Temple Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 1) - Softcover

Gabriel, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983588279 ISBN 13: 9780983588276

Publisher: Wild Lily Arts, 2015

Synopsis

A town held together with secrets. A wealthy widow looking for an heir. One choice could shame high society into submission.
 
Eighty-year-old Southern aristocrat Iris Temple's health may be failing, but her wit is as sharp as ever. Before she joins her ancestral ghosts, she must pick an heir to take over her sprawling estate--and the book of secrets that's kept her family in power for generations. But between her scheming son, her estranged daughter who abandoned Savannah years ago and her illegitimate half-sister, she's working with slim pickings.
 
While only her half-sister and cook have put up with her outlandish diet and constant bickering, she can't ignore the powerful hold her late father's 100-year-old mistress has over the two women. When someone leaks embarrassing snippets from the Temple family book, she half suspects the voodoo-practicing centenarian as the elites of Savannah teeter on the edge of revolt. With Iris fading fast, her ragtag bunch of potential heirs must reveal the leaker before the book's secrets tear the sleepy town apart.
 
Temple Secrets is a hilarious women's fiction novel with a Southern gothic flair. If you like wisecracking humor, headstrong women, and twisty mysteries, then you'll love Susan Gabriel's compelling tale of an unconventional inheritance.
 
Buy Temple Secrets to enjoy a Southern gothic mystery today!

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Gabriel is an acclaimed author who lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Her novel, The Secret Sense of Wildflower, was a Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2012 and is an Amazon #1 bestseller.
 
She is also the author of Trueluck Summer, Temple Secrets, Lily's Song and other novels. Discover more about Susan at susangabriel.com

Review:

"Gabriel unfolds her story deftly, with well-paced revelations about the complicated relationships between the mansion's white and black inhabitants...Gabriel also evokes the Spanish moss-covered atmosphere of ghost-filled Savannah, and the Temple mansion in particular, with satisfying spookiness...The author's thoughtfulness about masters and slaves, employers and servants, and family relations also contributes to a satisfying read. Savannah's atmosphere, culture, and history flavor this engaging tale of intertwined families." - Kirkus Reviews

"When some people have far too much time, wealth and power and not enough humanness and courage? Oh, the answers Gabriel provides are as delicious as Violet's peach turnovers, and twice as addicting! I highly recommend this novel. - T.T. Thomas

"I love books about the South and this one did not disappoint! I hope to see more by this author." - J. Haag

It was difficult to put this book down. I can't wait to read another one of her books! - Elizabeth McClellan

"Loved loved loved this book. The characters were lovable and hilarious. The only bad thing I can say is that it had to end...hopefully she'll write a sequel." - Jumi

"I could not put the book down! Loved it!" - Julia Cato

"The plot keeps you guessing, and it is a book that everyone in my book club enjoyed. If you like Southern Fiction, and mysteries, this one will engage you." - Rosie Place

About this edition

• Publisher: Wild Lily Arts
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0983588279
• ISBN 13: 9780983588276
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352