A Solera Novel · Forthcoming
By Stephanie Hale
A family brought back together. A small town with room for more.
The Second Mug is Stephanie Hale’s forthcoming novel and the first book in the Solera novels, an interconnected series set in a small waterfront town in Northern California.
When Michael’s heart attack brings his son Conner home, the distance between them proves harder to close than either expected. Michael’s sister Susan has built a life around her independence, but changes of her own begin to challenge how much she can handle alone.
Told through Michael, Susan, and Conner’s perspectives, The Second Mug follows a family learning what it means to make room for one another—and for the people who become family along the way.
For readers who love
Character-driven book-club fiction, complicated family relationships, found family, second chances, and small-town stories about belonging.
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This is where the Solera novels begin: with a family, a community, and connections that carry into other stories.
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