Part of Edilean, book 1
First published 2009
Jocelyn Minton stands in the eighteenth-century house she never knew existed. Her beloved mentor Edilean Harcourt has died and left her everything, including this property in a Virginia town Jocelyn has never heard of. Miss Edi understood Jocelyn like no one else could, bridging the gap between Jocelyn's privileged mother and working-class stepfamily. Now Jocelyn holds a letter with cryptic clues pointing to events from 1941. The letter also mentions a handsome young lawyer Miss Edi selected as Jocelyn's perfect match. Jocelyn feels betrayed that the woman who meant everything to her concealed so many secrets. She came to this tight-knit Virginia community seeking answers about the decades-old puzzle. Instead she must confront why Miss Edi kept quiet about this place and these people. The mystery pulls Jocelyn deeper into a past she never knew connected to her future.
Genres: historical-fiction, mystery, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Virginia
Period: 1941
384 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books