Women's Fiction

Welcome to the Poppy Fields, where there’s hope for even the most battered hearts to heal. Here, in a remote stretch of the California desert, lies an experimental and controversial treatment center that allows those suffering from the heartache of loss to sleep through their pain...and keep on sleeping. After patients awaken from this prolonged state of slumber, they will finally be healed. But only if they’re willing to accept the potential shadowy side effects. On a journey to this mystical destination are four very different strangers and one little dog.

Meet Helen. She worries that the walls are closing in. With her children grown and her selfish husband away again, she's full of regrets at not taking the exciting paths she dreamed about in her youth. So when the chance of a last-minute holiday to Cyprus with her two best friends is offered, she grabs it.

*La Vie dans l’Ombre des Conflits* raconte l’histoire inspirante de Sadia Diallo, une jeune femme qui quitte Conakry pour le Congo dans l’espoir de réaliser ses rêves d’études et de construire un avenir meilleur.

Dawn is breaking over the Guilleries, a rugged mountain range in Catalonia frequented by wolf hunters, brigands, deserters, race-car drivers, ghosts, and demons. In a remote farmhouse called Mas Clavell, an impossibly old woman lies on her deathbed. Family and caretakers drift in and out. Meanwhile, all the women who have lived and died in that house are waiting for her to join them. They are preparing to throw her a party.

When Orla Clifford inherits her grandmother's crumbling Georgian house on Damask Square, she sees a chance to rebuild her life while restoring its faded grandeur. But beneath its peeling wallpaper and weathered floors, the house holds more than just memories. To make ends meet, she takes in lodgers: Luke, a handyman with artistic dreams; compassionate Livvie; and Beatrice – young, privileged, and haunted by the question of her own past.

Stretching from the late-nineteenth century to the present day, The Lost Masterpiece is wrapped around an enigmatic and powerful painting, Party on the Seine. Stolen by the Nazis. Believed to be destroyed for almost a century. Possibly haunted by the anguished spirit of Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Survivor of a flood, an earthquake and a fire when all the other artworks around it were destroyed. What secrets does it hold? What power?

Sidney and Ida Whipple are living the suburban 1950s American dream, complete with two children and a white picket fence, which didn’t seem possible when they first met at the height of WWII in France. Reveling in the present, they can almost convince themselves that their past is behind them. But when their neighbors show off a newly purchased Man Ray photograph, Ida comes face-to-face with the person she loved and lost in the war: Arlette.

Camilla’s childhood was immersed in love and chaos, and steeped in perfection. As an adult she hasn’t looked back, refusing to acknowledge the people and places that scarred her so many years ago. But a cancer diagnosis forces Camilla to turn to the past, and all its pain, to save her daughter. As Camilla discovers the bittersweet limitations of motherhood and reconciliation, she also awakens an inspiring message about the mortality issues we all must face.

Thirty years ago, two families shared seven magical summers together, vacationing in a shared beach house on the white sands of Destin, Florida. For three months every year, they basked in laughter, love, and endless beachside memories... until a mysterious falling out ended those sun-soaked summers, leaving the families estranged for decades. When that very house—newly renovated and twice the original size—goes up for sale, it sparks an unexpected reunion among the five adults who'd spent their teenage summers there.

Perfect strangers Lucy and Greta have agreed to a house swap—and boy, are they going to regret it. Lucy’s hometown of Dallas has gone from home sweet home to vicious snake pit in the blink of an eye after her son makes a mistake he can’t undo. And Greta’s beloved flat in Berlin is suddenly up for grabs when her husband Otto takes a dream job in Texas without even telling her. In their rush to leave town, Lucy and Greta make a deal, pack their bags, and—thanks to martinis, desperation, and some very rusty German—have absolutely no idea what they’re getting themselves into.

Auf geht’s in die Karibik! Oder man strandet halt in Bayern ... Für Lucy steht unvermittelt die Welt Kopf: Ihre beste Freundin zieht ans andere Ende der Republik, und Lucy hat einen Grund zu befürchten, dass sie ihren nächsten Geburtstag nicht mehr erlebt. Sie beschließt, sich einen Traum zu erfüllen und in die Karibik zu reisen. Doch vor der Abfahrt passiert ein Unfall. Anstatt mit Schweinen im Meer zu schwimmen, hängt sie mit Gipsbein und Halskrause bei ihrem Onkel und dem jungen Koch Matteo in einer Kneipe auf dem Land fest.

Der Überraschungs-Sommer-Bestseller - endlich im Hörbuch! Sara hatte keinen Kontakt mehr zu ihrem Vater, seit er sie und ihre Mutter vor Jahren verließ. Nun hat er ihr überraschend sein Haus am Gardasee vermacht – in jenem malerischen Ort, in dem die Familie früher die glücklichsten Sommer verbrachte. Sara will das Erbe möglichst schnell wieder loswerden und reist mit ihrer 14-jährigen Tochter Mimi nach Italien, um das Anwesen zu verkaufen. Doch der Urlaub am Gardasee stellt Saras Leben völlig auf den Kopf.

Mandy, Emma and Jill O'Toole are as close as three sisters who live hundreds of miles apart can be. They grew up together on Nantucket, but have scattered around the country. When their beloved grandmother passes peacefully in her sleep a week before her ninety-ninth birthday she leaves them quite a surprise. In addition to her Nantucket home, they learn that they've inherited Mimi's Place, one of Nantucket's most popular year-round restaurants. They had no idea that she was the silent owner of a restaurant, and no idea how they're going to handle this kind of inheritance.

