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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Sarah Addison Allen] juggles small-town history and mystical thriller, character development and eerie magical realism in a fine Southern gothic Weekly

Its the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madambuilt by Willas great-great-grandfather and once the finest home in Walls of Water, North Carolinahas stood for years as a monument to misfortune and scandal. Willa has lately learned that an old classmatesocialite Paxton Osgoodhas restored the house to its former glory, with plans to turn it into a top-flight inn. But when a skeleton is found buried beneath the propertys lone peach tree, long-kept secrets come to light, accompanied by a spate of strange occurrences throughout the town. Thrust together in an unlikely friendship, united by a full-blooded mystery, Willa and Paxton must confront the passions and betrayals that once bound their familiesand uncover the truths that have transcended time to touch the hearts of the living.

Praise for The Peach Keeper

Secrets are ready to be uncovered. . . . Allen masterfully weaves a Southern world of believable characters and keeps readers flipping pages with this dreamy Literary Review

In this delectable, read-in-one-sitting treasure, Allen once again demonstrates her astonishing ability to believably blur the lines between the magical and the

Peppered with Allens trademark Southern charm . . . a must-read for fans of Alice Journal

Immensely readable . . . pulses with sensual Denver Post

Sarah Addison Allen writes the kind of books I love best: rich, magical, York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 01/10/2012
Series: Random House Readers Circle
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.55w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780553385601
Language: English