Sara Jenkins is comfortably ensconced in New Orleans, her new home, where she’s started a business selling antiques and reclaimed bits and pieces. She has separated herself from her past in Sweet Bay, Alabama…until her grandmother Mags’s will takes her back home, where she learns she’s inherited The Hideaway.
The Hideaway, once a renowned southern bed and breakfast, and later Sara’s childhood home, is now the dilapidated home of folks who came for a visit but then stayed.
Sara sees potential in The Hideaway’s good bones, enticing her to stay at least long enough to bring it up to date. But the longer she’s there, the more she learns of a past she never knew her grandmother possessed.
Slowly, secrets wrapped up in The Hideaway, Mags’s life, and even the double helix of Sara’s own DNA are unwound.
The Hideaway is a beautifully written story not only of the reclamation of an old inn’s life, but also of the journey a young woman takes to discover her heart and destiny. It explores issues of life finding you where you are versus moving on to unknown adventures, and the age-old story of loves lost and loves discovered.
You’ll find yourself drawn into a family story and a cast of characters so compelling you won’t want to stop reading.
The Hideaway was the award-winning debut novel for Lauren K. Denton, one of the new generation of southern writers, whose words and stories feel as comfortable as an old, worn couch. A native Alabamian, she and her family make their home in Homewood, just outside Birmingham. Her latest novel is The One You’re With, published earlier this year.
You can read much more about Lauren and her books on her website.
Reviewed September 2021
Sara Jenkins is comfortably ensconced in New Orleans, her new home, where she’s started a business selling antiques and reclaimed bits and pieces. She has separated herself from her past in Sweet Bay, Alabama…until her grandmother Mags’s will takes her back home, where she learns she’s inherited The Hideaway.
The Hideaway, once a renowned southern bed and breakfast, and later Sara’s childhood home, is now the dilapidated home of folks who came for a visit but then stayed.
Sara sees potential in The Hideaway’s good bones, enticing her to stay at least long enough to bring it up to date. But the longer she’s there, the more she learns of a past she never knew her grandmother possessed.
Slowly, secrets wrapped up in The Hideaway, Mags’s life, and even the double helix of Sara’s own DNA are unwound.
The Hideaway is a beautifully written story not only of the reclamation of an old inn’s life, but also of the journey a young woman takes to discover her heart and destiny. It explores issues of life finding you where you are versus moving on to unknown adventures, and the age-old story of loves lost and loves discovered.
You’ll find yourself drawn into a family story and a cast of characters so compelling you won’t want to stop reading.
The Hideaway was the award-winning debut novel for Lauren K. Denton, one of the new generation of southern writers, whose words and stories feel as comfortable as an old, worn couch. A native Alabamian, she and her family make their home in Homewood, just outside Birmingham. Her latest novel is The One You’re With, published earlier this year.
You can read much more about Lauren and her books on her website.
Reviewed September 2021