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The Summer We Ran

by Audrey Ingram • 2025

Running for governor, she faces the man who broke her heart. Their secret is surfacing.

3.61

18k+

💕 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines ⚖️ Class Divide 🍂 Bittersweet 📼 1990s Nostalgia

The Summer We Ran

Running for governor, she faces the man who broke her heart. Their secret is surfacing.

by Audrey Ingram 2025 336 pages

3.61

18k+ ratings

💕 Second Chance Romance ⏳ Dual Timelines ⚖️ Class Divide 🍂 Bittersweet 📼 1990s Nostalgia

You Got Anything Stronger?

by Gabrielle Union • 2021

Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.

4.11

11k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 👩🏾‍💼 Invisible Labor 🖤 Anti-Blackness 🩺 Women's Health

You Got Anything Stronger?

Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.

by Gabrielle Union 2021 242 pages

4.11

11k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 👩🏾‍💼 Invisible Labor 🖤 Anti-Blackness 🩺 Women's Health

Be Happy Without Being Perfect

by Alice D. Domar • 2008

Perfectionism is making women sick. The toolkit for escaping the trap and embracing good enough.

3.56

500+

🎯 Perfectionism Recovery 💭 Cognitive Reframing 💗 Self-Compassion 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

Be Happy Without Being Perfect

Perfectionism is making women sick. The toolkit for escaping the trap and embracing good enough.

by Alice D. Domar 2008 304 pages

3.56

500+ ratings

🎯 Perfectionism Recovery 💭 Cognitive Reframing 💗 Self-Compassion 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine

So Long a Letter

by Mariama Bâ • 1980

Her husband dead, a Senegalese widow writes one long letter, untangling years of love and betrayal.

4.00

12k+

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 💔 Polygamy 👭 Female Friendship 🌱 Quiet Resilience

So Long a Letter

Her husband dead, a Senegalese widow writes one long letter, untangling years of love and betrayal.

by Mariama Bâ 1980 90 pages

4.00

12k+ ratings

✉️ Epistolary Novel 🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 💔 Polygamy 👭 Female Friendship 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

by Talia Hibbert • 2021

After hitting a rigid B&B owner with her car, a chaotic woman must run his inn.

4.07

100k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 🌿 English Countryside 🏠 Forced Proximity

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

After hitting a rigid B&B owner with her car, a chaotic woman must run his inn.

by Talia Hibbert 2021 400 pages

4.07

100k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🧠 Neurodivergent Romance 🌿 English Countryside 🏠 Forced Proximity

Conquering Infertility

by Alice D. Domar • 2002

Infertility hijacks your body and your mind. The program that helps you take both back.

4.08

193

🩺 Reproductive Health 💔 Infertility Support 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💪 Emotional Resilience

Conquering Infertility

Infertility hijacks your body and your mind. The program that helps you take both back.

by Alice D. Domar 2002 337 pages

4.08

193 ratings

🩺 Reproductive Health 💔 Infertility Support 🧘 Mind-Body Medicine 🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 💪 Emotional Resilience

Parenting a Teen Girl

by Lucie Hemmen • 2012

When your teenage daughter pulls away, here's how to stay close without pushing harder.

3.90

249

👧 Raising Daughters 🧒 Parenting Teenagers 💬 Teen Communication 💛 Emotional Validation 📱 Digital Boundaries

Parenting a Teen Girl

When your teenage daughter pulls away, here's how to stay close without pushing harder.

by Lucie Hemmen 2012 184 pages

3.90

249 ratings

👧 Raising Daughters 🧒 Parenting Teenagers 💬 Teen Communication 💛 Emotional Validation 📱 Digital Boundaries

The Quaker Café

by Brenda Bevan Remmes • 2015

Her father's death forces Maggie Kendall to unearth the racial sins her Southern town long buried.

3.68

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔍 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Cafe Setting 🤝 Interracial Friendship 👤 Hidden Parentage

The Quaker Café

Her father's death forces Maggie Kendall to unearth the racial sins her Southern town long buried.

by Brenda Bevan Remmes 2015 321 pages

3.68

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🔍 Family Secrets ☕ Cozy Cafe Setting 🤝 Interracial Friendship 👤 Hidden Parentage

The Secrets of Flowers

by Sally Page • 2024

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

3.98

7k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging 🖤 Grieving Widow 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Secrets of Flowers

Grieving scientist trades her lab for a flower shop, then chases the Titanic’s florist.

by Sally Page 2024 336 pages

3.98

7k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔍 Historical Mystery 🌸 Flower Arranging 🖤 Grieving Widow 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Come Away with Me

by Karma Brown • 2015

A crash kills her husband and baby. Their shared dream jar pulls her across the globe.

