Christine Nolfi

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Published by: Lake Union Publishing
Release Date: June 24, 2025
Pages: 320
ISBN13: 978-1662514081

 
Synopsis

A secret library, hidden for decades. A mystery about to unfold.

Cautious Claire Shelton, employee at a Maine antique shop, is surprised when she’s recruited to catalog the treasures of reclusive Hanna Reeves, sole descendant of the state’s most colorful shipbuilders and industrialists. Hanna’s retreat from society years ago is just one of many mysteries behind the walls of Rose Hill, her fabled estate.

Settling into Rose Hill’s carriage house, Claire finds Hanna, nearing eighty, to be a still-formidable woman. She’s demanding, judgmental, and protective of a mansion that is a veritable shrine to her ancestors. Then, diving into her work, Claire discovers a hidden library that is the stuff of legend among locals. An avid booklover, Claire is in heaven. More enthralling are Hanna’s leather-bound family journals that open Claire up to the past—and soon forge a rich and unexpected bond between two very different women.

A legacy is coming to light. All of Maine is talking. Because the revelations in the journals are enlightening enough to unite old friends, lovers, and families. And shocking enough to tear them apart forever.

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Praise

“If you love books about books, you *must* read Christine Nolfi’s The
Secret Library of Hanna Reeves. With her signature compassion and insight,
Nolfi gives us a story that draws us in—into individual lives, into a
beguiling New England estate and a philanthropist’s mysterious decisions,
and into a journey of finding purpose and belonging where we’d least expect
it.”
—Joy Jordan-Lake, bestselling author of Echoes of Us

"Chock-full of humanity, history and heart, The Secret Library of Hanna
Reeves is the compelling story of a striving, 26-year-old antiques dealer
and a reclusive, elderly heiress in Maine. A wealth of well-written
characters and well-hidden secrets more hush-hush than a reading room
result in yet another stellar page turner by acclaimed author Christine
Nolfi."
—Marilyn Simon Rothstein, Author, Who Loves You Best