Honeysuckle Season

by Mary Ellen Taylor

Overview

From bestselling author Mary Ellen Taylor comes a story about profound loss, hard truths, and an overgrown greenhouse full of old secrets.

Adrift in the wake of her father’s death, a failed marriage, and multiple miscarriages, Libby McKenzie feels truly alone. Though her new life as a wedding photographer provides a semblance of purpose, it’s also a distraction from her profound pain.

When asked to photograph a wedding at the historic Woodmont estate, Libby meets the owner, Elaine Grant. Hoping to open Woodmont to the public, Elaine has employed young widower Colton Reese to help restore the grounds and asks Libby to photograph the process. Libby is immediately drawn to the old greenhouse shrouded in honeysuckle vines.

As Libby forms relationships and explores the overgrown—yet hauntingly beautiful—Woodmont estate, she finds the emotional courage to sort through her father’s office. There she discovers a letter that changes everything she knows about her parents, herself, and the estate. Beneath the vines of the old greenhouse lie generations of secrets, and it’s up to Libby to tend to the fruits born of long-buried seeds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781542017886
Publisher:	Montlake
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Pages:	348
Sales rank:	615,808
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

A southerner by birth, Amazon Charts bestselling author Mary Ellen Taylor’s love of her home state of Virginia is evident in her contemporary women’s fiction. When Mary Ellen’s not writing, she spends time baking, hiking, and spoiling her miniature dachshunds, Buddy, Bella, and Tiki.

Editorial Reviews

07/20/2020

Decades-old secrets resurface to disrupt the lives of Taylor’s empathetic characters in this emotional tale set in small-town Bluestone, Va. Wedding photographer Libby McKenzie is an orphan following the recent death of her adoptive father—leaving Libby, who’s had three miscarriages, without any clues to the birth family who might be able to help her understand her medical history and inability to carry a pregnancy to term. To make matter worse, her ex-husband and his new wife are expecting their first child. To take her mind off everything, Libby accepts a job photographing nearby Woodmont Estate. Elaine Grant, Woodmont’s owner, has hired widower Colton Reese to restore the property and wants Libby to document the process. Libby and Colton strike a fast friendship that evolves into a relationship—though readers expecting a love story should be warned that their romance plays second fiddle to Libby’s investigation into her family’s history, sparked by a note that reveals an unexpected connection between her and the estate. Taylor (The View from Prince Street) weaves in the estate’s past and present as Libby and Colton unearth the secrets of the place. More women’s fiction than romance, this memorable story is sure to tug at readers’ heartstrings. Agent: Karen Solem, Spencerhill Assoc. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

This memorable story is sure to tug at readers’ heartstrings.” —Publishers Weekly

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