Contemporary Women

Fourth Sunday: The Journey of a Book Club

by B. W. Read

What happens when a real life book club decides to write their own novel? The result is a fresh, fun story about a group of women who have more in common than just the books they read.

Fourth Sunday written...

Skinny: A Novel

by Diana Spechler

After her father’s death, twenty-six-year-old Gray Lachmann findsherself compulsively eating. Desperate to stop bingeing, she abandonsher life in New York City for a job at a southern weight-losscamp. There,...

Joy For Beginners

by Erica Bauermeister

A Library Journal Best Book of the Year

What would you do with a second chance at life?

Having survived a life-threatening illness, Kate celebrates by gathering with six close friends. At an intimate outdoor...

Ten Beach Road

by Wendy Wax

On the brink of ruin, three very different women discover themselves where they least expect…at Ten Beach Road.

Madeline, Avery, and Nicole are strangers to one another, but they have one thing in common....

Compact with the Devil: A Novel

by Bethany Maines

Q: What do you get when you cross Avon Ladies with Charlie’s Angels?

A: A world-class intelligence organization run by women who really know their foundation.

When Nikki Lanier signs up as a cosmetics rep at...

The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem

by Sonya Sones

My name is Holly.

This story is about me—

a writer who's way behind

on her deadline.

But, honestly,

how can I concentrate on my work

when my fiftieth birthday's

rushing at me like a freight train,

my hormones are...

Whatever You Love

by Louise Doughty

I stare at the photo. I try to read his gaze, each fold on his face, the slight frown. I study the photo in the same way that a spy might study the face of a counterpart in a rival organisation. I am calm as...

The Kitchen Daughter

by Jael McHenry

Julie & Julia meets Jodi Picoult in this poignant and delectable novel with recipes, chronicling one woman’s journey of self-discovery at the stove.

After the unexpected death of her parents, shy and sheltered...

Sea Escape: A Novel

by Lynne Griffin

Acclaimed novelist and nationally recognized family expert Lynne Griffin returns with Sea Escape—an emotional, beautifully imagined story inspired by the author’s family letters about the ties that bind...

The Baby Planner

by Josie Brown

The Nanny Diaries meets The Wedding Planner in this smart, dishy novel from the author of Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives—featuring a woman who runs San Francisco’s premier baby planning company and the...

The Bum Magnet

by K. L. Brady

Now available from Pocket Books, the critically acclaimed book club favorite featuring a proud, sarcastic heroine with a quick wit, short fuse, and an affinity for Grey Goose vodka.

Sassy and successful real...

My Blue Suede Shoes: Four Novellas

by Tracy Price-Thompson & TaRessa Stovall

A powerful collection of novellas by four leading African-American women writers, each tackling the terror of domestic violence.

In Other People’s Skin, Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, along with...

Confetti Confidential: A Novel

by Holly McQueen

Having realized that fashion design may not be the best profession for her, Isabel Bookbinder has made another career move - this time, into the world of wedding planning! She's still the ditzy, adorable heroine...

Swept off Her Feet

by Hester Browne

The steps of a charmingly complex dance—Scotland’s famous reel—are at the heart of Hester Browne’s enchanting contemporary novel of two very different sisters whose dreams may come true at a romantic...

Blind Ambitions: A Novel

by Lolita Files

From the author of Scenes from a Sistah and Getting to the Good Part, a provocative, dynamic story about making it big in the city of desire

Hollywood. The place people go to fulfill their dreams. But its reality...

Cleaning Nabokov's House: A Novel

by Leslie Daniels

“I knew I could stay in this town when I found the blue enamel pot floating in the lake. The pot led me to the house, the house led me to the book, the book to the lawyer, the lawyer to the whorehouse, the...

Skipping a Beat: A Novel

by Sarah Pekkanen

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR HUSBAND SUDDENLY WANTED TO REWRITE THE RULES OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

The Bird House: A Novel

by Kelly Simmons

From the critically acclaimed author of Standing Still comes a psychologically charged novel about the power and failure of family.

Amaryllis in Blueberry

by Christina Meldrum

In the tradition of Sue Monk Kidd and Julia Glass comes a stirring and soulful novel about an American woman accused of murdering her husband in Africa and the series of events that led her to that point, compellingly...

As Husbands Go: A Novel

by Susan Isaacs

A rare mix of wit, social satire, and suspense, along with characters who leap from the page to speak directly to the reader -- a moving story about a love that just won't give up, As Husbands Go is the latest...