The Secret of Snow - by Viola Shipman (Paperback)

About the Book

"When Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist whose job is all sunshine and seventy-two-degree days, is replaced by a virtual meteorologist that will never age, gain weight or renegotiate its contract, the only station willing to give the fifty-year-old another shot is the very place Sonny's been avoiding since the day she left for college, her northern Michigan hometown...To distract herself from the memories she's spent her life trying to outrun, Sonny throws herself headfirst into covering every small-town winter event to woo a new audience, made more bearable by a handsome widower with optimism to spare"--

Book Synopsis

The forecast is calling for a reluctant homecoming and regrettable decisions with a strong chance of romance...

When Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist whose job is all sunshine and seventy-two-degree days, is replaced by a virtual meteorologist that will never age, gain weight or renegotiate its contract, the only station willing to give the fifty-year-old another shot is the very place Sonny's been avoiding since the day she left for college--her northern Michigan hometown.

Sonny grudgingly returns to the long, cold, snowy winters of her childhood...with the added humiliation of moving back in with her mother. Not quite an outsider but no longer a local, Sonny finds her past blindsiding her everywhere: from the high school friends she ghosted, to the former journalism classmate and mortal frenemy who's now her boss, to, most keenly, the death years ago of her younger sister, who loved the snow.

To distract herself from the memories she's spent her life trying to outrun, Sonny throws herself headfirst into covering every small-town winter event to woo a new audience, made more bearable by a handsome widower with optimism to spare. But with someone trying to undermine her efforts to rebuild her career, Sonny must make peace with who she used to be and allow her heart to thaw if she's ever going to find a place she can truly call home.

Don't miss bestselling author Viola Shipman's charming new novel, THE WISHING BRIDGE--where an ambitious executive rediscovers the magic of family, friendship, home...and Christmas!

Other books by Viola Shipman:

• Famous in a Small Town
• A Wish for Winter
• The Edge of Summer
• The Summer Cottage
• The Heirloom Garden
• The Clover Girls

Review Quotes

"Like a true friendship, The Clover Girls is a novel you will forever savor and treasure." --Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author

"Shipman's evocative novel is a love letter to Michigan summers, past and present, and to the value of lifelong friendships. A blissful summer read sure to please the author's many fans, and fans of writers like Elin Hilderbrand or Kristin Hannah."--Library Journal

"Shipman's many fans will devour his latest; it's also a good choice for fans of Jeanne Ray and Mariah Stewart."--Booklist

"Viola Shipman has written a love song to long-lost friends, an ode to the summers that make us who we are. The minute I finished The Clover Girls, I ordered copies for all my friends. It's that good."--Kristy Woodson Harvey, USA Today Bestselling author of Feels Like Falling

"Oh, the joy! The Clover Girls may be [Shipman's] best yet, taking readers on a heartwarming trip down memory lane...Ideal for summer, Shipman has written a redemptive tale, celebrating the power of friendship while focusing on what matters most. Perfect for the beach!" --New York Journal of Books

"The Clover Girls is Viola Shipman's most beautiful novel yet, and her most important."--Nancy Thayer, New York Times best-selling author of Family Reunion

"The emotional scars left by war unite two women, generations apart, in Shipman's sentimental family saga...Shipman's tale successfully captures these women's resilience and their hopeful desire for new beginnings."--Publishers Weekly on The Heirloom Garden

"The likable women and the engaging information on flowers will appeal to readers of Rhys Bowen's The Victory Garden (2019) and fans of Mary Alice Monroe and Lorna Landvik." --Booklist on The Heirloom Garden

"Shipman patiently and gently unearths the deeply flawed characters' sorrows and reveals the delicate buds of happiness that eventually blossom."--BookPage on The Heirloom Garden

"Every now and then a new voice in fiction arrives to completely charm, entertain and remind us what matters. Viola Shipman is that voice and The Summer Cottage is that absolutely irresistible and necessary novel...[It] brings us the astounding importance of home and underscores the importance of a loving family and of having a generous heart. Grab a glass of sweet tea and enjoy! Cheers from my porch to yours!" --New York Times Bestselling Author Dorothea Benton Frank