Contemporary Women category: 26023 books

What does it mean to be a poet's wife, his muse and lover, there for the heights of inspiration and the quotidian of the day-to-day, and often times, too, the drudgery of being in a supporting role to "the great man." In this exquisite and sensitive new novel, David Park explores this complicated...

A woman reveals her most intimate fantasy... a stolen secret which could lead to murder! A strait-laced patient in San Diego running for District Attorney is threatened by a midnight phone caller who knows her dirty secret--her fantasy of living as a prostitute--a secret she shared only with...

Four talented women, one glossy wedding magazine: life should be as perfect as a bridal catwalk… right? Lucky Quinn writes up weddings for one of the hottest bridal magazines. And it wasn't easy to get there. From humble beginnings, she outsmarted her way into the center of New York's glamorous...

Sharon had discovered the encampment of women and children living under the cardboard packing boxes quite by accident one day when she had stepped into a booth in the hallway of the mall marked “DIAL A BREAST.” Just what had she discovered? The more she learned the stranger everything seemed but then again...

Oh baby… these women are TROUBLE! Hope’s career and love-life are a raging dumpster fire in Holding onto Hope. In Hate Him XOXO, Liz has lost her orgasm and is perilously close to losing her art gallery—enter the man who rejected her virginity in college. And in Want Him, Susan is dumped at...

The third and final book in the sexy, smart and thought-provoking Scarlet Letter Society trilogy! Maggie, Lisa and Eva, founders of the society return as we discover the final conclusions to their tumultuous love lives. Who is the father of Eva’s baby? Lisa is having a hot affair after the tragic...

Perfect for fans of Marisa de los Santos and Allison Winn Scotch, Samantha Wilde’s new novel is a funny and heartfelt look at friendship, marriage, and the dynamics of modern motherhood.   Nora and Annie have been best friends since kindergarten. Nora, a shy English teacher at a quaint New England...

Five very different women, each carrying her own secret, meet on the Jersey shore for a retreat: Embracing the New You: Reinventing Yourself After Fifty. A story about change, self-acceptance, and sisterhood. The flyer reads: Embracing the New You: Reinventing Yourself After Fifty. Liv, Andi, Julia,...

A captivating, witty novel about two very different sisters engaged in a dangerous sibling rivalry, by the New York Times–bestselling author of Hot Flashes. Unglamorous Natalie Karavan Myers is a social worker—though currently unemployed—who had been running a women’s homeless shelter...

Four smart women . . . and their foolish choice. In love with the same man. The wrong man. Women found him so easy to love. Clay Bowen had it all—charisma, good looks, and power in the glamorous world of television. Laura, the delicate dancer, gave up her dazzling career to marry him and...

To Risk Is To Live A sensuous love story which take us into the lives of two women, Teri and Jessie, and their battles with age differences, family matters, and personal issues. Teri, a successful early middle aged lesbian, who dives into therapy to increase her self awareness and overcome...

How are young women supposed to see each other clearly when they can't even see themselves? This razor-sharp novel “perfectly captures [the] power dynamics and identity issues that . . . women are forced to face.”—Marie Claire (Must-Read Books of 2019) Fiona and Liv are seniors at Buchanan...

Miriam has one year to uncover an unimaginable past and a secret that only women can discover. The life of a freelance illustrator will never rake in the millions so when twenty-eight year old Miriam discovers she's the sole surviving heir to her great-aunt's fortune, she can't believe her...

Impulse, beauty, determination, conceit, but mostly a search. Two beings together in a single room. Searching. These are the stories of Conversations with Furious Women. Lacy, married mother of two. Shelly, widowed, monied, and alone. Rhonda, a single, 40-something driven in uncertain directions, and...