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It's that time of year again! Time to start making those holiday gift lists. Here at ABCD Diaries we'd like to make that process a little less painful:) We will bringing you our annual Holiday Gift Guide in which we hand pick the coolest gifts for the whole family and everyone else on that gift list this year. From now until mid-December we will be highlighting these wonderful gifts.
Today, we are bringing you a couple of great fiction books that would be fantastic for the book-lovers on your list!
THE SECRETS SHE CARRIED (NAL Trade Paperback Original; October 2013)
by Barbara Davis
When a young woman returns to North Carolina after a thirty-year absence, she finds that the once grand tobacco plantation she called home holds more secrets than she ever imagined.
Though Peak Plantation has been in her family for generations, Leslie Nichols can't wait to rid herself of the farm left to her by her estranged grandmother Maggie—and with it the disturbing memories of her mother's death, her father's disgrace, and her unhappy childhood. But Leslie isn't the only one with a claim to Peak.
Jay Davenport, Peak's reclusive caretaker, has his own reasons for holding onto the land bequeathed to him by Leslie's grandmother. Before she died, Maggie hinted at a terrible secret surrounding Adele Laveau, a lady's maid who came to Peak during the 1930s and died under mysterious circumstances. Jay is haunted by Maggie's story, yet the truth eludes him—until Leslie uncovers a cryptically marked grave on the property.
As they delve into the mystery of Adele's death, Leslie and Jay discover shocking secrets that extend deep into the roots of Leslie's family tree—secrets that have the power to alter her life forever.
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THE SISTER SEASON (NAL Trade Paperback Original; November 2013)
By Jennifer Scott
Sometimes coming home for the holidays isn't as easy as it seems….
It's December 21, and the Yancey sisters have been called home. When the girls were young, holidays at their family farm meant a tinsel-garnished tree, the scent of simmering food, and laughter ringing through the house. But as the years unfolded, family bonds fractured, and the three sisters scattered and settled into separate lives. Until now. The Yancey sisters are coming to spend the holidays with their mother. They're also coming to bury their father.
Claire, the youngest, a free spirit who journeyed to California, returns first. Then comes Julia, the eldest, a college professor with a teenage son of her own. And finally there's Maya, the middle child, who works so hard to be the perfect mother and wife.
During the sisters' week together, old conflicts surface, new secrets emerge, and the limits and definitions of family are tested. And as the longest night of the year slips by and brightening days beckon, the sisters will have to answer one question: When you're a sister, aren't you a sister forever?
What we thought: Both of these books were fantastic! Perfect for a Fall read or a gift for the book-lover on your list this holiday season. Both were equally gripping, tear-jerking and heart-warming all at the same time. Page-turners till the end, ABCD Diaries gives "The Secrets She Carried" and "The Sister Season" an A+!
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