Ellery Adams is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 40 novels, including the Book Retreat Mysteries, The Secret, Book, and Scone Society series, and the Books by the Bay Mysteries. A native of New York, she grew up on a beach near the Long Island Sound. She now lives with her husband and two children in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, so she considers herself "baked in the North and buttered in the South." For more information, reading guides, and bibliotherapy lists, please visit ElleryAdamsBooks.com.