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First Frost
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. He has stories to tell, stories that could change the lives of the Waverley women forever.
But the Waverleys have enough trouble on their hands. 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. Claire's wild sister Sydney, still trying to leave her past behind, is about to combust with her desire for another new beginning. And Sydney's fifteen-year-old daughter Bay has given her heart away to the wrong boy and can't get it back.
Magical and atmospheric, First Frost transports 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. It's where the real story begins.
First Frost
First Frost
Cozy Pairings
Brown Sugar Cinnamon is a warm, bakery-inspired fragrance that wraps you in the comforting sweetness of brown sugar and melted butter, gently spiced with cinnamon. Rich and inviting, this scent evokes the feeling of something freshly baked lingering in the air, soft and golden with just a touch of indulgence. Smooth and well balanced, it brings a sense of warmth and familiarity to any space, creating a cozy atmosphere that feels both nostalgic and comforting.
Why we chose this: In Sarah Addison Allen's world, magic lives in kitchens and gardens and small Southern towns, in apple trees that bear prophetic fruit and cakes baked with hope and flowers that keep secrets. Every book in this collection carries that same warm, quietly enchanted quality, the feeling of something magical hiding inside the most ordinary and delicious things. Brown Sugar Cinnamon is the candle for all of them, golden and sweet and alive with the smell of something made with love in a kitchen where the magic has always been present, just waiting to be noticed. Light this candle and let the warmth fill the room like a Southern afternoon where something wonderful is baking and the garden has news.