Fiction - Women

After a freakish death, a young Argentinian woman is left to observe the world outside of the "cage" of her body; through jarring vignettes and ruminations, acclaimed author García Lao creates a complex, intelligent, and subversive theater of the absurd.Author: Fernanda García LaoISBN-10: 1646050452ISBN-13:...

'A seductive blend of Samuel Beckett, Pauline R饌ge and pure madness.' Stewart HomeFrom mid-century working-class experimentalist Ann Quin, author of Berg, comes this poetic, erotic and psychologically charged mystery.Author: Ann QuinISBN-10: 1911508938ISBN-13: 9781911508939Publisher: And Other StoriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/02/2021Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w...

"Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." --Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursThe New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her...

True love comes once in a lifetime. Will she grab her second chance? When Kathryn Abbott moves back to her hometown following her divorce, she doesn't expect to run into Brett Falcone, the Italian Stallion. If possible, he's even more appealing than he was...

A New York Times Notable Book - NPR Best Book of the Year - People magazine Top Ten Books of the Year - BookPage Best Book of the Year - Good Housekeeping Best Book of the Year"A sensual and perceptive novel. . . ....

Two sisters in love with the same man -- one engaged to him and the other about to sabotage the wedding -- struggle to reconcile in this delicious novel from the bestselling author of The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Café.The Harrington sisters have never...

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850.Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an...

"A laugh riot all the way through!"They Say Three's a Charm. But Charming isn't Val's Style.Val Fremden is a lot of things. Quirky. Jaded. Disaster prone - to name a few.But more than anything, she's afraid of commitment.So it's no wonder that when boyfriend...

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 TRILLIUM AWARD - FINALIST FOR THE 2021 EVERGREEN AWARD - AN INDIGO BEST BOOK OF 2020 - A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST INDEPENDENT READ FOR FALL 2020 - AN APPLE BOOKS BEST BOOK OF 2020 - A CBC BOOKS BEST...

The best laid plans become happy surprises for two rugged Texas ranchers! Unexpected MommySingle father Chance Adams will do anything to get back his share of the family ranch--even if it means charming his uncle's ornery stepdaughter, schoolteacher Jenny Adams. But he isn't prepared...

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary...

A rescue dog helps a struggling young woman make peace with her past in Annie England Noblin's delightful novel. Who says nothing happens in small towns...?Tragedy sent Addie Andrews fleeing from Chicago to the shelter of an unexpected inheritance--her beloved aunt's somewhat dilapidated home...

The bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish--a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick--returns with a psychological thriller, filled with chilling serpentine twists, about a woman fighting to hold onto the only family she's ever loved--and how far she'll go to preserve it.Named one of...

From USA Today bestselling author Willow Winters comes a heart-wrenching, edge-of-your-seat gripping, romantic suspense. I should feel shame for not wanting this to end, but he doesn't want it to end either. When the darkness sets in, the flames all flickered out, and the...

For fans of authors like Barbara Kingsolver and Leif Enger, a stunning new voice in contemporary literary fiction. "Tragedy and blessing. Leave them alone long enough, and it gets real hard to tell them apart." Elena Alvarez is living a cursed life. From the...

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Love in Bloom series.**DRIVING WHISKEY WILD is a USA TODAY BESTSELLER**In DRIVING WHISKEY WILD...Special Forces veteran and Dark Knights Motorcycle Club...

Creator of mouthwatering treats-if she doesn't drop them first-Lily Nelson has one goal: her own bakery on Main Street. When an early morning mishap throws a handsome firefighter in Lily's path, her world is turned upside down. Confined to her cabin, dogged by a...

Her life has been full of hard knocks. Will he be one more?Dr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island's only doctor, he's...

He's like her fifth brother, but her feelings for him are far from platonic. The Gansett Island Series: Book 2 Joe Cantrell, owner of the Gansett Island Ferry Company, has been in love with Janey McCarthy for as long as he can remember. At...

An award-winning, lyrically written, beautifully haunting saga of a Haitian family's fight against a curse spanning four generations.Author: Yanick LahensISBN-10: 194192056XISBN-13: 9781941920565Publisher: Deep Vellum PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2017Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.70d

This gritty, sweeping novel follows a burgeoning political activist in the early twentieth century: a "precious, priceless book" (Alice Walker). "We owe our world to women like Agnes Smedley, who worked without peace or resolution toward a future they could not see." --Paola Mendoza...

Finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian FictionA Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant collects the writing of Beth Brant, Mohawk lesbian poet, essayist, and activist. During her life, Brant's work gave voice to an often unacknowledged Two-Spirit identity, and today,...

On a quiet summer morning, seventeen-year-old American exchange student Quinn Perkins stumbles out of the woods near the small French town of St. Roch. Barefoot, bloodied, and unable to say what has happened to her, Quinn s appearance creates quite a stir, especially since...

Alma Cruz wishes her willful teenage daughter, Luz, could know the truth about her past, but there are things Luz can never know about the journey Alma took to the US to find her missing father. In 2000--three years after the disappearance of her...

"Tense, moving, and hilarious . . . [A] dark jewel of a novel." --Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine Three husbands have left her. I.R.S. agents are whamming on her door. And her beloved cat has gone missing. She's back and forth between Melanie,...

Three women, each facing an empty nest, come together to cheer and challenge one another in this insightful, poignant new novel from acclaimed author Susan Kietzman.For years, Ellie, Alice, and Joan enjoyed a casual friendship while volunteering at their children's Connecticut high school. Now,...

