On Tour 04/22/26-05/29/26 “Where The Sea Lavender Grows” by Kitty Johnson

Release Date: April 28, 2026

About The Book:

Elise, an artist grieving the loss of her son and a fracturing marriage, is in North Norfolk to restore Marsh House to its former glory, its walls adorned with the fading murals and paintings of its long-ago owner, Lilias Carter-Brown. Elise makes an immediate connection to the house, to Sam—a carpenter and a comfort—and to history itself when an old photograph draws Elise into Lilias’s heartbreaking past.

In 1939, with war threatening, Lilias and her sister turn Marsh House into a sanctuary for London evacuees—a young boy and his mother. But it’s the boy’s father, Harry, an enlistee soon to report for duty, with whom Lilias forms an unexpected and intimate bond. When Harry suddenly vanishes without a trace, it changes the course of Lilias’s life forever.

Now, as Elise and Sam work to solve the mystery of the disappearance, the restoration of Marsh House is bringing Elise back to life as well—to love again, to put her and Lilias’s pasts to rest, and to finally move on.

About The Author:

Kitty Johnson is an awarding-winning writer of emotional stories about empowerment and living your best life. She lives in Norwich, Norfolk in the UK, with her partner and teenage son. Her novel Five Winters was recently awarded the Star Award 2024 by the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.

A nature lover, Kitty enjoys walking in the local woods and by the sea in Norfolk with her dog. Also an artist, she paints and makes collages in her studio when she has time. Kitty enjoys a challenge and once performed stand-up comedy as research for a book – an experience she found very scary but hugely empowering. Kitty has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and has also published as Margaret K Johnson. https://kittyjohnsonbooks.com

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Bloggers On Tour:

April 22nd- Lindas Book Obsession https://www.facebook.com/lindasbookobsession/

April 23rd- Books and Coffee MX https://instagram.com/booksandcoffeemx

April 27th- Reading Is My Remedy https://instagram.com/reading_is_my_remedy

April 29th- Tammy Reads https://instagram.com/tammyreads62

May 1st- Books Love And Understanding https://instagram.com/booksloveandunderstanding

May 2nd- Plains Reading https://instagram.com/plains_reading

May 8th – Subakka Bookstuff https://instagram.com/subakka.bookstuff