Fiction - Women

In spite of a diving accident that has left her paralyzed for more than thirty years, Joni Eareckson Tada has been able to build a life of faith and purpose. The peace she has found as she confronts the painful realities of life as...

CAUGHT IN THE BACKWASH, THEY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES... For fans of Megan Abbott and Chris Bohjalian comes a novel of moral complexity about friends who must choose between self-preservation and doing the right thing in the wake of a fatal boating...

Twenty years ago she had her whole life spread out before her. She was Bess Walsh, a freshly scrubbed middle-class student ready to conquer the design world. And she was taken. Absolutely and completely. But not by Andy, her well-groomed, intellectual boyfriend who hinted...

One night changes everything for three women. . . .When Addison Killbourn's husband is involved in a car accident that leaves a woman dead, her perfectly constructed life crumbles apart. With her husband's memory of that night gone and the revelation of a potentially...

No One Expects a Curveball For Rylan Cates, the gloriously sunny beachside town of Barefoot William may be home, but the pro baseball player needs to focus on spring training. Hiring a personal assistant to keep him and his four dogs organized for the...

Eleven-year-old Lauren O'Neil vanished one sunny afternoon as she walked home from school. Six years later, her parents Rachel and Dan still tirelessly scour their Oregon hometown and beyond, always believing Lauren will be found. Then one day, the call comes.Lauren has been rescued...

The tenth novel in Mercedes Lackey's magical Elemental Masters series reimagines the fairy tale Rapunzel in a richly-detailed alternate Victorian world Giselle had lived fourteen years of her life in an abandoned tower. Her mother kept Giselle, a young Air Master still growing into...

Thea Osborne and her loyal spaniel Hepzie are still pursuing their occupation as house-sitters, despite the disastrous incidents of the past. At the moment they are staying in the late Greta Simmonds' house, which is currently between ownership. But when a body is discovered...

The sexy page-turner picks up where the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollywood Wives left off showing Jackie Collins at her "ultra-celeb, super accessorized, bestselling best" (Publishers Weekly). Power. Sex. Money. Fame. The new Hollywood wives have it all. And if they don't have...

It's brains versus Botox Lizzie's life is so perfect she has to look down to see cloud nine...until she realizes she's about to hit the dreaded four-oh. For most women, turning forty is more dangerous than wearing a bikini thong in a big surf....

In this dazzling and critically acclaimed debut collection, Mary Yukari Waters provides a rare glimpse into the heart and humanity of a society in the midst of immense change. These graceful, expertly crafted stories, set in Japan, explore the gray areas between the long...

Anita Diamant, whose rich portrayal of the biblical world of women illuminated her acclaimed international bestseller The Red Tent, now crafts a moving novel of contemporary female friendship. Good Harbor is the long stretch of Cape Ann beach where two women friends walk and...

The nineteenth installment of the beloved and New York Times bestselling Miss Julia series With her husband Sam off on a trip to Europe, Miss Julia reckons it's about time to roll up her sleeves and be of some use to her community. It's...

A can't-miss story of family and lies, secrets and repressed memories, set against the stunning backdrop of Nantucket."An exceptional and poignant escape to Nantucket." --Kathi MaciasLynette Carlisle witnessed her mother's death twelve years ago. But her memory only speaks through nightmares. Her four older...

Melinda LeBlanc, at 30, makes an untriumphant return to Harrow, Massachusetts, her recently gentrified hometown. She's unmarried, romanced out, designing wedding bouquets for old classmates who hadn't known a fraction of her early popularity. So why is she alone--not counting the occasional horizontal encounter--while...

William Macdonald is at the pinnacle of his career. Pastor of a growing megachurch and host of a successful national radio programme. Clever and respected, he's a man with everything, including a secret. His wife has left him and he can't risk anyone finding...

Physiotherapist Esther has survived cancer, but wounds within her family remain unhealed. Is her revived faith the reason for the rift or could a simmering secret be the root cause? Cosmetics consultant Rachel buried her past - and her father's God - but the...

Instead of a wedding, Esther is facing radical surgery and chemotherapy. Where is God when she needs him most? Esther is a people pleaser. It's never been a major problem because she's just gone with the flow. Her father has always preached, "Follow Jesus...

In the tradition of Philippa Gregory's smart, transporting fiction comes this tale of dark suspense, love, and betrayal, featuring two star-crossed sisters, one lost and the other searching. Bright and inquisitive, Hannah Powers was raised by a father who treated her as if she...

Divorced. Murdered. Died. Divorced. Departed. Survived.A modern take on the life and marriages of Henry VIII, if he were a 21st century womanizing media mogul rather than the king of England. Master of the universe Harry Rose is head of the Rose Corporation, number...

My Mother's Apprentice is the sequel to Stuck in the Onesies." It's the story of the daughters, Ginger and Karen, who grew up as close as sisters. Ginger chases her dream to Jamaica, but Karen goes no further than her own backyard.The story transports...

She thought her life was over . . . When she's first awakened in the hospital, frightened and in pain, only the gentle, masculine voice of a stranger had the power to soothe Casey Farrow. Dan Murdock had dragged her from the wreckage of...

With forty-four New York Times bestselling novels to her credit, Sandra Brown is one of romance's best-loved authors. She has been hailed by Rendezvous magazine as an author whose "larger than life heroes and heroines make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes the first book in a series set in the beloved Pacific Northwest town of Cedar Cove.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes a heartwarming new series based in the Pacific Northwest...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A moving story of love and reunion . . . an absolute joy to read . . . I finally put Dream Country down at 2 a.m. and almost called in sick the next day to finish it."--Denver Post...