When oral historian Ellen Margolis and her girlfriend decide to get married, Ellen realizes that she can't go through with a wedding until she tells her grandmother. There's only one problem: her grandmother is dead.As the two young women beat their own early path...

The second saga of Anne Brown and the Colebridge Community In The Basement Quilt, the debut novel by Ann Hazelwood, you got to know the family and friends of Anne Brown, a plucky florist whose daily ups and downs are as familiar as your...

The early novel that established Meg Wolitzer's career, later made into Nora Ephron's first film as a director. The third book by New York Times-bestselling author Meg Wolitzer (originally published as This Is Your Life), a smart, witty and perceptive novel about the daughters...

To begin with I'd like to talk about my wife. To love means, in addition to many other things, to delight in gazing upon and observing the beloved. --From Conjugal Love When Silvio, a rich Italian dilettante, and his beautiful wife agree to move...

"I told Helen my story and she went home and cried." So begins Our Spoons Came from Woolworths. But Barbara Comyns's beguiling novel is far from tragic, despite the harrowing ordeals its heroine endures. Sophia is twenty-one and na ve when she marries fellow...

A young lawyer's outwardly perfect life spirals out of control as she takes on her first murder case in this "dark, original and utterly compelling" domestic noir for readers of Paula Hawkins, A.J. Finn, or Shari Lapena. (Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author...

Finding a murderer requires 100% proof. In Seneca Lake, New York, Norrie Ellington's Two Witches Winery has been selected by the local vintner community to host the annual Federweisser, a celebration of the season's first fermentation of white Chardonnay grapes. But the festivities are...

An independent lady is accidentally betrothed to a spy with a mysterious past in this Regency gem from beloved, award-winning author Kate Moore. A volume of tips for the marriage-minded brought them together, but their sweeping adventure will change all the rules of engagement...

At once an epic family drama and a sweeping love story that spans both an ocean and a generation, Palm Trees in the Snow is an emotionally gripping and historically vivid tale of the secrets that can destroy a family--and the bonds that endure.When...

For fans of Jodi Picoult and Anna Quindlen, comes an "astonishingly profound...exquisitely written drama" (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You) about a husband and a wife, a missing child, and the complicated family secrets that can derail even the...

In this charming romantic comedy perfect for fans of Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella, critically acclaimed author Teri Wilson shows us that sometimes being pushed out of your comfort zone leads you to the ultimate prize. Charlotte Gorman loves her job as an elementary...

A beautifully told and intriguing mystery about two generations of Scottish women united by blood, an obsession with the past, and a long-hidden body, from the author of The House Between Tides.Libby Snow has always felt the pull of Ullaness, a headland on Scotland's...

From the Whiting Award-winning author of Pretend I'm Dead and one of the most exhilarating new voices in fiction, a "thoroughly delightfully, surprisingly profound" (Entertainment Weekly) one-of-a-kind novel about a cleaning lady named Mona and her struggles to move forward in life. Soon to...

For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns, "a rich, haunting, immersive story of cultures at the crossroads" (Jamie Ford, bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet) that follows two women in Afghanistan--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--as they...

Beloved and bestelling novelist Carrie Fisher's "autobiographical...funny, and touching, single woman's exploration of survival and motherhood in 1990s Hollywood" (Harper's Bazaar) is a dazzling romantic comedy full of "charm with a vengeance" (Entertainment Weekly). Hollywood screenwriter Cora Sharpe has what one of the endless...

"Writing with rawness and realism, Pekkanen doesn't hold back...Fans of Liane Moriarty and Anne Tyler will appreciate the story's depth." --Booklist "In her signature conversational style, Pekkanen uncovers the truth behind the lies as Josie comes to grips with reality vs. the mirage of...

Carla Neggers' sizzling novels are loved for their deliciously funny dialogue, electrifying suspense, and heart-stopping romance. Here, the New York Times bestselling author presents a fast-paced, scintillating tale of love, art, and danger.... JUST BEFORE SUNRISE Annie Payne realizes her dream when she moves...

Willa Peet isn't interested in love. She's been there, done that, and has the shattered heart to prove it. Ready to shake the breakup, she heads to Dublin, Ireland. But there's a problem. A dark-haired, blue-eyed problem with a bad attitude that rivals her...

From the internationally bestselling author of Moondust Lake comes an emotional and enriching novel of family, forgiveness, self-acceptance, and self-discovery . . . When the darkness seems too hard to bear, there's only one thing left to do. Six years ago, Daniel was a...

A summer wedding, a college reunion, a gorgeous Maine beach house-it's the ideal setting for bestselling author Holly Chamberlin's captivating novel about the connections that shape us, sometimes break our hearts, and forever change our lives . . . Bess Culpepper has long been...

Set against the natural beauty of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb's latest novel tells the emotionally compelling story of one woman's life-changing discovery about her past . . . As a child, Evie Lindsay was unnerved by...

"I love this story. This is truly the breakout book for Davis Bunn." --Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author When Connor Larkin boards a late night bus in downtown L.A., he's not sure where he's going or what he's looking for. Putting...

A charming contemporary romance by bestselling author Debbie Burns where love leads to a forever home not only for puppies, but also for the couple who rescues them.Olivia Graham isn't in a place to have a dog of her own, but her new position...

With this sensual and entrancing tale, bestselling author Karen Robards continues her wonderful trilogy of three sisters taking their rightful place as the belles of Regency England's ton. Claire Banning fulfilled every debutante's dream when she married a rich nobleman. Soon, however, the celebrated...