Showing results for "FREEDOM" in Women's Fiction

'A thrilling, immersive and beautifully written historical novel that will resonate long after the last page is turned. Highly recommended' MARIUS GABRIEL 'Taut, compelling and beautifully written – I loved it!’ DAISY WOOD The Enemy's Wife, Book 2 in the series, is available to order now! 'I...

In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland, charming Kathleen and dashing Michael harbor secrets and dreams. Imagining a life beyond the kitchen and fields of the wealthy family they both work for, they plot to leave their homeland, marry, and raise the child Kathleen is secretly carrying. The luck of the Irish, however, is not on their side. Soon, they find themselves swept up in circumstances they never could have fathomed. Kathleen is forced to marry against her will and immigrate to New Zealand.

South London in the 1930s...and Mrs Hilda Jones is fed up with her dull husband. She thought marrying would liven him up, but after 25 years he's just as boring as the day she married him and now she wants to lead her own life. Her newly married daughter, Olive, is shocked, but Hilda is adamant.

New start, new love. That's what Honor Sontag needs after her life falls apart, leaving her reputation in tatters- so she flees her native America and heads for Brighton, England. Honor's hoping for a much-deserved break and the chance to find the mother who abandoned her as a baby. What she gets is an entanglement with a mysterious man. Martyn Mayfair has sworn off women with strings attached, but is irresistibly drawn to Honor, the American who keeps popping up in his life.

La familia De Villalta, burgueses acomodados de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, recibe una carta preocupante y misteriosa en medio de la noche. Tiene que ver con los tristes eventos que han asolado a la familia en los últimos tiempos. Inés, la hija mediana, emprenderá un viaje a la península con la única intención de salvar a su familia.

When Fiona, Violet, and Aislinn are sent on a globetrotting adventure to track down the elusive Garden of Eden, it quickly becomes clear that no one has done more than the Backside of Forty Coven to redefine midlife magic and style. Chaos threatens to erupt if the coven can't find the sacred garden and its forbidden fruit, but these wise witches are up to the task of locating the legendary produce. Armed with spells, sarcasm, and a few extra pounds, the trio embarks on a quest that spans continents, facing off against rivals and guardians.

The year is 1315: The Scottish brothers Robert and Edward de Bruce launch their invasion of Ireland. A monumental act in the fight for Scotland’s independence. While kings wage war, Lady Enja is swept by fate into the heart of their struggle. A mysterious assassin pursues her relentlessly, bringing Enja to face her greatest challenge yet. Torn between vengeance and mercy, she is drawn into a fierce struggle that pushes her to the limits of her strength.

A la isla caribeña arriba un barco portador de una siniestra carga. Más de setecientas mujeres y niñas secuestradas de su África natal llegan para trabajar, hasta la extenuación, en los campos de caña de azúcar y parir hijos que serán también esclavos. Kaweka es una de ellas, una muchacha que vivirá en primera persona el horror de la esclavitud en la hacienda del cruel marqués de Santadoma, pero que pronto demostrará a quienes la rodean que posee la facultad de comulgar con Yemayá.

A dazzling, immersive work of historical fiction set in eighteenth-century London, where a young woman on the brink of fame and her father, both fugitives from enslavement, must fight to define – and defend – their freedom. Pearl was only an infant when her father, Daniel, seized a desperate...

Gitel’s Freedom: A Novel by Iris Mitlin Lav is a deeply moving work of historical fiction that brings to life the struggles, resilience, and quiet courage of Jewish immigrants in early-twentieth-century America. Narrated with warmth and emotional depth by Catherine Divaris and produced and published by Audiobook Publishing Services, this audiobook offers an intimate and immersive listening experience.

Caroline Carlyle has finally shed the heavy shackles of grief and rediscovered her heart's song. Between her return to making music and a budding relationship with the charming Roderick Adair, Caroline's life is full of fresh inspiration and hope. But just as she begins to experience this freedom, Caroline finds out one of her piano students is carrying a painful burden of her own. Bella, a prodigious musical savant living with autism, and her grandmother, Gretchen, share a dark, hidden past—more dangerous and complex that Caroline ever anticipated.

Could one night off a year save a marriage—or destroy it? In this bold and sexy debut, a young couple agrees to open their marriage, but they soon discover that a little freedom has surprising consequences. Dominic and Daphne met in their first week of college, and they’ve been happily...

Freedom Lessons begins in Louisiana 1969 as Colleen, a white northern teacher, enters into the unfamiliar culture of a small Southern town and its unwritten rules as the town surrenders to mandated school integration. She meets Frank, a black high school football player, who is protecting his family with a secret. And Evelyn, an experienced teacher and prominent member of the local black community, who must decide whether she’s willing to place trust in her new white colleague.

A “rich and beautifully crafted multigenerational epic” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Daughter) following one woman’s struggle to protect her culture and her family amidst the backdrop of a military occupation. Aisha and her mother, Noorjahan, live on the...

Dr. Mye Amor Hart is a business mogul, mother, and wife. She lives a luxurious life with her husband Deputy Commissioner William Hart. However, she is deeply unfulfilled. Mye became so good at taking care of others that she neglected herself. She doesn't know who she is anymore. She only knows what she has accomplished. Mye has to decide what’s of more value - her current life or her finding her true self. She chooses herself, and her life goes haywire.

La vie d'Alice Lambert est en vrac. Après avoir quitté son mari, sa maison et tous ses repères, elle se voit obligée de s'installer à Paris chez son père, avec qui elle est en conflit depuis toujours. À l'aube de ses cinquante ans, elle doit réinventer sa vie et repartir à zéro, mais ce nouveau défi lui semble insurmontable… Par les fenêtres de ce grand appartement désert, elle voit le monde tourner sans elle et revisite son passé entre deux verres de whisky.

Daphne und Dominic sind seit drei Jahren verheiratet. Der Alltag hat sie bequem gemacht, und ihr Sexleben ist alles andere als aufregend. Im Rausch einer Silvesterparty macht Dominic Daphne den Vorschlag, die Ehe zu öffnen. Daphne stimmt zu, unter drei Bedingungen: nur eine Nacht im Jahr, nicht zweimal mit derselben Person und Stillschweigen gegenüber dem anderen. Es dauert nicht lange, da merken sie: Dies ist keine kleine Veränderung, sondern eine gewaltige ... Daphne lernt endlich, zu sagen, was sie will, und teilt ihre Erlebnisse auf einem anonymen Blog.

Life is full of moments. Moments of love. Moments of pain. And I have often wondered why the moments of pain were so easily recalled, while the moments of love were fleeting and gone before I had time to truly appreciate them. It seemed I was irreparably broken. A broken girl with broken dreams.

Riqeta, Princess of Zahacim, is the most powerful warrior to stalk across Eastern and Southern Icilia. Both her skill and her honor in war are legendary, and her defection to her new husband’s nation is an upheaval of their world’s political balance. Yet beneath her fierce veneer is a woman unsure of how to love. Naman, Prince of Koroma, is renowned for his compassion and good heart, and his wedding to Riqeta renders him a political force to behold. Yet there is one flaw to his happiness: he cannot be sure whether Riqeta loves him.

Volga describes the life of four friends after 5 yrs of marriage and how one of them tries to help the other three to establish their own skills...amidst the male dominance, how society reacts to women, and also describes the need to change their mindset.