Showing results for "Strong Female Lead" in Genre Fiction

From the outside looking in, Sibley Sawyer has a perfect life. As a successful attorney, she’s worked hard to get to the top of her game--but when her personal and professional lives implode, Sibley looks for a way to turn the page. Unable to shake the tragic circumstances that caused her to flee her rural Midwestern hometown, Sibley wants nothing more than to reunite with her estranged mother, Deborah, and bury their past tensions. But as she reenters the life she left behind, she realizes her mother isn’t the same person she remembers, and she’s not the same daughter either.

Spring 1986, Oxford. Rachel has landed on her feet: engaged to handsome author Jonny, soon to be stepmother to his young daughter Teddy, and with a dream to open her own art gallery. It’s everything she wished for during her unsettled childhood. So when she meets candid and carefree American artist Gabe at a party and feels a familiar spark, she knows she needs to resist. But as her perfect life moves forward, Gabe is never far away, and there’s no denying the lure of the spontaneous, wildly adventurous existence he seems to offer.

Charlotte Coburn has a tragically dark past. But she’s safe now. She lives in a gated community, protected from danger. When teenager Elle knocks at her door looking for shelter during a particularly severe storm, the woman can’t help but think how lucky Elle’s been to have found someone as friendly as her. Except Elle chose her door on purpose...

At the famously luxurious Serenity Spa & Resort on the Californian coast, guests arrive ready to celebrate what is set to be the wedding of the year. Ginger is an overworked, under-pampered mother of three who's barely holding the family together. Lulu is a wealthy retiree with four ex-husbands, and a fifth on the way. Emily harbours a dark secret, which she's become expert at forgetting with the help of a bottle of wine. Kate is a powerhouse lawyer with her life in order - except for one little problem that won't go away. Only 24 hours later a man is found murdered.

Lena’s city is changing. Her students fall to gangs. Her husband is consumed by his job of creating and enforcing the rules that strangle her. Staying with him means accepting a life constrained by rules and a slow decline into despair. The world outside might be empty of people, but it’s full of hope and opportunity. If she can reach the farm, Lena will make a better life for herself and anyone who risks it all to join her.

Lena’s city is changing. Scott, her lover, hungers for adventure. And a charismatic leader brings a terrible threat to her doorstep. Being right about the future of the cities in this post-plague world is not worth the deadly challenges she faces. The Rebuilding Hope Box Set is the complete series. If you like stories of strength in the face of adversity, you will enjoy Lena’s struggle to find peace in a decaying world.