Contemporary Women category: 26023 books

Tobey Springer and Jillian Bowman have been best friends for as long as either one can remember. When Jillian's husband dies suddenly and Tobey finds herself in the middle of a nasty divorce, they hit the road in a 1966 Mustang for a cross-country madcap adventure. Tobey has decided to try...

Six women. One man. Seven secrets. One could ruin them all.  Kit is a twenty-five-year-old archaeology undergrad, who doesn't like to get her hands dirty. Life seems purposeless. But if she could track down her father, Roger, maybe her perspective would change.  The only problem—Roger...

Come be inspired with three unforgettable novels by Women of Faith award-winning author Alana Terry. See God at work in the life of a NICU baby struggling for survival, in the heart of a widow daring to let love bloom a second time around, and in the depths of a North Korean prison camp where...

She's vibrant. She's beautiful. She is compassionate. She is sincere. She is a Goddess. She is a woman. The foundation of her community and born to lead. She is everlasting. She is a Queen. This chapbook is dedicated to the women in the community. It explores issues and others themes within...

**"A film-ready rom-com about finding love when you least expect it."--Elle "My favorite romantic book of recent memory." --Emma Straub "The delightful, sexy, queer rom-com of the summer . . . [with] all the makings of a Nora Ephron classic." --Vogue *One of NPR's Best Books of...

"Sixty years later, Jaffe’s classic still strikes a chord, this time eerily prescient regarding so many of the circumstances surrounding sexual harassment that paved the way toward the #MeToo movement." -Buzzfeed When Rona Jaffe’s superb page-turner was first published in 1958, it changed...

When three village women each make a wish on a local artifact, their desires come true in unexpected ways The Plague Stone squats at the center of the seemingly tranquil village of Meadcombe, haunted by legends of black magic. One night, three Meadcombe women each make a wish. Widowed Marian...

An unlikely connection between two wary lovers becomes something more in this “engaging and compelling romance with undertones of suspense and drama” (Romance Junkies). When a broken heart leaves her life in ruins, American girl Honor Sontag flees to the seaside resort town of Brighton,...

Hot? Hell, Yeah. If you ask Killian O'Brien, Hell gets a bad rap. True, he's a demon, so he's bound to be a little biased. But he's got great job security, all the women he can handle, a body to die for--literally--and free reign to do as he likes. Or he did, until teenager Daisy Reed and her...

From the award-winning author of Electricity - an absorbing and finely-drawn tale of professional and personal romance in modern Europe. Martagon, a young and talented engineer and a loner by nature, has devoted his life to his career -- occasionally, and regretfully, sacrificing friendship...

City girl goes bush! Dr. Hillary Green never wanted to work in the Outback. But now she's been appointed to the Flying Obs and Gynae service, taking tiny planes to little rural hospitals, along with an airsick anesthetist and a boss who hates women registrars! Well, Hillary doesn't like...

Gideon St. Claire's life revolves around work-just the way he likes it. He's master of his emotions, and the women he dates never get glimpses of his home life beyond the stairs leading to his bedroom…. Feisty and fun loving, with the annoying knack of knowing just how to wind Gideon up, Joey...

Melissa Morris is living the Good Life in New York until she gets laid off. She's thrust into the Manhattan abyss, aimless and desperate and deciding the only thing to do is marry. She flies to Rome to track down her errant boyfriend, hoping that he can save her, but on her way to meet him she's arrested...

Three short stories of three different women, who overcome the bad situations they are forced into, and become stronger for it. Kiki is a telephone operator. Sarah is a young pioneer woman. Cynthia is a flight attendant.