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Also by Trisha R. Thomas:

The Secret Keeper of Main Street, June 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
One True Wish, April 2023
Trade Paperback
What Passes as Love, September 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
Un-Nappily in Love, March 2020
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Nappily in Bloom, March 2020
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Un-Nappily in Love, June 2010
Trade Size / e-Book
Nappily In Bloom, September 2009
Paperback / e-Book
Nappily Faithful, February 2008
Paperback
Nappily Married, August 2007
Trade Size
Nappily Ever After, January 2002
Paperback (reprint)

THE SECRET KEEPER OF MAIN STREET
By: Trisha R. Thomas

William Morrow
June 2024
On Sale: June 4, 2024
Featuring: Bailey Dowery
304 pages
ISBN: 0063344165
EAN: 9780063344167
Kindle: B0CH8GYTSP
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery Historical | Women's Fiction Historical

Acclaimed author Trisha R. Thomas delivers a masterful new tale of scandal and intuition. In 1950s oil-rich Oklahoma, Bailey Dowery, a dressmaker with the gift of “second sight,” reluctantly reveals the true loves and intentions of her socialite clients, making her a silent witness to a shocking crime.

1954: In the quaint town of Mendol, Oklahoma, Bailey Dowery is a Black dressmaker for the wives and daughters of local oil barons. She earns a good living fitting designer gowns and creating custom wedding dresses for the town’s elite. But beyond her needle and thread lies a deeper talent, one passed down from her mother: the gift of insight. With just a fleeting touch or brush against the skin, Bailey has sudden flashes of intuition— witnessing the other person’s hopes, dreams, and nightmares, as well glimpses of their past and future. To protect herself, she wears gloves to keep from grazing the skin of her clients as she pins them into their gowns.

Brides have whispered that Bailey can see if their true love is faithful, or if their marriage will be a success. Her aunt Charlene has always warned her, “It’s safer to stay out of White folks’ business.” But Bailey will reluctantly provide a reading during a fitting, as long as the bride promises to be discreet.

Now Elsa Grimes, daughter of one of the richest oil men in Oklahoma, has come to the Regal Gown as the least joyful bride Bailey has ever seen. Elsa’s big society wedding is imminent and her gown is gorgeous, but what Bailey’s intuition uncovers when she touches Elsa’s hand horrifies her. Against her better judgment, she’s determined to help Elsa in whatever way she can. But when the son of a prominent family turns up dead on the eve of Elsa’s wedding, and the bride-to-be is arrested for his murder, Bailey is suddenly at the center of a firestorm that threatens to overtake her and everyone she loves.