An Amazon Charts bestseller.

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.

The lives of two women, generations apart, converge in this enthralling novel of love, mystery, memories, and secrets.

Pregnant and still grieving the death of her fiancé, historian Megan Buchanan is forging ahead on a dream project: to restore to its original glory the landmark hunting lodge her own great-great-grandfather built on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. With the help of her fiancé’s caring best friend, it’s sure to draw much-needed tourist revenue to Cape Hudson, a town rich in southern history.

However, it’s Spring House, the caretaker’s cottage on the grounds, that holds the most intriguing history for Megan. In a cache of old letters, she’s drawn into the captivating life of a young woman who embarked on her own dream adventure a century ago. With each one, Megan is swept away into her enthralling world—and all its secrets. But Megan has secrets too.

Now, as one woman’s past unfolds in each revealing letter, Megan will discover more about herself and about the emotional tides of family that can be weathered with those you love and trust the most.

An Amazon Charts bestseller.

A gripping novel about family secrets…and coming home for the first time.

Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she’s inherited—one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she’s never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe—just maybe—this “Winter Cottage” will answer the endless questions about her mother’s past…including the identity of her birth father.

Rather than the quaint Virginian bungalow Lucy expected, Winter Cottage is a grand old estate of many shadows—big enough to hold a century of secrets, passions, and betrayals. It also comes with a handsome and enigmatic stranger, a man next in line to claim Lucy’s inheritance.

Now, as Lucy sifts through the past, uncovering the legacy of secrets that Winter Cottage holds, she’ll come to discover as much about her family history as she does about herself. In searching, she could finally find the one thing she’s never really had: a home.

From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes a sweeping saga that interweaves the past and present in an epic tapestry of love, war, and loss.

As a hospice nurse, Zara Mitchell has already seen more death than most people will experience in a lifetime. So when her older sister asks her to help care for their ailing grandmother, Zara agrees—despite strained family relationships.

Though pale and tired, Nonna has lost none of her sharp mind. She’s fixated on finding something long forgotten, and she immediately puts Zara to work cleaning out the attic. Unexpectedly, amid the tedium of sifting through knickknacks and heirlooms, Zara also reconnects with a man she’s attracted to but whose complicated past makes romance seem impossible.

But then Zara finds what Nonna was looking for: a wooden chest, an emerald broach, a leather-bound journal. As she immerses herself in stories of heroism and loss set against the backdrop of war-torn Italy in 1943, Zara finds answers to questions she didn’t know she had. And they change everything she thinks she knows about love, regret, and seizing the day.

Ein Haus voller Erinnerungen, alte Briefe und die Geheimnisse von Vergangenheit und Gegenwart – der neue Roman von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Mary Ellen Taylor.

Für die Historikerin Megan Buchanan beginnt ein Traumprojekt: die Restaurierung eines alten Herrenhauses an der Ostküste Virginias. Tatkräftige Hilfe bekommt sie von Rick, dem besten Freund ihres verstorbenen Verlobten Scott. Rührend kümmert er sich um sie und ihr ungeborenes Kind.

Als sie auf dem Anwesen mehr als hundert Jahre alte Briefe zweier Schwestern entdeckt, begibt Megan sich auf Spurensuche. Fasziniert von der Vergangenheit, lernt sie mit jedem Brief auch mehr über sich selbst – und über die Bedeutung von Familie. Doch es gibt etwas, das Megan nicht einmal Rick anvertrauen kann.

Die Bände der »Cape Hudson«-Reihe können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden.

Ein bewegender Roman über drei willensstarke Frauen, ein altes Herrenhaus und ein ganzes Jahrhundert voller Mut, Verrat und Leidenschaft.

Die junge, mutige Lucy Kincaid macht sich auf den Weg nach Cape Hudson, einem Küstenort in Virginia, um dort die Asche ihrer Mutter zu bestatten. Hier erbt sie ein altes Haus von einer Frau, deren Namen sie nie zuvor gehört hat. Lucy hofft, dass das geheimnisvolle Erbe das Rätsel um die Vergangenheit ihrer Mutter lösen kann.

Während Lucy in die Geschichte des Hauses eintaucht und den dunklen Geheimnissen der früheren Besitzerin auf die Spur kommt, erscheint ein ebenso gutaussehender wie undurchschaubarer Fremder, der Anspruch auf das Anwesen erhebt. Kann die freiheitsliebende Lucy zulassen, dass sie in Cape Hudson das findet, was sie nie hatte: ein Zuhause?

Ein alter Garten und ein gut gehütetes Familiengeheimnis, das bis in die Zeit des zweiten Weltkriegs zurückreicht – der neue bewegende Roman von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Mary Ellen Taylor.

Nach mehreren Schicksalsschlägen hat sich Libby McKenzie als Hochzeitsfotografin in New Jersey einen Namen gemacht. Bei einer Feier auf Gut Woodmont erhält sie den Auftrag, die Gärten des Anwesens zu fotografieren, die der sympathische Verwalter Colton Reese restaurieren soll.

Libby ist fasziniert von dem verwunschenen Gewächshaus, das einst der Herrin von Gut Woodmont gehörte. Warum ist es seit mehr als 30 Jahren verschlossen? Welche Geschichte erzählt der ins Glas geritzte Name? Die Arbeit mit Colton gibt Libby die Kraft, sich endlich mit ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit auseinanderzusetzen. Dabei findet sie einen Brief ihres Vaters, der alles für immer verändert …

Una storia d’amore, intrighi, memorie e misteri
Lucy Kincaid ha appena perso la madre, una donna libera e dallo spirito irrequieto. Sperando di superare il dolore, Lucy lascia Nashville per raggiungere la sperduta cittadina di Cape Hudson, in Virginia. Proprio lì, infatti, la attende un’eredità inaspettata: una casa di cui non conosceva neppure l’esistenza, appartenuta a una donna che non ha mai incontrato in vita sua. Lucy spera di trovare finalmente la risposta a tutti gli interrogativi sul passato della madre… inclusi quelli sull’identità di suo padre. All’arrivo, però, si rende conto che la casa è molto diversa da come l’aveva immaginata. È un antico maniero, pieno di ombre e segreti risalenti a secoli prima. A complicare ulteriormente le cose compare un affascinante ed enigmatico sconosciuto, che potrebbe avere qualche diritto sull’eredità. Fare luce sulla storia della famiglia e dei suoi antenati potrà essere per Lucy l’occasione per conoscere meglio sé stessa e anche per cercare, finalmente, l’amore.
Un’autrice da oltre un milione di copie
«Una straordinaria storia familiare.»
Wendy Wax, autrice bestseller di USA Today
«Personaggi coinvolgenti, una buona dose di mistero e un toccante viaggio alla scoperta di sé elevano questo romanzo sopra molti altri dello stesso genere.»
RT Book Reviews
«Adoro i libri che raccontano generazioni diverse di una famiglia, e questo mi ha decisamente conquistata!»

Vive a Richmond, in Virginia, ed è autrice di romanzi femminili che esplorano i temi della famiglia, dell’appartenenza e della ricerca del proprio posto nel mondo. È conosciuta anche con lo pseudonimo di Mary Burton, con cui ha scritto (e scrive) thriller bestseller del «New York Times» e di «USA Today».