Madeline is best friends with Grace Pancik, an island socialite who is obsessed with her garden. Having accepted and already spent a portion of a hefty advance, she rents an apartment where she can have total quiet while she works on her newest tome.

There is Madeline King, an author who is under a deadline to produce her next book. This time we become friends with a charming group of characters who expose to us their deepest secrets. Prolific author Elin Hilderbrand brings us another view of life in Nantucket in The Rumor. The following rumors about Elin Hilderbrand are true: she writes her novels longhand, she is a good cook, and she is a terrible gardener. Her recipe for a happy island life includes running, writing at the beach, picnics at Eel Point with her three children, and singing “Home, Sweet Home” at the Club Car piano bar. Could Grace’s crisis be Madeline’s salvation? As the gossip escalates, and the summer’s explosive events come to a head, Grace and Madeline try desperately to set the record straight–but the truth might be even worse than rumor has it.Įlin Hilderbrand first discovered the magic of Nantucket in July 1993. Before she realizes it, Grace is on the verge of a decision that will irrevocably change her life. Madeline’s best friend Grace, is hard at work transforming her garden into the envy of the island with the help of a ruggedly handsome landscape architect.

Her deadline is looming, her bills are piling up, and inspiration is in short supply. Nantucket writer Madeline King could not have picked a worse time to have writer’s block.

The rumor by elin hilderbrand