The Last Secret of Hawthorne Orchard

By Megan Reid

A buried room. A borrowed name. A family secret that survived for forty-eight years.

When a violent storm exposes a sealed room at Hawthorne Orchard, three estranged sisters discover old dresses, hidden letters, and a photograph marked with an impossible message:

VIVIAN DIED HERE. ROSE WENT HOME.

Nora stayed behind to protect the century-old Oregon orchard and care for their formidable mother. Elise escaped into a successful legal career, determined never to need the family again. Mae built her life recording other people's secrets-until the most dangerous story becomes her own.

As floodwater isolates the valley and their mother's health deteriorates, the sisters uncover a tragedy from 1978 involving identical twins, a forbidden love, a fatal river crossing, and a name carried by the wrong woman for nearly half a century.

But exposing the truth could destroy more than their family's reputation. It could cost them their inheritance, the orchard, and the fragile bond they have only just begun to rebuild.

Moving between 1978 and the present, The Last Secret of Hawthorne Orchard is an atmospheric dual-timeline family saga about estranged sisters, hidden identity, grief, forgiveness, and the devastating price of protecting the people we love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6X8WL22
• ISBN13: 9798184533988
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"