Kann man sich mit Mitte 40 noch mal so richtig verlieben – und wenn ja, in wen bitte schön? Eigentlich kann Grundschullehrerin Sam mit ihrem Leben zufrieden sein: Sie hat eine gemütliche Altbauwohnung in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, tolle Freundinnen und die beste Tochter der Welt. Nur die Hoffnung auf die große Liebe hat sie längst aufgegeben – bis sie beim Klassentreffen in ihrer Heimatstadt Lüneburg ihren Jugendschwarm Max wiedertrifft.

Una artista medio famosa anuncia su intención de cruzar el país en coche, de Los Ángeles a Nueva York. Afrontar un largo viaje por carretera parece un buen modo de repensarse a sí misma en el ecuador de su vida. Media hora después de despedirse de su marido y su hije, sin saber muy bien por qué decide salir de la autopista, echarse en la cama de un motel anodino y sumergirse en un apasionado replanteamiento vital que resulta ser el comienzo de un viaje totalmente diferente al planeado.

Nigeriana di nascita e americana di adozione, Chiamaka si porta appresso da sempre il nomignolo di Latteburro: è ricca, è bellissima, di mestiere viaggia comodamente da un posto all'altro ascoltando reportage leggeri sulla vita quotidiana nei luoghi del mondo. Ma che stia riferendo di un rave party a Budapest, delle rovine antiche e dei gabinetti moderni di Gede, o dei ristoranti rustici e un po' razzisti di Skopje, l'obiettivo della sua ricerca rimane altrove: un essere umano che la conosca fino in fondo e per sempre.

New country, new swimsuit, new start? If only it were that easy…Debs never planned on spending midlife dodging her ex-husband and his new (younger, thinner) girlfriend. But ever since Dishonest Dave ran off with Perfect Penny from three doors down, she’s been hiding—from life, from fun, and definitely from swimsuits. Now, a long-planned reunion on Portugal’s sun-soaked coast might be just what she needs to start over.Reuniting with old friends means cocktails by the pool, belly laughs, and maybe—just maybe—flirting with the outrageously handsome landscape gardener, Eduardo.

Twin sisters Clara and Dempsey have always struggled to relate, their familial bond severed after their mother vanished into the Thames. In adulthood, they are content to be all but estranged, until Clara sees a woman who looks exactly like their mother on the streets of London. The catch: this version of Serene, aged not a day, has enjoyed a childless life.

Rosie Waterman has one dream: to become a working actor. But lately, that hasn't been working out. When she loses her apartment and her job on the same day, she does what she always does--puts herself out there, ready to find the next big thing. But a trip home makes her realize that while she's been struggling to make this dream come true, all her friends have become real adults with careers and weddings and babies on the way. Rosie's been at this for years, and she has nothing to show for it. But how does she simply let go of her dream?

Ein fesselnder Roman über zwei unvergessliche Frauen, die vier Jahrhunderte trennen und dennoch um dieselbe Sache kämpfen: dass ihre Stimmen gehört werden.England im frühen 17. Jahrhundert: Emilia Bassano liebt das Schreiben, doch als Frau hat sie keine eigene Stimme. Nur für einen hohen Preis kann sie ihre Geschichten heimlich auf die Bühne bringen: Sie muss einen Mann finden, der sich als Autor ihrer Werke ausgibt. Und dieser ist niemand anders als Englands berühmtester Dramatiker: William Shakespeare.

When your life changes in a moment, how do you rewrite your story? In 1940s Britain, with the Second World War raging, Alice is working in a laboratory developing a new miracle medicine. Made to leave school at sixteen and abandon her aspiration to be a teacher, she learns instead how curing people may be her destiny.

In the summer of 1996, teenage Tess Murphy’s mom gave her two rules to abide by: keep quiet and stay out of trouble. Her mother landed a new job as a cook at an affluent Virginia estate and didn’t want anything to risk the opportunity, least of all her outspoken daughter. What no one saw coming was Tess falling deeply in love with the boy next door, high-society Grant Alexander.

Mujercitas, más allá de su valor como novela clásica, puede leerse como una guía emocional y de desarrollo personal. A través de la historia de las hermanas March —Jo, Meg, Beth y Amy—, Louisa May Alcott ofrece un retrato íntimo de la lucha por crecer en medio de la escasez, la presión social y los dilemas internos que aún hoy resultan universales. Ambientada durante la Guerra Civil estadounidense, la obra propone modelos femeninos que trascienden la época: resilientes, sensibles, creativos y profundamente humanos.

Gorgeous, charismatic Paige White has always lived a picture-perfect life. Her meticulously curated social pages exude an old-fashioned, wholesome lifestyle set against a picturesque town in Australia. Images of breakfasts lakeside with her daughter, sunny afternoons in the family van, and romantic picnics with her husband are the envy of her thousands of followers. But when a dark, brooding image pops up on Paige’s page, where she appears waterlogged and disheveled–and shortly after she’s discovered drowned–alarm bells go off.

This enchanting and atmospheric fantasy brings listeners to a Paris breathless with excitement at the dawn of the twentieth century. But for a select few there is a second, secret Paris where the magic of the City of Light is very real.