THE SECRET TO SOUTHERN CHARM

From the next "major voice in Southern fiction" (Elin Hilderbrand) comes the second book in the Peachtree Bluff series, an all-new, Southern-infused series chronicling the journeys of sisters Caroline, Sloane, and Emerson Murphy, and their mother Ansley, who's faced with revealing a secret from her daughters' past that has the potential to tear them apart - and reshape their very definition of what it means to be a family.

Travel to the coastal Georgia town of Peachtree Bluff with the Murphy women - Caroline, Sloane, Emerson, and matriarch Ansley - where the breeze is fresh, the sky is blue - and nothing is ever quite as simple as it seems.

They're the words no military wife ever wants to hear, the words that made Sloane Murphy hesitant to date Adam in the first place: "Your husband is MIA." After realizing one of her worst nightmares, Sloane can barely climb out of bed, much less be the mother her children need her to be or figure out how to raise a family on her own.

While Ansley seemed to finally be warming to the idea of letting Jack, a man from her past who has been propelled into her present, back into her life, Sloane's devastating news, coupled with the fact that her aging mother has come to stay, causes Ansley to take a step back from her relationship so that she can focus on helping Sloane and her children, helping her mother recuperate - and making sure that her biggest secrets don't come to light while her family is in shambles.

But when Sloane's sisters Caroline and Emerson convince Sloane to take a giant step toward chasing her biggest dreams - and facing her deepest fears - Sloane is reminded that, no matter what, she promised her husband that she would carry on for their young sons. And she has all the support and strength she needs to do just that. In the meantime, Ansley, taking a cue from her three girls, realizes that being a mother, a daughter, a career woman and finally reuniting with the love of your life may not be too good to be true after all.

A Southern-set story of first loves, missed chances and, ultimately, moving forward.

Kristy Woodson Harvey is a born-and-bred North Carolina girl who loves all four seasons - especially fall in Chapel Hill,and summer in Beaufort, where she and her family spend every free moment. The author of DEAR CAROLINA and LIES AND OTHER ACTS OF LOVE, Kristy is also the founder behind the popular interior design blog, Design Chic.