The Inn at Hidden Run

by Olivia Newport

Overview

A Father-Daughter Genealogy Team Link Present to Past on Family Trees
 
Meri’s family has been producing doctors for so many generations that no one remembers why, so when she flunks out of medical school, she runs as far from her parents as she can get. In the small mountain town of Canyon Mines, Colorado, she takes a job at the Inn at Hidden Run B&B. And waits. It’s only a matter of time.
 
What she doesn’t count on is genealogist Jillian Parisi-Duffy and her father, Nolan, having her back when it takes everything she has not to bolt again but to stay and face the truth that only unfolding her family’s history will reveal. While Nolan works on keeping Meri calm—and in town—Jillian pulls out of her gems of information she doesn’t know she has and arranges the puzzle pieces.
 
But none of that changes the fact that Meri’s family is closing in to haul her back to her “real” life. When their arrival inflames tensions and Meri finally does bolt, Nolan and Jillian may be out of time.
 
The Inn at Hidden Run is the first book in the Tree of Life series. Readers will come back to backdrop of a lovely mountain town of Canyon Mines again and again to explore and celebrate unforgettable family stories that inspire them to connect with their own family histories and unique faith journeys.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683229940
Publisher:	Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Tree of Life , #1
Edition description:	Tree of Life #1
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	494,666
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Olivia Newport’s novels twist through time to find where faith and passions meet. Her husband and twentysomething children provide welcome distraction from the people stomping through her head on their way into her books. She chases joy in stunning Colorado at the foot of Pikes Peak.

Interviews

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Editorial Reviews

04/22/2019

The appealing launch of Newport’s Tree of Life series (after Hidden Falls) introduces two women who live a century apart and whose connections are uncovered by genealogist Jillian Parisi-Duffy. Meri Davies runs from her family’s expectations that she become a doctor and finds work at the Inn at Hidden Run bed-and-breakfast in Canyon Miles, Colo. There, she meets Jillian and her helpful lawyer father. After Meri learns Jillian is a genealogist, they begin looking into Meri’s heritage and discover the origin of her family’s fixation on medicine. In the secondary story, set in Memphis during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878, wealthy Eliza Davies refuses to follow most of her friends and family out of the city. Instead, she assists the Sisters of Saint Mary’s in tending to the sick and orphaned. After Jillian discovers Eliza’s story, which had been unknown to Meri her entire life, Meri finally begins to understand the motivations of her parents and reconsiders her decision to give up medical school. The period details of 19th-century Memphis are excellent, and Eliza’s loyalty, spirit, and perseverance mark her as a strong character. The contemporary plot, however, is less successful, as Jillian and her father’s interest in Meri seems to spring from nowhere. Fans of Kristy Cambron or Rachel Hauck will find much to enjoy here. Agent: Rachelle Gardner, Books & Such (June)

Publishers Weekly

The Inn at Hidden Run is a terrific story that blends history with the present and is full of mystery and intrigue throughout.

Feathered Quill Book Reviews - Diane Lunsford

With a delightful mixture of ancestral discovery and small-town charm, the characters of The Inn at Hidden Run come alive in their devotion to family roots, warmhearted kindness for their neighbors, and gentle faith. A must-read for anyone who loves exploring family origins!”
–Jaime Jo Wright, Daphne du Maurier and Christy Award-Winning author of The House on Foster Hill
 

“An immersive read populated by characters as rich as the carefully crafted Colorado setting of Canyon Mines, The Inn at Hidden Run is at once a love letter to the past and a mystery. Anyone who has ever wondered how the patches of their histories are sewn into the fabric of their lives will feel completely at home in Hidden Run.”
–Rachel McMillan, author of Murder in the City of Liberty

From the Publisher

Olivia Newport weaves together the past and the present in two intersecting story lines that present us with a phenomenal tale.

Fresh Fiction - Debbie Wiley