Self Discovery Fiction

After a divorce she didn’t see coming, Riley Dunn isn’t looking for anything—especially not connection. But when she starts a careful friendship with her new neighbor, something subtle shifts. Set in the soft hush of a city that never quite sleeps, maybe, one day is a slow-burn sapphic novel about timing, emotional aftermaths, and the kind of closeness that feels like a question no one knows how to answer.

A literary fiction book set in New York and the South Seas during the early 1900s. The story unravels the inner world of Bellair, a man disillusioned by his mundane life, who discovers a transformative experience that alters his destiny. Bellair starts his novel journey in an old boarding house on a drowsy Sunday in New York. Entangled in his disenchanted reality, he wanders east to Brooklyn's waterfront, where he stumbles upon the ship "Jade of Adelaide." Captivated by the ship’s beauty and the promise of adventure it symbolizes, Bellair feels a surge of emotions—a longing for escape ...

Originally published in 1973, the groundbreaking, uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation. In The New York Times, Henry Miller compared it to his own classic, Tropic of Cancer and predicted that "this book will make literary history..." It has sold more than 12-million copies. Now, after 30 years, the revolutionary novel known as Fear of Flying still stands as a timeless tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood.

Follow Melanie Kato on the adventure of a lifetime as she navigates the biggest decision of her young life: what to do with her future. Growing up on the beautiful island of Maui, Melanie has always been a hardworking and determined teenager. With graduation approaching and numerous options at her fingertips, Melanie is determined to carve her own path instead of relying on handouts. As the clock ticks closer to graduation, Melanie's family and friends eagerly await her decision. But when she drops a bombshell on her mother, everything changes. Set against the stunning backdrop of Maui, "...

Fate brought her two very different women. When she’s the one with the crisis, will they be the rock she needs? Gwen presents a confident façade to the world. But the hardworking bakery owner fears change, and with her only child off to college and her husband’s job in jeopardy, she’s terrified her perfect life is about to fall apart. So when a single mom crashes her minivan in front of the shop, she eagerly puts aside her own concerns to help the struggling divorcée. Amazed that the accident founds a friendship between them and a customer who was present, she slowly lets down her ...

Leah Robinson is a newly single woman who has been recently laid off from work during what seems to be the height of her career. During this time, she decides to go on vacation, but once she gets there she runs into unexpected people and her trip suddenly becomes a whirlwind of new events.

Some neighbors share sugar. We shared everything. A journey of passion, pleasure, and self-discovery. This intimate memoir chronicles Skylar's journey from curious author to confident hotwife. What starts as a forbidden moment between new friends quickly evolves into an exploration that challenges everything she thought she knew about fidelity, attraction, and her own sexuality. Follow Skylar and Chris as they accept their first invitation to an exclusive swingers club, where champagne flows freely and inhibitions melt away under dimmed lights. With unflinching honesty, Skylar details their...

Rule #1: Never sleep with your roommate. Rule #2: Especially when he's your best friend's brother. Rule #3: Oh, who are we kidding? After a string of dating disasters that would make a therapist weep, Ghita Russo has created an ironclad rulebook for her love life. Men who kick her cat, request inappropriate photos, and throw tantrums over mini-golf have taught her that protecting her heart requires strict boundaries. The most important rule? Her best friend's ridiculously hot brother is absolutely off-limits. But when her rent skyrockets and her bestie suggests the perfect solution—...

Dani, Meg, and Charlotte have bonded over babies, barbeques, and backyards, but when they escape for a girls' weekend away, they can't bring themselves to return to lives that don't seem to fit anymore. All three of these women thought they would be different. None of them thought they'd be facing down 40 and still wondering when life starts. What they do when they realize where they're headed is both inspiring and wildly entertaining.

“Signs of Silence” is a powerful novella from acclaimed Kazakhstani author Nina Trox that explores the complex journey toward self-understanding and inner peace. Like a puzzle, this story slowly reveals its complete picture as you turn the last page. The protagonist Anna finds herself caught between the noise of her everyday life and the silent world of Maya, a sign language interpreter who captures her heart. Their relationship unfolds against the backdrop of post-Soviet Kazakhstan, weaving together themes of communication, belonging, and the search for authentic connection. The ...

One summer’s day seventeen years ago Edie and Joel meet. Their connection is instant and a friendship is born, although Edie can’t help but wish for more. But just as she builds up the courage to lay her heart on the line, one night changes everything… Edie’s moved on from the heartbreak of years ago. So the last thing she expects to receive on her thirty-fifth birthday is an email… from her eighteen-year-old self. As more emails arrive, she starts to remember what–or rather who–she left behind.

