Red Grove

There are secrets beneath every communityeven those founded with the purest of intentionssecrets as strong and reaching as the roots that keep us connected to one another and anchored to home.

The Red Groveis a special place, protected. Some say a spell was cast by its founder, Tamsen Nightingale. Some say the mountain lions stalking the nearby hills guard its mysteries and its boundaries. Some say the mighty redwoods keep its people safe.

Yet a man has died on the Red Groves sacred ground. And Luces mother, Gloria, has vanished. The Red Grove is Luces whole world. She is utterly devoted to its mission, its rituals and history. Still, she knows that her mother, frustrated free spirit though she might be, wouldnt just leave without a word, wouldnt leave Luces little brother, Roo, and their aunt, Gem, whose life and care in a suspended state they call everdream depend on Gloria in every way. But strange things begin to happen as Luce tries to figure out where her mother has gone. Clicks echo out from the trees, flies pound against the windows, and a strange man keeps calling on the phone. The deeper Luce digs, the more she must ask if her beloved home, the women she admires, and the stories they tell might be built on a devastating lie.

The debut novel by the acclaimed author ofThe Electric Woman, Tessa FontainesThe Red Groveis a story about mothers, daughters, and sisters, about the dangers of being a woman in this world, and about the flawed, fierce choices we make to protect what we love.

Hardcover, May 14th 2024