Discover a story of secrets, healing, and unexpected family bonds. In He Should Have Told the Bees, Amanda Cox weaves a moving tale of two women brought together by an unexpected inheritance and the gentle hum of the bees.
Cox has a gift of creating characters who, no matter how outwardly different, can resonate with a reader at the deepest level of the soul.–Jennifer L. Wright, author of If it Rains and The Girl from the Papers
Beekeeper Beckett Walsh is living her dream, working alongside her father in their apiary, until his untimely death sends her world into a tailspin. She suddenly finds she must deal with a new part owner of the family business–one who is looking to sell the property. Beck cannot fathom why her father would put her into the position to lose everything they built together.
When Callie Peterson is named in the trust of a man she’s never heard of, she’s not sure what to do. Her fledgling business has just taken wing and her mother has reentered her life asking for help getting into rehab for her lifelong substance abuse issues, making Callie’s financial situation rather . . . precarious. She’s sure she has no right to someone else’s farm, but the money from the sale could solve her problems and give her the stability she’s always craved.
As their worlds collide, they will discover an entangled past full of secrets. These secrets have the potential to destroy them both, or make them stronger together.
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