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The fixer upper
Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954-
In the crosshairs of a political bribery investigation, Dempsey Jo Killebrew suddenly
finds herself unemployed and the victim of a sleazy smear campaign by her former
boss. Dempsey decides to take up her father's offer of flipping a recently inherited
family home in Guthrie, Ga., where she quickly slides into the renovation groove,
fits in with the locals, and embarks on a romance.
Subjects Young women -- Fiction. Dwellings -- Conservation and restoration -- Fiction. Family -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Haunting Jasmine
Banerjee, Anjali.
A call from the past brings divorce Jasmine Mistry home to Shelter Island to run
her beloved aunt's bookstore, which has always been rumored to be haunted. Jasmine
embarks on a mystical journey, guided by the highly emotional spirits of long-dead
authors.
Subjects Young women -- Fiction. Booksellers and bookselling -- Fiction. Islands -- Fiction. Puget Sound Region (Wash.) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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My name is memory
Brashares, Ann.
In this story of true love, a man spends centuries falling in love with the same
girl.
Subjects Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Reincarnation -- Fiction. Memory -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Lipstick jungle
Bushnell, Candace.
Three powerful women in New York City at the top of their fields, each navigating
her way through business, relationships, scandal, success, and betrayal.
Subjects Women editors -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction. Motion picture industry -- Fiction. Periodicals -- Publishing -- Fiction. Women motion picture producers and directors -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Insatiable
Cabot, Meg.
Meena Harper, forced to write about vampires even though she doesn't believe in
them, falls in love with Lucien Antonescu, a modern-day prince with a bit of a dark
side. It's a dark side a lot of people, like an ancient society of vampire hunters,
would prefer to see him dead for. The problem is: Lucien's already dead! And while
Lucien seems like everything Meena has ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, he might
turn out to be more like a nightmare.
Subjects Vampires -- Fiction. Precognition -- Fiction. Princes -- Fiction. Television writers -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Good-bye to all that
Candela, Margo.
When her Hollywood career goes haywire, a young woman must say good-bye to all that.
. .or must she?
Subjects Women in the professions -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Corporate culture -- Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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When a man loves a weapon
Causey, Toni McGee.
Bobbie Fay Sumrall must outwit a murderer intent on revenge before she loses half
the state, her ex, her friend, and her fiance, not to mention the LSU/Alabama football
game.
Subjects Beauty contestants -- Fiction. Trailer camps -- Fiction. Escapes -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Seven year switch
Cook, Claire, 1955-
After being left alone to raise young daughter for seven years, Jill's husband Seth
re-enters her life after seven years asking for forgiveness.
Subjects Single mothers -- Fiction. Self-realization in women -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Maybe this time
Crusie, Jennifer.
North Archer, Andie Miller's ex-husband, asks her to become the guardian of two
orphans who have driven out three nannies already--and live in a haunted house!
What follows is a hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a self-doubting parapsychologist,
an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-in-law,
and, of course, her jealous fiancé. And just when Andie thinks things couldn't get
more complicated, North shows up on the doorstep making her wonder if "maybe this
time" things could be different between them.
Subjects Nannies -- Fiction. Haunted houses -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Lust, loathing and a little
lip gloss
Davis, Kyra.
Sophie is in love--with a three-bedroom Victorian. However, the seller wants Sophie
to join the spirited Specter Society. When member is found dead, Sophie is sure
her problems are caused by someone six-feet tall rather than six-feet under.
Subjects Women authors -- Fiction. Architecture, Victorian -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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The crowning glory of Calla
Lily Ponder : a novel
Wells, Rebecca, 1952-
In the small river town of La Luna, Louisiana, Calla Lily Ponder enjoys a blissful
childhood at her mother's side, learns the art of healing through the humble womanly
art of "fixing hair," and encounters first love with a boy named Tuck. When Tuck
leaves her, Calla transforms her sorrow into inspiration and heads for the wild
and colorful city of New Orleans--where she realizes the full power of her "healing
hands" and Tuck presents her with an offer that is colored by the memories of lost
love.
Subjects Women -- Southern States -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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A soft place to land
White, Susan Rebecca.
After their parents' death, sisters Ruthie and Julia Harrison are shocked by the
provisions in the will. As they heal from loss, search for love, and begin careers,
their sisterhood once an oasis, becomes complicated by resentment, anger, and jealousy.
It seems as though the echoes of their parents' deaths will never stop reverberating--until
another shocking accident changes everything once again.
Subjects Sisters -- Fiction. Parents -- Death -- Fiction. Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction. Life change events -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Bridget Jones's diary : a
novel
Fielding, Helen.
This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single
girl on a permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement--in which she resolves to:
visit the gym three times a week not merely to buy a sandwich, form a functional
relationship with a responsible adult, and not fall for any of the following: misogynists,
megalomaniacs, adulterers, workaholics, chauvinists or perverts.
Subjects Single women -- England -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Mercury in retrograde : a
novel
Froelich, Paula.
"When Mercury is in retrograde, the only guarantee is anything that can go wrong,
will. Penelope Mercury, an intrepid reporter at the New York Telegraph, has pounded
the pavement for five years from city borough to borough, carrying out her boss's
eccentric orders to break stories that seem inconsequential to everyone but him.
Finally, she is inches away from being promoted to her dream job -- covering courtroom
drama for the paper -- but after one spectacularly disastrous day, she is fired
instead. Lena "Lipstick Carcrash" Lippencrass has a pretty fabulous life, even by
a socialite's standards, as a top editor at the high fashion magazine Y. Long lunches
with her girlfriends and afternoons spent shopping at Bergdorf's are all in a day's
work. But when Lena's always indulgent parents abruptly cut off her cash flow and
kick her out of her beloved West Village duplex for refusing to work for the family
business, she is forced to confront the reality of what it takes to pay the bills.
