The Peach Keeper

Welcome to Walls of Water, North Carolina, where the secrets are thicker than the fog from the town's famous waterfalls, and the stuff of superstition is just as real as you want it to be.

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's Weekly, and Barnes & Noble bestseller.

Peppered with Allen's trademark Southern charm and magical foretelling, this novel will keep readers turning the pages to see what happens... A must-read for fans of Alice Hoffman.
- Library Journal

In trademark style, Allen masterfully weaves a Southern world of believable characters and keeps readers flipping pages with this dreamy one-nighter.
- Southern Literary Review

Immensely readable... The Peach Keeper pulses with sensual details.
- The Denver Post

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

Allen juggles small town history and mystical thriller, character development and eerie magical realism in a fine Southern gothic drama.
- Publishers Weekly

Allen has a history of writing good novels; her latest continues the trend....The interactions, dialogue and pacing keep the reader intrigued and turning the pages to the very end. A study of the interactions of women and the bonds of friendship, love and community, this is a story worth taking to bed and staying up all night to read.
- RT Book Reviews