The Party Line

(Hardback, Large Print Edition)

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A nieces inheritance comes with family secrets, new romance, and sweet Texas strawberries in a refreshing and warmhearted novel by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.

Returning home to Ditto, Texas, is bittersweet for Lila Matthews. Her dear and feisty aunt Gracie has passed away, leaving Lila her estate. That includes a centuries-old house, a field of the freshest strawberries in Atascosa County, more money than Lila can count, and a secret Aunt Gracie took to her grave. All the angels in heaven wont be able to pry it out of her.

For more than eighty years, generations of folks in Ditto have whispered and gossiped about what the secret could be. When Lila inherits Aunt Gracies legacy, ears perk up and tongues start wagging. As Lila reacquaints herself with locals, finds warmth in familyextended and otherwiseand cozies up to a handsome new neighbor, she begins collecting clues to the past. Theyre revealing an Aunt Gracie nobody knewand a life of rebellion, broken hearts, and selfless love that affected more people than anyone realized.

Whatever reason Aunt Gracie had for leaving Lila the secret, will it now be Lilas secret to keep

Author Bio

Carolyn Brown is a New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author and RITA finalist with more than 130 published books. She has written womens fiction, historical and contemporary romance, and cowboys-and-country-music novels.