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    Gullah Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 2): Temple Secrets, #2
    Tea Leaf Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 3): Temple Secrets, #3
    Temple Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 1): Temple Secrets, #1
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    Temple Secrets Series

    By Susan Gabriel

    4.5/5

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    About this series

    A legacy to fulfill.  A long-hidden secret.  A shocking climax to the trilogy that began with Temple Secrets and Gullah Secrets.

     

    Although Old Sally has been gone a year, Violet still hasn't gotten over the loss of her beloved grandmother, with whom she shared the connection of the ancient Gullah magic.  Mired in grief despite her thriving tea shop in downtown Savannah, what Violet wants more than anything is to hear from her grandmother—especially when her Gullah intuition indicates a storm is brewing.

     

    Does it have something to do with the strange couple Queenie keeps spotting in the dunes?  Or Iris's diary that Rose discovered hidden in the family bank vault, revealing a side of her aloof and aristocratic mother that she never knew? 

     

    But Old Sally remains silent as shocking secrets are revealed that will turn the lives of the Temple women upside down. 

    Now everything that Violet holds dear is threatened…unless she's brave enough to answer the call of her ancestors.

     

    The ghosts of the past are laid to rest once and for all in the amazing finale of the bestselling Temple Secrets series, where Southern gothic mystery meets a heartwarming cast of unforgettable independent women in one immensely satisfying story of fate, family, and friendship.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWild Lily Arts
    Release dateDec 9, 2015
    Gullah Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 2): Temple Secrets, #2
    Tea Leaf Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 3): Temple Secrets, #3
    Temple Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 1): Temple Secrets, #1

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    • 1

      Temple Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 1): Temple Secrets, #1
      Temple Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 1): Temple Secrets, #1

      Temple Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 1): Temple Secrets, #1

      Susan Gabriel
      4/5 - 5 ratings
      4/5 - 5 ratings

      A town held together with secrets. A wealthy widow looking for an heir. Her 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.

      A town held together with secrets. A wealthy widow looking for an heir. Her 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.

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      Gullah Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 2): Temple Secrets, #2
      Gullah Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 2): Temple Secrets, #2

      Gullah Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 2): Temple Secrets, #2

      Susan Gabriel
      5/5 - 3 ratings
      5/5 - 3 ratings

      A family legacy in danger. A stranger in their midst. Do they have the strength to survive the gathering storm of secrets? For the Temple women, the winds of change are blowing. And if they're not careful, it could sweep them all away… After rising from Temple servant to tea shop owner, Violet finally feels in charge of her destiny. While learning Gullah folk magic from her aging grandmother, she worries much of her cultural heritage will be lost to the grave. Is there enough time for Old Sally to pass down all her special wisdom? Bride-to-be Queenie has never felt younger at heart. Engaged to the man of her dreams, the feisty sixty-year-old won't let anything ruin her big day—not even ancestral ghosts or a mysterious wedding crasher. Rose's southern roots run deep. Even after three decades away, she can still feel the shadow of her deceased high-society mother watching her every move. Can she shake her ghost and find a place among her family? With a storm of trouble brewing across the island, the Temple women will have to survive more than a force of nature to put their ghosts to rest… Gullah Secrets is the sequel to the bestselling novel Temple Secrets. If you like Southern gothic literature, characters you won't want to close the cover on, and locations steeped in history, then you'll love this hilarious and warmhearted saga.

      A family legacy in danger. A stranger in their midst. Do they have the strength to survive the gathering storm of secrets? For the Temple women, the winds of change are blowing. And if they're not careful, it could sweep them all away… After rising from Temple servant to tea shop owner, Violet finally feels in charge of her destiny. While learning Gullah folk magic from her aging grandmother, she worries much of her cultural heritage will be lost to the grave. Is there enough time for Old Sally to pass down all her special wisdom? Bride-to-be Queenie has never felt younger at heart. Engaged to the man of her dreams, the feisty sixty-year-old won't let anything ruin her big day—not even ancestral ghosts or a mysterious wedding crasher. Rose's southern roots run deep. Even after three decades away, she can still feel the shadow of her deceased high-society mother watching her every move. Can she shake her ghost and find a place among her family? With a storm of trouble brewing across the island, the Temple women will have to survive more than a force of nature to put their ghosts to rest… Gullah Secrets is the sequel to the bestselling novel Temple Secrets. If you like Southern gothic literature, characters you won't want to close the cover on, and locations steeped in history, then you'll love this hilarious and warmhearted saga.

