Orion Publishing Co Happy Land : The Spellbinding Novel From The selling Author Of Take My Hand

'Exactly the novel we need right here, right now' TAYARI JONES'Astonishing' JODI PICOULT'Triumphant' ELLE A woman learns the astonishing truth of her family's ties to a vanished American Kingdom in this riveting new novel from the bestselling and award-winning author of Take My Hand Nikki Berry hasn't seen her estranged grandmother Rita in years - until an unexpected phone call summons her to the hills of North Carolina.There, Nikki learns the astonishing truth of her family's past: her formerly enslaved ancestor Luella was the queen of a now vanished American Kingdom. The Kingdom of the Happy Land sounds like a fairytale.But beneath its legend, family secrets lie buried deep in the hills . . . Now, Nikki must protect her family's legacy before - like so much else - it is stolen away.