From the New York Times bestselling author of GARDEN SPELLS comes a
story of the Waverley family, in a novel as sparkling as the first
dusting of frost on new-fallen leaves...
It's October in Bascom, North Carolina, and autumn will not go quietly.
As temperatures drop and leaves begin to turn, the Waverley women are
made restless by the whims of their mischievous apple tree... and all
the magic that swirls around it. But this year, first frost has much
more in store.
Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley's
Candies. Though her handcrafted confections-rose to recall lost love,
lavender to promote happiness and lemon verbena to soothe throats and
minds-are singularly effective, the business of selling them is costing
her the everyday joys of her family, and her belief in her own precious
gifts.
Sydney Waverley, too, is losing her balance. With each passing day she
longs more for a baby- a namesake for her wonderful Henry. Yet the
longer she tries, the more her desire becomes an unquenchable thirst,
stealing the pleasure out of the life she already has.
Sydney's daughter, Bay, has lost her heart to the boy she knows it
belongs to...if only he could see it, too. But how can he, when he is so
far outside her grasp that he appears to her as little more than a puff
of smoke?
When a mysterious stranger shows up and challenges the very heart of
their family, each of them must make choices they have never confronted
before. And through it all, the Waverley sisters must search for a way
to hold their family together through their troublesome season of
change, waiting for that extraordinary event that is First Frost.
Lose yourself in Sarah Addison Allen's enchanting world and fall for her
charmed characters in this captivating story that proves that a
happily-ever-after is never the real ending to a story. It's where the
real story begins.
