Chicks in Charge - Ladies at Large

Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
Calling off her high-society wedding after discovering her fiancé's infidelity, Keely Murdock faces financial ruin before receiving assistance – and an opportunity for revenge – from the new owner of a local bra company. Also, Savannah Breeze and Savannah Blues by this author.

Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
When a serial killer who leaves a blue ribbon at the site of his victims' last sightings appears in the peaceful town of Cleary, North Carolina, police chief Dutch Burton finds the case complicated by his ex-wife's disappearance during a blizzard. Also by this author: The Crush and many other romantic suspense novels.

Pink Slip by Rita Ciresi
When fiery and bold Lisa Diodetto decides to move to upstate New York after a painful break-up, she starts working at a pharmaceutical company and meets Eben Strauss, the stoic and reserved Vice President of Corporate Development, and the unlikely couple embarks on a journey of love and self-discovery. Sequel: Remind Me Again Why I Married You.

Double Take by Catherine Coulter
Violently attacked by a stranger six months after the brutal killing of her beloved husband, Julia Ransom is narrowly rescued by special agent Cheney Stone, who reopens the case of Julia's husband's death when he suspects a connection. Several romantic suspense novels by this author.

Family Tree by Barbara Delinksy
The old and illustrious New England Clarke family has a new member, and she is not what the family envisioned. Elizabeth Clarke, a beautiful daughter born to Hugh and Dana, possesses definite African-American traits, leaving the parents puzzled and the extended Clarke family scandalized. Now, on what should be a joyous occasion, the birth of their first child, Hugh and Dana are struggling with issues of race, family and trust. Many titles by this author.

Whispers and Lies by Joy Fielding
A single, middle-aged woman's peaceful Florida beachfront life is shattered by the arrival of a mysterious younger woman in her neighborhood. Many suspenseful books by this writer of mysterious novels that center on relationships.

Pawley’s Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
Hoping to sell some of her watercolors, Becca Sims wanders into the seaside Gallery Valentine, never expecting that her life will be transformed by the gallery owner and his best friend, in a novel set in small-town South Carolina. Several titles by this author.

The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
The discovery of the skeleton of a woman murdered two centuries earlier sends medical examiner Maura Isles on the trail of a long-dead serial killer who terrorized Boston with crimes in which Norris Marshall, a Harvard Medical School student, had become the prime suspect.

Summer Island by Kristen Hannah
Nora Bridge is a woman who walked out on her marriage and left her two daughters behind. Now she's a radio talk show host and syndicated newspaper columnist. Her daughter Ruby is a comedian who uses her mother as fuel for her humor. The two haven't spoken in more than a decade. The tabloids unearth a scandal from Nora's past and offer Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. But first Ruby needs to know her well enough to write the story. She returns to Summer Island and finds that Nora is not the woman Ruby has imagined all these years.

The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
Having worked for six years in the hotels of exotic resort towns, Adrienne Dealey relocates to Nantucket in the hopes of recouping her finances and gets a crash course in restaurant management at a popular locale that is preparing to close, an endeavor that is compromised by her budding relationship with her boss. Also, Summer People, The Love Season, Nantucket Nights and The Beach Club by this author.

On the Run by Iris Johansen
After eight years of raising her daughter Frankie on a horse farm in Tallanville, Alabama, single mother Grace Archer finds her life shattered by the dark secrets of the past, forcing her to resume an old identity to take on a deadly enemy. Many titles by this author.

Suspicious Origin by Patricia MacDonald
When her estranged sister Greta dies in a mysterious house fire, Britt Andersen heads for Vermont to find out what happened, meeting her brother-in-law and young niece for the first time and discovering that Greta had been hiding dark family secrets. Many great books by this author. The latest by this author is Stolen in the Night.

Secret Society Girl: an Ivy League Novel by Diane Peterfreund
Eli University junior Amy Haskel finds her life turned upside down when she is invited to join the Rose & Grave, the country's most powerful and notorious secret society, as one of the organization's first female members. Sequel is: Under the Rose: Am Ivy League Novel.

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Anna begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body. Many titles by this author.

The Edge of Winter by Luanne Rice
Neve Halloran and her teenage daughter, Mickey, struggle to build a new life together amid the harsh beauty of a wildlife sanctuary in Rhode Island's South County. Many titles by this author.

Vanished by Karen Robards
Ten years after her five-year-old daughter disappears without a trace, Sarah Mason receives a phone call from a child with her daughter's five-year-old voice, causing Sarah to turn in desperation to private investigator Jake Hogan.

Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline
When she receives personal threats and an associate is murdered, young lawyer Mary DiNunzio realizes that her latest case, involving a World War II internment camp suicide, may have deadly modern-day ties. Many titles by this author.

Island Justice by Elizabeth Winthrop
Inheriting a Victorian house on a small New England island, Maggie Hammond finds herself drawn ever deeper into the odd world of the island's winter community as she is attracted to a local naturalist, a body washes up on her beach, and the erosive impact of secrecy threatens to divide neighbors.

Mr. Murder by Laura Van Wormer
The latest in the Sally Harrington romantic mystery series, Anchorwoman Sally Harrington is immersed in a murder investigation when a jet-setting millionaire turns up dead after their interview and his death is linked to an attack on one of her old acquaintances. Several books in this series by this author, as well as other titles not in the series.