![]() ![]() Situated on Scotland’s northwest coast, the town of Appleton enjoys a mild climate, has a spectacular, if crumbling, library and museum and once produced apples that were the envy of the country. Most unexpected is a handsome stranger who will draw all three women into an Otherworld where, as in Eden, the bite of a single apple can alter the course of reality. THE SILVER BOUGH by Lisa Tuttle RELEASE DATE: Contemporary fantasy set in Scotland, from Tuttle ( The Mysteries, 2005, etc.). ![]() Widowed Nell Westray hopes for a quiet life in the place she and her husband spent their happiest moments.Īnd young Ashley Kaldis has come to find her roots.īut when a sudden landslide cuts Appleton off from the wider world-and the usual constraints of reality-the village reveals itself to be an extraordinary place, inhabited by legendary beings and secret rooms. And outsiders are still drawn to the charming village, including three very different American women.Įnchanted by Appleton’s famously ornate library, divorcée Kathleen Mullaroy has left her cosmopolitan job to start anew as the town’s head librarian. An exclusive short story from the author of THE SILVER BOUGH. Now, though the orchards are long gone, locals still dream of the town’s glory days, when good luck seemed a way of life. ![]() Nestled on the coast of Scotland, Appleton was once famous for its apples. The award-winning author of The Mysteries returns with another captivating novel in which modern-day enigmas and age-old myths come together to bear spellbinding fruit. ![]()
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