This is so much more than another "Titanic" story. Elinor only wants the kind of love she saw between her father and mother, the kind she read about in Jane Austen's novels. When a young nobleman comes courting, she thinks he is the one she's been waiting for, but after the wedding, she finds that he only married her for her money. The "Cotton King's" daughter is a smart business woman who could have run her fathers mills with ease, but in the world of her new husband's luxurious estate, she is despised and made to feel useless. The story of Elinor's heartbreak, struggles, and eventual triumph is so rich in detail, the world of the early 1900s come alive for the reader.

Two people meet under a big oak tree in a small church cemetery. The ones they loved and lost happen to be buried side by side. They bond over the devastated grief they both feel over the loss of her husband and his only brother. It’s a grief they can share as strangers, but hide from everyone else. A friendship grows as they meet and talk once a year beside the graves. A friendship. This is not a romance. Even though Grave Talk is about grief, there is a lot of gentle humor.