First Frost: A Novel

Sarah Addison Allen

Jan 2015 · Sold by St. Martin's Press

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

This book was wonderful. I have read every book written by Sarah Addison Allen but this book made you feel good.(all her books do this) All the magic that this family has but the normalcy of them with there problems, it makes you feel like you are apart of their family and that everything is possible for your own life. This book and all the others she has written are worth reading because they make you feel excepted and magical and hopeful. I can't wait to read her next book.

I so enjoyed this book, many wonderful characters. I found myself rooting for them all, even the baddies. Sweet story and I hope there are more to come, I want to know more about each of them.

Garden spells is my all time favorite book, this ones tied for first. I hope you write more stories of the Waverley's. I'm sad to finish it. I keep turning the pages wishing there was more to read. Please write more!

About the author

SARAH ADDISON ALLEN is the New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells, The Sugar Queen, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, The Peach Keeper, and Lost Lake. She was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina.