This February, Women's Fiction Writers Association is giving the spotlight to women of color. These must-read women's fiction titles are certainly worth celebrating.
This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction titles that showcase prologues. A great prologue gets your reader straight to the middle of the story without having to explain the events. It’s all about setting the stage, establishing the tone of the story, foreshadowing events to come, baiting the tease,…
Australian journalist and best-selling YA author Emma Grey’s first adult novel The Last Love Note (Zibby Books) is an extraordinary bittersweet romance replete with genuine warmth, emotion and elements of wry humor. It was moving, uplifting and relevant leaving the reader with an appetite for more from this writer. This…
Life is complex. People are complex. Countries are complex. A wonderfully elaborate illustration of the complicated nature of love, loyalty and international politics, Half a Cup of Sand and Sky (Alder House Books) follows a nuanced female protagonist living in Iran during the convulsive period of the 1970s and 1980s.…
There are stories meant to transport us out of reality and somewhere better, giving us a small reprieve from the harsh truths of our world. And then there are stories that reflect those harsh truths and amplify the messiness of reality. M.J. Boin De’s debut novel, Shit That We Should…
“I had a weak heart for men who lacked heart and soul. And yes, back then in the 1990s, men and unadulterated chocolate!” Author Emunah La-Paz uses chocolate as a metaphor for addictions of the heart that extend far beyond sweet tooths and well into societal-challenging relationships in her novel…
This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction titles that showcase characters on boating or sea journeys. The sea offers a setting that is a character in itself who can be your character’s savior, or torment them, or destroy them. This journey might last months, a year, a day,…
In the era of the #MeToo movement, post Roe V. Wade, and in a growing wave of intersectional feminism, authors are prioritizing women-centric stories. But perhaps my favorite trend in recent years is the growing need for authors to give voices to the women of Greek mythology. We’re no strangers…
Helen Iannucci Spencer thought she could outrun her past, but somehow, it keeps catching up to her. What feels like a lifetime later, she thinks she has buried everything that happened between her and her childhood friend, Cal Crosby. But when the past comes barreling into her life in the…
Nothing is stronger than the power of female friendship. When a group of women gets together to share a meal, gossip, work on a hobby, or connect over life experiences, something magical is created. A mutual sense of community and sisterhood can form a family of confidants and supporters who…
This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction titles that showcase Third Act — 65+ stories. These characters have decades of experience and plenty of opinions. They have so much to tell us, and we can’t wait to hear from them!
Jojo Moyes is the type of author that knows how to pull on readers’ heartstrings, especially when it comes to digging into realistic situations about love, friendships and careers. Jojo also knows how to flesh out open and vulnerable characters that readers will relate to, as they learn lessons along…
Meet Liz Castillo, a professional woman in New York City in the 1980s. She has a master’s degree in business, a high-pressure job with a global ad agency, and a 22nd-floor apartment overlooking the Hudson River. She has dreams of a promotion, but everything is interrupted when she discovers a…
THE PLOT This is a book about freedom and what it means to have it ripped away. It’s a story about women and their independence --- or lack thereof. It’s about liberties given and liberties relinquished. And it’s about strong women fighting their way through hardship. In An Unlasting Home…
In Pressure Point (Sunrise Selections) by Betty Briggs, Stephanie receives a letter from her ultimate nemesis, who mocks her with the kidnapping of her future adoptive daughter and promises worse things that are yet to come. Sent on a spiraling chase for salvation, Stephanie’s not only haunted by what else…
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