Year House

The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents’ wealth but nevertheless finds...

As a Christmas surprise, Lori Hamlin’s family sends her to The Beach House Hotel on the Gulf Coast of Florida to help her recover from the loss of her husband two years ago, hoping she will realize it’s time to change her life. There, she meets Griffin Sawyer, who’s on his own after his fiancée left him at the altar. Neither one is interested in anything but friendship, but Lori and Griff decide to spend the New Year’s holiday together. Griff has to leave unexpectedly because his grandfather, the owner of the Adeline Hills Winery, has had a stroke.

Maddie, her sister Martha, and Buck grow up bound together in hardship, building a fragile refuge in the branches of a towering cypress tree. What begins as a child’s treehouse becomes their only escape from a home marked by fear, control, and hidden truths buried beneath the floorboards. As the years pass, Buck takes on the weight of keeping them safe, while Maddie learns to navigate a world where danger hides behind silence and obedience. Between stolen moments of joy, music in the treetops, and a bond forged through hardship, the children begin to dream of freedom beyond the swamp.

Milow kann nicht sprechen. Ihr grausamer Vater hat ihr die Stimme genommen, bevor sie diese je finden konnte. Nach dessen Tod wird sie von der liebevollen Familie Statler aufgenommen – und trifft Ashby, ihren Adoptivbruder. Die beiden verstehen einander ganz ohne Worte, denn auch Ashby hat viel erlebt. Im Laufe der Jahre verwandelt sich ihre Nähe in eine zarte Liebe. Doch als Milow glaubt, endlich ihren Platz gefunden zu haben, reißt das Leben ihr erneut den Boden unter den Füßen weg. Und auch Ashbys große Ziele fordern einen hohen Preis. Entscheiden sie sich trotzdem füreinander?

She survived the road. She rebuilt the ruin. She thought the war was over. Maddie fought her way out of a brutal past and turned a broken saloon into a place full of light, laughter, and second chances. But peace never stays long. Old wounds return, new enemies rise, and the people she loves are pulled into battles no one escapes unchanged. When her long-lost brother Buck rides back into town carrying ghosts of his own, Maddie is forced to face everything she ran from. As revenge, loyalty, and love collide, she must decide whether freedom means holding on—or learning to let go.

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