As beguiling as the novels of Alice Hoffman, Adriana Trigiani, Aimee Bender, and Sarah Addison Allen, Season of the Dragonflies is a story of flowers, sisters, practical magic, old secrets, and new love, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
For generations, the Lenore women have manufactured a perfume unlike any other, and guarded the unique and mysterious ingredients. Their perfumery, hidden in the quiet rolling hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, creates one special elixir that secretly sells for millions of dollars to the world’s most powerful—movie stars, politicians, artists, and CEOs. The Lenore’s signature perfume is actually the key to their success.
Willow, the coolly elegant Lenore family matriarch, is the brains behind the company. Her gorgeous, golden-haired daughter Mya is its heart. Like her foremothers, she can “read” scents and envision their power. Willow’s younger daughter, dark-haired, soulful Lucia, claims no magical touch, nor does she want any part of the family business. She left the mountains years ago to make her own way. But trouble is brewing. Willow is experiencing strange spells of forgetfulness. Mya is plotting a coup. A client is threatening blackmail. And most ominously, the unique flowers used in their perfume are dying.
Whoever can save the company will inherit it. Though Mya is the obvious choice, Lucia has begun showing signs of her own special abilities. And her return to the mountains—heralded by a swarm of blue dragonflies—may be the answer they all need.
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“Narrator
Kate Turnbull’s soft and youthful expression enhances every magical moment in
Sarah Creech’s debut novel. Alternating between a sweet, whimsical delivery of
the narrative and a subtle Southern accent during dialogue, she emphasizes the
beautiful setting of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the fragrant, rare flowers
that the Lenore women use for their supernatural perfume—which promises
success to whoever wears it. Turnbull’s gentle, feminine storytelling makes
this intriguing story involving practical magic and a generation of women easy
on the ears. However, once the unique flowers lose their smell and a client
threatens blackmail, Willow and her daughters must find a way to save their
powerful perfume.”
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