Honeysuckle Season

By: Mary Ellen Taylor

Narrated by: Megan Tusing

Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

An Amazon Charts best seller

From best-selling author Mary Ellen Taylor comes a story about profound loss, hard truths, and an overgrown greenhouse full of old secrets.

Adrift in the wake of her father's death, a failed marriage, and multiple miscarriages, Libby McKenzie feels truly alone. Though her new life as a wedding photographer provides a semblance of purpose, it's also a distraction from her profound pain.

When asked to photograph a wedding at the historic Woodmont estate, Libby meets the owner, Elaine Grant. Hoping to open Woodmont to the public, Elaine has employed young widower Colton Reese to help restore the grounds and asks Libby to photograph the process. Libby is immediately drawn to the old greenhouse shrouded in honeysuckle vines.

As Libby forms relationships and explores the overgrown - yet hauntingly beautiful - Woodmont estate, she finds the emotional courage to sort through her father's office. There she discovers a letter that changes everything she knows about her parents, herself, and the estate. Beneath the vines of the old greenhouse lie generations of secrets, and it's up to Libby to tend to the fruits born of long-buried seeds.

©2020 Mary Burton. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Enjoyable, easy reading/listening

I liked that part of the story was set in present day with current social media, and dialog that sounds like you are just having a conversation with your friend.

Good listen/read

I started this under the impression it was a continuation is Spring House & Winter Cottage. Not that there was a connection except in my head 🤦🏻‍♀️. It is another historical vs present read. I am not fond of them but this one was done well.

Please change the dates...

I enjoyed the story, but it's hard not to reflect on what was happening in a global pandemic in 2020. I would suggest changing the dates for Libbey.

Touching

Nice story and history line. Very touching. My kind of book. Great job I say

A Sweet Read

I devoured this book. The dual time lines and love/mystery/friendship drew me in from the beginning. This is my second book that I've read from this author and will be reading many more. Her characters grow and become stronger as the story goes on. The ending was best.
The narration was great. This is a must read.

Easy listening

Found the first half of my he story confusing and hard to follow. The laying of the foundations of the following story was difficult to follow however the present day was as easy listening

I would recommend this book

I really enjoyed both the story and the narration in this book. I rarely write a review. The ending really wrapped up the story but I think I would enjoy a second book with these characters. Will look for other books from this author,

Great Read!!

Truly enjoyed this book. It was hard to follow at the beginning. lots of characters and going back in the 1942 and now took a while to follow. but a wonderful ending.

Lovely

Was a very good story just wish their was a little more on both ends (past and present).

Great story and narration!

Was a little hard to get into at first, but do not give up! The narrator does a fantastic job, but the beginning of the book may have been easier to follow if I was reading vs listening. Megan Tusing's performance is outstanding and you can really feel the emotions of each character as she speaks. This book overall was wonderful and I could not stop listening to see what happened next! I'm officially a lover of Mary Ellen Taylor's work and can not wait to listen/read another book.