Fiction - Women

From Lauren Groff, author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling novel Fates and Furies, comes Delicate Edible Birds, one of the most striking short fiction debuts in years. Here are nine stories of astonishing insight and variety, each revealing a resonant drama within the...

Summertime is the best time to lose yourself in the romance of Honeymoon Harbor...When he lands in the emergency room after collapsing at the funeral of a colleague and friend, Wall Street hotshot Gabriel Mannion initially rejects the diagnosis of an anxiety attack. But...

Katherine O'Dell is an Irish theater legend. As her daughter, Norah, retraces her mother's celebrated career and bohemian life, she delves into long-kept secrets, both her mother's and her own. Katherine began her career on Ireland's bus-and-truck circuit before making it to London's West...

A National Book Critics Circle Leonard Prize FinalistLonglisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, BuzzFeed, The Washington Post, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, NPR, NYLON, Huffington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & NobleChosen for the Book of...

From one of America's greatest comic novelists, a hilarious new novel about aging, family, loneliness, and love The Bergman clan has always stuck together, growing as it incorporated in-laws, ex-in-laws, and same-sex spouses. But families don't just grow, they grow old, and the clan's...

In Brenda Janowitz's The Dinner Party, long forgotten memories come to the surface. Old grievances play out. And Sylvia Gold has to learn how to let her family go. This Passover Seder is not just any Passover Seder. Yes, there will be a quick...

Beth Kincaid left her hot temper and unhappy childhood behind and created a life in the city free from untidy emotionalism, but even a tidy life has danger, especially when it falls apart. In the midst of personal disasters, Beth is called back to...

Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry has her quirks, but no one-especially not her trusted friends Sophie, Ida, and Mavis-would ever question her loyalty. So it's no surprise when Toots decides to extend her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper. Though the...

I have no pride. I tell anything, Jill Conner Browne is fond of saying. As Her Royal Highness, Boss Queen of the Sweet Potato Queens(R), she has told legions of fans, known as SPQ Wannabes, her delectable secrets to living, loving -- and eating...

A national bestseller--adapted into a movie starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon--Anywhere But Here is the heart-rending tale of a mother and daughter. A moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer, the novel follows...

Feelings are running high in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green. The rector's plan for the neglected churchyard doesn't meet with universal approval; there is a clash of personalities at the local school; and someone has returned to the village after an absence of...

Now in mass market paperback, the "ideal read for anyone who's a fan of Christmas or dogs--or both!"--Sophie Kinsella. When a surprise break-up and a gas leak in her apartment leave Charlie single and homeless for the holidays, there's only one place to go--Cozy...

Margaret Drabble's novels have illuminated the past fifty years, especially the changing lives of women, like no others. Yet her short fiction has its own unique brilliance. Her penetrating evocations of character and place, her wide-ranging curiosity, her sense of irony--all are on display...

"An absorbing achievement . . . A nimble, entertaining literary homage, but it is also, chillingly, what James would have called 'the real thing.'"--New York Times Book Review Cynthia Ozick is a literary treasure. In her sixth novel, she retraces Henry James's The Ambassadors...

"Rousing fun." -- MinneapolisStar Tribune "A wonder of a novel, rich in history, humor, and heart, with prose that flows and sparkles like a sunlit river." -- Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon "Lyrical and humorous [with] gorgeous prose . . . A rich...

"A mesmerizing, head-spinning--and sometimes madcap-hilarious--take of have and have-nots."--People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE AND KIRKUS REVIEWS - "In the smart, breezy, sweet spot between Meg Wolitzer and Elin Hilderbrand."--Entertainment Weekly No matter...

Writing in wonderfully descriptive and fluent prose, Sarah Orne Jewett, best-known for The Country of the Pointed Firs, was early encouraged by her father to write not about things, but to write the things themselves just as they are. That she did so is...

From the author of Falling and Sister Stardust comes the New York Times bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home. Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket....

DON'T MISS THE ORIGINAL SERIES--NOW AVAILABLE ON PBS! A disturbing and addictive novel of domestic suspense from an internationally bestselling author, where secrets kept hidden from spouses cause shocking surprises that hit home... There's nothing unusual about a new family moving in at 91...

New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry portrays a woman burdened by the past--and the choices she must face to break free of it--in this emotional, engaging novel. Nine months after her father's death, Catherine Leary still hasn't fulfilled his last wish: that...

Acclaimed novelist Anne Rivers Siddons's new novel is a stunning tale of love and loss. For as long as she can remember, they were Cam and Lilly--happily married, totally in love with each other, parents of a beautiful family, and partners in life. Then,...

Here are two sultry volumes in one book. Readers can rest assured that these sex tales, which are recounted detail for erotic detail, will undoubtedly please and satisfy them. From fantasies come true to forbidden affairs to wanton desires, these steamy accounts of sexual...

Welcome to a milestone in the Penthouse revolution. And "XXX" marks the spot. The thirtieth volume of this bestselling series features special letters handpicked for their extremely sensual, provocative power. You'll cheer a football coach with a secret weapon to motivate his team-his sexy...

The hero of this story must bed twenty-six women across the alphabet, from Abigail to Zelda to win the wager. He beds divas and debutantes, playgirls and politicos, evangelists and entrepreneurs, throughout a great American 'sin' city.Author: Penthouse InternationalISBN-10: 0446609900ISBN-13: 9780446609906Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage:...

Penthouse magazine is the nation's hottest forum for contemporary sexual issues. This omnibus is an exciting collection of letters from real people about their secret, sensuous lives.Author: Penthouse InternationalISBN-10: 044655748XISBN-13: 9780446557481Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2010Pages: 496Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.40d

First time in paperback In this beguiling novel, Danielle Steel tells the story of three very different people, each of whom reaches a crucial turning point on the same day--a time to blow out the candles, say goodbye to the past, and make a...