4.04

5k+

🖤 Grief Fiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👤 Widow Protagonist 💕 New Love After Loss ✈️ Travel As Therapy

Come Away with Me

A crash kills her husband and baby. Their shared dream jar pulls her across the globe.

by Karma Brown 2015 368 pages

4.04

5k+ ratings

🖤 Grief Fiction 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 👤 Widow Protagonist 💕 New Love After Loss ✈️ Travel As Therapy

Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent • 2013

Rural Iceland, 1829: a condemned woman's account of love and murder shakes a young priest's faith.

4.04

100k+

🏔️ 19th Century Iceland 🔍 True Crime Fiction ⏳ Looming Execution ⛪ Priest And Prisoner 👩‍⚖️ Woman As Scapegoat

Burial Rites

Rural Iceland, 1829: a condemned woman's account of love and murder shakes a young priest's faith.

by Hannah Kent 2013 336 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

🏔️ 19th Century Iceland 🔍 True Crime Fiction ⏳ Looming Execution ⛪ Priest And Prisoner 👩‍⚖️ Woman As Scapegoat

Rich and Pretty

by Rumaan Alam • 2016

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

2.77

11k+

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

Rich and Pretty

One marries into Manhattan privilege, the other stagnates. Their lifelong friendship starts to fray.

by Rumaan Alam 2016 304 pages

2.77

11k+ ratings

🫂 Female Friendship 🛤️ Diverging Paths 🌫️ Quiet Melancholy 🗽 New York City 📖 Book Club Fiction

On Being Human

by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

3.91

3k+

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

On Being Human

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019 336 pages

3.91

3k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

Dava Shastri's Last Day

by Kirthana Ramisetti • 2021

A billionaire reads her own obituaries, then gathers her fractured family on an island to confess.

3.47

10k+

🔥 Family Saga 👑 Controlling Matriarch ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌏 Immigrant Success Story 🔒 Family Secrets

Dava Shastri's Last Day

A billionaire reads her own obituaries, then gathers her fractured family on an island to confess.

by Kirthana Ramisetti 2021 384 pages

3.47

10k+ ratings

🔥 Family Saga 👑 Controlling Matriarch ⚔️ Sibling Rivalry 🌏 Immigrant Success Story 🔒 Family Secrets

Talking to the Dead

by Barbara Weisberg • 2004

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

3.60

500+

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Skepticism And Belief

Talking to the Dead

Two sisters cracked their toe joints in 1848, launched a national religion and were consumed.

by Barbara Weisberg 2004 324 pages

3.60

500+ ratings

🕯️ Modern Spiritualism 🏛️ Spiritualist Movement 🔮 SéAnce Culture 🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🧐 Skepticism And Belief

Mother's Day

by Patricia MacDonald • 1994

A birth mother's return ends in murder. Her daughter's adoptive parents are the prime suspects.

4.25

8k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 👶 Adoption Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Corrupt Authority

Mother's Day

A birth mother's return ends in murder. Her daughter's adoptive parents are the prime suspects.

by Patricia MacDonald 1994 310 pages

4.25

8k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🧠 Psychological Thriller 👶 Adoption Secrets 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 👮 Corrupt Authority

Estrogen Matters

by Avrum Bluming • 2018

One flawed study scared millions off estrogen. The hormone protects the heart, brain, and bones.

4.31

2k+

🩸 Menopause 🏥 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔍 Medical Myth-Busting 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Estrogen Matters

One flawed study scared millions off estrogen. The hormone protects the heart, brain, and bones.

by Avrum Bluming 2018 310 pages

4.31

2k+ ratings

🩸 Menopause 🏥 Women's Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 🔍 Medical Myth-Busting 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine

Empress Orchid

by Anchee Min • 2003

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

3.90

25k+

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

Empress Orchid

A poor Manchu consort enters the Forbidden City; survival will cost her everything she loves.

by Anchee Min 2003 368 pages

3.90

25k+ ratings

🏯 Imperial Court Drama 👘 Concubine Protagonist 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Palace Rivalry 🤱 Imperial Motherhood

All Things Aside

by Iliza Shlesinger • 2022

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

3.90

5k+

🎤 Observational Comedy ♀️ Feminist Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 💄 Body Image Pressure 🤰 Modern Motherhood

All Things Aside

Modern womanhood is a series of scams. A comedian presents her receipts.

by Iliza Shlesinger 2022 256 pages

3.90

5k+ ratings

🎤 Observational Comedy ♀️ Feminist Humor 📱 Millennial Experience 💄 Body Image Pressure 🤰 Modern Motherhood

Fractured

by Dani Atkins • 2013

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

3.80

17k+

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

Fractured

Her best friend died saving her. Five years later, she wakes to find him alive.

by Dani Atkins 2013 289 pages

3.80

17k+ ratings

🫶 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🔀 Parallel Lives 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🥀 Tragic Romance 💕 Love Triangle

Natural Solutions to PCOS

by Marilyn Glenville • 2012

Reverse PCOS naturally: the diet, supplement, and stress protocol that restores fertility.

