Hannah McKinnon Books

Wendell Combs, a lifelong resident of Saybrook, Connecticut, returns to his hometown to find solace as the head caretaker of Alan Lancaster's picturesque estate, White Pines. A middle-aged bachelor and war veteran, Wendell cherishes the tranquility of the estate, while Alan's fifteen-year-old daughter, Julia, enjoys its beauty in her own way—spending her days riding horses, swimming, and painting. As her parents prepare for their annual summer gala, Julia is more captivated by her budding romance with the boy next door than by the event itself. However, the night takes a tragic turn, leaving the town reeling and Wendell and Julia grappling with an uncertain future. Amidst their grief, two women return to Saybrook: Ginny Foster, Wendell's first love, and Candace Lancaster, Julia's estranged aunt, who has long distanced herself from the family estate. As Julia clings to her connections with Wendell and White Pines, she faces the possibility of losing both. Through sharp and evocative prose, this stirring tale delves into the intricate ties between people and place, exploring the essence of family and the enduring impact of love and loss.

Iris Standish has always been the responsible older sibling: the one with the steady marriage, loving family, and sensible job. But all of a sudden, as her carefully-constructed life spins out of her control, a cryptic postcard from her estranged sister Leah arrives at the perfect time: Please Come. Iris seizes her chance to escape to her childhood lakeside home, where Leah is planning her summer wedding to a man their New Hampshire clan has never met. Against a backdrop of dress fittings, floral arrangements, and rehearsal dinners, Leah hides secrets of her own. And while her sister faces a past that has finally caught up to her, Iris prepares to say good-bye to a future that is suddenly far from certain. As new love beckons and Hampstead Lake shimmers in the background, Iris must decide when to wade in cautiously and when to dive and, ultimately, how to ferry herself to safe harbors in this enticing novel of second chances and the ties that bind. -- Amazon.

Siblings Perry, Jake, and Phoebe Goodwin were raised on the shore of a beautiful Connecticut lake in a close-knit family. The eldest of the family, forty-two-year-old Perry has long craved order as surely as his charismatic younger brother, Jake, has avoided it. Phoebe, their baby sister, courts both. As adults, the Goodwin siblings could not be more different.

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Das Geheimnis eines Sommers Es ist heiß in Oklahoma, heiß und trocken. Die Tage verbringt die 13-jährige Franny mit Reiten und dem Aufpäppeln der Mäuse, Vögel und sonstigen Tiere in ihrem kleinen »Hospital«. Da ziehen neue Nachbarn ein: Lucas und Franny verstehen sich sofort. Trotzdem hat Franny schon bald das Gefühl, dass Lucas ihr nicht die ganze Wahrheit über sich erzählt. Warum wollen Mutter und Sohn partout kein Namensschild an ihrem Briefkasten? Warum ziehen die beiden ständig um und wo genau kommen sie eigentlich her? Als eines Tages ein fremder Mann auftaucht und nach den beiden fragt, wird Franny alles klar. Zu spät? Denn kurz darauf ist Lucas verschwunden.