Ginny didn't think her daughter Jem's start at university would be so difficult for her until after she drives three hours to Bristol on a lonely whim to find Jem happily absorbed in her new life at school with flatmates Lucy and Rupert. Now she's not so sure. In quick order, Ginny decides to revamp her social life. She finds a job waitressing at a posh restaurant and antiques center and puts an ad out for a roommate. Everyone who applies for the...

"Adie Lou Kruger's ex never understood her affection for what her parents called their Cozy Cottage, the charming, ramshackle summer home--complete with its own set of rules for relaxing--that she's inherited on Lake Michigan. But despite the fact she's facing a broken marriage and empty nest, and middle age is looming in the distance, memories of happy childhoods on the beach give her reason for hope. She's determined not to let her husband's affair...

"Gabby and Elliott have been happily married for eighteen years. They have two teenaged daughters; they have built a life together. So why does forty-three-year-old Gabby feel like she has only three more minutes left of youth? Why do her friends so desperately try to hang on to their attractiveness? And why does she ever even look at the handsome guy--ten years younger--at the other end of the bar one night? Gabby is the last person to have an affair--a...

An empty nest has Ingrid Christiansen dreading the upcoming holidays, but her husband, John, could not be more excited about this new season of life.

As dark truths from the past reveal themselves, two middle-aged women must learn to forgive -- for the sake of their children and themselves.

Annell's book club meetings are like many others--half the time spent chatting about the book, half the time spent catching up, and plenty of wine and snacks. But the book club at Between the Covers, Annell's bookstore, is special, too. It brings together a diverse group of customers, from EMTs to sports agents, golf-obsessed wives to quiet grandmothers. There's a million reasons why every participant values the group's camaraderie, community, and...

Eve Fletcher is dealing with empty-nest syndrome when she gets a text message from an anonymous number, "U R my MILF!" Over the months that follow, Eve develops an interest in a porn website called MILFateria.com, which features the erotic exploits of ordinary, middle-aged women like herself. As her online fixations begin to spill over into real life, romantic possibilities threaten to upend her quiet suburban existence. Miles away at the state college,...