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Presents a comparative study of fiction by late twentieth and twenty-first century women writers from Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. This work is of interest to students interested in women's studies, gender studies, and cultural studies as well as Welsh, Irish and Celtic studies.
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In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France ... but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's home,...
3) Kisschase
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A collection of twenty-minute short stories by contemporary women's fiction author Rhoda Baxter.
4) Color Me Bad
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An original short story by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sharon Sala links to her full-length contemporary women's fiction novel, The Curl Up and Dye. The novella centers around the four women who run the Curl Up and Dye hair salon and their relationships with the quirky customers of small-town Blessings, Georgia. Their meddlesome efforts at match-making run awry, but there's always another makeover just around the corner.
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For proof, you need to look no further than Nobody's Baby But Mine. This classic comic love story from perennial New York Times bestseller Phillips unites a beautiful, brainy scientist desperate to be a mom with a brawny, smoking hot jock who, though handsome enough to father her child, is nowhere near as stupid as she wants her baby's daddy to be. Emily Giffin, Jane Green, and Rachel Gibson fans take note: when it comes to delivering delightfully...
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Family. Courage. Love.
Kathryn Gordon's cozy rural life falls apart when her adult daughter, Heather, is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. While Kathryn researches alternative cures, including communicating with a dead Scottish ancestor, Heather Gordon makes a heroic journey to Scotland with an ex-boyfriend she still loves.
The Scent of Apple Tea is a story of wanting what you can't have, and finding the courage to live and love the life you're given....
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The Prime Time series continues with two sweet romances adding to the family saga in this contemporary women's fiction set of novels.
The fifth novel in this series examines marriage in all its complexities.
Lynn's marriage is in crisis as she contemplates her husband's retirement plans. Alina wonders if marriage is advisable so late in her life, and Anna faces a relationship possibility that turns her life upside down.
This story will make you...
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What if you got the opportunity to come back to life…as a guardian angel to your evil ex-boyfriend? That's the hilarious premise of If This is Paradise I Want My Money Back, a wonderfully clever and charming tale of heavenly revenge from Claudia Carroll, the bestselling author of I Never Fancied Him Anyway and Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man. Fans of smart, contemporary women's fiction like the bestselling novels of Meg Cabot and Marion Keyes will...
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Jillian and Zoe are two of the outstanding women in this contemporary women's fiction series. Each deserved a shorter book of their own to complete their life stories. These two books, Seven Days With Jillian, and Seven Days With Zoe, are here under one title: Seven Days Destinations.
Seven Days With Jillian
So much has happened in the Beck family since the incredible week in Mexico.
Back in Canada, Jillian must take stock, appreciate her new start,...
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"Poignant, funny, and smart, Brunch and Other Obligations is a must-have for contemporary women's fiction shelves. Readers will want to watch for what Nugent does next."
—Booklist
"A thoroughly upbeat and fully entertaining novel from cover to cover."
—Midwest Book Review
"Brunch and Other Obligations is women's fiction at its finest! A tender, witty, heartfelt...
—Booklist
"A thoroughly upbeat and fully entertaining novel from cover to cover."
—Midwest Book Review
"Brunch and Other Obligations is women's fiction at its finest! A tender, witty, heartfelt...
11) Now or Never
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Now or Never is the third book in the contemporary women's fiction/family saga series, Prime Time, which began with Anna Mason's story in Auld Acquaintance.
In this book, two of Anna's dear friends travel to Italy for very different and urgent family reasons.
Will Maria find common ground at the villa with her rebellious teenage daughter before it is too late?
Will Susan persuade her husband, Jake, that a new, unproven treatment for multiple sclerosis...
12) Sand in the Wind
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If I had had the wits to see through his charm, I would have run like the scared rabbit life had made of me.
Sand in the Wind is the fourth story in the contemporary women's fiction Prime Time series. Set in Egypt, this story follows two friends as they discover a depth and dimension to their personal histories they never could have imagined.
In this story, we see the depth of the friendship between Anna and Alina.
Anna uncovers more about Helen...
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Tech industry executive Olivia Vandenberg and Olympic athlete Luka Novak cross paths at a wilderness ranch, where their secrets collide as they each struggle with the aftershock of their own painful pasts.> WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award – Best Women's FictionThe remote Stehekin Wilderness Ranch, tucked in the heart of the North Cascades, is accessible only by boat or plane. Marketing brochures promise adventures ranging from kayaking or...
14) Road to Medina
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Twenty-two-year-old Maryam, a Saudi woman living comfortably with her parents in Medina, is old enough to get married and old enough to get a job. She is also old enough to pursue postgraduate studies in English in Leeds in the United Kingdombut that option fuels her dilemma. Her hesitation to study abroad stems from the fact she is a devout and traditional woman, deeply dedicated to her Muslim faith. She is initially ambivalent about leaving the...
15) Turning Trixie
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Trixie Burnett, a 23-year-old single mom and the only prostitute in the small northeast Texas town of Pineywoods, knows the winning lottery ticket in her purse is about to change things forever.
Trixie retires from the world's oldest profession and seeks a new life for herself and her eight-year-old son, Tyler. Trouble starts when she decides the rest of the town needs changing too.
But reputations and attitudes don't change as easily as bank accounts...
16) Quilts Galore
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Two years after mourning the death of her husband, Marianna Spencer ventures alone to Wolf Creek, Wisconsin, in search of the perfect fabric for her latest original quilt design. Once there, she spots a For Sale sign in the front window of the quilt shop and makes a brash decision to buy the business.Back in Green Bay, Wisconsin with her new found excitement rising, the last person she expects to see on her doorstep is Rachel, her teen step-daughter,...
17) Town Hall
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How can Sarah and Cameron be so alike, and yet, so different?Sarah Hutchinson is at a crossroads in her life. She had a vision to revitalize the historic buildings on Wolf Creek Square, and she's brought it to completion. What now? Managing the Square day-to-day isn't the challenge it used to be, but maybe her dream of becoming one of the shopkeepers in the last unoccupied storefront could turn into a new goal.Cameron Hutch, owner of Hutch Hotels,...
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A hot tub, an island, a stranger. A steamy vacation to remember...
Sigh. Too many years of litigation and my lawyer self desperately needed a vacation. Somehow I ended up on a ferry boat at the edge of the Pacific Northwest on my way to Orcas Island. With my romance novel and a glass of wine, I was ready to relax in a soothing hot tub.
Until I saw him.
A cyclist, gorgeous and honed, and causing quite a tumult to my sensibilities – if you know...
19) The Sock Wars
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Lucy Tuttle is a workaholic financial planner whose biggest worry is how to line up the sticky notes on her desk just so, but when her free-spirited, vivacious aunt dies in a car accident halfway across the world, Lucy's carefully ordered world spins out of control. With her last family member gone, the big 3-0 approaching, domestication closing in, and her faltering biological clock a never-ending reminder of the time she isn't spending building...
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What do you do when everything doesn't go to plan? At 33, Demi's five-year plan is on track. She's moved in with boyfriend, Wil, and is waiting patiently for her father to retire so she can take over the running of the family café. But when her father blindsides her by handing the café to her older brother Nick, and discovers Wil is hiding something, Demi's five-year plan crumbles like crostoli. Determined to get her life back on track, Demi travels...
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