Women’s Fiction
Women’s Fiction (As Smart as Lit Fic, as Fun as Chick-Lit)
Get ready for wacky, neurotic, and realistic characters who are sure to steal your heart and make you laugh. The Madisons is a STANDALONE series (no need to start at the beginning) of classic women’s fiction romcoms by Olivia M. Jacques that will appeal to fans of Jennifer Weiner, Sophie Kinsella, Marian Keyes, Liane Moriarty, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Emily Henry. Liv promises closed-door stories (more romantic-ish than romance), but all of the Madison books are about people coming to terms with trauma (sometimes, trauma the characters didn’t even realize they’d experienced). What could be more relatable than that? As Liv likes to say, “Get ready for HEAS with bumps along the way”.
Cruel to be Kind
Claire is spinning. Always, sure, but especially right now. She went from having a perfect husband and a sweet gig as a low-key social media influencer to being a single and semi-homeless internet sensation, all in a mere twenty-four hours. Claire barely knows which way is up, and she’s prone to exaggeration, but don’t worry, with a little luck, everything will fall back into place for this goofy, lovable heroine. Cruel to be Kind is a full-length novel. Tropes: Sweet, First Love, High School, Miscommunication. TW: Miscarriage/Infant & Pregnancy Loss, Fatphobia.
Who’s that Girl?
Adam Mason is desperate. At the end of Cruel to be Kind, Adam bared his soul in a lengthy series of texts that never arrived. The omission of Adam’s words has been called a “crime” but the authorities have been alerted and Who’s that Girl? reveals all. This story includes a crappy step-dad, an unexpected trip to a cut-your-own Christmas tree place, and a pink emergency backpack full of homemade cookies. Take a sweet walk down memory lane with Adam as he tries to win back the love of his life with the revelatory tale of how he fell first. Who’s that Girl? is a holiday season read-in-one-sitting novelette. Tropes: First Love, Childhood Sweethearts, Love at First Sight, He Falls First.
Take On Me
Diana has always been “perfect”. (She thinks perfect is a reductive concept, but nonetheless, she’s fine with it, if that’s how you want to label her.) She’s a neurodivergent lawyer who tolerates her ridiculous family, but her primary relationships at the moment are with her work and her pharmacist. Prozac is her bestie … especially since her IRL bestie has ditched her without explanation. Look, she doesn’t have time for any of this. Diana’s got a lot on her plate and if there’s one thing she’s always known it’s that one wrong move can easily ruin everything. Take On Me is a full-length novel. Tropes: College, Enemies to Lovers, Second Chance, Workplace Romance, Single Dad. TW: Lost Friendship Trauma
Cuts Like a Knife
Lex Madison has a secret. Actually, she has a lot of secrets. Like the fact that she’s been friends-with-benefits with her baby brother’s best friend for more than a year now (and he wants to go public), or the fact that she hates her job (even though she’s a so-called journalist), or the fact that she got fired from her last gig… Lex is a girl with ideals who may have lost her way a little, and as the “truth” about her threatens to come out, she’s determined to get back on track, no matter how many embarrassing roadblocks get in her way. Cuts Like a Knife is a full-length novel. Tropes: Brother’s Best Friend, Friends to Lovers, Workplace Romance, Beach and Travel, Forced Proximity