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. 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? Sydney's daughter, Bay, has lost her heart to the boy she knows it belongs toif 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 confectionsrose to recall lost love, lavender to promote happiness and lemon verbena to soothe throats and mindsare 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.Ĭlaire 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.

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.

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