‘Harp on the Willow’ is the 1st book in the Mt. Laurel Memories series. The author of the book ‘Harp on the Willow’ is B.J. Hoff. The story is set in West Virginia in 1869 and the story follows Dr. Daniel Kavanagh, who has an unrequited crush on Serena Norman, a schoolteacher. Close to coal mining town So when a doctor’s position opens up in Owendoffy, Addie Rose, the daughter of a miner who works there, gets a chance.