Showing titles in Women's Fiction

Vier Fernwehromane von Danielle Stevens in einem Sammelband. Die Tierärztin Shelly zieht nach Neuseeland, um neu anzufangen. Nach dem Tod ihres Verlobten reist Lena nach Sansibar, um auf einer Gewürzplantage dessen Familiengeschichte aufzuschreiben. Vicky reist nach Neuseeland, um endlich ihren Vater zu finden, der die Familie vor vielen Jahren verlassen hat.

Elena Moreno Scheredre regresa con una gran novela sobre la emigración vasca a América. Un conmovedor e inolvidable relato sobre la nostalgia, el valor y el amor contra todo pronóstico. Domingo Arsuaga, marinero en Lekeitio, emigra, sin palabras que pronunciar, al oeste americano que le...

AFTER YEARS OF SUBMISSION, Mara lives in anxiety and isolation, unsure of herself and her place in the world. But when her neighbours chase her nephew off a cliff, she is thrust into the unknown and forced to confront her deepest fears. Mara must learn to love herself, accept her son's sexuality...

"An extravagant, absorbing novel of love, courage, ambition, war, death and passion", and the basis for the BritBox series starring Brenda Blethyn and Jessica Reynolds ( The New York Times ). Barbara Taylor Bradford's The Emma Harte Saga begins with this record-shattering New York Times...

*Shortlisted for the National Book Award* *Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize* *Winner of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award* Winner of the Paterson Fiction Prize ________________________________________ Meet the Turners: a big, complicated, loving, feuding, vibrant...

Pressure Mensah thought he had control. Four women remain—Pluto, Kashmere, Toni Roc, and his ex Ka'mari—and every one of them pulls him in a different direction. Pluto shakes him the most. When Pressure goes back home with her to see about her little sister, Zurie, he's faced with a side of...

'A darkly enchanted expedition into the eviscerating oblivion of motherhood' Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch When Alba wakes up covered in blood on the floor of a shopping mall, with only fragmented memories of how she got there, she is forced to confront a truth she has long avoided...

The seductive and shocking story of a twisted love triangle, It’s All River flows through the rapids of humanity. “Lucy was a virgin-whore. A dreamer. She wanted to test her power. She wanted men to fast for her, to grovel, to pay tithes.” Lusted after by everyone she meets, Lucy is the...

Barsetshire in the war years. Miss Bunting, governess of choice to generations of Barsetshire aristocracy, has been coaxed out of retirement by Sir Robert and Lady Fielding to tutor their daughter Anne, delicate, sixteen years old, and totally lacking in confidence. When Anne makes friends with...

She’s built a life on control. He’s about to upend everything she’s tried to forget. Rosie Nash makes sure everyone else’s chaos stays off-screen. As a runner for live TV, she counts seconds like other people breathe—staying calm, quiet, and invisible. That’s how she likes it...

Love & Murder, a bargain-priced bundle of stories by New York Times best-selling author Lorraine Bartlett (and her alter ego L.L. Bartlett) explores the highs and lows of love and humanity. Each free-standing, complete story explores a different theme representative of the author's style.

Hanna spielt mit den Gefühlen anderer, bis die Liebe sie trifft wie der Blitz – leider für den falschen Mann: André ist ihr Psychotherapeut, und zugleich der Mann ihrer Freundin. Er befreit sie vom Trauma ihrer frühen Kindheit, er ist der Einzige, von dem sie sich verstanden fühlt, er ist...

A charming literary-themed novel about a young woman determined to save her great-aunt’s beloved bookshop from extinction by the shiny new competition—which also happens to be run by the handsome son of her family’s rivals. The cute, seaside town of Portneath has been the home of...

Hidden among us is a secret coven of witches. They are Her Majesty’s Royal Coven. They protect crown and country from magical forces and otherworldly evil. But their greatest enemy will come from within. There are whisperings of a prophecy that will bring the coven to its knees, and five best friends are about to be caught at the centre. Life as a modern witch was never simple…but now it’s about to get apocalyptic.

Brought to you by Penguin. Winner: New Writer of the Year - Specsavers National Book Awards 2012 When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or...

REESE WITHERSPOON'S NEW BOOK CLUB PICK YOUR BEST FRIEND KILLED A MAN. NOW SHE NEEDS YOUR HELP . . . BUT CAN YOU REALLY TRUST HER MOTIVES? 'A nail-biting immersive whirl of a read . . . We Were Never Here is every woman's worst nightmare, and every thriller lover's dream' Zakiya Dalila Harris...

Chéri and its sequel, The End of Chéri, mark Colette’s finest achievements, in their brilliant, subtle, and frank investigations of love and power. Set in the Parisian demimonde in the last days of the Belle Époque, Chéri tells the story of Léa, a courtesan at the end of a successful career, and her lover, the beautiful but emotionally opaque Chéri. Chéri will soon enter into an arranged marriage, ending their six-year affair, which—they will each realize too late—has been the one real love of their lives. 

Motherhood treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood - whether or not to have children - with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti international acclaim. Having reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti’s narrator considers, with the same urgency, the question of whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, her body, her family, mysticism and chance, Heti's narrator struggles to make a wise and meaningful choice.

Change is sometimes hard to face up to. Rachel is a rising tennis star. But does she want success more than she wants a 'real' life, and a steady boyfriend like everyone else? Susie is Rachel's mother. All she wants is her partner Billy - but he's left her, and it's a huge shock. Is she brave enough to start again? Gordana is Rachel's grandmother. She has everything she ever wanted: health, wealth and a loving family - or at least she thinks she does. Ivan is the link between them all.

One frosty Christmas Eve, while all the children are dreaming of the presents soon to appear under the tree, the unthinkable happens - Santa Claus is kidnapped. Who in the world would do such a thing, and what possible purpose could it serve?