Dandelions: An Early 20th Century Friendship Novel (Waxwood Series: Book 4)
About this ebook
Waxwood, 1900: For Vivian Alderdice, the twentieth century begins with a new start. Now a working woman and progressive reformer, she's forsaken the elegance of Nob Hill for the more modest Waxwood. She’s laid Penelope Alderdice’s specter to rest at last. Granted, her life isn’t the one she was born into. Instead of a Nob Hill socialite, she sells strawberry sodas at her friend’s drugstore and helps working-class women improve their education. But she has no complaints about the calmness and predictability of her days.
Vivian’s peaceful existence is thrown into turmoil when the man who ruined her brother’s life appears like another specter she must exorcise.
At first, Vivian hates him with a passion. But when she sees how his own undiscovered past has destroyed him, leaving him helpless in the hands of a cousin who hates him worse than she does, she finds herself wanting to help.
Is it his journey Vivian will discover in the dark forest of guilt and betrayal or her own?
Read the powerful conclusion of the Alderdice family saga set in the enlightened times of the Progressive Era.
Discover for yourself whether Vivian will find peace and forgiveness in the future.
What reviewers are saying:
“Author Tam May has done an artful job staying in character and context, scene and setting of this often overlooked and elusive era of modern history.” - Lisa Lickel, author and blogger, Living our Faith Out Loud
“With a very interesting and complex main character, an enticing storyline, and wonderful writing this is the kind of story that stays with you after the end of the book.”
“This one was a page-turner and I felt caught by the intensity of the story, wanting to turn the page and wondering what might be around the corner.”
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THE WAXWOOD SERIES
The Specter (Waxwood Series: Book 1)
False Fathers (Waxwood Series: Book 2)
Pathfinding Women (Waxwood Series: Book 3)
About the author
As soon as Tam May started her first novel at the age of fourteen, writing became her voice. She writes engaging, fun-to-solve historical cozy mysteries featuring sassy suffragist Adele Gossling. Her mysteries empower readers with a sense of “justice is done” for women, both dead and alive. Her fiction is set in the San Francisco Bay Area because she adores sourdough bread, Ghirardelli chocolate, and San Francisco history.
Tam is the author of the Adele Gossling Mysteries which take place in the early 20th century and feature amateur sleuth and epistolary expert Adele Gossling, a forward-thinking young woman whose talent for solving crimes doesn’t sit well with her town’s Victorian ideas about women’s place in society.
Tam has also written historical women’s fiction. Her post-World War II short story collection, Lessons From My Mother’s Life, debuted at #1 in its category on Amazon, and the first book of her Gilded Age family saga, the Waxwood Series, The Specter, remains in the top 10 in its category.
Although Tam left her heart in San Francisco, she lives in Texas because it’s cheaper. When she’s not writing, she’s devouring everything classic (books, films, art, music) and concocting vegetarian dishes in her kitchen.
For more information about Tam May and her books, check out her website at www.tammayauthor.com.
