mick Jagger were regulars and scandals stayed hidden from the press...It's January 1972 but...

The boundary between battlefield and home front blurs. Are there wounds love can heal?Marleigh Mulcahy grew up in a boxing gym, the daughter of hard-drinking parents who didn't keep a stable roof overhead. In the cinder-block Box-n-Go, amidst the sweat and funk, she meets...

New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble pens a heartwarming story of a mother-daughter road trip to the beach and to self-discovery.When reporter Phoebe Adams loses her job and her fiancé on the same day, it never occurs to her that she'll also have...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL A tragedy brings a young boy into the home of a "perfect" family--one whose dark secrets begin closing in, until a horrifying moment changes everything. Tommie Ware's life is turned upside...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING AMY ADAMS - In this blazingly smart and voracious debut novel, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. - "A must-read for anyone who can't get enough of the ever-blurring line...

When a phoenix faces death, its multi-coloured wings are transformed into a pyre and consumed by fire. From the flames, it rises, is reborn, and rejuvenated. In the same way, when we allow ourselves to be carved by the fire of difficult seasons we...

Imagine being an "other woman", and then finding out that you're not the only one. There have been many other women, before you and even standing alongside you right now.Jack learned early that one is never enough. Each chapter tells the experience of someone...

This stunning debut thriller, set in a girls' boarding school, will leave you breathless until the final page is turned.Sometimes girls are the meanest of them all...Female friendship is intense and that intensity can erupt into dangerous passions when teenage girls are cooped up...

One week, two friends, secrets revealed, and a wedding gone wrong. With the drama of Colleen Hoover, the romantic tension of Lori Foster, and the page-turning power of Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan returns in this deliciously unforgettable novel.Sometimes weddings...

'Cute, witty and fun!... Relatable and heart-warming. Loved it!' NetGalley Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Meet Jen. Flight attendant. Mum to a grown-up daughter. Permanently single. Age: Fifty (gulp)Number of children: OneNumber of husbands: Zero (it's complicated)Number of failed first dates in the last month: Too depressing to...

Sensual and surprising stories that play a tantalising game of hide-and-seek with lies and truth. Chameleon-like characters slip in and out of shadows as they construct elaborate ruses and clutch at worlds that remain just out of reach. Their appetite for life is by...

She can't hit the snooze on her biological clock forever... Love, career, kids-Brooklyn Monroe wants it all. Her beauty company? A triumph. Her love life? Total fail. At 42, that makes motherhood her top priority. With no man in her life, she's prepared to...

The story of two young women whose friendship offered--and demanded--more than either should share. For fans of Sally Rooney and Claire North.Sometimes I wondered if I imagined it, said Nina. But deep down I knew I didn't.Jess said, We did too much damage for...

Inspired by true events, this vivid and moving story of a young woman zookeeper and the elephant she's compelled to protect through the German blitz of Belfast during WWll speaks to not only the tragedy of the times, but also to the ongoing sectarian...

While Fiona and Pete are honeymooning, young Ben Palsson's discovery on Washington Island brings new controversy among the locals. Stoic, hard-working Nancy has a boyfriend, the Men's Book Club is reading Paradise Lost, the chip on Stella's shoulder is as sharp as ever, and...

The first book of Jenny Colgan's delightful new four-part series, set at a charming English boarding school on the sea.Maggie went to the window and opened it wide, inhaling the lovely salt air off the sea. Why had she never lived by the sea...

In the wake of her father's death, Katherine decides to volunteer at a nursing home. There she meets Hanna, a charming elderly woman with painful secrets, stored in an old hat box. Little by little, as their friendship progresses, Hanna's story unfolds, reaching back...

In GHOSTS OF AMERICA, on one unforgettable night, a sexist male novelist undergoes a peculiar transformation after being haunted by the ghosts of the women he has miswritten, Jackie Kennedy and Valerie Solanas.Fiction. Women's Studies.Author: Caroline HagoodISBN-10: 1934909718ISBN-13: 9781934909713Publisher: Hanging Loose PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2021Pages:...

2023 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Gold Medal, Fiction: Historical "The book reads as if it really is Davies' autobiography . . . . a timely reminder of what women would have been up against in Hollywood."--Historical Novel Society "The Blue Butterfly is a vibrant...

Mammy O'Mara would cordially like to invite you to the wedding of...well now that would be telling.The date's set for the wedding of the year, Valentine's Day no less but with less than eight weeks to pull off her dream day will this anxious...

A daydream. A dance. A dangerous rendezvous. After graduating college and arriving home to Painter Place in the summer of 1960, a young bachelor named Wyeth Painter dreams of living a quiet life. But his father sends him to London to teach an art...

From one of America's most beloved storytellers comes the gripping novel of a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating crime. Perfect for book clubs and fans of Mary Beth Keane and Jodi Picoult--this novel asks the question,...

From Kirsty Manning, author of The Song of the Jade Lily, comes a gripping World War II-set historical novel about murder, secrets, and survival. A forgotten manuscript that threatens to unravel the past....Fresne Prison, 1940: A former maid at a luxury villa on the...

Combining the incisive intimacy of Sally Rooney with the sharp wit of Helen Fielding, a compulsively readable and astonishingly relatable debut novel about marriage, motherhood, love, self and the vibrant, surprising city that is modern TokyoMizuki is a Japanese housewife. She has a hardworking...

Sun, sea and a sizzling romance... the perfect holiday, right? Wrong.After a work party gone disastrously wrong, Samantha suddenly finds herself jobless and jilted. So when her sister invites Sam to stay at her little whitewashed farmhouse on a Greek island, Sam leaps at...

