Fiction, Contemporary Women
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The Language of Dreams
by Marion Ehrenberg
Twenty-two-year-old Clare Thomas Lane begins therapy by court order, not by choice. Clare is sure that she doesn't need the help of a shrink. Clare's fortysomething psychotherapist, Avery Frontiera, doubts her own ability to connect with this ...
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Keep Your Chin Up
by Renee Sagebear Albrecht
The year is 2020—the onset of a global pandemic. As officials around the world begin imposing lockdown protocols, billions of people are finding themselves locked in their homes, isolated from their communities and the connections that sustain their ...
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Cat's Cafe
by Ralls C. Melotte
Catherine Stubin was already looking for a way out of strait-laced Louisville, Kentucky when a handsome, charismatic Irishman walked into her family’s Thanksgiving dinner party. She was thrilled at first sight. Alone, desolate, and weary of 1870s ...
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For Love and Mercy
by C. Ingrid Deringer
“Suddenly angelic beings of light appeared. They said I was at a crossroad, and it was here where I had to make a choice . . .” In 2022, forty-two-year-old Dr. Stormy Hera, a music professor at the University of Victoria, is serving a manslaughter ...
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Second Glances
by Rosalind Byers
New beginnings are on the horizon for Allie Harper, a high school teacher in her early 30s, when she moves to Calgary, Alberta, for a teaching position. Before she even lands in Calgary, on the plane ride she meets the handsome stranger, Mark Darcy. ...
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Another Glass of Tea
by Katherine Ward
A captivating story of love, loss, family, and friendship from debut author Katherine Ward. Fiona, a teenager from Canada, embarks on the ultimate adventure — a year abroad in Turkey. Though leaving her loving family has her nerves on edge, she is ...
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Sonnish
. . . Whispers Through Time by Mary Capper
Sitting beneath a willow tree, Beth is visited by the otherworldly essence of her maternal grandmother, Milly, a woman she had neither liked nor considered in many years. The visitation triggers a journey of research into a life she had not ...
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Revenge Mistaken
(A Twisted Love Story) by Jennifer Osuna Ausa
Ivy Reynolds has it all: a successful business, a large, happy family, and Vins, the man of her dreams. Until one day, out of nowhere, Vins doesn’t come home from work. Ivy’s increasingly frantic texts and calls are met with silence; another day ...
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Inside Me
by Zoe Hethershaw
Nicole’s life has been traumatic—her mother died when Nicole was five and her father disappeared shortly after. After a childhood lost in the child welfare system, she’s now in her thirties and still grappling with the past. But her life changes ...
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Children at Risk
by Karen Van Rheenen
Lillian, a social worker, is used to making tough decisions involving families. Widowed in her 40s and haunted by a tragedy from early in her career, she’s been struggling to find her footing. Especially with two troubling cases that are making her ...
