Women's Domestic Life Fiction

Fiction

Amnesia Made Her Forget a Decade — Now She Has a Second Chance at Love and Life

Australian author and journalist Emma Grey’s debut adult novel The Last Love Note alternately broke and uplifted hearts with its moving story about a grieving widow’s struggles to cope after the death of her barely middle-aged husband from early onset dementia while juggling a challenging career and raising their toddler.…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 3, 2025

Fiction

Parisian Tale of Love and Ambition in “Mademoiselle Eiffel”

The Eiffel Tower, chosen as the symbol of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, is adorned with the Olympic Rings called “The Spectaculars,” in the official colors by day and lit in white at night. They were installed between the first and second floors several weeks before the opening ceremonies…

Linda HitchcockOctober 21, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Aimie K. Runyan on “Mademoiselle Eiffel”: Gustave’s Right Hand Woman

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisOctober 2, 2024

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Fiction Miscellany

Telling Stories of Folklore and Superstition in Southern Appalachia

Author Kimberly Brock shares stories of the place that inspired her new book. The Fabled Earth is a sweeping novel of family lore and the power of finding your own voice. Southern mythology and charm collide with personal reckoning in this dual-timeline story of three women connected in different ways to…

Kimberly BrockOctober 1, 2024

Fiction Listicles

5 Family Dramas Full of Chaos, Rivalry and Devotion

One of the greatest aspects of siblings is having someone in your corner to go through life with. Siblings know you in a way no one else can: you grew up together, share the same trauma, and walk through life together. So, when you have a sibling who chooses to…

Kelsey HallSeptember 4, 2024

Thrillers

She’s Not a Killer – She’s Karma

“Serial killer. I loathed those words. They weren’t fair – not when used against me. Had I made those men disappear? Okay. Yes – but I dealt in karma – not murder. It wasn’t like I skulked around, killing randos.” As Emma C. Wells’ This Girl’s a Killer opens, Cordelia…

Neil NyrenAugust 30, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Love, Lies and Leaky Roofs: Amy Jo Burns Discusses “Mercury”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews…

Blaine DesantisMay 8, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Unlocking the Magic of Provence with Aimie K. Runyan

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews…

Blaine DesantisMay 29, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Crying Through Summer Camp: Now a Heartwarming Story of Belonging

My first experience with a summer camp was one overnight in the woods with Girl Scout Troup 256. I was eight. I spent much time sobbing in the outhouse, my sleeping bag, and finding s’more sticks in the woods. Not a single terrible thing had happened, but I couldn’t stop…

Ann GarvinAugust 1, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Alli Frank and Asha Youmans Tackle Writing as a Team Sport

Humans have engaged in sport since the beginning of our time. Around the world people compete in camel racing and hot chili eating, ping-pong and cheese rolling, yo-yoing, bullfighting, war games and team sports of all kinds. Reasons for participation include practicing discipline, seeking challenge, a quest for perfection, notoriety,…

Alli Frank and Asha YoumansJuly 8, 2024

Fiction

Ambition, Intrigue, Romance & Mysterious Life in Old Hollywood

The Lost Letters from Martha’s Vineyard by Michael Callahan begins with a quote from Gabriel García Márquez: “Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life and a secret life.” This succinct epigram neatly sums up Edith (Edie) Stoppelmoor born and fled from Beatrice, Nebraska, otherwise known as “Nan”…

Linda HitchcockJuly 10, 2024

Fiction

Floundering Twenty-Something Searches For Purpose in Heartfelt Comedy

Dear Dotty is a smashing debut novel written by multi-talented Jaclyn Westlake who in common with her fictional heroine loves dogs, lives in California and has been employed in a variety of careers. Leaning more toward comedy than romance, this charming rom-com also tackles some serious topics. The author has…

Linda HitchcockJuly 3, 2024

A Northern Light in Provence by Elizabeth Birkelund

Fiction

Elizabeth Birkelund Discusses Her Tender Novel Set in French Village

In Elizabeth Birkelund’s new novel, A Northern Light in Provence (Ballantine), we have an enticing love story that encompasses many layers. The locales are disparate, one is icy Greenland and the other is the mountains of Provence. Shadowing the lovers is how they have been formed by place and experience.…

Susan Shapiro BarashJune 17, 2024

Book Club Network Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

This is what Larissa Whitcomb is experiencing in Jennifer Collins’ debut novel, Comfort in the Wings. “I haven’t spoken to anyone in four days,” she muses in the very first sentence of the book. Collins drops her readers right into Larissa’s helplessness: she cannot open her mail, answer her phone…

Sherri DaleyMarch 23, 2022

Recommended

Explore Grief and Healing on a Mother’s Journey to Find Her Son

What an emotional whirlwind! Anyone who has been through loss, grief, finding your way through the tough times and leaning on family and friends, will fully embrace Wonders in the Waves by Jennifer Collins and find healing in the process. Continuing the story of Larissa Whitcomb from Collins’ first novel,…

Barbara WilkovJanuary 6, 2023

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Valerie Taylor Doubles the Drama With New Love Interests in Her Sequel “What’s Not True”

You don’t have to read Valerie Taylor’s first book — What’s Not Said — in order to find yourself delightfully immersed in the goings-on in her second, What’s Not True (She Writes Press). Taylor’s a master at making sure new readers aren’t lost, slipping in important details from the back…

Sherri DaleyAugust 24, 2021

Women’s Domestic Life Fiction

Books & Looks Podcast: Aimie K. Runyan on “Mademoiselle Eiffel”: Gustave’s Right Hand Woman

5 Family Dramas Full of Chaos, Rivalry and Devotion

Books & Looks Podcast: Love, Lies and Leaky Roofs: Amy Jo Burns Discusses “Mercury”

Books & Looks Podcast: Unlocking the Magic of Provence with Aimie K. Runyan

Alli Frank and Asha Youmans Tackle Writing as a Team Sport

A Poignant Look at the Loneliness of Grief and the Need for Human Connection

Explore Grief and Healing on a Mother’s Journey to Find Her Son

Valerie Taylor Doubles the Drama With New Love Interests in Her Sequel “What’s Not True”

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