Threading the Needle
The Cobbled Court Series, Book 4

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Bostwick comes a beautiful novel of sisterhood lost and foundand of the ways we create the rich tapestries that encompass the past and the future. The economic downturn has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa Woodruffs herbal apothecary shop, For the Love of Lavender, is suffering. So is her oncehappy thirtyfouryear marriage to Lee. Theyd given up everything to come back to New Bern from Boston and start their business, but now theyre wondering if they made the right decision. To relieve the strain, Tessa signs up for a quilting class at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop, and to her surprise, rediscovers the power of sisterhoodalong with the childhood friend she thought shed lost forever. Madelyn Beecher left New Bern twenty years ago and never looked back. But when her husband is convicted of running a Ponzi scheme and shes left with nothing but her late grandmothers cottage, she is forced to return to the town she fled. Unfortunately, the cottage is in terrible shape. Madelyns only hope is to transform it into an inn. But to succeed, shell need the help of her fellow quilters, including the one friend she never thought shed see againor forgive. Now Madelyn and Tessa will have to relive old memories, forge new ones, and realize its possible to start over, one stitch at a timeas long as youre surrounded by friends.