Ellery Adams is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of over forty novels, including The Secret, Book, and Scone Society series, the Book Retreat Mysteries, and the Books by the Bay Mysteries. A native of New York, she grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound, but now lives with her family in central North Carolina, considering herself "baked in the North and buttered in the South." For more information, reading guides, and bibliotherapy lists, please visit ElleryAdamsBooks.com or find her on Instagram @elleryadams.