Women Friendship

Three women, from coast to coast and in between, open their mailboxes to the same intriguing invitation. Although leading entirely different lives, each has found herself at a similar, jarring crossroads. Right when these women thought they’d be comfortably settling into middle age, their carefully curated futures have turned out to be dead ends.

A perfect next listen for fans of Abbi Waxman and Katherine Center, Can't Take It Back is a fast-paced and relatable debut telling the interconnected stories of four women over the course of a kindergarten school year. Huddled on their favorite park bench in a quiet Seattle suburb, Holly, Avery, Zoe, and Sasha might look like they've got it all figured out - but there’s more to their stories than meets the eye.

Suddenly widowed with no means of support, Evelyn Peerbaugh hangs a “for rent” sign in front of her large Victorian home and her life changes in ways she never dreamed of. In a matter of days she becomes the owner of a busy boardinghouse and must now cope with the lives and emotions of the most incompatible group of women ever gathered under one roof. How will Evelyn manage? What will her future be like now? “The Sister Circle,” Book One of this charming contemporary series, introduces Peerbaugh Place, the quaint Victorian house that becomes a refuge to seven women of vastly ...

When a woman gets to a certain age, everyone forgets that she has a long and vibrant life behind her. Molly is no different; at sixty-five, the residents of Shipwreck Key see her as just the proprietress of The Scuttlebutt, the island's coffee shop. But Molly has lived—really lived—and she has the battle scars to prove it. In 1982, when her beloved husband Rodney died in a boating accident off the coast of Hawaii, Molly was left a widow in her early twenties. But not only was she left to live without her best friend and life partner the day his boat vanished, her hopes and dreams to ...

On Shipwreck Key, the holiday season comes with twinkle lights, chosen family… and a few surprises no one sees coming. For the first time in years, Ruby Hudson has everything she’s dreamed of: her two daughters home for the holidays, a man who makes her heart feel whole again, and a community of strong, beautiful women by her side. Her best friend, Sunday Bond, is in love. The island is buzzing with holiday spirit. Friends and family have gathered for Christmas cheer. There’s even a whisper of something miraculous in the air—Florida snow. And then there’s the wedding. It’s ...

The complete cowboy collection at the ranch in Quinn Valley will sweep you away with heartwarming, uplifting stories of love, faith, and forgiveness - all with a sexy-and-sweet cowboy at the center of the romance & family saga! Contracted Cowboy: A fake ad brings a cowboy to Georgia's door just in time for all the Quinn family holiday parties, so she hires Logan to be her boyfriend. Nothing can go wrong with this plan...except she might lose her heart to her newly contracted cowboy. Secret Sweetheart: She's a domestic goddess. He works on her father's ranch. They could have forever...if ...

This smart and thought-provoking memoir, history, and cultural critique about the turmoil and complexity of female friendship is read by the author. "Smith's gift for journalistic narrative...will make a lot of listeners hear it in a more personal way" —AudioFile on The Book of Human Emotions...

READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY “The perfect summer read...it is propulsive and drenched in light, just like the title.” —Jenna Bush Hager “Radiant...What begins as a teenage romance in 1950s Florida becomes an intimate, deeply moving story of separation, sacrifice...

Beckett Sinclair doesn't do complicated. He trains K-9s at Pawsitive Connections, runs ops with Warrior Security, and keeps his PTSD under control. Until a dead friend’s little sister shows up. Audra Cartland is jumpy. Exhausted. Sleeping in the equipment shed when she thinks no one's watching. Beckett knows that look—he's seen it in combat zones, in victims, in his own mirror. Someone's hunting her. She won't talk. Won't explain the fear in her eyes or why she flinches at shadows. But Beckett made a promise to her brother years ago in Afghanistan, and those debts don't die. Beckett ...

Campbell Carter has come to Sweethaven in search of answers about her mother's history. Just before losing a battle with cancer, Suzanne Carter sent letters to childhood friends from her hometown of Sweethaven, Michigan. Suzanne's three friends - Lila, Jane, and Meghan - haven't spoken in years, yet each has pieces of a scrapbook they made together as girls. Suzanne's letters have lured them all back to the idyllic lakeside town, where they meet Campbell and begin to remember what was so special about their long Sweethaven summers.

