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Mary McNear

Biography

Mary McNear

Mary McNear, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Butternut Lake series, writes in a local doughnut shop, where she sips Diet Pepsi, observes the hubbub of neighborhood life, and tries to resist the constant temptation of freshly made doughnuts. Mary bases her novels on a lifetime of summers spent in a small town on a lake in the northern Midwest.

Books by Mary McNear

The Secrets We Carried: A Butternut Lake Novel
by Mary McNear - Fiction, Women's Fiction

A young woman travels home to Butternut Lake, confronting her past and the tragedy she and her friends have silently carried with them for over a decade while also facing an unknown future.

Moonlight on Butternut Lake
by Mary McNear - Family Life, Fiction

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary McNear takes us home to Butternut Lake, where the townspeople are sure to look after anyone they consider their own…

Butternut Summer
by Mary McNear - Fiction, Women's Fiction

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary McNear returns to the golden beauty of Minnesota's Butternut Lake in this emotional story that vividly captures the joy and pain of first love, as a mother and daughter each come to terms with the desires of her heart.