Women's Fiction
A Sea of Unspoken Things
After 20 years away, James Golden returns to Hawthorne, a remote town nestled within Six Rivers National Forest, to settle the affairs of her twin brother, Johnny. His death has…
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The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells
Rachel Greenlaw’s The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells opens with intrigue but fizzles before it can fully cast its spell. I had high hopes—her previous novel, Compass and Blade, was…
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Nothing Less Than Magic
Just one year ago, Chelsea Knight was living the life she’d always wanted. Marriage to the perfect guy, a thriving career, and a gorgeous condo overlooking San Francisco Bay. Then…
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Look on the Bright Side
Dabney: Look on the Bright Side is the third book Higgins has set in the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet–the others are A Little Ray of Sunshine and Out of the…
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Verity
from The New York Times in October 2022: Colleen Hoover has sold more books this year than Dr. Seuss. She’s sold more books than James Patterson and John Grisham —…
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Spells For Forgetting
On Saoirse Island, a rain soaked isle in the Pacific Northwest, a murmuration of starlings portends death and the leaves on the trees may burst into color all at once….
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Life and Other Inconveniences
Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn’t protect…
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Things You Save in a Fire
Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she’s seen her fair share of them, and she’s excellent at dealing with…
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The Invisible Circus
Jennifer Egan’s a storied writer. She won the Pulitzer and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2011 for Welcome to the Goon Squad. Her writings appear regularly in the…
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If You Only Knew
Traditionally, the Happily Ever After in romance is that of my generation’s favorite childhood chant. “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage.” What marriage…
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