A house shrouded in time.
A line of women with a heritage of loss.
As a young bride, Susannah Page was rumored to be a Civil War spy for the North, a traitor to her Virginian roots. Her great-granddaughter Adelaide, the current matriarch of Holly Oak, doesn’t believe that Susannah’s ghost haunts the antebellum mansion looking for a pardon, but rather the house itself bears a grudge toward its tragic past.
When Marielle Bishop marries into the family and is transplanted from the arid west to her husband’s home, it isn’t long before she is led to believe that the house she just settled into brings misfortune to the women who live there.
With Adelaide’s richly peppered superstitions and deep family roots at stake, Marielle must sort out the truth about Susannah Page and Holly Oak— and make peace with the sacrifices she has made for love.
Author Bio:
Susan Meissner cannot remember a time when she wasn’t driven to put her thoughts down on paper. Her novel The Shape of Mercy was a Publishers Weekly
pick for best religious fiction of 2008 and a Christian Book Award
finalist. Susan and her husband live in Southern California, where he is
a pastor and a chaplain in the Air Force Reserves. They are the parents
of four grown children.
My review:
I
really enjoyed this book. I picked it up one Sunday morning and I just
about finished it that evening. The book has several different story
lines happening at one time but none of them leave you hanging or
confused as to what all is happening. I enjoyed getting to know each of
the characters and reading how their stories all related to each other. I
highly recommend adding this book to your library.
I received a free copy of this book from Multnomah in exchange for a review of the book.
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