Temple Secrets

By: Susan Gabriel

Narrated by: Holly Adams

Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's Summary

Fans of The Help and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil will delight in this comic novel of family secrets by acclaimed author Susan Gabriel (The Secret Sense of Wildflower, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 and an Amazon number one best seller).

In Savannah, Georgia, one woman holds all the secrets. When she dies of a possible voodoo curse, the secrets start coming out. The ghosts are upset. And for the Temple family women, everything is about to change forever.

Aristocratic 80-year-old Iris Temple has a fondness for exotic meats, and her poison-pen Book of Secrets keeps her family and all of Savannah's elites in line. Shortly after Iris dies, compromising tidbits from the Book of Secrets are mysteriously published in the newspaper, and the quiet lives of the Temple family women explode.

Iris' estranged daughter, Rose, escaped to Wyoming 20 years ago and married a cowboy. Will she accept the outrageous terms of the will?

Queenie, Iris' black half sister, lives in the historic family mansion, suffering Iris' arrogant ways as her personal assistant. After all she's tolerated with Iris, will she inherit the mansion, as promised?

One hundred-year-old Old Sally, who keeps the old Gullah traditions alive, is Queenie's mother by her white employer, Iris' father. For Rose, she is the mother Iris could never be. Did Old Sally put a voodoo curse on Iris?

When they discover who will inherit the historic family mansion and Iris' multimillion- dollar estate, the whole boisterous business of secrets forces the women into challenging - and sometimes hilarious - situations as they put the past to rest and forge a brighter future.

Temple Secrets is Southern Gothic fiction at its best. If you like strong women, plots full of twists and turns, characters who are funny and unpredictable, and sibling rivalry of biblical proportions, you'll love Susan Gabriel's rollicking tale of the cost of keeping secrets, the healing that comes with their exposure, and the bliss of coming home again.

Buy Temple Secrets and start unlocking the mysteries today!

©2015 Susan Gabriel (P)2015 Susan Gabriel

Southern Fiction at its Finest

This novel had me in its grasp from the very beginning to the very end. The characters came alive and almost felt like my own family. I was not always sure where the story was heading, and that made for an exciting read - never a dull moment. Anyone who likes Southern charm, quirky relatives, and a bit of the supernatural will love this book.

The story is good, although told a bit melodramatic...

I wish I read it instead of listened to it. The reader was too melodramatic at times...

A must read!

Loved the book, characters and narration! Savannah is one of my favorite places to visit and I could envision the scenery all through the book.

Fantastic Book

It was entertaining, funny, and I really enjoyed the story. I really loved this book!

Good story but needed an editor!

The idea for this story was quite clever but goodness it droned on and on. An editor could have made this book great!

Wonderful Southern novel!

Having been raised in the S.C. low country I can relate to the love between children and the African American women who raised them. I could picture the ocean scenes, smell the wisteria and honeysuckle and feel the stares of the so-called Savannah society. Only negative is some of the accents would slip away from authenticity from time to time. Will definitely be reading Gullah Secrets.

finished

loved it. very entertaining. will definitely recommend to all friends. cudo to the author thanks

Love A Good Southern Story!

Loved how the story unfolded with each of the female characters as different as a snowflake,, the melody of them all came together

Great book!

Wonderful story, laugh, cry, amazing all in one! I encourage all to read! Can’t wait for the next in the series.

boring and not funny

Just didn't move and wasn't funny at all. the accent of the reader sounded fake.