Threading the Needle

The economic slump has hit New Bern, Connecticut, and Tessa's herbal apothecary shop is suffering, as is her once-happy thirty-four-year marriage. 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 sisterhood -- and the childhood friend she thought she'd lost forever. Madelyn fled New Bern twenty years ago, but when her husband is convicted of running a Ponzi scheme, she's left with nothing but her late grandmother's cottage and is forced to return home. But the cottage is in terrible shape, and Madelyn's only hope is to transform it into an inn. To succeed, she'll need the help of her fellow quilters, including the one friend she never thought she'd see again -- or forgive. Now Madelyn and Tessa will have to relive old memories, forge new ones, and realize it's possible to start over, one stitch at a time.