Contemporary Women's Fiction

Fiction

Acclaimed Poet and “Inverno” Author Cynthia Zarin Talks Truth and Art in New Novel, “Estate”

In her mesmerizing new novel Estate, poet and essayist Cynthia Zarin returns to the interior landscape she began charting in Inverno. Where Inverno was wintry and suspended in time, Estate unfolds like the heat of summer — a mirror image that captures the feverishness of love and the difficulty of…

BookTribNovember 6, 2025

Listicles

Dolly Parton Fans Will Love These 5 Books

Dolly Parton is adored by fans not only for her musical hits or her prowess as an entertainer but also for her commitment to giving back. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library reaches across the globe, delivering millions of books to communities in need, ensuring that children from all walks of life…

Grace Helena WalzNovember 7, 2025

Fiction Hidden Gems Recommended

Darkly Comic and Unflinching Feminist Campus Novel Explores Youth, Beauty and Power

Heather Colley’s debut novel, The Gilded Butterfly Effect, is a brilliant, biting exploration of campus life that strips away the glossy veneer of Greek letters, manicured lawns and curated personas to reveal the raw struggle beneath. Both hilarious and harrowing, the novel captures the absurdities of American college while probing…

BookTribAugust 25, 2025

Miscellany

Sarah MacLean Talks About Breaking Into Literary Fiction with “These Summer Storms”

Historical romance author Sarah MacLean was nearly 90,000 words into writing her most recent manuscript when she called her agent in a panic. “I think I’m not writing a romance,” she said. Her agent replied, “Oh, thank God. We were all wondering when you were going to figure it out.”…

JeriAnn GellerJuly 9, 2025

Fiction

“The View from Lake Como” Blends Heartache and Hope in a Sumptuous Summer Read

The View from Lake Como is Adriana Trigiani’s 21st published book. Whether you have faithfully followed her from debut novel Big Stone Gap (2000) or are just joining those devoted readers — the self-described evangelical acolytes who celebrate each word, clever phrase and humorous heart-warming tale of families that often…

Linda HitchcockJuly 8, 2025

Romance

“Let’s Make a Scene” Is a Summer Romcom That Actually Lives Up To Expectations

Okay, let me start by admitting something: I’m not usually a romance reader. I’m more of a fantasy, morally-gray-love-interest, bring-on-the-magic type of girl. But this summer I was in the mood to have a little fun — maybe more than just a little. Enter Let’s Make a Scene by Laura…

Cemile AtarJuly 4, 2025

Romance

Spice and Laughter Converge in Stephanie Archer’s Latest Hockey Romance, “Gloves Off”

The gloves are off and rings are on in Stephanie Archer’s latest marriage of convenience hockey romance! Gloves Off is the 4th book in the Vancouver Storm series of interconnected standalone hockey romances, and it delivers all the charm and spice we’ve come to expect and love from these books.…

Kristin KeatonJune 18, 2025

Fiction Miscellany

Debut Author Maggie Su Talks Identity, Insects, and the Evolution of “Blob”

“I’m interested in the kind of the strange and the weird — how to get at the reality of being human — in this kind of sideways way, because that’s kind of the way that I think about and experience the world.” Maggie Su, author of the upcoming speculative fiction…

Olivia WielandJanuary 23, 2025

Author Discovery Zone

Anna Gomez

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/anna-gomez-chair-crop300.jpg Anna Gomez Women’s Fiction Contemporary Romance Women’s Literature Author of six novels under the pen name of Christine Brae, and co-author of the series "From Kona With Love" under her given name. As Anna Gomez As Christine Brae After experiencing a great loss in her life, Anna Gomez decided…

BookTribNovember 23, 2020

Fiction Miscellany

Anna Gomez on Unconditional Love, Writing Inspiration and Her New Road Trip Novel

After experiencing a great loss in her life years ago, Anna Gomez decided it was time to channel her feelings on paper and see where it would take her. Today, with several books under her belt, she considers herself “a hopeless romantic” who writes about real life, flawed characters and…

BookTribSeptember 12, 2024

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Fiction Listicles Miscellany

Capturing the Memories and Magic of Summer Sleepaway Camp

This article appears through BookTrib's partnership with Tall Poppy Writers. Ann Garvin shares the real-life experiences that inspired her new novel, Bummer Camp, and recommends two books that relish in the same summer camp nostalgia. I was a nurse at a camp for sight-impaired and hearing-impaired kids with a variety…

Ann GarvinJuly 16, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Is Forgiveness Ever Easy? Two Authors Get to the Heart of It

We all love a climactic moment of reconciliation when one person proclaims to another “I forgive you!” in a scene that ends with joyful tears, a loving embrace, and the apparent release of some kind of pixie dust that obliterates all pain. While I long to trust the magic and…

Diane ParrishJuly 19, 2023

Listicles Romance

Five of This Summer’s Hottest Beach Reads

Looking for a great book to check out while you relax in the warm summer sun? From romance to suspense, we have five recommendations you're sure to enjoy.

Wyatt SemenukJuly 17, 2023

Fiction

Woman Returns Home to Uncover Family History — And Fails Spectacularly

New York Times best-selling author Marie Bostwick has succeeded impressively with her latest novel Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly (William Morrow). It deserves to be a summer blockbuster! The dedication neatly summarizes the book’s theme: “To the Spectacular People, those who figure out how to keep going when they feel like…

Linda HitchcockMay 25, 2023

Author Spotlight Fiction

Modern Love Story About Death, Ghosts and the Love That Never Dies

Twelve Months and A Day (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) is a riveting story of love lost and second chances. In Louisa Young’s carefully crafted supernatural novel, two peoples lives are upended by their partners’ untimely deaths. For both Roisin, whose fiancé Nico’s sudden death is shocking, and for Rasmus, whose young…

Susan Shapiro BarashFebruary 16, 2023

Fiction Romance

Breathtaking Icelandic Literary Romance Between Artists

Author Barbara Linn Probst enjoys an enriching life, digging deep with people and experiencing places, and it shows in her writing. The Color of Ice (She Writes Press), her latest novel, takes us to Iceland with Cathryn, a single mom who has put her needs aside to raise her children and…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 8, 2022

Contemporary Women’s Fiction

Dolly Parton Fans Will Love These 5 Books

Darkly Comic and Unflinching Feminist Campus Novel Explores Youth, Beauty and Power

Sarah MacLean Talks About Breaking Into Literary Fiction with “These Summer Storms”

Debut Author Maggie Su Talks Identity, Insects, and the Evolution of “Blob”

Anna Gomez

Anna Gomez on Unconditional Love, Writing Inspiration and Her New Road Trip Novel

Capturing the Memories and Magic of Summer Sleepaway Camp

Is Forgiveness Ever Easy? Two Authors Get to the Heart of It

Five of This Summer’s Hottest Beach Reads

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