Thursday, June 26, 2014

Peach Keeper / Sarah Addison Allen 288 p.

Willa Jackson returns to Walls of Water, North Carolina after her divorce.  She's a lax member of the Women's Society Club, a club founded by her and Paxton Osgood's grandmothers.  The grandmothers were both wealthy until Willa's family lost everything including the Blue Ridge Madam.  Her grandmother became a maid for the wealthy.  Her classmate Paxton, now president of the Club, has never left home.  Paxton is holding gala celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Club at the new restored Blue Ridge Madam.  Paxton wants the two surviving club members to attend.  Willa ignores the invitation.  When a human skeleton is discovered within the roots of a peach tree at the Madam, just days before the big day,  Paxton and Willa join forces to identify the remains.  The process forges a friendship between the two.  Romances develop too.  Paxton's brother, Colin, has returned to supervise the finishing touches on the Madam.  He is gradually eroding Willa's resolve to stay aloof from him.  Allen style incorporates light magic into her stories of these Southern women.

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