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26-year-old Rachel Monroe has spent her whole life trying to keep a very unusual secret: she can make wishes come true. And sometimes the consequences are disastrous. So when Rachel accidentally grants an outlandish wish for the first time in years, she decides it's time to leave her hometown--and her past--behind for good.
Rachel isn't on the road long before she runs out of gas in a town that's not on her map: Nowhere, North Carolina--also known as the town of "Lost and Found." In Nowhere, Rachel is taken in by a spit-fire old woman, Catch, who possesses a strange gift of her own: she can bind secrets by baking them into pies. Rachel also meets Catch's neighbor, Ashe, a Southern gentleman with a complicated past, who makes her want to believe in happily-ever-after for the first time in her life.
As she settles into the small town, Rachel hopes her own secrets will stay hidden, but wishes start piling up everywhere Rachel goes. When the consequences threaten to ruin everything she's begun to build in Nowhere, Rachel must come to terms with who she is and what she can do, or risk losing the people she's starting to love--and her chance at happiness--all over again.
Author Notes
SUSAN BISHOP CRISPELL earned a BFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina - Wilmington. Susan lives and writes near Wilmington, NC with her husband and their two literary-named cats. She is the author of The Secret Ingredient of Wishes .
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Booklist Review
Rachel Monroe has possessed a very unusual gift since childhood. Whenever someone makes a wish, a piece of paper floats down out of nowhere. As soon as she reads it, the wish comes true. This gift has sometimes proved to be disastrous so much so that she hasn't granted a wish in years. When she accidentally grants her goddaughter's unorthodox wish for a unicorn, she packs her bags and heads out of town. She runs out of gas in Nowhere, North Carolina, and is taken in by a feisty old woman named Catch, who, it turns out, can bind secrets by baking them into pies. Will she be able to help Rachel keep her magical secret? Full of great characters and southern charm and romance, this feel-good, lighthearted book will remind readers of the works of Aimee Bender and Sarah Addison Allen.--Milone Hill, Nanci Copyright 2016 Booklist