Fiction - Women

The award-winning author of The Resisters returns with an engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship My mother had died, but still I heard her voice... Gish's mother--Loo Shu-hsin--is born in 1925 to a wealthy Shanghai family where girls are expected...

A respected professor begins a secret affair with her son's girlfriend one summer on the Brittany coast in this intense, poetic novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop. Claire is one of Paris's most esteemed behavioral biologists, with...

Shakespeare is a woman-three women, in fact, who hire a footloose actor as the face of their writing. When they become suspects in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, their secret identity is suddenly at risk-along with the queen's life-in this imaginative historical novel...

Succession meets Nothing to See Here: The heirs to a publishing fortune are knit back into each other's lives when they are forced into the spotlight for their father's political campaign--and exotic animals begin to appear as an omen before each new debacle they...

In this Summer Escapes story by Scarlett Clarke, two rivals are surprised when their feud sparks a new heat between them, and soon their feelings start to seem more like love than hate... HER ENEMY...WITH BENEFITS? Cassandra Everett has found a home and herself...

Author: Hannah LynnISBN-10: 1728284325ISBN-13: 9781728284323Publisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2025Pages: 400Format: PaperbackSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.00d

In this Summer Escapes story by Justine Lewis, an architect's new project in French Polynesia takes an unexpected turn when she winds up being the fake girlfriend...of her enemy! PLAYING PRETEND IN PARADISE! Meg is sent to French Polynesia to view a site for...

A young woman must confront her abuser in this gripping debut novel sure to captivate fans of Sweetbitter and My Year of Rest and Relaxation. One night in college changed the course of Avery's entire life. Her rapist took everything from her--including the trust...

Following a harrowing disappearance, a woman returns home to her family--and a life-changing secret in a powerful novel about betrayal, resilience, and love's unbreakable bonds.After fifteen years in captivity, Nova Lefleur is free, back home, and reunited with her Louisiana family. Through her ordeal,...

Meeting her future in-laws draws a young woman into a dark labyrinth in a novel of mounting psychological suspense by the author of My Favorite Terrible Thing.Devon Ferrell and Richard Belmont are engaged, in love, and from two different worlds. Devon is as eager...

A story of misplaced expectations and unexpected passion from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. For a change of pace, renowned anthropologist Kasey Wyatt takes a job working for bestselling author Jordan Taylor, who needs helps researching his latest novel about the...

Bestselling author Nicola Cornick's brand-new heart-breaking historical tale of unforgettable courage, hidden secrets and lasting love, perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Philippa Gregory and Christina Courtenay. 1715: With the country on the brink of rebellion, Dorothy Forster's life at Bamburgh Hall is ruled...

Bestselling author Nicola Cornick's brand-new heart-breaking historical tale of unforgettable courage, hidden secrets and lasting love, perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Philippa Gregory and Christina Courtenay. 1715: With the country on the brink of rebellion, Dorothy Forster's life at Bamburgh Hall is ruled...

Reims, France, 1805: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot has just lost her beloved husband but is determined to pursue their dream of creating the premier champagne house in France, now named for her new identity as a widow: Veuve Clicquot. With the Russians poised to invade, competitors...

A breathtaking romance from Emma Cooper Liv is given the chance to live one life-changing week over, but can she change her future...? And does she want to? A gorgeous, uplifting novel, perfect for fans of Shari Low, Paige Toon and Beth Moran. When...

An old man dies, and with him goes "the last hope of the mad and desperate" in Paris. Alexander Reisden, ex-madman, refuses to be mad or desperate anymore. He intends to live a normal life. But he takes on the job of closing Dr....

A young woman's radicalization sparks a widespread movement and media frenzy in this explosive novel of youthful passion, political awakening and first love, by an extraordinary new talent. "A lush, cinematic and propulsive novel filled with sex, violence, glamor and a true revolutionary spirit....

A spoiled heiress must investigate her grandmother's death in order to gain back her trust fund, all while discovering how to be her own person and maybe even in falling in love in this rom-com meets murder mystery. When Pomona Afton, Upper East Side...

In this provocative work of speculative fiction, two sisters navigate the complex moral terrain of reproductive ethics, individual freedoms, and society's duty to a future facing imminent extinction.Charlie Tannehill and her twin sister, Maggie, are just eight years old when an unfortunate scientific discovery...

June Simpson has lost everything. Her family, the love of her life, and now her freedom. And it's her own fault.Drugs have taken her health and what little happiness remained in her life, and now, incarcerated after a failed attempt at armed robbery, June...

Chloe had always been the perfect daughter. Diligent, obedient, good at caring for the other children when Mom wasn't home. She always worked hard and did everything she was asked. But she couldn't please her mother and the parade of stepfathers. It seemed like...

National Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill's classic debut collection from the 1980s--powerful stories of dislocation, longing, and desire Now towering and inevitable in its influence on writing by and for young urbanites, Bad Behavior heralded Mary Gaitskill's arrival on the literary scene and her...

A visionary AI program upends a woman's love life and career in a moving, funny, and thought-provoking novel about connection, friendship and family, and the resilience of the human heart.Remi Russell knows this playbook all too well. She's seen it unfold five times over...

"Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin The author of The Garden of Small Beginnings returns with a hilarious and poignant new novel about four families, their neighborhood carpool, and the affair that changes everything. At any...

Wife. Mother. Witness. Liar.Jane has a great marriage and a beautiful teenage daughter. She spends her days illustrating books in her stunning lakeside home. Her life is as close to perfect as she could imagine.She's been lying to her husband for a decade.Ten years...

