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More than words / by Santopolo, Jill,author.;
Nina Gregory has always been a good daughter. Raised by her father, owner of New York City's glamorous Gregory Hotels, Nina was taught that family, reputation, and legacy are what matter most. And her devoted boyfriend feels the same. But when Nina's father dies, he leaves behind a secret that shocks Nina to her core. As her world falls apart, Nina begins to see the men in her life - her father, her boyfriend, and unexpectedly, her boss, Rafael - in a new light. A heartbreaking and romantic novel about grief, loss, love, and self-discovery, and how we choose which life we are meant to live.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Chick lit.; Man-woman relationships; Life change events; Fathers and daughters; Fathers; Secrecy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Her country : how the women of country music became the success they were never supposed to be / by Moss, Marissa R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Her Country is veteran Nashville journalist Marissa R. Moss's story of how in the past two decades, country's women fought back against systems designed to keep them down, armed with their art and never willing to just shut up and sing: how women like Kacey Musgraves, Mickey Guyton, Maren Morris, The Chicks, Miranda Lambert, Rissi Palmer, Brandy Clark, LeAnn Rimes, Brandi Carlile, Margo Price and many more have reinvented the rules to find their place in an industry stacked against them, how they've ruled the century when it comes to artistic output--and about how women can and do belong in the mainstream of country music, even if their voices aren't being heard as loudly"--
Subjects: Country music; Country music; Sex role in music.; Women country musicians; Women singers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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If only I could tell you / by Beckerman, Hannah,author.;
Audrey's family has fallen apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two teenage granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. A secret that echoes back thirty years has splintered the family in two, but is also the one thing keeping them connected. As tensions reach breaking point, the irrevocable choice that one of them made all those years ago is about to surface. After years of secrets and silence, how can one broken family find their way back to each other?A life-affirming novel with a twist that will break your heart and an ending that will put it together again.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Domestic fiction.; Cousins; Dysfunctional families; Family secrets; Interpersonal relations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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About us / by Moriarty, Sinéad,author.;
Three women are at a crossroads - can they save their relationships or should they find happiness alone? Alice and Niall - They used to be lovers, best friends and parents, in that order. But they're no longer on the same page about sex and it's killing them ... Ann and Ken - Ann thought when she and Ken retired, it would be their second spring. However, instead of feeling desired, she feels abandoned ... Orla and Paul - Orla is falling in love with Paul but though she's only twenty-five, she thinks she can't ever be intimate with anyone ... Three couples find themselves telling a stranger about the most intimate part of their lives - the hopes, the disappointments, the unspoken expectations, the awkward realisations - and coming to some surprising and life-changing decisions.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Man-woman relationships; Therapeutics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The break / by Keyes, Marian,author.;
Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her. He still loves her, he's just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together. Six months to lose himself in South East Asia. And there is nothing Amy can say or do about it. Yes, it's a mid-life crisis, but let's be clear: a break isn't a break up - yet. However, for Amy it's enough to send her - along with her extended family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers - teetering over the edge. For a lot can happen in six months. When Hugh returns, if he returns, will he be the same man she married? Will Amy be the same woman? Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then so is she.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Domestic fiction.; Married people; Separated people; Midlife crisis;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Midnight in the snow / by Swan, Karen(Writer),author.;
Clover Phillips is an award-winning documentary maker who finds success documenting pro-surfer Duke Allbright's life. When Allbright dies unexpectedly, Clover makes a promise to his widow that she will find justice for Duke and expose his bitter rival Kit Foley for the villain that he is. Foley's management see Clover's approach as an opportunity to tell his side of the story. Shadowing him everywhere he goes and interviewing everyone in his life, tensions run high as Clover begins to discover the man behind the myth--and the closer she gets, the harder it is to hate him.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Christmas fiction.; Documentary films; Man-woman relationships; Secrecy; Snowboarders; Sports rivalries; Surfers; Women motion picture producers and directors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The missus / by James, E. L.,author.;
"Maxim Trevelyan, reluctant Earl of Trevethick, has pursued the woman he loves to the wilds of Albania. Having fought for and won her, he now has to wed her, at the sharp end of a shotgun. But can a reformed rake like Maxim ever make a good husband, or will his own notorious reputation and the scandalous secrets of his aristocratic family destroy his newfound happiness? Alessia Demachi has defied and outwitted kidnappers and traffickers, and won the heart of the man she loves, but can she make this marriage work? Confronted by Maxim's lurid past, his forbidding family, and the looks and whispers of London's elite, will she ever be seen as Maxim's countess--or will she always be his former cleaner?"--Back cover.Mature audience.
Subjects: Erotic fiction.; Chick lit.; Novels.; Aristocracy (Social class); Man-woman relationships; Nobility;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The secret of snow / by Shipman, Viola,author.; Shipman, Viola.Christmas in Tinsel Tree Village.;
"When Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist whose job is all sunshine and seventy-two-degree days, is replaced by a virtual meteorologist that will never age, gain weight or renegotiate its contract, the only station willing to give the fifty-year-old another shot is the very place Sonny's been avoiding since the day she left for college, her northern Michigan hometown ... To distract herself from the memories she's spent her life trying to outrun, Sonny throws herself headfirst into covering every small-town winter event to woo a new audience, made more bearable by a handsome widower with optimism to spare"--
Subjects: Chick lit.; Man-woman relationships; Meteorologists; Middle-aged women; Widowers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The secret path / by Swan, Karen(Writer),author.;
"At just twenty years old, Tara Tremain has everything: a trainee doctor, engaged to the man of her dreams - a passionate American biology student called Alex Carter. But just when life seems perfect, Alex betrays her in the worst way possible. Ten years later, she's moved on, with a successful career, good friends and a man who loves her. But when she's pulled back into her wealthy family's orbit for an unmissable party in the heart of Costa Rica, she finds herself flung into crisis: a child is desperately ill and the only remedy is several days' trek into the heart of the jungle. There's only one person who can help, but it's the man who shattered her heart a decade before. And how can she trust him, of all people?"--Back cover.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Domestic fiction.; Women physicians; Rich people; Families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One perfect summer / by Novak, Brenda,author.;
"When Serenity Alston swabbed her cheek for 23andMe, she joked about uncovering some dark ancestral scandal. The last thing she expected was to discover two half sisters she didn't know existed. Suddenly, everything about her loving family is drawn into question. And meeting these newfound sisters might be the only way to get answers. The women decide to dig into the mystery together at Serenity's family cabin in Lake Tahoe. With Reagan navigating romantic politics at work and Lorelei staring down the collapse of her marriage, all three women are converging at a crossroads in their lives. Before the summer is over, they'll have to confront the past and determine how to move forward when everything they previously thought to be true was a lie. But any future is easier to face with family by your side."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Chick lit.; Sisters; Family secrets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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