For over a century, the town of Gossamer Grove has thrived on its charm and midwestern values, but Annalise Forsythe knows painful secrets, including her own, hover just beneath the pleasant fa ade. When a man is found dead in his run-down trailer home, Annalise inherits the trailer, along with the pictures, vintage obituaries, and old revival posters covering its walls. As she sorts through the collection, she’s wholly unprepared for the ramifications of the dark and deadly secrets she’ll uncover.
A century earlier, Gossamer Grove has been stirred into chaos by the arrival of controversial and charismatic twin revivalists. The chaos takes a murderous turn when Libby Sheffield, working at her father’s newspaper, receives an obituary for a reputable church deacon hours before his death. As she works with the deacon’s son to unravel the mystery behind the crime, it becomes undeniably clear that a reckoning has come to town–but it isn’t until another obituary arrives that they realize the true depths of the danger they’ve waded into.
Two women, separated by a hundred years, must uncover the secrets within the borders of their own town before it’s too late and they lose their future–or their very souls.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond Book Author: Jaime Jo Wright What do you like about this book:
"Didn't you know? Didn't you read? Tonight is your time to die."
Deep, dank, dark secrets. The town of Gossamer Grove has been drowning in them for well over a century; curious notes bearing sad tidings for their recipients, confirming that "the boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague".
It all began when Libby Sheffield found Deacon Greenwood hanging from the rafters of his carriage house at the break of dawn. Traumatized and confused when two totally different obituaries are submitted, Libby and her friend Elijah decide that the truth isn't worth pursuing, but a second death follows the first. It seems that someone in Gossamer Grove has taken the words "vengeance is mine" completely out of context; while twin revivalists stir revolt among the souls of many. Some would say that the two are related, while Libby finds herself caught in the middle.
Years later Annalise Forsythe is forced to remove the scabs of her own wounds when the untimely death of the local town hermit brings her painful past back to life. His entire trailer is not only filled with historical memorabilia; Annalise's life is shockingly pasted all over the walls. What possible connection could she have to Eugene Hayes? And why is someone upset enough about it to threaten her safety?
Two women, separated by decades, sharing common regrets, desperately seeking freedom, learning that "life is hard and it take guts, faith, and a massive amount of out-of-this-world grace" to move forward. "For the wages of sin is death, . . . . . but the gift of God . . . . is eternal life . . . . " And that's no secret.
Who wouldn't love a story like this one?
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