Stone Flower Garden

Description

the unputdownable new novel from New York times bestselling author. Darleen Union and Eli Wade are childhood friends torn apart by a murder that has never been solved. Raised by her grandmother, Darleen is the heir to the Hardigree Marble Company, which controls the small North Carolina town of Burnt Stand. Eli is the boy genius destined to make something of himself when his family is forced to leave. But now, years later, long-buried secrets are about to be revealed. A story about destiny and a great love affair, this is a rich, gothic, Southern story entering the darker side of family myths.

Deborah Smith, a sixth-generation Georgia native, is a former newspaper reporter and editor. Fascinated by family histories and family dynamics, she has written six other contemporary novels. She lives with her husband in the mountains of North Georgia.