The Secret Song of the Ditch Lilies — Jennifer Youngblood

What if the one thing you wanted most was the one thing you could never have? What If you'd done something so terrible that you could never go back?Delia Reynolds has it all—money, social status, a husband who loves her. Then why is she so miserable? Why is she haunted by her past?Delia tries to mold her daughter, Sybil, into her debutante life, but it's like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Needing a new life, Sybil flees the fast-paced life of Atlanta and takes her daughter to, of all places, Delia's hometown, nearly sending Delia over the edge. Faced with the trauma of losing her daughter to the place she spent a lifetime trying to escape, Delia is forced to relive the trauma of the past—trauma that began when her younger sister fell for the son of a snake handler.Sybil takes a job at a real estate office and unwittingly becomes entangled in an explosive battle that escalates to murder. She becomes involved in a tempestuous relationship with Kade Langston who's everything she ever wanted in a man and more. She suspects there may be more to Kade than meets the eye when a prominent town council member turns up dead.A beautiful, engrossing tale of the fragility of the human heart and the courage it takes to embark on the stony path toward the one thing the soul yearns for most—home.