The Bookshop on Lilac Island
(2025)(The third book in the Second Chances series)
A novel by Linda Hughes
Family secrets. Hidden treasures. Healing hearts.
When Florence Withers and her husband inherit a long-forgotten building on Mackinac Island, they discover a sealed-off bookshop — and a trove of diaries that date back to the Gilded Age.
The journals tell a story too scandalous to believe: a woman committed to an asylum in 1905, her sister stealing both her husband and her child, and a lifetime of silence buried under polite society.
As Florence begins searching for the descendants of the women in those pages, long-buried truths shake the island’s history — and stir up secrets of her own. Especially when her estranged mother-in-law unexpectedly arrives, dragging emotional baggage Florence thought had been packed away for good.
Heartfelt and layered, this Real-world Women’s Fiction novel blends past and present in an emotional story of women’s strength, second chances, and the healing power of truth.
Perfect for fans of Robyn Carr, Debbie Macomber, and Elin Hilderbrand.
Genre: General Fiction
When Florence Withers and her husband inherit a long-forgotten building on Mackinac Island, they discover a sealed-off bookshop — and a trove of diaries that date back to the Gilded Age.
The journals tell a story too scandalous to believe: a woman committed to an asylum in 1905, her sister stealing both her husband and her child, and a lifetime of silence buried under polite society.
As Florence begins searching for the descendants of the women in those pages, long-buried truths shake the island’s history — and stir up secrets of her own. Especially when her estranged mother-in-law unexpectedly arrives, dragging emotional baggage Florence thought had been packed away for good.
Heartfelt and layered, this Real-world Women’s Fiction novel blends past and present in an emotional story of women’s strength, second chances, and the healing power of truth.
Perfect for fans of Robyn Carr, Debbie Macomber, and Elin Hilderbrand.
Genre: General Fiction
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