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A niece's 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 won't 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 Gracie's legacy, ears perk up and tongues start wagging. As Lila reacquaints herself with locals, finds warmth in family--extended and otherwise--and cozies up to a handsome new neighbor, she begins collecting clues to the past. They're revealing an Aunt Gracie nobody knew--and 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 Lila's secret to keep?
Carolyn Brown
Carolyn Brown is an award-winning New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author with more than one 140 published books to her name and over 10 million copies sold. With a career spanning more than two decades and her books translated into 19 foreign languages, she's known for writing heartwarming women's fiction, contemporary cowboy, and country music romances. She's a recipient of the Bookseller's Best Award, the prestigious Montlake Diamond Award, a three-time recipient of the National Reader's Choice Award, and a RITA Award finalist. Born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma, she lives in the small town of Davis, Oklahoma, where everyone knows everyone else, including what they are doing and when-and they read the local newspaper on Wednesdays to see who got caught. She has three grown children and enough grandchildren and great-grandchildren to keep her young. For more information, visit CarolynBrownBooks.com.
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