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Thank you Random House for this gifted copy and amazing goodies.

Fun fact: Did y’all know North Dakota is the state that produces the most honey?

I can personally testify that the honey bees are everywhere up here in the spring. As soon as the blossoms are out on my apple trees they come to get all the pollen and just sitting under the trees and hearing them buzz is the most amazing thing. So, I of course love all books honey bee related, and Jodi Picoult is one of my absolute favorite author is because she is always going to get me feeling everything with her stories. Now who wants to read this with me?

Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business.

Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.

And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can trust him completely. . . .

Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.

💬 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲?

AOTD: Lately I have been baking a lot with honey. Especially in my zucchini bread and beer bread.