The Beekeeper's Ball

by Susan Wiggs Narrated by Christina Traister

Overview

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns to sun-drenched Bella Vista, where the land's bounty yields a rich harvest...and family secrets that have long been buried.

Isabel Johansen, a celebrated chef who grew up in the sleepy Sonoma town of Archangel, is transforming her childhood home into a destination cooking school-a unique place for other dreamers to come and learn the culinary arts. Bella Vista's rambling mission-style hacienda, with its working apple orchards, bountiful gardens and beehives, is the idyllic venue for Isabel's project...and the perfect place for her to forget the past.

But Isabel's carefully ordered plans begin to go awry when swaggering, war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill arrives to dig up old history. He's always been better at exposing the lives of others than showing his own closely guarded heart, but the pleasures of small-town life and the searing sensuality of Isabel's kitchen coax him into revealing a few truths of his own.

The dreamy sweetness of summer is the perfect time of year for a grand family wedding and the enchanting Beekeeper's Ball, bringing emotions to a head in a story where the past and present collide to create an unexpected new future.

From "one of the best observers of stories of the heart" (Salem Statesman-Journal), The Beekeeper's Ball is an exquisite and richly imagined novel of the secrets that keep us from finding our way, the ties binding us to family and home, and the indelible imprint love can make on the human heart.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Highly recommended." -Library Journal

"Wiggs' carefully detailed plotlines, one contemporary and one historical, with their candid look at relationships and their long-term effects, are sure to captivate readers." -Booklist, starred review

"A dazzling intergenerational tale."
-Publishers Weekly

"A satisfying, engaging read."
-Kirkus Reviews

"This brilliant and epic family drama...fills the senses...courtesy of Wiggs's amazing narrative and supreme skill as a writer."
-RT Book Reviews on The Apple Orchard, Top Pick!

"This is classic Wiggs, with its emphasis on the strength of family and friends, and a landscape integral to the plot."
-Publishers Weekly on The Apple Orchard

"Wiggs tells a layered, powerful story of love, loss, hope and redemption."
-Kirkus Reviews on The Apple Orchard, starred review

"A tale with universal appeal."
-Booklist on The Apple Orchard

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172524547
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Series:	Bella Vista , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged

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