Editor’s Note: Brenda Novak books are near and dear to us. We’ve stuffed so many of her books in our beach bags over the years, anxious to dive into the sweet scenes and poignant moments. We’re so excited to chat with Brenda Novak and talk about her new book, The Secret...
The Library at Mount Char is a mystery set in a kinda-sorta magic library. When the story opens, a very powerful guy has gone missing. His adopted children have looked everywhere, and they’re starting to entertain the notion that something might have happened to him. The story focuses on Carolyn, who is the quietest and most studious of the bunch.
It’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for.
The Secrets She Keeps is about two sisters with troubled marriages who gather at their aunt’s now crumbling Nevada “divorce ranch." The story is told in alternating time periods - one summer at the present-day ranch, and the summer of 1951, a summer of secrets, when high-society women and Hollywood celebs stayed at such ranches to establish residency and secure difficult-to-get divorces.