About the Book

In the small New England town of Lily Hollow, the historic Bookshop Hotel serves coffee, sells books, and harbors decades of secrets. AJ has transformed her inherited hotel into a thriving bookstore, but a lawsuit over a rare book collection threatens everything she’s built. Her mother Sidney returns after years of running, drawn back by forces she doesn’t fully understand, while Sam Finney still carries a torch from when she babysat him decades ago.

Across the street, elderly baker Abigail’s mind drifts between past and present, revealing the story of her sister Evelyn’s forbidden love for Jack Walters and the mysterious Blackbriar Manor hidden in the woods. As the bookshop prepares for a crucial gala, three generations of women navigate love, loss, and the weight of family legacy.

Through multiple perspectives and timelines, this deeply emotional novel explores how the past echoes through generations, how secrets both protect and poison, and how sometimes coming home means finally facing the ghosts you’ve been running from. Lily Hollow is a love letter to small towns, bookstores, and the possibility of redemption.