The Scent Keeper
A Novel
A Reese’s Book Club pick — NYT and USA Today bestseller – Indie Next pick – “Buzziest Reads of May” Oprah Magazine – “Best New Books” Women’s World Book Club
“Back before there was time, I lived with my father on an island, tucked away in an endless archipelago that reached up out of the cold salt water, hungry for air…”
Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses. What he won’t explain are the mysterious scents stored in the drawers that line the walls of their cabin, or the origin of the machine that creates them. As Emmeline grows, however, so too does her curiosity, until one day the inconceivable happens, and Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world—a place of love, betrayal, ambition, and revenge. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that takes her from her isolated island all the way to the complicated world of scent branding, challenging the limits of her heart and imagination.
Praise
“Lyrical…transformative…Richly rewards all your senses. I was mesmerized.”
—Jamie Ford, author of The Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“Heartbreaking, thrilling; pure pleasure reading…with a heroine who might be kin to Jane Eyre.”
—Adrianne Harun, author of A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain
“One of the most enchanting, unique books I’ve ever read.”
Anna Quinn, author of The Night Child
“A book to be devoured, no, to be inhaled, and held deeply.”
—Dave Boling, author of The Lost History of Stars
“Fascinating, totally original and captivating.”
—M.J. Rose, author of The Book of Lost Fragrances
“Deftly weaves plot and language into a luminous discovery of love.”
—Carol Cassella, author of Oxygen
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