Bookends

Little Earthquakes

Jennifer Weiner · 417 pages

A chef, an event planner, and a basketball player's wife find their marriages and careers in Philadelphia challenged by new motherhood, difficult schedules, and infidelity.

The Other Side of the Story

Marian Keyes · 647 pages

The agent Jojo, a high-flying literary agent on the up, has just made a very bad career move: she's jumped into bed with her married boss Mark The bestseller Jojo's sweet-natured client Lily's first novel is a roaring success. She and lover Anton celebrate by spending the advance for her second book. Then she gets writer's block The unknown Gemma used to be Lily's best friend - until Lily 'stole'

Three Wishes

Liane Moriarty · 370 pages

Australian triplets Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle are about to turn thirty-three and one is pregnant, one has just had her life turned upside down, and one is only just keeping hers from skidding off the fast lane. Meanwhile, their divorced parents have been behaving very oddly indeed.In this family comedy by Liane Moriarty, we follow the three Kettle sisters through their tumultuous thirty-third ye

Something Blue

Emily Giffin · 356 pages

Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma. When her friend steals her fiance, she is completely alone ... with a baby on the way.

Bridget Jones's Diary

Helen Fielding · 297 pages

A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An iconic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?

Shopaholic and Sister

Sophie Kinsella · 385 pages

Returning to London after her ten-month honeymoon, Becky Bloomwood Brandon finds herself depressed by a lack of money, a search for a job, and her best friend Suze's new best friend, until she discovers that she has a long lost sister.

Running in Heels

Anna Maxted · 426 pages

Cocktails for Three

Madeleine Wickham · 302 pages

Madeleine Wickham, who writes the internationally bestselling Shopaholic series as Sophie Kinsella, has penned an irresistibly dishy and entertaining novel about three savvy young women and the secrets they share over monthly drinks. Roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover -- a married man Maggie: capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with -

Shoe Addicts Anonymous

Beth Harbison · 327 pages

Four different women, one common shoe size, and a shared lust for fabulous footwear. The wife of a controlling politician, a debt-ridden eBay addict, an agoraphobic phone-sex operator, and a nanny for the family from hell (who barely knows a sole from a heel but who will do anything to get out of the house) meet Tuesday nights to trade shoes, and, in the process, form friendships that will help th

Four Blondes

Candace Bushnell · 307 pages

In her second novel, “Four Blondes”, Bushnell gives readers another uncensored look into the mating rituals of the Manhattan elite. In four novellas, Bushnell uses wry humor and frank portrayals of love and lust to deliver four clever, hilarious and socially relevant stories. “Four Blondes” was a critical and commercial success. With “Sex and the City” and “Four Blondes”, Bushnell’s work spawned a

Love, Rosie

Cecelia Ahern · 475 pages

From the author of PS, I LOVE YOU, a simultaneously funny and tender novel about what happens when two people who are destined to be together can never seem to get it right.Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone but them seems to realize it. Rosie’s best friend since childhood, Alex never did live down the fact that he didn’t invite her to his all-boys 10th birthday party. But t

The Secrets of Married Women

Carol Mason · 327 pages

For Jill, having a child has never been the be all and end all. She's just happy to have a lovely husband she can trust. But now Rob's gone off sex and treats her more like a flatmate than a lover. When Jill meets a handsome foreigner on the beach, will she take her chance for a bit of fun, or is it a risk not worth taking.

Scarlet Feather

Maeve Binchy · 528 pages

A fascinating look at large, diverse Irish families with sub plots and characters from the hard working just getting started to those in the upper echelons with challenges of their own. A delightful book.

The Ladies' Room

Carolyn Brown · 224 pages

Happy Ever After

Nora Roberts · 355 pages

Parker Brown turned the quartet's childhood game of Wedding Day into their dream jobs. And now she's the face of Vows -- the one who meets every bride's demands; keeps every event on schedule; and brings Emma's romantic flowers, Laurel's delicious treats, and Mac's stunning photography together in one glorious package. She knows how to make dreams come true... Mechanic Malcolm Kavanaugh loves

The Jane Austen Book Club

Karen Joy Fowler · 296 pages

"In California's Central Valley, five women and one man join together to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens." "Dedicated Austen readers will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through this novel, but many readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, desp

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman · 352 pages

No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond,

Open House

Elizabeth Berg · 241 pages

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Melissa Bank · 274 pages

After following the advice from a manual called "How to Meet and Marry Mr Right", Jane learns that in love there is neither pattern nor promise. This is a funny collection of connected stories and a portrait of Jane, a woman manoeuvring her way through love, sex and relationships.

The Godmother

Carrie Adams · 400 pages

There's nothing tying her down . . . but maybe that's the problem.Back from a five-week escape from her obsessive former boss (read: job over, phone number changed, doorman notified), Tessa King returns to London rested and ready to reclaim her life. She has endless possibilities, and a full social calendar with wonderful friends and godchildren who adore her.But as Tessa begins to look at all the

Second Time Around

Beth Kendrick · 327 pages

"Every summer, a group of former English majors hold a mini-reunion. They laugh, reminisce, and commiserate about their soul-sucking jobs. Maybe they should have listened to everyone who warned them to study something practical. Then an unexpected windfall arrivesone million dollars, to be exactwith the stipulation that they use it to jump-start their new careers. Almost overnight, a professor, a

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

Beth Hoffman · 313 pages

When Camille Sugarbaker Honeycutt, the pretty but crazy 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen dies, her twelve-year-old daughter CeeCee has barely a hope in the world. To her rescue arrives Great Aunt Tootie in the most magnificent car CeeCee has ever seen, and she is whisked away to the city of Savannah. Among the sweet scent of magnolias and the loving warmth of Tootie and her colourful collection of friends

Single in Suburbia

Wendy Wax · 384 pages

Amanda's husband has just traded her in for an affair with a teenybopper. Brooke is a trophy wife collecting dust. And Candace (Don't call me Candy) has had too many husbands and too little love. What do these three unlikely accomplices have in common besides a Little League team called the Mudhens? A plot to reclaim a little r-e-s-p-e-c-t. And they're going to do it with a mop and a bucket.Maid f

Girls in White Dresses

Jennifer Close · 304 pages