The Blue Iris
Rachel Stone
One flower market. Three decades seeded with secrets. Six lives uprooted forever.
TESSA LEWIS is finished graduate school and set to begin her Big Time Career (just as soon as she figures out what that actually looks like) and marry a lustworthy lawyer from Toronto’s most powerful family, who loves her to pieces. But life wasn’t always sunshine and roses, and when an unexpected encounter at a flower market sparks a puzzling childhood memory of the mother she lost too soon, Tessa puts her long-awaited future on hold to work there for one summer, determined to come to terms with the past.
At the Blue Iris Flower Market, everything is in bloom except the rag-tag, wildly dysfunctional crew, each hiding deep scars of their own. When Sam, the beloved but troubled man who runs the place, takes off without a word, Tessa and her clashing coworkers must band together in facing the very truths they've been desperately outrunning in order to save it, unearthing deeply rooted secrets, meticulously cultivated lies--and just maybe, everything they never knew they wanted.
A hope-filled, intricately woven story of chosen family, love tested beyond its limits, and the beauty that grows when we finally learn to let go, THE BLUE IRIS is a BookLife Editor's Pick, Kirkus "Get It" Pick, NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favourite, and 2025 International Book Award winner. Perfect for fans of Clare Pooley's The Authenticity Project, Tracey Lange's We Are The Brennans, and TV shows Ted Lasso and This Is Us.
"Heightened emotions, palpable romance, and just the right amount of tension keep the pages flying." -Bookview (Gold Recommend)
"A captivating read full of humor and heart." -Kirkus Reviews
"A gorgeous literary novel." -BookLife by Publisher's Weekly
"A story of found family, impossible romances, and the ghosts of the past, The Blue Iris is a riveting page turner as stunning as the blooms that fill the shop at the heart of the book." -Grace O'Connell, Author of Magnified World
Duration - 11h 41m.
Author - Rachel Stone.
Narrator - Jeannie Sheneman.
Published Date - Wednesday, 14 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2023 Rachel Stone ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
One flower market. Three decades seeded with secrets. Six lives uprooted forever. TESSA LEWIS is finished graduate school and set to begin her Big Time Career (just as soon as she figures out what that actually looks like) and marry a lustworthy lawyer from Toronto’s most powerful family, who loves her to pieces. But life wasn’t always sunshine and roses, and when an unexpected encounter at a flower market sparks a puzzling childhood memory of the mother she lost too soon, Tessa puts her long-awaited future on hold to work there for one summer, determined to come to terms with the past. At the Blue Iris Flower Market, everything is in bloom except the rag-tag, wildly dysfunctional crew, each hiding deep scars of their own. When Sam, the beloved but troubled man who runs the place, takes off without a word, Tessa and her clashing coworkers must band together in facing the very truths they've been desperately outrunning in order to save it, unearthing deeply rooted secrets, meticulously cultivated lies--and just maybe, everything they never knew they wanted. A hope-filled, intricately woven story of chosen family, love tested beyond its limits, and the beauty that grows when we finally learn to let go, THE BLUE IRIS is a BookLife Editor's Pick, Kirkus "Get It" Pick, NYC Big Book Awards Distinguished Favourite, and 2025 International Book Award winner. Perfect for fans of Clare Pooley's The Authenticity Project, Tracey Lange's We Are The Brennans, and TV shows Ted Lasso and This Is Us. "Heightened emotions, palpable romance, and just the right amount of tension keep the pages flying." -Bookview (Gold Recommend) "A captivating read full of humor and heart." -Kirkus Reviews "A gorgeous literary novel." -BookLife by Publisher's Weekly "A story of found family, impossible romances, and the ghosts of the past, The Blue Iris is a riveting page turner as stunning as the blooms that fill the shop at the heart of the book." -Grace O'Connell, Author of Magnified World Duration - 11h 41m. Author - Rachel Stone. Narrator - Jeannie Sheneman. Published Date - Wednesday, 14 January 2026. Copyright - © 2023 Rachel Stone ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