Dana Gluck, a workaholic lawyer, had been married for two years to a man who was
perfect on paper but increasingly critical in reality. She hoped that her dreams
of motherhood would be fulfilled soon, which surely would also fix their marriage
problems. Instead, her husband leaves
Subjects Women -- Fiction. SoHo (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Heart of the matter
Giffin, Emily.
Following a tragic accident, two women--Tessa Russo, a renowned pediatric surgeon,
and Valerie Anderson, an attorney and single mother--living in the same Boston suburb
but with relatively little in common aside from a fierce love for their children
converge in ways no one could have imagined.
Subjects Stay-at-home mothers -- Fiction. Single mothers -- Fiction. Pediatric surgeons -- Fiction. Life change events -- Fiction. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Bring on the blessings
Jenkins, Beverly, 1951-
The all-black town of Henry Adams, Kansas, is in dire financial straits. To save
the town, the mayor puts it up for sale--on the Internet! But they know nothing
about the new owner. Will this be the death of Henry Adams--or its rebirth?
Subjects Kansas -- Fiction. City and town life -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Feminista
Kennedy, Erica.
Celebrity journalist Sydney Zamora wants a man badly so Sydney's sister ambushes
her with the services of Mitzi Berman, $40,000 a shot Manhattan matchmaker extraordinaire.
Mitzi has her eyes on Max Cooper, the scion of Harvey's department store. And nothing
could make either Sydney or Max Cooper run faster than Mitzi in this fast-moving
story of independence, image and the complicated relationship between the sexes.
Subjects African American women -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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The brightest star in the
sky
Keyes, Marian.
Fate is on its way to the tenants of 66 Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy,
friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change lives ... One of them is falling
in love; another is torn between two lovers. For some, secrets they want to stay
buried will come to light and for others the unveiling of those secrets will have
tragic consequences.
Subjects Apartment houses -- Fiction. Neighbors -- Fiction. Dublin (Ireland) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Twenties girl : a novel
Kinsella, Sophie.
When the spirit of Lara's great-aunt Sadie-a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas
about fashion, love, and the right way to dance-mysteriously appears, she has one
last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie's possession
for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest without it.
Subjects Young women -- Fiction. Ghosts -- Fiction. Treasure troves -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Save as draft
Lee, Cavanaugh.
A love triangle evolving over e-mails, text, and Facebook messages that makes you
wonder if the things we leave unsaid- or rather unsent- could change the story of
our lives.
Subjects Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Mate selection -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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That's amore
Markham, Wendy.
Ralph Chickalini's beloved father has passed on and everything is changing, from
the menu at the family pizzeria to the plans to preserve his childhood home. Only
nomadic newcomer Daria Marshall seems to understand Ralph, but she comes with a
whole new set of complications.
Subjects Psychics -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Rich again
Maxted, Anna.
Two sisters--one as strong and sparkling as the other is delicate and wounded--from
a ambitious, and wealthy English family struggle to keep an unseen force from bringing
them both down.
Subjects Upper class families -- England -- Fiction. Rich people -- England -- Fiction. Sisters -- Fiction. Parent and adult child -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Whistlin' Dixie in a nor'easter
Patton, Lisa.
Leaving her beloved Memphis to help her husband's pipe dream of running a Vermont
inn, southern belle Leelee Satterfield discovers numerous unanticipated challenges
and is forced to apply her southern-style wits in the wake of a cruel swindle.
Subjects Women -- Southern States -- Fiction. Hotelkeepers -- Fiction. Bed and breakfast accommodations -- Fiction. City and town life -- Vermont -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Hearts on a string : a novel
Radish, Kris.
Five very different women who are thrown together by chance discover that they have
more in common than they ever could have imagined.
Subjects Women travelers -- Fiction. Strangers -- Fiction. Women -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Based upon availability
Strauss, Alix.
From the very first page of this stunning novel, readers are drawn into the lives
of eight seemingly ordinary women who pass through Manhattan's swanky Four Seasons
Hotel. While offering sanctuary to some, solace to others, the hotel captures their
darkest moments as they grapple with family, sex, power, love, and death.
Subjects Female friendship -- Fiction. Hotelkeepers -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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The penny pinchers club
Strohmeyer, Sarah.
When Kat discovers that her husband, Griff, has been hiding a secret bank account,
her joyful consumerism suddenly loses its appeal. Are their fights about money more
serious than she understood? Is he, as her friends suggest, preparing for a divorce?
Just in case, Kat decides it's time to start saving and she joins an eclectic but
lovable group of savers called the Penny Pinchers Club who teach her that saving
time with family is as important as saving money. An irresistible and wonderfully
warm-hearted novel about the unexpected ways hardship can lead to happiness.
Subjects Married women -- Fiction. Home economics -- Fiction. New Jersey -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Best friends forever [large
print]
Weiner, Jennifer.
Popular television personality Valerie Adler turns to her long-forgotten, Illinois
hometown friend Addie Downs when she runs into a bit of trouble involving betrayal
and loyalty, family history and small-town secrets.
Subjects Large type books -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |
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Last night at Chateau Marmont
: a novel
Weisberger, Lauren, 1977-
Brooke was drawn to the soulful, enigmatic Julian Alter the very first time she
heard him perform "Hallelujah" at a dark East Village dive bar. Now five years married,
Brooke balances two jobs in order to help support her husband's dream of making
it in the music world. All that changes when Julian is catapulted to stardom, literally
overnight. At first the newfound fame is fun, yet it seems that Brooke's sweet husband
is increasingly absent, even on those rare nights they're home together.
Subjects Musicians -- Fiction. Success -- Fiction. Celebrities -- Fiction. Gossip -- Fiction. Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction. Young women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.) |