Harvest of Secrets

Harvest of Secrets
Author: Ellen Crosby
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2018-11-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250164834

The search for the killer of an aristocratic French winemaker who was Lucie Montgomery’s first crush and the discovery of dark family secrets put Lucie on a collision course with a murderer. It’s harvest season at Montgomery Estate Vineyard—the busiest time of year for winemakers in Atoka, Virginia. A skull is unearthed near Lucie Montgomery’s family cemetery, and the discovery of the bones coincides with the arrival of handsome, wealthy aristocrat Jean-Claude de Marignac. He’s come to be the head winemaker at neighboring La Vigne Cellars, but he’s no stranger to Lucie—he was her first crush twenty years ago when she spent a summer in France. Not long after his arrival, Jean-Claude is found dead, and while there is no shortage of suspects who are angry or jealous of his ego and overbearing ways, suspicion falls on Miguel Otero, an immigrant worker at La Vigne, who recently quarreled with Jean-Claude. When Miguel disappears, Lucie receives an ultimatum from her own employees: prove Miguel’s innocence or none of the immigrant community will work for her during the harvest. As Lucie hunts for Jean-Claude’s killer and continues to search for the identity of the skeleton abandoned in the cemetery, she is blindsided by a decades-old secret that shatters everything she thought she knew about her family. Now facing a wrenching emotional choice, Lucie must decide whether it’s finally time to tell the truth and hurt those she loves the most, or keep silent and let past secrets remain dead and buried. Harvest of Secrets is another corking mystery from author Ellen Crosby.

A Harvest of Bones

A Harvest of Bones
Author: Yasmine Galenorn
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2005-12-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101010568

Strange supernatural events have been happening to medium Emerald O?Brien. So now it?s up to her and her friends to delve into the past to reveal secrets of the dead, lay them to rest, and ring in the autumn with a harvest of bones.

A Harvest of Secrets

A Harvest of Secrets
Author: Roland Merullo
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2022-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781542034388

From the bestselling author of From These Broken Streets comes a sweeping novel of love, resistance, and courage set against the backdrop of WWII Italy. Italy, 1943. The seeds of terror planted by Hitler have brought Allied forces to Italian soil. Young lovers separated by war--one near a Tuscan hill town, the other a soldier on the Sicilian front--will meet any challenge to reunite. Vittoria SanAntonio, the daughter of a prosperous vineyard owner, is caught in a web of family secrets. Defying her domineering father, she has fallen for humble vineyard keeper Carlo Conte. When Carlo is conscripted into Mussolini's army, it sets a fire in Vittoria, and she joins the resistance. As the Nazi war machine encroaches, Vittoria is drawn into dangers as unknowable as those faced by the man she loves. Badly wounded on the first day of the invasion, Carlo regains consciousness on a farm in Sicily. Nursed back to health by a kind family there, he embarks on an arduous journey north through his ravaged homeland. For Carlo and Vittoria, as wartime threats mount and their paths diverge, what lies ahead will test their courage as never before.

Harvest of Sighs

Harvest of Sighs
Author: Sierra Simone
Publisher: Sierra Simone
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2020-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1949364054

The genius and the sunshine girl. As children, we fought bitterly and often, bickering every chance we got. But then we grew up. Then we came back. Delphine Dansey carries her heart on the outside of her body; she’s looking for love and chasing dreams. She’s spoiled and selfish, the kind of beautiful that’s made for money and fame. But somehow she’s ended up in my keeping: a pretty submissive I can’t seem to resist, a lover who obsesses and tempts me. I thought I’d locked my heart away a long time ago, along with all my other weaknesses. But some doors won't stay closed, no matter how hard I fight to keep them shut. She unravels me, just like our friends are unraveling, just like Thornchapel itself is unraveling. All year long, we’ve been sowing lust and jealousy and pain, heedless of the consequences. But a harvest is inevitable, and so now we must reap our sorrows. And our sighs. Harvest of Sighs is Book Three in the Thornchapel series. Content warnings can be found at thesierrasimone.com/contentnotes

Harvest of Blessings

Harvest of Blessings
Author: Charlotte Hubbard
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1420133101

Following Breath of Spring, a homecoming tests the town of Willow Ridge. “Fans of Amish fiction will love the Seasons of the Heart series.”—Marta Perry, national bestselling author The tranquil little town of Willow Ridge is facing a startling challenge. Wealthy Nora Glick Landwehr is determined to make it her home again—and put her past to rest. Cast out by her own family, Nora can’t reconcile with Old Amish ways or her strict father. But she’ll do anything to help her community embrace the future . . . and make amends to the daughter she had to give up. So, she certainly has no time for her reckless new neighbor Luke Hooley. They disagree about almost everything. And how can she trust him if he always seems to believe the worst about her? Somehow, though, his unexpected support and passionate heart are helping her find her own way in faith. And Nora will discover that even in the face of insidious lies and unyielding judgment, God creates unexpected chances for forgiveness—and love. Praise for Charlotte Hubbard and the Seasons of the Heart series “A heartwarming new voice for fans of Beverly Lewis.”—Emma Miller, author of An Amish Mystery series “The warm and supportive town of Willow Ridge will appeal to readers who appreciate the traditional values and neighborly ways of the plain folk.”—Publishers Weekly “These very special books will sit proudly on my keeper shelf!”—Romance Reviews Today

