Women's Fiction

Character-driven fiction for readers who want more. Melanie Summers writes stories about the women we become when life forces our hand. Beautifully written. Impossible to forget.

The After Wife

Women’s Fiction Silver Medal Winner, Reader’s Favorite Awards 2020.

A grieving widow flees Manhattan for a Nova Scotia village — and finds a handyman, a little girl, and a life she never expected.

After losing her husband, writer Abigail Carson has all but given up on life. Having spent the past year cocooned in her Manhattan apartment, she's...

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I Used to be Fun

A Seattle wife and mother who gave up everything to raise her family — and is about to take it all back.

Jessica Holloway is miserable.

As mom to two ungrateful, almost-grown children and wife to one appreciative-but-needy husband, 46-year-old Jess has all but abandoned the extraordinary — and extraordinarily fun — woman she used to be. She may...

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Until the Truth Comes Out: A Novel

A rockstar at the height of his fame. A wife on the edge. A secret that will ruin them. And one night that changes everything.

In the spring of 1997, Zane McCreight is at the height of his fame — sold-out stadiums, magazine covers, and a perfect family that looks flawless from the outside. But behind the image, everything is unraveling.

Sienna has...

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