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 drama."--Publishers
Weekly****
It's 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 Madam--built by Willa's
great-great-grandfather and once the finest home in Walls of Water,
North Carolina--has stood for years as a monument to misfortune and
scandal. Willa has lately learned that an old classmate--socialite
Paxton Osgood--has 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 property's 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 families--and 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 one-nighter."--Southern 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 mundane."--Booklist
"Peppered with Allen's trademark Southern charm . . . a must-read for
fans of Alice Hoffman."--Library Journal
"Immensely readable . . . pulses with sensual details."--The Denver
Post
"Sarah Addison Allen writes the kind of books I love best: rich,
magical, irresistible."--New York Times bestselling author Susan
Elizabeth Phillips
