Winter Cottage

An Amazon Charts bestseller.

A gripping novel about family secrets...and coming home for the first time.

Still grieving the loss of her wandering, free-spirited mother, Lucy Kincaid leaves Nashville for the faded town of Cape Hudson, Virginia. She goes to see the house she's inherited--one she never knew existed, bequeathed to her by a woman she's never even met. At the heart of this mystery is the hope that maybe--just maybe--this "Winter Cottage" will answer the endless questions about her mother's past...including the identity of her birth father.

Rather than the quaint Virginian bungalow Lucy expected, Winter Cottage is a grand old estate of many shadows--big enough to hold a century of secrets, passions, and betrayals. It also comes with a handsome and enigmatic stranger, a man next in line to claim Lucy's inheritance.

Now, as Lucy sifts through the past, uncovering the legacy of secrets that Winter Cottage holds, she'll come to discover as much about her family history as she does about herself. In searching, she could finally find the one thing she's never really had: a home.

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Published Oct 16, 2018

349 pages

Average rating: 7.38

26 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Harrietaspy
May 04, 2025
6/10 stars
Part romance, part mystery. This was a good light read to start off the new year before some heavier books. All in all pretty good.
melbeesue
Oct 16, 2023
4/10 stars
My first read of anything by Mary Ellen Taylor. This book was just OK to me. I liked the dual timelines because that is definitely something I enjoy, but I didn't need all that romance. Call me a cynic, but I prefer more mystery than heart-throbbing.
Klabrice
Mar 10, 2023
9/10 stars
I enjoyed Winter Cottage very much. I do wish some of the story lines were a little more finished but I'm hoping they will evolve further in Spring House. It's refreshing to read about strong women.

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