Happy Release Day!
Congratulations Kristy
on the release today of
Falling for Peachtree Bluff!
Falling for Peachtree Bluff by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Contemporary Romance, Autumn, 320 pages
Published September 15, 2026 by Gallery Books
Welcome to Peachtree a sweet, cozy small town where family is everything. The “go-to for elevated beach reads,” (People), Kristy Woodson Harvey, returns just in time for pumpkin spice season.
The air is crisper, the water is calmer, but, when it comes to the Murphy family, nothing is ever quite as simple as it seems.
Youngest sister Emerson is busy planning her dream wedding to Kyle. But her difficulty expanding her family is overshadowing her joy. Pregnant middle sister Sloane and her husband Adam’s dream house has turned into a nightmare. Everything is over time, over budget, and Sloane is over it. Eldest sister Caroline, as always, is there to swoop in and get her sisters’ lives under control. Until her focus is more than a little shifted by Emerson’s hunky costar who manages to sweep her right off her feet—just as her not-quite-ex-husband decides it’s high time he begged Caroline for a second chance.
Matriarch Ansley and her new husband Jack have finally hit their stride. But when a scandal that would affect every single Peachtree Bluff citizen comes to light—and it seems like Jack just might be at the center of it—Ansley questions whether he is actually the man she thought he was.
Through it all, these women must rely on their powerful family bonds, and the quirky characters and small-town charm of the place that, no matter what, always calls them home.
(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first line.)
First lines—"As humans, we are wired to forget. Flight delays, bad restaurants, even childbirth. We go back. Play on a gentler repeat. Because somewhere in the murky gray matter of our brains, the memory softens."
Oh my gosh, I had forgotten how much I love the Peachtree Bluff community and all of the wonderful people who are a part of that place. Until I opened the pages of Falling for Peachtree Bluff and started reading, I didn't realize how much I needed to revisit everything and everyone. And fall is my very favorite season, so this story was perfect! Everything fall!
For the Murphy family life goes on, a life full of love and laughs, but also with a good share of ups and downs. As they power through it all, family is always there for support.
I have loved all of Kristy's stories and this one is excellent. Falling for Peachtree Bluff is the perfect read for everyone right now—a story full of family, love, resilience.... and fall. It doesn't get any better than that, right? I highly recommend it!
I received an ARC of Falling for Peachtree Bluff and this is my honest opinion.
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About the author
Kristy Woodson Harvey is the New York Times, USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of eleven novels including A Happier Life, The Summer of Songbirds, and The Peachtree Bluff Series. Many of her books have been optioned or are in development for television and film and have received numerous accolades, including Good Morning America’s Buzz Pick, Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Reads, Katie Couric’s Featured Books, and Joanna Garcia Swisher’s The Happy Place Read. Kristy is the winner of the Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award for Excellence in Creative Writing and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize.
A Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s school of journalism, her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Southern Living, Parade, Traditional Home, USA TODAY, and many more. She also holds a master’s in English, with a concentration in multicultural and transnational literature.
Kristy is the cocreator and cohost of the weekly web show and podcast Friends & Fiction with fellow New York Times Bestselling authors Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, and Patti Callahan Henry. She is also the co-founder of the interiors site Design Chic, with her mom, Beth Woodson.
She lives on the North Carolina coast with her husband, son, and dog, Salt, where she is (always!) working on her next novel. ~ Goodreads
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