4.14

141

🩺 PCOS Management 🌸 Women's Hormonal Health 🥗 Low-Glycemic Eating 👶 Natural Fertility 💊 Supplement Protocols

Natural Solutions to PCOS

Reverse PCOS naturally: the diet, supplement, and stress protocol that restores fertility.

by Marilyn Glenville 2012 257 pages

4.14

141 ratings

🩺 PCOS Management 🌸 Women's Hormonal Health 🥗 Low-Glycemic Eating 👶 Natural Fertility 💊 Supplement Protocols

Living Well with Hypothyroidism

by Mary J. Shomon • 2000

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

3.91

500+

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🩺 Chronic Illness Management ⚖️ Hormone Health

Living Well with Hypothyroidism

A normal TSH test can hide a failing thyroid. How to get diagnosed and treated right.

by Mary J. Shomon 2000 587 pages

3.91

500+ ratings

🦋 Thyroid Disorders 🗣️ Patient Advocacy 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🩺 Chronic Illness Management ⚖️ Hormone Health

Lavash at First Sight

by Taleen Voskuni • 2024

At a food industry conference, two queer Armenian women from rival families fall in love in secret.

3.65

1k+

🇦🇲 Armenian American 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Diaspora 🍳 Food Industry Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 💌 Secret Relationship

Lavash at First Sight

At a food industry conference, two queer Armenian women from rival families fall in love in secret.

by Taleen Voskuni 2024 304 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

🇦🇲 Armenian American 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Diaspora 🍳 Food Industry Romance ⚔️ Rival Families 💌 Secret Relationship

Sudha Murthy Kit

by Sudha Murty

An Indian mother-in-law worships the dollar until she crosses the ocean and meets its true cost.

4.29

139

🏡 Indian Family Drama ✈️ Immigrant Fiction 👵 Mother-In-Law Conflict 🌏 Cultural Clash 💰 Materialism Critique

Sudha Murthy Kit

An Indian mother-in-law worships the dollar until she crosses the ocean and meets its true cost.

by Sudha Murty

4.29

139 ratings

🏡 Indian Family Drama ✈️ Immigrant Fiction 👵 Mother-In-Law Conflict 🌏 Cultural Clash 💰 Materialism Critique

The Last Housewife

by Ashley Winstead • 2022

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

3.69

64k+

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

The Last Housewife

A housewife goes undercover in a cult of powerful men after her best friend's suspicious suicide.

by Ashley Winstead 2022 385 pages

3.69

64k+ ratings

🕯️ Cult Thriller 🔪 Feminist Suspense 🏛️ Dark Academia 🎙️ Podcast Investigation ⚖️ Morally Ambiguous

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

by Anita Shreve • 1998

After a crash kills her pilot husband, a widow uncovers the family he hid in London.

3.57

100k+

🏠 Domestic Drama 🎭 Hidden Double Life 💔 Grieving Widow 🔍 Investigating The Dead 🕯️ Slow-Burn Revelation

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

After a crash kills her pilot husband, a widow uncovers the family he hid in London.

by Anita Shreve 1998

3.57

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Drama 🎭 Hidden Double Life 💔 Grieving Widow 🔍 Investigating The Dead 🕯️ Slow-Burn Revelation

The Sexy Years

by Suzanne Somers • 2003

Midlife fatigue and lost libido are hormonal. The fix that restores energy, sex, and vitality.

3.74

348

💊 Menopause Health 🌿 Bioidentical Hormones 🧬 Holistic Aging 🔥 Sexual Vitality 🧔 Andropause

The Sexy Years

Midlife fatigue and lost libido are hormonal. The fix that restores energy, sex, and vitality.

by Suzanne Somers 2003 384 pages

3.74

348 ratings

💊 Menopause Health 🌿 Bioidentical Hormones 🧬 Holistic Aging 🔥 Sexual Vitality 🧔 Andropause

Thanksgiving Past

by Kathi Daley • 2020

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

4.46

2k+

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Thanksgiving Past

A Thanksgiving vanishing pulls a newcomer into a mystery tangled with her own lost past.

by Kathi Daley 2020 126 pages

4.46

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold Case Mystery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🦃 Thanksgiving Setting ❤️ Found Family 🔍 Amateur Sleuth

Allen Carr's Easy Way for Women to Quit Smoking

by Allen Carr • 2018

Quit smoking easily, without willpower or substitutes: you craved it because you believed a lie.

