Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Fresh off the heels of a bad breakup, Chloe Anderson poured her heart into penning the perfect boyfriend—and the result was an off-the-charts debut beach read that resonated with women worldwide. Now, Chloe’s scripted hero is headed for Hollywood, with her book destined to become a major motion picture.
When Chloe gets wind that silver screen bad boy Liam Hamilton has been cast as the ideal-in-every-way hero of her novel, she’s horrified by...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As long as there has been an America, the indomitable spirit of American women has shaped both the country's history and society. Regardless of the time and place these women were born each excelled in her respective field, making it easier for the next generation. This is what makes them heroines.
In American Heroines, Kay Bailey Hutchison presents female pioneers in fields as varied as government, business, education and healthcare, who overcame...
3) Some nerve
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-year-old Celebrity journalist Ann Roth has one last chance to prove herself. She is different from the other reporters at Famous, the L.A. magazine, where she has her dream job interviewing stars like Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie. She values her ethics-she doesn't pick through people's garbage, doesn't print rumor and gossip, doesn't try to pervert the truth. But when her editor tells her she's too nice, that what he needs is a killer...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Pages - Book 3, by EA Harwik - A modern family saga. ------ ISBN: 9780980677652Pages - Book 3 is the story of two the younger Page siblings, Peta and Jamie. Unlike their older brother David. Peta and Jamie are the product of a privileged boarding school education.The Pages trilogy will question and define the boundaries of normal in modern society. Where secrets challenge the fabric of friendship and family. --------- Book 1 - ISBN: 9780980677621...
5) Forgotten
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If your old life vanished completely, should you try to get it back or create a whole new one? That's the intriguing question at the heart of Catherine McKenzie's Forgotten. The smart, funny, and provocative story of a woman who returns home after being stranded for months in Africa by an earthquake only to find that everyone in her life believed she was dead and moved on"--
6) After birth
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A year has passed since Ari gave birth to Walker, though it went so badly awry she has trouble calling it 'birth' and still she can't locate herself in her altered universe. Amid the strange, disjointed rhythms of her days and nights and another impending winter in upstate New York, Ari is a tree without roots, struggling to keep her branches aloft. When Mina, a one-time cult musician--older, self-contained, alone, and nine-months pregnant--moves...
7) Train like a mother: how to get across any finish line --and not lose your family, job, or sanity
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
At its core, Train Like a Mother will comprehensively cover how to train for a race, including training plans for four race distances (5K, 10K, half-marathon, and marathon) for both beginner and more experienced runners; the importance of recovery; pre- and post-race nutrition; strength training; injury prevention (and rehab); and everything busy women need to know to add racing to their multitasking schedules. It is all presented with the same wit,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An African American girl comes of age during the civil rights movement in April Sinclair's hilarious, insightful novel that was named Book of the Year (Young Adult Fiction) for 1994 by the American Library Association Jean "Stevie" Stevenson lives in Chicago's South Side, a neighborhood that acutely feels the social changes of the 1960s. Curious and witty, bold but naïve, Stevie ponders questions such as what makes good hair, and which skin shade...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bestselling author Aimie Runyan makes her contemporary women's fiction debut with this charming escape into the lavender fields of Southern France and a young woman who discovers her family's secrets and the hope for her own future"--
Food critic Tempèsta Luddington has always felt like the odd person out in her family, ever since she lost her beloved mother at the tender age of thirteen. When her workaholic father passes fifteen years later, Tempèsta...
10) Runaway saint
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sara's aunt Bel shows up looking for a place to stay after years without contact, the enigmatic woman brings refreshing change into the lives she touches, but Sara soon learns of the ordeal that Bel went through while she was away.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering old photos in which she sees what her work is missing, Manhattan photographer Dani Campbell searches for their source, which leads her to eighty-year-old Lawrence Sinclair who agrees to mentor her until his estranged grandson arrives believing she's a fortune hunter.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
They could have been allies: two self-made millionaires who invented a global industry, in an era when wife and mother were supposed to be the highest goals for their sex. Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein each founded empires built on grit and determination...and yet they became locked in a feud spanning three continents, two world wars, and the Great Depression. Brought up in poverty, Canadian-born Elizabeth Arden changed popular opinion, persuading...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Can a Greek escape be the start of something special?
Xanthe Fox has it all: a famous, drop-dead gorgeous boyfriend, a dream career and bright future – until heartbreak sends her life into a tailspin.
So when Xanthe's Greek godmother unexpectedly leaves her a villa on the sumptuous island of Kefalonia Xanthe jumps at the chance to put her life in London on hold and escape to the island hideaway to rethink her future.
The break allows Xanthe the...
Author
Language
English
Description
So much for her author brand, built on the premise that women in their fifties and beyond can still find love and happiness.
Her solution? A week at a northern California bed-and-breakfast, where she hopes to overcome a bad case of writer's block in time to meet her next deadline while deciding how to handle her relationship issue.
As she struggles to resolve both situations, Fran finds encouragement and support not only from her long-time friend...
Author
Language
English
Description
Maddie Butler has been haunted for fourteen years. After the suspicious death of a friend when she was twenty-two, Maddie tried to move on, convincing herself there was nothing she could have done. Now in an unfulfilling marriage, she realizes how much the guilt has led to an unhappy life.
When she runs into her ex-boyfriend, the memories come flying back in full force. Burdened with regret and unhappiness, Maddie wonders how her life could have...
Author
Language
English
Description
She'll light the fire of resistance-but she may get burned…
1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat's life is over. She's estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne-older, diminutive, overlooked-has lost all purpose. Until she's offered a chance to remake herself entirely…
The war has taken a turn for the worse, and the men in charge are desperate. So, when Yvonne is recruited...
18) For Sale
Author
Language
English
Description
Some people will do just about anything for fame and fortune - no matter the cost.
Author
Language
English
Description
When they return from overseas, Amanda is excited to reunite with her brother and his best mate. Her pleasure at seeing the two principal men in her life dims when she realises that Scott, her brother's best friend, has not let go of the problems from the past. Amanda's grey-nomad parents confuse matters when they refuse to recognise her ownership of their previous residence. As the situation with her parents escalates, Amanda discovers...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A Christmas Romance Novel
Genius billionaire Galen Dunne knows many things, and one of those things is that love does not exist. Relationships are fleeting, and time isn't to be wasted on trying to make something work that was doomed from the start.
Homeless street urchin from London Ariel Pendragon knows very little, but the one thing she's sure of is that there's a true love for every person on the planet. Life is all about love, and every person...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request