The Summer Wives
By: Beatriz Williams
3.74
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—an…
Want to Read $ 15.99"You mustn't ever try to save me, all right?I like to sail close to the wind, as close as I can,but I won't capsize"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"You mustn't ever try to save me, all right?I like to sail close to the wind, as close as I can,but I won't capsize"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"There's something about the smells of your childhood, isn't there? ... You still remember those small sublime joys with an ache of longing because there's no getting it back, is there? You cannot return to a state of innocence."-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"There's something about the smells of your childhood, isn't there? ... You still remember those small sublime joys with an ache of longing because there's no getting it back, is there? You cannot return to a state of innocence."-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
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1. The Other Daughter
By: Lauren Willig
4.15
Format: 333 pages, Hardcover
Raised in a poor yet genteel household, Rachel Woodley is working in France as a governess when she… read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- chick lit
- audiobook
2. The Forgotten Room
By: Lauren Willig , Karen White , Beatriz Williams
4.20
Format: 445 pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a master… read more
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- romance
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- chick lit
- mystery
- audiobook
3. The Ashford Affair
By: Lauren Willig
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author Lauren Willig "spins a web of lust, power and loss"(Kate Alcott) t… read more
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4. The Five-Star Weekend
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
After tragedy strikes, Hollis Shaw gathers four friends from different stages in her life to spend … read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- audiobook
- fiction
- adult
- drama
"She weighs the decision for a moment, then butters the baguette and pops it in her mouth. It's so delicious that she doesn't care if they have to roll her off the island in a wheelbarrow."-Elin Hilderbrand, The Five-Star Weekend
5. The Women
By: Kristin Hannah
4.64
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"-Kristin Hannah, The Women
"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."-Kristin Hannah, The Women
6. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
7. Summers at the Saint
By: Mary Kay Andrews
4.14
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- mystery
- audiobook
8. Finding Margaret Fuller
By: Allison Pataki
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An epic reimagining of the life of Margaret Fuller—America’s forgotten leading lady and the central… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
9. Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In the grand finale of "queen of the beach read" Elin Hilderbrand's beloved Nantucket novels, there… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
10. What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)
By: Elin Hilderbrand
4.03
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Spend your winter on sunlit shores in the New York Times bestselling follow-up to Winter in Paradis… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
"Lust is great in the bedroom, but like is better at breakfast, lunch and dinner."-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)
"She is not a baton to be handed back and forth between them, nor a prize to be won. She is her own person."-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)
"Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes."-Elin Hilderbrand, What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)
11. Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)
By: Elin Hilderbrand
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestsel… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- mystery
- audiobook
"When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open."-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)
"Anyone can fall in love, but not just anyone can achieve forgiveness and acceptance and real, deep respect for his or her former partner the way these two have."-Elin Hilderbrand, Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)
12. The Spectacular
By: Fiona Davis
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis transports us back to 1950s Manhattan and the glamoro… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"As they moved into the kick line for the big finale, her body tingled with anticipation and suddenly they were kicking in perfect tandem as the audience broke out into applause."-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular
"She turned to see Peter leaning against the building a few feet away. He wore a navy peacoat and a woolen cap over his head, and some of his curls peeked out from the sides. His eyes were blue and br…"-Fiona Davis, The Spectacular
13. Sandwich
By: Catherine Newman
3.75
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family sum… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"What does loss look like, in your body? Where is it? It feels like an air bubble stuck in your psyche. It feels like peering down into a deep hole. The vertigo of that. The potential for obliteration…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
"We're just ruined by sex, women---our bodies, our psyches. We're sexually assaulted every five minutes. We're infected with everything. Traumatized by conceiving, by not conceiving. But let's keep at…"-Catherine Newman, Sandwich
14. The Summer Pact
By: Emily Giffin
3.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends make a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade lat… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
15. The Summer Wives
By: Beatriz Williams
3.74
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Beatriz Williams brings us the blockbuster novel of the season—an… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- audiobook
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- mystery
- drama
"You mustn't ever try to save me, all right?I like to sail close to the wind, as close as I can,but I won't capsize"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"There's something about the smells of your childhood, isn't there? ... You still remember those small sublime joys with an ache of longing because there's no getting it back, is there? You cannot ret…"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"They say human beings are creatures of habit, that we are wont to follow the scripts already written in our heads, the stories we have learned to believe, over and over again in the same implacable, …"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
"You must find whatever ugliness there exists within him and have the courage to extract it, like a bad tooth, or if it cannot be extracted to actually journey inside him and gather the ugliness in yo…"-Beatriz Williams, The Summer Wives
16. Shelterwood
By: Lisa Wingate
3.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping novel inspired by the untold history of women pioneers who fought to protect children ca… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"What lucky people we readers are that we live not just one life, but many, and diving into yet another is as easy as opening a book."-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"That was a perilous area. . .Graves could be anywhere and undoubtedly are. We walk over history, unaware, every day in all places. We sleep atop it. When we rest our heads at night, we've no way of k…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"The light between them outshines the November day. My heartstrings tug, and I want to call my mother and my grandmother, the women who built me - who implanted the idea that whatever path I chose for…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
"I take a deep breath, lose myself in the healing power of feeling the world breathe, water over stones, wind against trees, last year's dry leaves tumbling along expanses of rock, in the play of clou…"-Lisa Wingate, Shelterwood
17. A Happier Life
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey
4.32
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Present Day: Keaton Smith is desperate for a fresh start. So when her mother needs someone to put h… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- chick lit
- mystery
- audiobook
"Trends come and go; the simplicity of timeless meals with the ones you love is forever."-Kristy Woodson Harvey, A Happier Life
18. The Cliffs
By: J. Courtney Sullivan
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A novel of family, secrets, ghosts, and homecoming set on the seaside cliffs of Maine, by the New Y… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- audiobook
19. The Wedding People
By: Alison Espach
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people… read more
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- romance
- adult fiction
- fiction
- chick lit
- adult
- audiobook
"Phoebe feels powerless to help. She imagines this what mothers often feel."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To be stuck inside her house was to be stuck inside herself and all the choices she made over the years."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"Phoebe was the only person waiting in the dark to condemn herself for every single thing when the day was over."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
"To collect is to care more than most. But it is also to hoard. to Take things out of the world and make them only yours."-Alison Espach, The Wedding People
20. The God of the Woods
By: Liz Moore
4.27
Format: 490 pages, Kindle Edition
When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, Augu… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
21. The Briar Club
By: Kate Quinn
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"You can't call yourself a proper home without the regular smell of good food..."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"And guilt roiled in his stomach because he wanted to love his mother, and sometimes what pulsed through him came horribly close to hate."-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Be selfish, stick to the plan Claire had clung to since she was 16. Look out for herself and no one else, because love was for suckers and happiness meant a well-stocked bank account and a house you …"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
"Happiness is a choice as much as anything. Or you could choose to be angry, and if you stay angry long enough, it will become comfortable, like an old robe. But eventually you’ll realize that old rob…"-Kate Quinn, The Briar Club
