The Hive

2021 Indie Best Contest Winner

2021 Finalist for American Book Fest's for Best Book Award

A 2023Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner forBest Cover Design

A2023Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best Second Novel

Rural Missouri, a hot summer day onthe Mississippi River during the Great Recession. The four Fehler sisters wantto be more than "bug girls" in their family's fourth-generation pest controlbusiness, but their path is fixed. When the patriarch suddenly dies, and hissuccession goes according to plan but not expectation, they each must plot acourse for themselves in uncertain and changing times. Through it all, theirmother, Grace, weighs her own choices, and whether her passion to save herfamily as a doomsday prepper also includes blowing up her world with aforbidden romance.

In their small town and around thedinner table, the Fehlers embody Midwestern resilience as they come together tosave the company's finances and the family's future, and work to preserve whatthey have by evolving as a hive. Once again,Floodauthor Melissa Scholes Young hasreaders buzzing with the story of an unforgettable family, grieving, and risingagain.