I wish I lived in the worlds contained in Sarah Addison Allen’s pages, where the ordinary is peppered by magic, where setting is almost as prominent as the characters. The Peach Keeper is set in Walls of Water, North Carolina, a town which once made it’s money off timber, but now has a thriving forest tourism industry. Willa Jackson’s family was once well to do until they lost everything. However, this was before Willa was born, so it’s not like she was ever rich or a socialite or anything. Paxton Osgood, resident do-gooder, decides to renovate the Blue Ridge Madam, Willa’s ancestral home, or rather what was one her family’s home. Paxton’s project will bring the two women together as they unearth old family skeletons buried deep in the proverbial closet.

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