Whispers in the Branches

A Novel

by Brandy Heineman

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Pub Date Dec 15 2020 | Archive Date Nov 23 2022

Brandy Heineman | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

Christian | Religion & Spirituality | Women's Fiction

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Description

There’s more than one way to be haunted . . .

After a series of agonizing losses, Abby Wells seeks solace with distant relatives in faraway Georgia. Maybe her great-aunt Ruby can answer the questions Abby’s mother never would. But what begins as a search for connection quickly turns with Aunt Ruby’s claims that the old family home is haunted. Desperate to believe in something, Abby throws herself into the ghost hunt—unaware of Aunt Ruby’s schemes, or that the grudges in her bloodlines run generations deep. Her heart wrestles with the land of the living, caught between her ex’s bid for reconciliation and a growing fascination with the house’s handsome caretaker. Yet it’s the burden of mystery that woos her as she calls into the stillness—

Are you real?

There’s more than one way to be haunted . . .

After a series of agonizing losses, Abby Wells seeks solace with distant relatives in faraway Georgia. Maybe her great-aunt Ruby can answer the questions...

Advance Praise

“In Whispers in the Branches, debut author Brandy Heineman pens a fast-paced, entertaining and ultimately touching story mixed with ghosts and genealogy and sprinkled with God. Her delicious prose sizzles and soars as she introduces grieving Abby Wells who uproots her life in Ohio to search for family secrets in Georgia. Abby encounters a haunted house, a feisty great aunt and a young, handsome caretaker in her new surroundings as she grapples with grief, the truth of her family’s past and the unseen presence of something deep and spiritual.”
-Elizabeth Musser, author of The Swan House, The Sweetest Thing, The Secrets of the Cross trilogy

“As a lover of research and genealogy, this novel was a soul-treat. Abby Wells hears the siren call of buried family secrets. Add to that a ghost and a love triangle, and Whispers in the Branches is one suspenseful read. I was hooked and couldn’t put it down. Heineman is a talented storyteller.”
-Nicole Seitz, author of Saving Cicadas and The Spirit of Sweetgrass

“When Abby Wells returns to her family roots in Georgia, she has no idea that her passion for genealogy hunting will entangle her in past and present family ghosts. Fans of Southern mysteries and ghost stories will love this hauntingly redemptive tale of old and new loves, and what really matters at the edge of eternity. A beautiful, thought-provoking read.”
-Yangsze Choo, author of The Ghost Bride

“Whispers in the Branches is a lovely debut for Southern novelist Brandy Heineman, whose interesting characters and well-crafted prose create a story with heart and depth. As the tenacious young heroine explores the mysteries haunting her family tree, the past and the present come together with surprising answers and with lasting treasures.”
-Meg Moseley, author of A Stillness of Chimes