In this sumptuous novel, Barbara O'Neal offers readers a celebration of food, family, and love as a woman searches for the elusive ingredient we're all hoping to find. . . . It's the opportunity Elena Alvarez has been waiting for--the challenge of running her...

In a crumbling apartment building in post-Soviet Russia, there's a ghost who won't keep quiet. Mircha fell from the roof and was never properly buried, so he sticks around to heckle the living: his wife, Azade; Olga, a disillusioned translator/censor for a military newspaper;...

"Engaging . . . Yehoshua is a master in his visual sketches of scenes." --New York Times Book Review "[A] finely etched new novel . . . A marvel of a book." -- Haaretz? "Four and a half decades after his first book's publication,...

"A gem of a story" (Laura Moriarty) about the famed Barbizon Hotel in which three spirited young women form an unlikely friendship and come of age in 1955 New York.For a small-town girl with big-city dreams, there is no address more glamorous than New...

"Sassy, brash, acrobatic and colorful . . . I want to read it again and again." --Time "Impressive . . . Soffer's style is natural and assured." --Meg Wolitzer, All Things Considered, NPR Lorca spends her life poring over cookbooks to earn the love...

Two sisters recover from widowhood, divorce, and Bernie Madoff as unexpected roommates in a Manhattan apartment.Unexpectedly widowed Gwen-Laura Schmidt is still mourning her husband, Edwin, when her older sister Margot invites her to join forces as roommates in Margot's luxurious Village apartment. For Margot,...

In the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Love After All and the Play-By-Play novels, running from the past isn't nearly as satisfying as facing the future... Brady Conners is hardly the settling type, but when tragedy strikes in his...

From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters and B. B. Hamel comes a darker emotionally-gripping, standalone, romantic suspense. I should have known that one day I'd be at the mercy of a monster.And all I am is the daughter of his enemy. I was...

Regarded as the first work of unalloyed naturalism in American fiction. The story of Maggie Johnson a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution.Author: Stephen CraneISBN-10: 1517297206ISBN-13: 9781517297206Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/11/2015Pages:...

"One of the most prosecuted and banned books in history. * * * The classic novel of a young girl's exploration of physical pleasures. Young Fanny Hill is tricked into a life of prostitution, but she quickly learns the power of her own body...

LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES, indeed, but what happens when passion is taken to its extreme? The chimes of wedding bells instantly turn into the booms of bullet when G'COREY reappears to seek vengeance on his rival and reclaim MINNIE until one lethal mistake offsets...

Fate can be unkind. Would you dare to look back and risk her wrath? When you're a child of the favela, in the Valley of Steel, you know that Fate comes like a whirlwind, lifting some to great heights and slapping others down with...

THE STUNNING CONCLUSION TO THE LUCIAN & LIA TRILOGY... My name is Lucian Quinn and I own one of the most successful software companies in the world. I'm twenty-nine, rich and single. Impressive right? I'm also a favorite target for every hungry socialite looking...

Young widow AJ Sinclair has persevered through much heartache. Has she met her match when the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, leaving her separated from her youngest son and her brother? Tens of thousands are dead or missing in a swath of massive destruction. She and...

Everyone thinks his step mom cleans offices in the evening, when he drops into his local strip joint he is in for one hell of a surprise. When she spots him and they are left alone after hours he gets an even bigger surprise....

Love, loss, friendship, and the betrayals of the past all collide in this first women's fiction novel from New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Christina Lauren of Autoboyography and Dating You / Hating You.The story of the heart can never be unwritten.Macy...

From bestselling author Karen McQuestion comes a moving novel about broken hearts...and what it takes to put them back together again.At nine years of age, Logan Weber knows the routine. Keep quiet, make the food last, and don't ever cause trouble. He'll do what...

Three skilled aviators determined to help win the war. Three brave women who know their place is not at home.At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils...

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes an uplifting and poignant novel about friendship, trust, and facing your fears.No longer tolerating her husband's borderline abuse, Faith escapes to her parents' California beach house to plan her next move. She never dreamed...

A haunting debut novel about family and sacrifice, Winter Loon reminds us of how great a burden the past can be, the toll it exacts, and the freedom that comes from letting it go.Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen...

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of the "heartwarming and refreshingly sweet" (Lauren Layne, New York Times bestselling author) On the Corner of Love and Hate comes a story about a baker who takes her chances on a new town...and an old love. After...

When Isabella MacKenzie tries to move on from her disastrous past, Officer William Devine is determined to show her that love is the only way to heal. This sexy enovella, the final installment in Jennifer Probst's heartwarming Searching For series, follows the high-powered women...

In this "glittering, Gatsby-esque" (Publishers Weekly) novel, two generations of Quincy women--a bewitching Jazz Age beauty and a young lawyer--are bound by a spectacular and mysterious Indian necklace. Always the black sheep of the tight-knit Quincy clan, Nell is cautious when she's summoned to...

"Masterly deftness, funny sentence by funny sentence...a moving and intricately braided story of two mothers." --Jonathan Franzen, The Guardian This "beguiling, addictive read" (People, Book of the Week) and Belletrist Book Club pick about a blue-blooded single mother raising her daughter in rarefied New...

From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes the first novel in her all-new series, The Hudson Sisters, following a trio of reluctant sisters as they set out to fulfill their father's dying wish. In the process, they find not only themselves, but...