It's the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam was built by Willa's great-great-grandfather during Walls of Water's heyday. It now stands as a lonely monument to misfortune and scandal. Willa herself has strived to build a life beyond the brooding Jackson family shadow -- no easy task in a town shaped by the well-marked boundaries of the haves and have-nots.
But Willa has lately learned that socialite do-gooder Paxton Osgood, of the very prominent Osgood family, has restored the Blue Ridge Madam to her former glory and plans to open a top-notch inn. Could the troubled past finally be laid to rest? Not very likely now that a skeleton has been found buried beneath the property's lone peach tree. Along with the bones, long-kept secrets surrounding the remains have also surfaced. Thrust together in an unlikely friendship, Willa and Paxton must confront the dangerous passions and tragic betrayals that once bound their families.
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