Dedication
Duration:00:00:30
Chapter 1: Sam
Duration:00:00:53
Chapter 2: Common Spider Orchid (Tessa)
Duration:00:13:56
Chapter 3: Yerba Santa (Charlie)
Duration:00:07:31
Chapter 4: Pasqueflower (Tessa)
Duration:00:14:42
Chapter 5: Asphodel (Charlie)
Duration:00:14:18
Chapter 6: Honeysuckle (Tessa)
Duration:00:20:41
Chapter 7: Mexican Holly (Eleanor)
Duration:00:12:27
Chapter 8: Oleander (Charlie)
Duration:00:13:26
Chapter 9: Pennyroyal (Tessa)
Duration:00:13:47
Chapter 10: Herb of Circe (Luke)
Duration:00:02:04
Chapter 11: Hot Water Plant (Rowan)
Duration:00:04:32
Chapter 12: Coltsfoot (Charlie)
Duration:00:03:52
Chapter 13: Persimmon (Tessa)
Duration:00:14:56
Chapter 14: Sam
Duration:00:01:01
Chapter 15: Foxglove (Will)
Duration:00:10:55
Chapter 16: Waxplant (Darryl)
Duration:00:02:55
Chapter 17: Kantuta (Tessa)
Duration:00:18:13
Chapter 18: Rattlesnake Root (Darryl)
Duration:00:04:20
Chapter 19: Common Myrtle (Tessa)
Duration:00:04:42
Chapter 20: Auricula (Eleanor)
Duration:00:10:22
Chapter 21: China Rose (Tessa)
Duration:00:20:30
Chapter 22: Sam
Duration:00:01:15
Chapter 23: Milkvetch (Luke)
Duration:00:15:21
Chapter 24: Kudzu (Tessa)
Duration:00:12:41
Chapter 25: Spanish Moss (Charlie)
Duration:00:04:08
Chapter 26: Begonia (Tessa)
Duration:00:12:44
Chapter 27: Wood Sorrel (Rowan)
Duration:00:08:02
Chapter 28: Leopard's Bane (Tessa)
Duration:00:09:06
Chapter 29: Compass Flower (Charlie)
Duration:00:09:06
Chapter 30: Emu Bush (Will)
Duration:00:05:32
Chapter 31: Cathedral Bells (Eleanor)
Duration:00:09:54
Chapter 32: Thuja (Luke)
Duration:00:04:57
Chapter 33: Snapdragon (Tessa)
Duration:00:06:55
Chapter 34: Love Lies Bleeding (Charlie)
Duration:00:02:25
Chapter 35: False Strawberry (Tessa)
Duration:00:05:47
Chapter 36: Black Mulberry (Charlie)
Duration:00:06:56
Chapter 37: Sam
Duration:00:01:11
Chapter 38: Spindle Tree (Charlie)
Duration:00:10:16
Chapter 39: Twinflower (Tessa)
Duration:00:19:02
Chapter 40: Viburnum (Will)
Duration:00:07:00
Chapter 41: Southern Magnolia (Tessa)
Duration:00:15:07
Chapter 42: Red Bay (Luke, Tony)
Duration:00:08:43
Chapter 43: Golden Wattle (Tessa)
Duration:00:10:30
Chapter 44: Hyacinth, Pink (Tessa)
Duration:00:05:59
Chapter 45: Cactus (Darryl, Tessa)
Duration:00:10:49
Chapter 46: Pincushion Flower (Rowan)
Duration:00:04:21
Chapter 47: Crowsfoot (Charlie)
Duration:00:08:48
Chapter 48: Sam
Duration:00:01:21
Chapter 49: Moonflower (Charlie)
Duration:00:07:48
Chapter 50: Angel's Trumpet (Darryl)
Duration:00:07:24
Chapter 51: Tulip, Wild (Luke)
Duration:00:10:36
Chapter 52: Japanese Cherry (Charlie, Tessa)
Duration:00:09:35
Chapter 53: Bone Flower (Luke)
Duration:00:11:59
Chapter 54: Nightshade (Will)
Duration:00:08:05
Chapter 55: Lobelia (Tessa)
Duration:00:07:31
Chapter 56: Woodbine (Tessa)
Duration:00:07:05
Chapter 57: Field Poppy (Tessa, Tony)
Duration:00:07:42
Chapter 58: Scotch Thistle (Rowan)
Duration:00:04:53
Chapter 59: Summer Rhododendron (Tessa)
Duration:00:15:08
Chapter 60: Purple Lettuce (Tessa)
Duration:00:13:09
Chapter 61: Goldilocks Aster (Darryl)
Duration:00:03:25
Chapter 62: Sam
Duration:00:00:57
Chapter 63: Eyebright (Tony)
Duration:00:03:26
Chapter 64: Prairie Rose (Charlie)
Duration:00:05:58
Chapter 65: Bark of Barks Tree (Will)
Duration:00:08:31
Chapter 66: Crown Vetch (Tessa)
Duration:00:15:23
Chapter 67: Baby's Breath (Eleanor)
Duration:00:02:41
Chapter 68: Sweet Chestnut (Luke)
Duration:00:09:20
Chapter 69: Wisteria (Tessa)
Duration:00:09:53
Chapter 70: Phlox (Rowan)
Duration:00:11:03
Chapter 71: King Protea (Luke)
Duration:00:05:56
Chapter 72: Jacob's Ladder (Tessa)
Duration:00:17:38
Chapter 73: Peruvian Lily (Tessa)
Duration:00:14:25
Chapter 74: Catchfly (Charlie)
Duration:00:05:28
Chapter 75: Mountain Ash (Tessa)
Duration:00:04:18
Chapter 76: Cauliflower (Tessa)
Duration:00:15:44
Chapter 77: White Violet (Sam)
Duration:00:12:26
Chapter 78: Epilogue
Duration:00:14:46
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:20