The peach keeper - sarah addison allen

The Blue Ridge Madam was built by Willa Jacksons great-great-grandfather and was once the finest home in Walls of Water, North Carolina.

Willa learns that an old classmate--socialite Paxton Osgood--has restored the house to its former glory, with plans to turn it into a topflight inn.

But after a skeleton is found buried beneath a peach tree, long-kept secrets come to light.

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 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 Madam--built by Willas 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 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 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 Allens 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.