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"Beautifully written and flawlessly paced, this wonderful novel is filled with characters as real and honest as your own best friends. Eileen Goudge proves in Taste of Honey that she is wise in the way of the human heart. Don’t miss it." Kristin Hannah

"Romance abounds…The perfect beach read." The Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Great summertime beach reading both for readers new to Carson Springs and those eager for more tales of its romantic residents." Booklist

"Eileen Goudge’s return to Carson Springs is a triumph." Barbara Delinsky

"Scandal in a small town has proved to be an addictive formula. Goudge…will make you eager to revisit this corner of California." Minneapolis Star Tribune

Taste Of Honey
Eileen Goudge

In her acclaimed novel Stranger in Paradise, New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge introduced sun- drenched Carson Springs, an idyllic community where the only thing juicier than the oranges is the local gossip. In this remarkable follow-up, she delivers a captivating tale of mothers and daughters, tangled family ties, and the irresistible challenges of romantic love…

With Carson Springs still reeling from Samantha Kiley’s romance with a charismatic younger man, her best friend Gerry Fitzgerald fires up the town with another sensational scandal. The child Gerry gave up for adoption twenty-eight years ago—and kept secret from her two children and ex- husband—has come back into her life looking for answers. Now a successful attorney engaged to her childhood sweetheart, Claire Brewster defied her adoptive parents to meet Gerry and her family—most of whom are not eager to welcome Claire into the fold—and winds up falling for another man. In the meantime, Gerry’s feelings for her lover, renowned symphony conductor Aubrey Roellinger, have begun to crack open her cautious heart in ways she’d never imagined. But it isn’t until an accident nearly claims the lives of one of Carson Springs’ own that Gerry finds the courage to let go of old fears and take that final leap into the unknown…

(A Carson Springs Novel)
Signet, June 2003
ISBN #0451207343
Paperback