From the best-selling author of the Sweeney Sisters series comes the
much-awaited sequel to Magnolia Nights, a novel of fate,
discovery, and determination.
All is right in Ellie Pringle Hagood's world. Recently married to the
man of her dreams and in anticipation of the big family she's always
wanted, she focuses on restoring the large home she inherited from her
grandmother on Charleston's prestigious Battery. Abbott, the father she
adores, lives just down the street from her. She treasures her beloved
housekeeper, Maddie, who offers wise counsel and loving support, and is
the closest thing to a mother she's ever known. Two days a week, she
volunteers for an art program she piloted at an elementary school. But
then, in the midst of all her happiness, comes news that throws Ellie's
life into a tailspin.
Her brother-in-law has been murdered in Key West, and her sister, Lia,
is wanted for questioning in the investigation. No one in Ellie's family
has seen or heard from Lia in the seven months since she disappeared and
left her twin three-year-old daughters in Ellie and Julian's care. The
newlyweds, with several questions nagging at them, fly off to Key West
in search of the missing sister. Where is Lia? How is she connected to
her husband's murder? What will become of her twin daughters? The two
are only at the beginning of their quest for answers and solutions, and
the path they take turns out to be far more torturous and complicated
than expected.
