First published 2016
Lux struggles as a single mother when she stumbles upon Greengage, a community hidden in California's Sonoma Valley. The town feels like it belongs to another era because it actually does. Greengage remains frozen in the early twentieth century, cut off from the modern world. Lux finds herself drawn to this place where life moves at a gentler pace. She develops feelings for a man born generations before her time. Each day she spends in Greengage makes it harder to return to her regular life. She must balance raising her son in the contemporary world while being pulled toward this sanctuary where she feels she truly belongs. Lux faces an impossible choice between her responsibilities as a mother in the present and her growing attachment to a community that offers her something she has never experienced before.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, fantasy, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, impossible-romance
Setting: Sonoma Valley, California
Period: Early 20th Century
394 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books