Sandy Hill Books in Order

Elderly Delia O'Toole returns to her North Carolina hometown at the request of lifelong enemy Ruthann. Memories of childhood mill work and a disastrous decision force both women to confront betrayal and the possibility of forgiveness.

On Pennsylvania's frontier in 1778, an attack separates a mother and her sons from the teenage daughter who escapes. Amid the Revolutionary War, Jane struggles alone while her father searches for their scattered family.

Charlotte newspaper editor Erin Markham finds a reporter dead in the pressroom and suspects murder. Her search for the killer brings danger to the newsroom while a long-buried family secret threatens her closest relationships.

In western North Carolina in 1952, young Sarah watches strangers take her mother away with her father's help. Left with responsibilities and few explanations, she struggles to understand family secrets and decide which promises deserve keeping.

Aging music teacher Delia and injured college student Kate return to their shared hometown. A family crisis, a threatened mill strike, and Delia's concealed past test a friendship already complicated by their families' history.

A newspaper editor visits her mother’s Outer Banks cottage hoping for a quiet vacation and clarity about her relationship. A hurricane overturns those plans when a teenage boy arrives fatally wounded, carrying a mystery connected directly to her name.

Journalist Erin Markham visits a Charlotte skating rink before work and discovers a death instead of a peaceful practice session. With a major competition approaching, she investigates jealousy and conspiracy in the competitive skating world.

A journalist finds a threatening note that may connect her husband’s death with her investigation of a fatal bank fire. Following the message’s implications draws her through dangerous encounters as she tries to identify the sender and uncover what links the events.