4.41

107

🧭 Smoking Cessation ⚗️ Nicotine Addiction 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🧘 Anti-Willpower Methods ♀️ Women's Health

Allen Carr's Easy Way for Women to Quit Smoking

Quit smoking easily, without willpower or substitutes: you craved it because you believed a lie.

by Allen Carr 2018 258 pages

4.41

107 ratings

🧭 Smoking Cessation ⚗️ Nicotine Addiction 🧠 Cognitive Reframing 🧘 Anti-Willpower Methods ♀️ Women's Health

Lake Effect

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney • 2026

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

3.84

23k+

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

Lake Effect

A restless wife, her neighbor, and a choice that will echo through two families for decades.

by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney 2026 288 pages

3.84

23k+ ratings

🏘️ Suburban Family Saga 💋 Secret Affair 🚪 Closeted Husband 👯‍♀️ Sister Dynamics 🕰️ 1970s Suburbia

Goddess of Filth

by V. Castro • 2021

Five friends hold a séance. One wakes possessed by an Aztec goddess who feasts on sin.

3.58

9k+

🖤 Feminist Horror 🕯️ Possession Horror 🏛️ Mythological Horror 💀 Latinx Horror 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Goddess of Filth

Five friends hold a séance. One wakes possessed by an Aztec goddess who feasts on sin.

by V. Castro 2021 156 pages

3.58

9k+ ratings

🖤 Feminist Horror 🕯️ Possession Horror 🏛️ Mythological Horror 💀 Latinx Horror 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Grave Mercy

by Robin LaFevers • 2012

An assassin nun protects a besieged duchess, falling for the half-brother she suspects most.

3.89

100k+

🗡️ Assassin Heroine 👑 Medieval Court Intrigue 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💀 Deadly Romance

Grave Mercy

An assassin nun protects a besieged duchess, falling for the half-brother she suspects most.

by Robin LaFevers 2012 549 pages

3.89

100k+ ratings

🗡️ Assassin Heroine 👑 Medieval Court Intrigue 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 💀 Deadly Romance

You Can Have It All, Just Not at the Same Damn Time

by Romi Neustadt • 2020

Do the math on your time, then make the edits the number demands.

3.84

225

⏳ Time Management 🔝 Priority Setting 🔄 Habit Formation 📵 Digital Boundaries 🏁 Goal Setting

You Can Have It All, Just Not at the Same Damn Time

Do the math on your time, then make the edits the number demands.

by Romi Neustadt 2020 224 pages

3.84

225 ratings

⏳ Time Management 🔝 Priority Setting 🔄 Habit Formation 📵 Digital Boundaries 🏁 Goal Setting

The Memory Box

by Kathryn Hughes • 2021

A hundred-year-old woman returns to Italy, carrying a box of mementos and a wartime secret.

4.48

16k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🧳 Evacuee Story 🇮🇹 Wartime Italy 💔 Love Triangle

The Memory Box

A hundred-year-old woman returns to Italy, carrying a box of mementos and a wartime secret.

by Kathryn Hughes 2021 430 pages

4.48

16k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🔒 Family Secrets 🧳 Evacuee Story 🇮🇹 Wartime Italy 💔 Love Triangle

Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault

by Cathy Guisewite • 2019

Aging parents, adult kids, and a swimsuit dressing room: 50 dispatches from midlife.

3.56

2k+

🧾 Personal Essays 📗 Midlife Memoir 🪞 Body Image 👵 Aging Parents 💼 Modern Womanhood

Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault

Aging parents, adult kids, and a swimsuit dressing room: 50 dispatches from midlife.

by Cathy Guisewite 2019 336 pages

3.56

2k+ ratings

🧾 Personal Essays 📗 Midlife Memoir 🪞 Body Image 👵 Aging Parents 💼 Modern Womanhood

Poesía completa

by Alejandra Pizarnik • 2000

Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.

4.55

11k+

📝 Confessional Poetry 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🌀 Surrealism 🤐 Limits Of Language 🕳️ Existential Solitude

Poesía completa

Poetry cannot close the wound it names. The truest self only breathes after dark.

by Alejandra Pizarnik 2000 470 pages

4.55

11k+ ratings

📝 Confessional Poetry 🌎 Latin American Poetry 🌀 Surrealism 🤐 Limits Of Language 🕳️ Existential Solitude

You Can't Know It All

by Wanda T. Wallace • 2019

Getting promoted past your expertise demands a leadership model no technical mastery can teach you.

