Where the Starling Sings

A yellow envelope on the passenger seat is all it takes to pull Lyra Starling back to the one place she swore she'd never return: Pinegrove, Vermont. Inside is a deed, a set of keys, and the news that Aunt Vivian, a woman Lyra barely knew, has left her a century-old farmhouse at the edge of town. Lyra expects to find dust and neglect. Instead, she finds letters, photographs, and a community that remembers her in ways she never allowed herself to be remembered. Mason Cole is already on her doorstep, hired by Vivian before she died to restore the property. He's steady, patient, and entirely too curious about the woman who keeps her guard raised like a loaded weapon. As Lyra peels back the wallpaper, the garden, and the years of silence, she uncovers the real reason her mother sent her away, and why Vivian spent a lifetime protecting a child who wasn't hers to keep. With the help of her prickly aunt Eleanor Birch, the ever-watchful Hank Reyes, and a cast of small-town neighbors who refuse to let her grieve alone, Lyra must choose between the safe, distant life she built and the messy, rooted, terrifyingly hopeful one waiting in Pinegrove. The house is hers. The only question is whether she's brave enough to live in it.