First published 2025
Nineteen-year-old Libby feels drawn to the Victorian house on Mulberry Lane. When a For Sale sign appears, she spends her college fund to buy it, knowing her parents will be angry. Moving in, she discovers a journal from Elizabeth Post, who lived there a century ago. Elizabeth's entries reveal her forbidden love for Patricia, her personal maid. Tish, a broke college student, walks by one day and feels compelled to knock. Libby offers her a room in exchange for help renovating. The two women fall for each other as they work together. Elizabeth's journal reveals deeper secrets about her relationship with Patricia. Strange parallels emerge between the two couples across time. Libby and Tish begin to wonder if they have lived in this house before, loved each other before. The journal suggests they might have a second chance to make their love story work.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Mulberry Lane, Victorian House
Period: 19th-century, 21st-century
368 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Content warnings: homophobia