The desire that exploded in Mastered continues its conflagration in the second novel in the Enforcers series--from the New York Times bestselling author of the Surrender Trilogy. In Drake's shadowy world, his enemies would exploit any weakness he had in order to bring him...

Unlike the heroine of her popular thriller series, Georgia Delaune can't afford to take risks or push sexual boundaries--unless you count spying through her neighbor's bedroom window, and never missing a single move he makes. Colby Wilkes is more than willing to put on...

A small-town veterinarian's basic instincts are tempted in this charming Animal Magnetism novel that's "full of cuddly animals, hot men, and confident women"(Fresh Fiction). Sunshine, Idaho, is a quiet ranching town, a perfect place to give injured animals a refuge...or to find one yourself....

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the first novel in the Irish Born Trilogy--featuring three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland. Margaret Mary, the eldest Concannon sister, is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as...

Two hard-headed, passionate people . . . Two stubborn opponents with tender souls . . . Sometimes wars of the heart can only be won through the sweetest of surrenders.The War Between the States may be over for the rest of the country, but...

PLAYING WITH FIRE Mike Cavanaugh was a firefighter; it was his job to rescue people. Though inviting them home wasn't usually part of the job description. But when he pulled Christine Palmer out of her burning house, something about the gutsy single mom made...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "Macomber hits the sweet spot with this tender tale of impractical love. . . . A delicious Christmas miracle well worth waiting for."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories....

Beautiful, fragile Dina Reich, a young woman in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox haredi enclave, stands accused of the community's most unforgivable sin: adultery. Raised with her sisters to be an obedient daughter and a dutiful wife, Dina secretly yearned for the knowledge, romance, and excitement that...

A tender, classic love story about the secrets that linger in our hearts and the choices that set us free? Some people aren't meant for happily-ever-after. And Deborah Standridge is one of them. When she called off her wedding to the perfect man to...

In Ann Garvin's "eccentric and endearing" (Publishers Weekly) novel, Tig Monahan, a radio therapist, finds out the hard way that nothing is fair in love and war...or family. Everything is falling apart in psychologist Tig Monahan's life. Her mother's dementia is wearing her out;...

Would you risk it all to uncover the truth?This secret is killing me.It's only one line from her fifteen-year-old daughter's diary, but Susan knows it means everything. Charlotte is smart, popular, and beautiful. She is also in a coma following what looks like a...

Mesmerizing and romantic, Stars Over Clear Lake transports readers to the Surf Ballroom, where musical acts became legends in the 1940s and which holds the key to one woman's deepest secret.Lorraine Kindred's most cherished memories are of the Surf Ballroom, the place where youth...

A Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the Year - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - Named a Best Book of the Year by Vol. 1 Brooklyn and The Globe and Mail (Canada) Emily Gould's debut novel is a searching examination...

The Good House, by Ann Leary, is funny, poignant, and terrifying. A classic New England tale that lays bare the secrets of one little town, this spirited novel will stay with you long after the story has ended. Now a major motion picture starring...

Lisa Patton won the hearts of readers last year, her book Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter became a sleeper-success. Building on a smashing debut, Lisa's poised to go to the next level―because whether in Vermont snow or in Memphis heat, Dixie heroine Leelee Satterfield...

*A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST* A razor-sharp, devastatingly witty debut collection of stories on adolescence, sex, death, being Jewish-ish, and finding one's way as a young woman in the world. A New Yorker endures a romantic getaway with a cash-strapped pot grower...

From the bestselling author of Vacationland comes a novel that perfectly captures the mania of the college admissions process as a seemingly perfect family comes undone by a few desperate measures, a long-buried secret--and a teenage girl's application to Harvard. "A fun, fast-paced, completely...

Aerospace engineer Esther Abbott doesn't believe in love, but she's perfectly happy to hate her annoying screenwriter neighbor, Jonathan. Until she's forced to strike a devil's bargain with him: he distracts her best friend from a mouth-breather ex, and in return Esther will help...

Jack Valentini isn't my type. Sexy, brooding cowboys are fine in the movies, but in real life, I prefer a suit and tie. Proper manners. A close shave. Jack might be gorgeous, but he's also scruffy, rugged, and rude. He wants nothing to do...

The hardest word in the world isn't "no." It's "yes."She's avoided men all her life... Growing up with an abusive father, Katie Lawry learned a thing or two about men and has made a conscious choice to stay far away from them. Until the...

A story of three unique sisters, the secrets that bind them for life and the summer that will set them free. SUMMER SECRETS is a #1 NY Times Bestseller!Author: Barbara FreethyISBN-10: 0990695190ISBN-13: 9780990695196Publisher: Fog City Publishing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/15/2015Pages: 392Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.00h x...

Jennifer has a great job and a go-getter fianc . She's on track for success, until she witnesses a fatal hit-and-run. Mistaking Jennifer for someone else, the dying victim extracts an impossible promise. Jennifer's fianc wants her to forget the whole incident, but when...

In the heart of Virginia where the forests hide secrets and the creeks run strong and deep Libbie Havens doesn't need anyone. When she chances upon the secluded house on Cub Creek she buys it. She'll prove to her cousin Liz, and other doubters,...

When Bridget, Cici and Lindsay left behind their safe suburban lives for a stately old mansion in the Shenandoah Valley, they redefined the concept of family. The friends, like the house, have faced many challenges and undergone major changes over the years. But the...