Showing results for "Lee Smith" in Women's Fiction

Aging Herb’s charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their Key West house is coming undone. Susan now needs constant care, and Herb is in denial about his own ailing health. The one bright spot is the arrival of an endlessly optimistic manicurist calling herself Renee. She sings to Susan during manicures, gets her to paint, and brings her a sense of contentment. But then Herb and Susan’s adult children arrive to stage an intervention on their stubborn, independent father, and as a consequence, Renee’s gig with Susan—and her grand plans for her own life—start to unravel as well.

Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.

Nell is 26 and has never been to Paris. She's never even been on a romantic weekend away - to anywhere - before. Traveling abroad isn't really her thing. But when Nell's boyfriend fails to show up for their mini vacation, she has the opportunity to prove everyone - including herself - wrong. Alone in Paris, Nell finds a version of herself she never knew existed: independent and intrepid. Could this turn out to be the most adventurous weekend of her life?

Utina, Florida, is a small, down-at-heels southern town. Once enlivened by the trade in Palm Sunday palms and moonshine, Utina hasn’t seen economic growth in decades, and no family is more emblematic of the local reality than the Bravos. Deserted by the patriarch years ago, the Bravos are held together in equal measure by love, unspoken blame, and tenuously brokered truces.

Laat je verleiden door de bestsellerserie die al een miljoen lezers in zijn greep houdt. Vijftig tinten grijs meets het Britse koningshuis. Belle Stuarts leven ligt in puin. Haar verloofde is vreemdgegaan, haar bruiloft afgezegd en ze is wanhopig op zoek naar werk. Ze accepteert een baantje als persoonlijk assistent van Smith Price, een Londense advocaat die enorm succesvol, ondraaglijk arrogant en ongelooflijk sexy is. Belle weet dat deze man gevaarlijk is, maar de wederzijdse aantrekkingskracht tussen hen blijkt onmogelijk te negeren

What does that word really mean? Heartbroken, Stella—known to be an outcast—has always wanted to fit in but felt she never would or be beautiful. However, her life changed forever when stumbling upon a mistreated boy one day.

The terrorized children of Governor's Road grew up without resolution or closure to the most devastating event of their young lives. Their friend, a child their age, disappeared one afternoon and somehow, they never seem to learn what happened. Saddened parents decide to protect their children, and the obvious fear recedes in the face of the calm that settles back over the neighborhood. But, fear never really disappears until it's confronted.