“It takes a dozen bees to gather enough nectar to make a teaspoon of honey, each of them alighting on roughly 2,600 flowers and flying 850 miles back and forth. A worker bee weighs little more than a breath—around 100 milligrams—but she can carry half her body weight in nectar.”

Olivia McAfee and her teenage son Asher are living in Olivia’s childhood home taking care of her father’s beehives. They moved back to New Hampshire from Boston after Olivia’s divorce from a cardiothoracic surgeon who was physically abusive and very controlling.

Lily Campanello has just moved to Adams New Hampshire with her mother for a fresh start in a new high school. Asher and Lily meet at school and soon fall in love.

After a spat about Lily’s father, she is not talking to Asher. He wants to talk to her so he shows up at her house and finds her dead at the bottom of the stairs. He calls the police, but he ends up being the prime suspect. Many secrets are revealed as the trial progresses.

This novel makes you think about loyalty, love, friendship, your past and your future. This read is worth the ride!