The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves: A Novel

An antiques dealer and an enigmatic heiress embark on a revelatory friendship in a haunting and hopeful novel about family ties secrets and belonging by the bestselling author of A Heart Like Home . Cautious Claire Shelton employee at a Maine antique shop is surprised when she’s recruited to catalog the treasures of reclusive Hanna Reeves sole descendant of the state’s most colorful shipbuilders and industrialists. Hanna’s retreat from society years ago is just one of many mysteries behind the walls of Rose Hill her fabled estate. Settling into Rose Hill’s carriage house Claire finds Hanna nearing eighty to be a still-formidable woman. She’s demanding judgmental and protective of a mansion that is a veritable shrine to her ancestors. Then diving into her work Claire discovers a hidden library that is the stuff of legend among locals. An avid booklover Claire is in heaven. More enthralling are Hanna’s leather-bound family journals that open Clai