Everything your circle needs for
It Happened at Whisper Lake
A little extra to make your meeting easy — and to bring the Northwoods to the table. Read here, or print it all.
A recipe for the table
Set out what a Northwoods kitchen would — a lake-house coffee cake, the kind that waits on the counter for whoever drops by. Comfort, the way Luella's friends would have brought it.
- Sour-cream crumb cake, cinnamon-walnut ribbon
- Baked the morning of, served warm
- Best with a strong pot of coffee and a long conversation
Full printable recipe card — coming soon
A listening companion
A quiet, loon-country playlist for an evening on the water — folk, low piano, and the hush of a Northern Wisconsin lake.
A Spotify playlist — coming soon
A note from Ceone
[ A short personal note from Ceone to book clubs goes here — in her own words — on what drew her to this story. ]
Followed by a short author Q&A — five questions readers always ask.
What's true, and what I invented
A little context to deepen your discussion:
Drawn from life
The rural Northern Wisconsin setting — its lakes, small-town rhythms, and the way a community closes ranks after a scandal — is drawn from life, as is the real, devastating ripple a crime sends through the family of the accused.
Invented for the story
Luella Laurent, her husband, the lakefront camp, and the town of Whisper Lake are entirely fiction. (Illustrative — Ceone's own note to come.)
Each novel gets its own kit — To Reap the Finest Wheat has a prairie version (homestead honey-wheat bread, Ukrainian melodies, and Ceone's note on writing 1925 Saskatchewan).