Most authors invent a premise. She carried a reason. Bestselling author Georgia Curtis Ling didn’t just write this #1 Amazon Bestselling Christian suspense—she lived inside the world it belongs to. As a native of the Appalachian foothills and a pastor’s wife for over two decades, Georgia draws on a lifetime of lived experience to craft pulse-pounding, faith-filled thrillers. Her novels deliver raw emotional truth, regional flair, and an unforgettable sisterhood of amateur sleuths. She infuses every page of But There Were Signs with a raw, breathtaking authenticity that you won't just ...

A woman who can’t remember. A soldier who wishes he could forget. Hunter Everett may have gotten out of the Special Forces, but the demons that haunt him aren’t as easy to escape. His friends keep encouraging him to come stay at the Resting Warrior Ranch. After all, it was created for people like Hunter—soldiers with PTSD struggling to readjust to civilian life—but he isn’t interested. It’s better, safer, for everyone if he just remains alone. Until he discovers Jada Moyer—bruised, terrified, and with no memory of anything about her life. Cops and criminals alike seem to be ...

Josh Braden has models at his beck and call, a staff that never says never, and an elegant clothing line for the holiday season. When he hires Riley Banks, he expects her to learn the business from the ground up. But the girl next door turns out to be much more than he remembered. Josh and Riley's friendship heats up. Every steamy kiss and every erotic caress stirs a love they cannot deny.

Read by Julia Whelan, including an Author's Note read by Kristin, revealing her inspiration for telling the women's heroic stories, which had been either forgotten or entirely overlooked. Adored by millions and soon to be a major motion picture, The Women is a sweeping story of epic love...

At sixty, Evelyn thought the most shocking thing in her life would be remembering where she put her reading glasses. She was wrong. For her birthday, her well-meaning daughter arrives with a stylist, a dating app, a pair of shoes clearly designed by someone who hates feet, and the terrifying belief that Evelyn needs a “fresh start.” Unfortunately for everyone involved, Evelyn has no interest in becoming a polished, perky, shapewear-squeezed version of herself. So she rewrites the dating profile herself. Comfortable underwear. Strong opinions. Excellent snacks. That one honest sentence ...

Instant New York Times Bestseller! From the world's #1 bestselling author, the Women’s Murder Club goes searching for 26 Beauties—young women missing in San Francisco. SFPD’s Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited...

AN INDIE NEXT PICK A Goodreads Most Anticipated Mystery & Thriller Pick of the Summer "Prepare to meet your next summer binge read." —May Cobb, bestselling author of The Hunting Wives From national bestselling author Ashley Winstead comes a buzzy, bloody new thriller about success...

A groundbreaking, practical program for transforming troubled relationships into positive ones “This is the best book on relationships I have ever read. . . . John Gottman has decoded the subtle secrets that can either enrich or destroy the quality of our ties with others.” Daniel B. Wile...

Lark Monroe runs Pawsitive Connections with a smile that doesn't always reach her eyes, an alpaca named Al Pacacino who thinks he's royalty, and a talent for recognizing broken people. Because she's one of them. She's built a sanctuary in Pawsitive. Forty acres of second chances for animals nobody else wanted and humans who've forgotten how to trust. It's easier to fix other people's problems. Safer. Her own? Those stay buried. But the past she left behind isn't staying there. And the man she hired to fix her fences sees straight through every wall she's spent five years building. Turns out...

A divorced librarian. A magical bookshop where every book is a portal. A Scottish stone gargoyle on the roof who comes alive at sunset. When forty-six-year-old librarian Diane Winters signs her divorce papers, she expects wine with friends. Not inheriting a magical bookshop where each book is a portal to another world. But that's exactly what she gets. Between the Lines isn't just a bookshop. It's a gateway between dimensions, and Diane's the new Keeper. Too bad the job comes with powers that surge with every hot flash, a mysterious enemy stealing books from all realities, a friend squad ...