Crafts and Life

Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is a place of healing. Strangers flock here hoping the natural hot springs, five-star cuisine, and renowned spa can cure their ills. If none of that works, they often find their way to Miracle Books, where, over a fresh-baked “comfort” scone from the Gingerbread House bakery, they exchange their stories with owner Nora Pennington in return for a carefully chosen book. That’s Nora’s special talent—prescribing the perfect novel to ease a person’s deepest pain and lighten their heaviest burden.

Determined to uncover the truth behind the businessman’s demise, the women meet in Nora’s cramped and cozy bookstore to share stories and trade support. And as they untangle a web of corruption, they also discover their own courage, purpose, and a sisterhood that will carry them through every challenge—proving it’s never too late to turn the page and start over . . .

Nora has sunk everything into her book shop and her tiny house, both near the railway that stops at Miracle Springs, she came here for a change of pace after being in a fire, she used to be a librarian and she uses those skills to match people to a book that will help them (sometimes to heal, sometimes to get out of a rut), another shop owner does something similar with her baked goods, on the day that starts this off a businessman is hoping for healing and to make amends, he plans to meet with Nora at the bookshop but before he does he, apparently, commits suicide by throwing himself in front of a train.  With the local law enforcement not looking at any other cause of death Nora joins forces with the bakery owner, the local beautician and an employee of the Spa to find out the truth and to finally allow themselves to heal by sharing why they came to Miracle Springs.

Ellery Adams has done it again, this is a wonderful book about allowing yourself to heal and shows us that strength can come from within.