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Never tell a woman where she doesn't belong.
In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, president of the men-only Explorers Club, boldly stated to hundreds of female students at Barnard College that "women are not adapted to exploration," and that women and exploration do not mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either...
The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the founding of the Society of Women Geographers—an
...With a name like Nick Dartmouth, and the fortune it comes with, it's hard not to have a reputation for getting everything you want. So when his former secretary steps onto his foundation's charity auction block, Nick has the perfect opportunity to woo the stunning beauty from Texas. But aggressive counterbids force him to make an extreme proposition. Except money itself doesn't guarantee a blissful ride off into the sunset,...
Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Award and the Writer's League of Texas Fiction Award • An Indie Next Selection • An Austin American-Statesman Selects Book
A powerful debut novel about a group of 30-somethings struggling for connection and belonging, Migratory Animals centers on a protagonist who finds herself torn between love and duty.
When Flannery, a young scientist, is forced to return
...Everything changes the night she catches her husband, Jake, "wielding his whisk" with Grappa's new Mâitress d'. Mira's fiery response earns her a court-ordered stint in anger management and the beginning of legal and personal predicaments as she battles to...
Ryan Eames...
A top executive in the family business, Buddy Helms lives and works under the thumb of his powerful father. He's proved himself time and again to the manipulative patriarch—even saving the company from financial ruin. Yet for six years Buddy's waited to hear that he's worthy of his father's...
"Fans of Nicholas Sparks and inspirational fiction will enjoy Bunn."...
10) Best of Luck
After winning the lottery, a young woman goes back to school—and gets an unexpected lesson in love—in this romance by the author of Beginner's Luck.
Winning the lottery with her two best friends doesn't just bring wealth for Greer Hawthorne, it also allows her to pursue a long-postponed education. She's finally on the cusp of proving to her big, overprotective family that she's independent—until a careless
11) Luck of the Draw
Sure, winning the lottery allows...
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs comes a wonderful short story, and companion tale to her unforgettable novel Family Tree
Every great love story has a beginning. Annie Rush's started at a food cart in a vibrant city park. Annie, then a film student, came across a ruggedly handsome, charismatic chef serving up gourmet street food to an ever-growing clientele lining up for his creations. Together, Annie
...13) Minerva
Poor Minerva. Prudish, self-righteous, and incredibly beautiful, she is to be sent to London to capture a wealthy husband. But Minerva doesn’t know the first thing about flirting. The London dandies find her moralizing appalling and concoct a plan to assault...
How could colorless Frederica, the sixth of the famous Armitage sisters, withstand a Season’s scrutiny after the five beauties before her had married so magnificently? Disguised as a chambermaid, Freddie found her way...
What clever woman would want a man like Lord Harry Desire? Why, he was clearly a lummox—languid, vain, and bland. Not even his beautiful face could redeem him. But he stood to inherit a vast fortune, and that was good enough for Deirdre’s father, a...
17) A Single Rose
Rose has just turned forty when she gets a call from a lawyer asking her to come to Kyoto for the reading of her estranged father's will. And so for the first time in her life she finds herself in Japan, where Paul, her father's assistant, is waiting to greet her.
As...
Miss Annabelle Armitage was pea-green with envy. What a cruel world it was when her spinster of an older sister could enchant the dashing Lord Sylvester Comfrey! Annabelle’s own passionate nature was surely better suited for such a one...
19) The Queen
Don't miss this digital original novella set in the captivating world of Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series.
Before America Singer's story began, another girl came to the palace to compete for the hand of a different prince....
This prequel story takes place before the events of The Selection and is told from the point of view of Prince Maxon's mother, Amberly. Discover a whole new Selection
...“A chaotic, furious, extraordinary Bengali confection...Irresistible.” — Philip Hensher, Man Booker–shortlisted author of The Northern Clemency
“A feminist, fractured fairy tale…this is a story that lingers.” – NPR
"The book is a riot, a sprightly thriller that will make you not only want to discover more Bengali cultural norms of the vintage era but
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