Search - The Gardens of Covington

Second book in series -- and I've requested the next two. Author does a great job of updating from the previous book but not retelling the whole thing -- as some authors do.

Interesting stories of three ladies who thought they were at the end of the road and have made a new home and life together -- encompassing their adult children, new friends and new loves.

Initially found this hard to get into... not as fast as the others but once I got past that slow start it was hard to put down. Another great story about the 3 ladies and their lovely new friends and neighbors as well as some info about their families

A nice read about Hannah, Amelia and Grace, 3 ladies who have relocated to Covington, NC from Pennsylvania to spend their retirement years. A sequel to "The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love", the story picks up again with the ladies and their adventures - weddings, ice storms, TV reporters and tearooms all play a part.

The ladies are at it again in this sequel to Medlicott's successful debut, The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love. Amelia, Grace and Hannah are now happily ensconced in their beautiful old farmhouse in the foothills of North Carolina, but when developers threaten to turn their Eden into a condo haven, Hannah at least is up in arms. Grace and her lover, Bob, are busy preparing to open a tearoom and Amelia's photography talent continues to bloom. She falls for a man she meets in a fender-bender, but the new romance isn't all sweetness and light; she hides her suspicions about the gent, whom both her roommates dislike. Grace loves the tearoom and her relationship with Bob, but worries about what to tell him regarding his request to build a cabin on the women's property, even as she tries to keep the nuptials of Bob's widowed son, Russell, on track. Hannah encounters resistance as well as support in her crusade against the developers; she is reminded that she is a newcomer and a Yankee, and that some interpret her assistance as interloping. The women befriend their charming but frail neighbor, Ms. Maxwell, only shortly before her death but she is to play an important role in the drama. The theme of friendship among older women is appealing, Medlicott still knows how to charm her target audience.