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.
Sydney's daughter, Bay, has lost her heart to the boy she knows it belongs to.if only he could see it, too. Yet the longer she tries, the more her desire becomes an unquenchable thirst, stealing the pleasure out of the life she already has. With each passing day she longs more for a baby- a namesake for her wonderful Henry. Sydney Waverley, too, is losing her balance. 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. But this year, first frost has much more in store.Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley's Candies. As temperatures drop and leaves begin to turn, the Waverley women are made restless by the whims of their mischievous apple tree. It's October in Bascom, North Carolina, and autumn will not go quietly. It's where the real story begins.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. And Sydney's fifteen-year-old daughter Bay has given her heart away to the wrong boy and can't get it back.From the author of the New York Times bestselling sensation Garden Spells, First Frost is magical and atmospheric, taking readers back into the lives of the gifted Waverley women-back to their strange garden and temperamental apple tree, back to their house with a personality of its own, back to the men who love them fiercely-proving that a happily-ever-after is never the real ending to a story. Claire's wild sister Sydney, still trying to leave her past behind, is about to combust with her desire for another new beginning. Quiet Claire Waverley has started a successful new venture, Waverley's Candies, but it's nothing like she thought it would be, and it's slowly taking over her life. But the Waverleys have enough trouble on their hands. He has stories to tell, stories that could change the lives of the Waverley women forever. Sarah Addison Allen, beloved author of Garden Spells, returns with a luminous story of the trouble with hanging on too long, and the magic that happens when you finally let go.Autumn has finally arrived in the small town of Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing with a beat-up suitcase.
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