Of all the women and men Noni Blake has pleased in her life, there’s one she’s often overlooked - herself. After the end of a decade-long relationship, Noni decides it’s time for that to change. She’s finally going to prioritize her wants and desires and only do things (and people) that feel good in the moment. As she embarks on a pleasure-seeking quest that takes her halfway around the world, she discovers that maybe she can have everything, and everyone, she’s ever wanted.

Emma Lynn has always played by the rules. Climbing the corporate ladder while juggling laundry, deadlines, and her husband Oscar’s endless trivia about lesson plans and packed lunches, she’s the picture of middle-class success. Dutiful wife. Ambitious professional. Woman slowly losing her spark. Then came Samantha. A flame-haired force of nature with a wild laugh and eyes that see straight through the façade, Samantha turns Emma’s world inside out. Their connection is instant. Electric. Dangerous. When Samantha invites Emma to Fire People—a hedonistic, dust-blown lake-side festival...

A troubled woman seeks redemption and forgiveness in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story. Glenna Girard has passed through the agony of an unimaginable loss. It is only in planning her escape from her marriage and her current circumstances, that she manages to start moving again. As she takes tentative steps into the new life she is so carefully shaping, she encounters a man facing a potential tragedy as profound and devastating as her own. It’s a tragedy Glenna can prevent, but only if she’s willing to risk the peace she’s struggled so hard to achieve.

Zany therapist Izzie Firecracker thought today would be ordinary... Then three new clients walk into her posh London pad—and sanity goes out the window... One wants her bossy husband six feet under. Another needs her lentil-loving boyfriend evicted before he takes root. The third just caught her husband in bed with the chauffeur. Confidence coaching? Forget it. These women need a full-scale intervention—and Izzie’s just reckless enough to deliver it. Armed with a cheeky private eye, a sultry seductress and a healthy dose of retail therapy, she’s about to teach a few bad boys a ...

When her loving, free-spirited grandmother Primrose passes away, Victoria is bereft, yet resilient - she has survived tragedy before. But even her strength is tested when a mysterious woman attends Prim's funeral and claims to be the mother Victoria thought was dead. As the two women get to know each other and Victoria begins to learn more about her past, it becomes clear that her beloved grandmother had been keeping life-changing secrets from her. Desperate for answers, she still struggles to trust anyone to tell her the truth.

Most people think the reason Prudy Millings married the best-looking preacher in the Carolinas—who inexplicably turned psychotic and mowed her down with the church van—is that she was raised all wrong. So not true. Prudy's reclamation of her life begins two years after the crime spree that nearly stopped her heart. She packs up her two precocious children and settles in her parents' South Carolina hometown where she deals with a delightful Proverbs-spewing mama who pretends her grown daughters are virgins.

Fuel the Fire follows Holly Jones, a high school senior and captain of her cross-country team, as she faces her most challenging season yet. With college scouts watching, team dynamics unraveling, and a fiercely independent freshman phenom, Taylor, testing the limits of her leadership, Holly must navigate the delicate balance between personal ambition and the responsibility of uniting her teammates. As tensions rise on and off the track, Holly learns that leadership isn’t about running ahead—it’s about bringing others along with you. Through grueling practices, emotional breakthroughs...

Some inheritances change your future. This one will help you find your way back home. Jana Calloway has built a perfect life—or so it seems. Maren Foster spends her days helping others heal, but her own heart remains guarded. Ivy West would rather run than risk being hurt again. They haven’t seen each other in over a decade, not since their friendship shattered under the weight of an unbearable loss. When their beloved college professor leaves them Winterfield Manor—a sprawling Tudor estate deep in the Oregon mountains—the three women are brought back together to confront not just ...

Mientras Olivia empezaba un viaje de estudio en Ecuador, nunca pensó en el torbellino amoroso que cambiaría su vida para siempre. Estando muy enamorada de Javier, un comerciante local carismático, su relación nada a contra corriente en el vibrante Guayaquil. Sin embargo, mientras esa pasión crece, la realidad de la distancia empaña sus sueños. Devastada por las noticias de la muerte misteriosa de Javier, Olivia comienza una busqueda desesperara de la verdad. Veinticinco años después, el acercamiento con la familia de Javier desencadena otros hechos. ¿Podrá ella descubrir la ...