3.99

135

🔄 Leadership Transitions 🔗 Cross-Functional Teams 🧠 Managing Experts 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Executive Development

You Can't Know It All

Getting promoted past your expertise demands a leadership model no technical mastery can teach you.

by Wanda T. Wallace 2019 245 pages

3.99

135 ratings

🔄 Leadership Transitions 🔗 Cross-Functional Teams 🧠 Managing Experts 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 📈 Executive Development

Under the Radar

by Fern Michaels • 2009

When their leader disappears, women vigilantes race to rescue pregnant teens from a polygamous cult.

4.24

5k+

🎯 Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Hidden Family 🕊️ Cult Survivor

Under the Radar

When their leader disappears, women vigilantes race to rescue pregnant teens from a polygamous cult.

by Fern Michaels 2009 304 pages

4.24

5k+ ratings

🎯 Vigilante Justice 🏚️ Polygamous Cult 🫂 Found Family 🤫 Hidden Family 🕊️ Cult Survivor

Wish You Were Here

by Renee Carlino • 2017

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

3.92

17k+

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Wish You Were Here

A painter gives a waitress one perfect night, then forgets her completely. He has a reason.

by Renee Carlino 2017 320 pages

3.92

17k+ ratings

🏥 Terminal Illness Romance 😢 Tearjerker 💕 Second Chance At Love 🎨 Artist Love Interest 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Leftover Woman

by Jean Kwok • 2023

Hiding as her daughter's nanny, a desperate mother must evade the adoptive parents and her ex.

3.75

30k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👩‍🍼 Nanny Infiltration 🎭 Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👨‍👩‍👧 Adoption

The Leftover Woman

Hiding as her daughter's nanny, a desperate mother must evade the adoptive parents and her ex.

by Jean Kwok 2023 288 pages

3.75

30k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 👩‍🍼 Nanny Infiltration 🎭 Hidden Identity 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond 👨‍👩‍👧 Adoption

Là où je me terre

by Caroline Dawson • 2020

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

4.36

11k+

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond 💸 Class Shame 👤 Self Erasure

Là où je me terre

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

by Caroline Dawson 2020 208 pages

4.36

11k+ ratings

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond 💸 Class Shame 👤 Self Erasure

Enjoying the Show

by Marie Harte • 2007

Caught watching her hot neighbor, a shy woman faces an ultimatum: dinner, or the police.

3.50

3k+

👀 Voyeur Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦋 Shy Heroine 🔥 High Heat

Enjoying the Show

Caught watching her hot neighbor, a shy woman faces an ultimatum: dinner, or the police.

by Marie Harte 2007 82 pages

3.50

3k+ ratings

👀 Voyeur Romance 🔄 Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦋 Shy Heroine 🔥 High Heat

The Briars

by Sarah Crouch • 2026

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

3.66

4k+

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Grudging Allies 👀 Killer In Plain Sight

The Briars

A game warden seeking refuge finds a body in the briars of her new mountain town.

by Sarah Crouch 2026 320 pages

3.66

4k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Murder ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Grudging Allies 👀 Killer In Plain Sight

Play It As It Lays

by Joan Didion • 1970

A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.

3.90

93k+

🎬 Hollywood Novel 🏚️ Woman On The Verge 💔 Disintegrating Marriage 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 🌴 Los Angeles Fiction

Play It As It Lays

A Hollywood actress drives the freeways to escape the silence left by a daughter locked away.

by Joan Didion 1970 231 pages

3.90

93k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Novel 🏚️ Woman On The Verge 💔 Disintegrating Marriage 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 🌴 Los Angeles Fiction

Confident Women

by Tori Telfer • 2021

The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.

3.72

4k+

🎭 Con Artists 👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals 🕰️ Historical Crime 🧠 Deception Psychology 🪪 Impostors

Confident Women

The fake heiresses, false survivors, and phantom psychics who built empires on other people's hope.

by Tori Telfer 2021 352 pages

3.72

4k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artists 👩‍⚖️ Female Criminals 🕰️ Historical Crime 🧠 Deception Psychology 🪪 Impostors

No Explanation Required!

by Carol Sankar • 2021

Stop explaining. Stop apologizing. The word-level tools that get women heard and promoted.

3.53

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by Christiane Northrup 2015 408 pages

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Point Blank

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4.34

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