But as she uncovers the strength of her grandmother and the women who came before her, she realizes she is like the legendary shipwreck: the sands may shift around her, but she has found her home here by the sea. One fateful summer in 1950, the arrival of a dazzling singer shook the staff and guests alike-and not everyone made it to fall.Īs Ivy contends with broken relationships and a burgeoning romance in the present, the past threatens to sweep her away. Amid the cottage’s clutter are clues from her grandmother’s past at the enchanting seaside resort her family once owned. When Ivy inherits her family’s beachfront cottage upon her grandmother’s death, she knows returning to Nags Head means facing the best friend and the boyfriend who betrayed her years ago.īut then a winter gale uncovers the shipwreck of local legend-and Ivy soon begins to stumble across more skeletons in the closet than just her own. Or so goes the lore in Ivy Neale’s hometown of Nags Head, North Carolina. When a shipwreck surfaces, old secrets are sure to follow. 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.From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes an evocative dual-timeline novel detailing one woman’s journey to discover the hidden stories of her family’s seaside resort. There she discovers a letter that changes everything she knows about her parents, herself, and the estate. In Mary Ellen Taylor’s HONEYSUCKLE SEASON, wedding photographer Libby McKenzie’s journey takes place in the blossoming of the grounds of the historic Woodmont estate. Libby is immediately drawn to the old greenhouse shrouded in honeysuckle vines.Īs Libby forms relationships and explores the overgrown-yet hauntingly beautiful-Woodmont estate, she finds the emotional courage to sort through her father’s office. 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. When asked to photograph a wedding at the historic Woodmont estate, Libby meets the owner, Elaine Grant. Though her new life as a wedding photographer provides a semblance of purpose, it’s also a distraction from her profound pain. From bestselling author Mary Ellen Taylor comes a story about profound loss, hard truths, and an overgrown greenhouse full of old secrets.Īdrift in the wake of her father’s death, a failed marriage, and multiple miscarriages, Libby McKenzie feels truly alone.
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