Women’s Fiction

Review: Ten Thousand I Love Yous by Lisa Slabach

Ten Thousand I Love Yous by Lisa Slabach

A sweet and witty romance novel about a thirty-seven-year-old woman starting over, Lisa Slabach’s Ten Thousand I Love Yous is a relatable book about never being too old to redefine yourself.

Writer Kimberly Braxton gets the shock of her life after her daughter Haley’s high school graduation: Jay, her attorney husband of eighteen years, has fallen out of love and wants to get a divorce. Kimberly, who was anticipating having empty nest time to rekindle her romance, is suddenly single and thrown into the complicated world of adult dating.

With Haley attending UC Berkeley, Kimberly is finally alone – for […]

2022-02-25T07:46:30+02:00January 25th, 2022|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: A Week is Not Forever by Firie Mhèné

A Week is Not Forever by Firie Mhèné

The heartfelt emotions and thoughts of a lonely woman are laid bare in A Week is Not Forever, a multicultural romance debut by Firie Mhèné.

Having left behind her family and an emotionally-barren marriage in Europe, Gazina has been working on her doctoral research on a small island in Asia. Prior to arriving on the island, Gazina had filled the void caused by her husband’s indifference to their relationship with study, work, learning languages, buying herself clothes, going on holiday, and dining out, but here on the island, with no close friends to speak of and nothing in the […]

2020-12-07T05:04:44+02:00November 4th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

The Fat Girls Club: Hawaii Five No by Lila Johnson

Author Lila Johnson and her trio of wild and openhearted women are back in The Fat Girls Club: Hawaii Five-No, another hilarious and globe-tripping installment of this one-of-a-kind series.

Sissy, Nicki and Angela find themselves in the strange webs of love, as always, despite being on different sides of the globe, yet they can always rely on one another when the tears start to flow and the stress starts to build. From impossible choices between very different lovers to the complications of gender politics and romance in the professional world, these women navigate their troubles together with grace, humor, and […]

2020-07-30T02:25:30+02:00July 30th, 2020|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , , |

Review: Once You Know by Madeleine Van Hecke

Once You Know by Madeleine Van Hecke

Once You Know is a gripping work of women’s fiction written by Madeleine Van Hecke whose message is as stark as it is unrelenting: once you know, there’s no going back to the way things once were.

Colleen Moretti is a devout and devoted housewife and mother to her eight-old-daughter, Izzy, and her older daughter, Rachel, who’s just finishing her first year of college back home in Chicago. Colleen’s life is turned upside down when her husband, Derek, announces that work operations are shutting down in Arizona, with him being called back to the office in Chicago. Anxious over having […]

2020-08-12T01:52:50+02:00July 2nd, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Lighthouse by Elaine Kozak

The Lighthouse by Elaine Kozak

Past traumas, dark secrets and reconciliations are at the heart of The Lighthouse, a wonderfully engaging work of women’s fiction by Elaine Kozak.

Driven by a need to reconnect with her estranged father after learning of the death of her mother, a stricken Leah Larsen returns to the family ranch founded by her deceased grandparents in Taos, New Mexico. Her father is less than thrilled by Leah’s arrival and gives her the shock of her life when he tells her that he and Leah’s mother had kept the baby son Leah had given birth to ten years earlier. Even […]

2020-04-27T02:30:41+02:00March 19th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , , |

Review: The Thin Gray Line by Anthony R. Fanning

The Thin Gray Line by Anthony R. Fanning

The Thin Gray Line, Anthony R. Fanning’s emotionally-charged work of women’s fiction, underscores the difference between desire and action, and doing what it takes to survive.

Twenty-six-year-old June Garrett and her younger sister, November “Novie” Ketchum, are as different as two sisters can possibly be. June has spent the last eight years at the construction company founded by her father, working her way through the ranks. June can drink and party with the best of them, doesn’t hesitate to start or jump into a fight and is fiercely devoted to her younger sister and widower father who is slowly […]

2019-12-12T08:48:15+02:00October 31st, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: A Lady in Havana by Ashley Morgan

A Lady in Havana by Ashley Morgan

A torrid love affair, a pretty young wife, and a country on the brink of revolution…Peel away the facade of glitz and glamor of 1950s Cuba and you have A Lady in Havana, Ashley Morgan’s explosive work of women’s fiction.

Beautiful Dorothy “Dimple” Duncan, heads to Havana with her husband, Dallis, intending to lend support – as a good wife in the Fifties does – to his risky venture to sell school buses to President Batista, Cuba’s sitting president. Their go-between in Cuba is the very handsome and wealthy Latin attorney, Roberto Montero.

Roberto makes no secret of the […]

2019-09-19T09:52:07+02:00September 18th, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: A Nanny for Harry by Sylvia Mulholland

A Nanny for Harry by Sylvia Mulholland

Pregnancy, motherhood and the demands of a career prove to be a tough juggling act in A Nanny for Harry, a touching and often funny work of women’s fiction by Sylvia Mulholland.

Thirty-five-year-old attorney, Kali Miller, is potentially jeopardizing her already slow track to partnership by taking a three-month maternity leave to have a baby. As soon as her pregnancy had been confirmed, she and her handsome husband, Matt, a general surgery resident, purchased a pokey little house in trendy Belmont Shore that they set about fixing before the arrival of their baby boy, who they’ve already named Harry.[…]

2018-10-27T12:24:38+02:00September 18th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , , |
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