Harvest

Harvest
Author: Belva Plain
Publisher: Dell
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2014-08-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0804152551

"With the rich threads of Evergreen, The Golden Cup, and Tapestry, skillful storyteller [Belva] Plain continues to weave her eventful saga of the Werners."—Publishers Weekly Only one man knew the secret Anna Friedman vowed to carry to her grave. Only he could undo her perfect life, and he had kept his silence—and his distance—for years. Yet as she watched her daughter Iris marry and have her own family, Anna saw the slow corrosion of a lifetime of secrets seep into a new generation. Iris’s “ideal” marriage was built on silence and lies . . . their rebellious son found his calling in anti–Vietnam War violence, fueled by rage. Anna’s was the only voice that spoke to them all as she struggled to undo the damage of the past. Then powerful banker Paul Werner returned, opening old wounds, driven to help Anna and the family he barely knew. From New York’s luxurious suburbs to war-torn Israel, from Italian palazzi to California communes, Belva Plain’s sweeping epic begun in Evergreen reaches its triumphant conclusion. Don’t miss Belva Plain’s other magnificent novels that feature the indomitable Werner family: Evergreen, The Golden Cup, and Tapestry.

The Last Harvest

The Last Harvest
Author: Kim Liggett
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0765380986

Kim Liggett draws on her childhood during the Satanic Panic for a chilling tale of magic in The Last Harvest, winner of the 2017 Bram Stoker Award. "I plead the blood." Those were the last words seventeen-year-old golden boy quarterback Clay Tate heard rattling from his dad's throat when he discovered him dying on the barn floor of the Neely cattle ranch, clutching a crucifix to his chest. Now, on the first anniversary of the Midland, Oklahoma, slaughter, the whole town's looking at Clay like he might be next to go over the edge. Clay wants to forget the past, but the sons and daughters of the Preservation Society—a group of prominent farmers his dad accused of devil worship—won't leave him alone. Including Ali, his longtime crush, who suddenly wants to reignite their romance after a year of silence, and hated rival Tyler Neely, who's behaving like they're old friends. Even as Clay tries to reassure himself, creepy glances turn to sinister stares and strange coincidences build to gruesome rituals, but when he can never prove that any of it happened, Clay worries he might be following his dad down the path to insanity...or that something far more terrifying lies in wait around the corner.

Funny Boy

Funny Boy
Author: Shyam Selvadurai
Publisher: Emblem Editions
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2013-01-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1551997193

In this remarkable debut novel, a boy’s bittersweet passage to maturity and sexual awakening is set against escalating political tensions in Sri Lanka, during the seven years leading up to the 1983 riots. Arjie Chelvaratnam is a Tamil boy growing up in an extended family in Colombo. It is through his eyes that the story unfolds and we meet a delightful, sometimes eccentric cast of characters. Arjie’s journey from the luminous simplicity of childhood days into the more intricately shaded world of adults – with its secrets, its injustices, and its capacity for violence – is a memorable one, as time and time again the true longings of the human heart are held against the way things are.

Harvest of Secrets

Harvest of Secrets
Author: Carol V. Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781425755621

At a young age, Scott Massey learns the emotional fallout of grief, through the loss of his father to World War II, and guilt, when he accidentally kills his baby sister. Unable to forgive him, Scott's step-dad begins a pattern of abuse so constant that, at age 13, Scott leaves home when his mother, Pearl, announces a new baby is on the way. But when he runs afoul of the law, Scott's fate is sealed. Homesick for his mother's loving arms and safety of his hometown of Cheddar, Maine, Scott learns life's harsh cold lessons, as he walks and hitchhikes his way to the mid-west. In Ohio, an old corn farmer, Tucker Flynn, hires a tired and hungry Scott to rejuvenate his cornfields. Meanwhile, back in Cheddar, Sheriff Nathan Fox takes center stage as he investigates Scott's disappearance and comforts Pearl when her marriage falls apart. During the harvest, Scott regains his self-worth and trust through his new friend, Samantha. They bond and share their darkest secrets as the sheriff closes in.

Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets
Author: Barbara Cameron
Publisher: Gilead Publishing
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2018-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1683700589

Family secrets could get in the way of a second chance at love After her husband dies, Rose longs to be near her family—especially her twin sister, Lillian—so she packs up her young son and leaves their life in Ohio to move back to Paradise, Pennsylvania. Luke Miller is ready to settle down in Paradise. He soon forms a partnership with Rose to help farm her land. He finds that he’s enjoying the company of the quiet, modest widow and she may be just the woman he’s been waiting for. But is Rose hiding a secret beneath her reserved exterior—one that could keep her from having a future with Luke? And Rose isn’t the only one concealing something. Luke has a secret of his own, and it could threaten their partnership—and their chance at love.