Mad Honey

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business.

Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start. 

And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can trust him completely . . .

Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.

Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.

Story Locale:New Hampshire

About the Author

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight novels, including Wish You Were Here, Small Great Things, and My Sister's Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. 

Jennifer Finney Boylan is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books. She is the Anna Quindlen Writer-in-Residence at Barnard College  and a 2022-23 Fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study as well as a trustee of PEN America, a former national co-chair of GLAAD, and a former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.

Author Residence: JP: Hanover, NH; JFB: New York, NY & Belgrade Lakes, ME

Author Hometown: JP: Nesconset, NY; JFB: Valley Forge, PA