Lonely people trapped in webs of their own design, seeking hope, love, forgiveness, validation... Five stories reveal the innermost hopes and fears of ordinary women, and men, facing the demands of others and of themselves in cool marriage and cold betrayal, exploring new avenues...

Twenty-five-year-old Polly Brady was supposed to fly off on a dating holiday to meet others, like her, who identify as asexual, but when the nature reserve she works at goes into lockdown after a terrorist attack, she finds herself stuck with Harry Weller, her...

A young woman trying to regain her identity and power within a world of loss and pain joins the police department. There, she finds much more than her own strength-she discovers love, passion, and desire too. When she begins working the murder of a...

The lives of the three Emery sisters were changed forever when Alex, eleven at the time, found their mother drowned in the bathtub of their home. After their mother's suicide, the girls' father shut down emotionally, leaving Alex responsible for caring for Colleen, then...

This Greek god is about to meet his goddess...When Eglantine "Harry" Knight sets off to Greece at the last minute to step in as manager of a friend's touring band, the last thing she expects is to meet a billionaire Greek playboy. Iakovos Papaioannou...

After their mother dies, two sisters return to the cottage where they spent their summers growing up. Nantucket Point is exactly the same: charming, warm, and filled with memories both good and bad.Janey and Tessa are cut from two completely different cloths, but they've...

This is the first English translation of Chasing the Dream, Liane de Pougy's first novel, published in 1898 when she was 29. It is the story of a courtesan in search of true love which repeatedly proves ungraspable - insaisissable. Josiane de Valneige is...

My darling girl, I watch you playing outside in the grass. Your long blonde hair sweeps back and your blue eyes are bright with joy. You are utterly perfect, I never imagined something could be so wrong and I'd be powerless to protect you...Ava's...

Tia Wang's Wedding Planning To-Do List: 1. Find a dress her perfectionist, future mother-in-law approves of 2. Keep her cool over fortune cookies 3. Divorce her not-so-ex husband, Andrew Parker RWhen she fell in love and married her childhood best friend on a whim...

From the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually comes a hilarious, heartfelt story about marriage, divorce and what the hell happens next.Amy and Joel's honeymoon in the Maldives was the perfect week of love, sun, sex and a free minibar...but unfortunately, it was also the...

Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary comedic duo in waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies, Norman decides the only fitting tribute is to perform at the...

Spring has sprung in the charming tourist town of Fredericksburg, Texas, and one of the tastiest attractions is a trip to Tally's Old Tyme Sweets--until a bizarre burglary leaves a bitter aftertaste . . . Tally Holt is thrilled to see her new replicas...

As the women of the Clifford Charity School for Wayward Girls fearlessly bring corrupt aristocrats to justice, they put their lives--and their hearts--on the line . . . Going undercover as a governess is a first for Cecilia Gilchrist. But once she's installed in...

Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. Ellison's breathtaking new novel invites you to a wedding none will forget - and some won't survive. At the wedding of the year, a killer needs no invitation*: nth-child(5)>*: nth-child(3)>*: nth-child(4)>*: nth-child(1)>*: nth-child(2)>*: nth-child(2)>*: nth-child(3)>*: nth-child(1)>*: nth-child(2)>*: nth-child(1)>*: nth-child(2)...

From New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin comes an inspiring and romantic duo - two heartwarming, feel-good stories.Teddy Winters was eight years old that Christmas, too young to understand all the undercurrents swirling around him in the tiny Michigan town of Dreyerville. He...

His dying wish was to set her free. So why does she feel so trapped?Jack had two dying wishes: that his wife scatter his ashes somewhere 'exotic', and that she not give up on life once he was gone. He intended to spur her...

You can't change your past. You can only use the experiences you live through to make your future better, wiser. Anna and her best friend George meet every week to remember, to sigh, to laugh, to reminisce about their moments of glory, guilt and...

Secrets are never discovered during the holidays, right? That's what these five best friends are banking on as they gather once again to Five Island Cove for what they hope will be a Christmas to remember.AJ has a real boyfriend now, and he's really...

Emma Troxler is struggling. She isn't very happy in her job as a security installation salesperson. She's always in conflict with her mother. She has few friends. And her marriage is not what it appears to be. The Beekeeper's Wife follows one woman's journey...

Sometimes just A Memory to Cherish isn't enough...Beth Cassidy is out to prove something. To the town and herself. When she decides to run for mayor, the one thing she doesn't count on is bad-boy Mac McKenna showing back up in her life. Mac...

Sometimes all you need is A Dream to Believe InAnnie Davenport owns the cheerful Bookish Cafe in the charming town of Sweet River Falls. She's perfectly content with her life.That is until Nick Chambers returns to town.Nick takes a leave of absence from his...

In 1968 two young Vietnamese sisters flee to Saigon after their village on the Mekong River is attacked by American forces and burned to the ground. The sole survivors of the brutal massacre that killed their family, the sisters struggle to survive but become...

She built the Sweet Island Inn. But can Toni Benson build a life of happiness for herself?Toni Benson's life has been a roller coaster.Years ago, the heartbreak caused by a cheating ex-husband left her in tatters.Then she discovered the run-down fixer-upper that would become...

They'll have to fight for their happily ever after...Rescuing Zoe is a fast-paced, steamy, contemporary, military, romantic suspense that will tug at your heartstrings and leave your heart racing.One phone call changes my entire life. My best friend's little sister is missing, kidnapped off...

Spend another month in Five Island Cove and experience an amazing adventure between five best friends, the challenges they face, the secrets threatening to come between them, and their undying support of each other.Eloise Hall has reached a turning point: she either wants to...