The Rivers' End: A Novel

It’s 1988 and family matriarch Eliza Rivers Chalmers DeLancey is determined to preserve her family’s ancestral home in the South Carolina Lowcountry. But when her son makes moves to sell the property and seize control of the family business, Eliza turns to her granddaughter Savannah and grandniece Norah—entrusting them with secrets she has carried for a lifetime.

As Eliza shares vivid tales, Savannah and Norah are swept back decades earlier into a world of joy and heartbreak, in which deception, marriage, friendship, and a murder changed the trajectory of their family’s history. As the women confront what has been lost and what can still be saved, Savannah and Norah must decide what they are willing to carry forward—and Eliza must face the final question of her long life: What will remain when her story ends?

Set against the lush backdrop of South Carolina’s Lowcountry and brimming with emotional depth, The Rivers’ End is a powerful and poignant exploration of the stories that bind us to our past and the courage it takes to forge our future.