A charming, witty, honey-sweet novel about finding new love, letting go of the past, and the magic of rooftop honey in New York City—in the vein of Amelie and Chocolat

Sugar Wallace has been running from her past for fifteen years, never bringing more than her beloved bees and good manners. With her easy Southern belle charm and knack for making honey, she makes lifelong friends everywhere she goes—but she never stays long.

When Sugar arrives in Alphabet City, Manhattan, her oldest friend thinks she’s finally gone plumb crazy—and so do her unfriendly new neighbors, who don’t think much of a beehive on their roof and unexpected knocks on their doors. For this motley crew of eccentrics, Sugar’s whiff of fresh air may be just what they need. As she works magic with her winning ways and honey products, her new friends start to see life through Sugar’s rose-tinted glasses.

But Sugar can’t seem to help herself. When sparks fly with a very handsome stranger who’s determined to win her heart, her fear of repeating past mistakes overwhelms better instincts. But if her bees have anything to say about it—and since these are no ordinary bees, they do—it might just be time for Sugar to get a touch of her own medicine, face her past, and open herself up to love.

Brimming with charm, serendipity, the possibilities of redemption, and the thrill of new love, mixing the comical eccentricities of New York City with old-fashioned Southern manners, The Wedding Bees is a wise but playful tale about learning to let happiness in.