Rich with unforgettable characters, gorgeously drawn, and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death....Author: Elizabeth DeLozierISBN-13:...

Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life's challenges and finding new love, in this heartwarming and hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Eddie Grant is happy with her life and her work...

A sweeping and emotional debut from a dazzling new voice - for fans of The Paper Palace, The Dutch House and Betty. Coming of age in 1940s England, Alice's life is thrown into chaos under the shadow of the war. Forced to let go...

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby, spending his days trying to avoid trouble with the nuns at the local Catholic primary school. One evening his Aunty Oona appears on the doorstep, distressed...

As she approaches her eighty-fifth birthday, Milli Tarnover vows to sit on her special bench at the Seaside Arboretum where she enjoyed her best days with her late husband and son. However, getting there by herself requires tricking the New Dawn Retirement Village into...

Sequel to Cowboys for Christmas (1), Cowboys In Her Pocket (2), Cowboys in Her Heart (4), & Always Her Cowboys (5)After spending ten years in a maximum-security prison Jennifer Jane (JJ) Watson got early parole and a job on a remote Canadian cattle ranch...

College friends Lucy and Katherine reunite as adults--and build a new friendship as changed womenKatherine shows up at Lucy's Manhattan doorstep having run away from the marriage altar. Lucy isn't thrilled to see her former sorority sister--her own life as a children's book illustrator...

Cynthia Wilkes has hit one of life's terrifying sweet spots. At this time when change is inevitable and everything is open to introspection, an unlikely would-be prot?g? arrives, forcing Cynthia to reflect on her sense of family and of self ... and causes those...

Named one of the summer's best books by People, Glamour, The Huffington Post, and Pure Wow Publishers Weekly Book of the Week Named one of Refinery 29's "21 New Authors to Watch" in 2015 The first person to break your heart isn't always your...

"Witty, smart, and sharp as a stake....Tongue in cheek, a bit naughty, and unputdownable, Jane Austen: Blood Persuasion has a brilliance that Ms. Austen would wholly appreciate "--Colleen GleasonThe delicious adventures of Jane Austen, vampire, continue Janet Mullany follows up her delightful vampiric romp,...

Author: M?lisa RyunISBN-10: 1947775073ISBN-13: 9781947775077Publisher: Create Mode MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2024Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.77d

Greer Livingston, an editor at a small publishing company, has one friend and an aloof cat named Gershwin. Greer used to be full of life, but that was decades ago, before her father died unexpectedly. He never made it to her seventh-birthday celebration, but...

Warning: Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll!Fearless young photographer Maddy Garfield shoots love-ins and police riots in the turbulent 1960s, and deals with bikers, rock stars, arrogant diplomats, egotistical actors, and enigmatic Rastas in the '70s. But every time she encounters charismatic-but-elusive director Jake...

"An astounding achievement." --Megha Majumdar * "Her best book yet." --Paul Yoon Set in midcentury America, At Last explores a rich family saga centered on two fierce and competitive matriarchs whose intertwined lives reflect the complexities of family, tradition, and personal ambition. "Whole lives...

Centered around a group of nurses in San Bernardino during the first year of a pandemic, acclaimed author Susan Straight weaves a love story between the women and their forged community--a community beset by extreme heat and great change, yet one they'll risk their...

Velocity. Stay Ahead. Stay Alive. In the gritty heart of Brooklyn, bike courier Wren Hubbard lives for the thrill of weaving through traffic on her beloved Argo. But when a routine delivery leads her to a dying woman and a corrupt cop, Wren finds...

An "eviscerating" (The New York Times) novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all--from the author of Very Cold People and 300 Arguments "Is divorce the new marriage plot? . . . [Liars] pulses...

The woman's name blurs as tears spring into my eyes. I can't believe my husband would betray me like this. But now he's gone, she may be the only way to learn the truth about how he died... Two years after my beloved Jonah...

Meet Betty Block--docile daughter, woebegone wife, aspiring aspirant, and anti-heroine for the ages! Or is the narrator of Madeline McDonnell's farcical, heartbreaking, and formally brilliant first novel just another woman caught in the sneakily patriarchal plots of the early-aughts? And has she left her...

An astonishing historical novel of one woman's dangerous journey through World War II Germany and her life-changing friendship with a young woman decades later....Author: Heather MarshallISBN-13: 9798891644625Publisher: Center PointLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2025Pages: 500Format: Library BindingLarge Print

In this intense continuation of 1 Hour Past Midnight, Dior and Raven face the harsh realities of love, betrayal, and the struggle to reclaim their lives. Dior is grappling with her trust in Deon after a shocking revelation involving his ex, Kim, who claims...

Just Willa is a family chronicle of rare beauty-more than reminiscent of Willa Cather in capturing the regional flavors of America-stretching over a span of decades through an intimate focus on the life of one woman. In it, Helen Sheehy gives us a character...

Katy Lynne was in the wrong place at the wrong time. An accident resulted in a coma. She thought it was just a dream, but when her friends began to disappear one at a time, she learned something different on her trip home from...

'If you want a book that is exciting, fast-paced and impossible to put down, with plenty of twists and turns, then you need to buy this book! I can't wait to read more of Kathleen's novels.' - Emma's Book Reviews Some secrets are best...

Three years ago, Katie Wu disappeared on Park Jae-sung and broke his heart. Now, she's back in Seoul with a tell-all memoir. When pop singer Katie Wu returns to Seoul, her ex-boyfriend rapper Park Jae-sung demands closure. Where did she go? Why did she...