    • 3

      Tea Leaf Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 3): Temple Secrets, #3
      Tea Leaf Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 3): Temple Secrets, #3

      Tea Leaf Secrets: Southern Fiction (Temple Secrets Series Book 3): Temple Secrets, #3

      Susan Gabriel
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      0 ratings

      A legacy to fulfill.  A long-hidden secret.  A shocking climax to the trilogy that began with Temple Secrets and Gullah Secrets.   Although Old Sally has been gone a year, Violet still hasn't gotten over the loss of her beloved grandmother, with whom she shared the connection of the ancient Gullah magic.  Mired in grief despite her thriving tea shop in downtown Savannah, what Violet wants more than anything is to hear from her grandmother—especially when her Gullah intuition indicates a storm is brewing.   Does it have something to do with the strange couple Queenie keeps spotting in the dunes?  Or Iris's diary that Rose discovered hidden in the family bank vault, revealing a side of her aloof and aristocratic mother that she never knew?    But Old Sally remains silent as shocking secrets are revealed that will turn the lives of the Temple women upside down.  Now everything that Violet holds dear is threatened…unless she's brave enough to answer the call of her ancestors.   The ghosts of the past are laid to rest once and for all in the amazing finale of the bestselling Temple Secrets series, where Southern gothic mystery meets a heartwarming cast of unforgettable independent women in one immensely satisfying story of fate, family, and friendship.

      A legacy to fulfill.  A long-hidden secret.  A shocking climax to the trilogy that began with Temple Secrets and Gullah Secrets.   Although Old Sally has been gone a year, Violet still hasn't gotten over the loss of her beloved grandmother, with whom she shared the connection of the ancient Gullah magic.  Mired in grief despite her thriving tea shop in downtown Savannah, what Violet wants more than anything is to hear from her grandmother—especially when her Gullah intuition indicates a storm is brewing.   Does it have something to do with the strange couple Queenie keeps spotting in the dunes?  Or Iris's diary that Rose discovered hidden in the family bank vault, revealing a side of her aloof and aristocratic mother that she never knew?    But Old Sally remains silent as shocking secrets are revealed that will turn the lives of the Temple women upside down.  Now everything that Violet holds dear is threatened…unless she's brave enough to answer the call of her ancestors.   The ghosts of the past are laid to rest once and for all in the amazing finale of the bestselling Temple Secrets series, where Southern gothic mystery meets a heartwarming cast of unforgettable independent women in one immensely satisfying story of fate, family, and friendship.

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      I love a meaty novel that gives me a great story - especially Southern Gothic! – that is well written, teaches me a few things and makes me - at various points - laugh out loud and cry. Temple Secrets delivered all of that. I tend to be one of those people who laugh silently, but I burst out with a few in this book! This novel is quite different from Gabriel’s The Secret Sense of Wildflower, which I read a while ago, and was also really excellent.

      In Temple Secrets, the story is narrated by four women: Queenie, Violet, Rose and Old Sally. These women, black and white, have a lot of shared family history and to varying extent, genes. Queenie is hilarious. Violet, her niece, has some psychic abilities inherited from Old Sally, her grandmother and the wise holder of the Gullah traditions. Rose is the estranged daughter of Iris Temple, the matriarch of this entrenched, elite Savannah family. The plot gradually reveals all the interconnects of the characters and a delicious outcome of Iris’s will. This wonderful novel left me feeling fully satisfied.