Sarah Addison Allen Books

A magical, utterly delicious debut that will cast its charm over everyone who loved Chocolat or Fried Green Tomatoes. Be enchanted by a delicious international bestseller!

Readers fell in love with Sarah Addison Allen's debut novel, GARDEN SPELLS. Now the tale of the Waverley women is to be revisited with a magical sequel. Autumn has finally arrived in the small town of Bascom, North Carolina, heralded by a strange old man appearing with a beaten-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. 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. It's where the real story begins.

Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it is named after the tiny turquoise birds who inhabit the building, alongside the human tenants, and imbue it with an air of magical secrecy.

"The first time Eby Pim saw Lost Lake, it was on a picture postcard--and she knew she was seeing her future. That was half a life ago, and now the idyllic Georgia lakeside community is about to slip into Eby's past. Her husband, along with most of her demanding extended family, is gone. . .as are many of her old dreams and desires. But then, just as Eby considers relinquishing her cabins to a developer with cash in hand, one last opportunity for having a family comes knocking at her door. . . Lost Lake is where Kate Pheris spent her last best summer as an adolescent, before she learned of loneliness and heartbreak and loss. But today she has hope, thanks to her resilient daughter, Devin, whose willingness to move forward gives Kate a chance to rediscover something that slipped through her fingers so long ago. After all, people seem to end up at Lost Lake, looking for something that they weren't sure they needed in the first place: love, closure, a mystery solved, redemption. Can Kate, Devin, and Eby find what each of them needs before it's too late?"--Back page of book

A tale of love, candy and magic to bewitch even the most skeptical reader . . .

Ein bezaubernder Roman voller Liebe und Magie Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter kommt die 17-jährige Emily Benedict nach Mullaby, North Carolina, um dort bei ihrem Großvater zu leben. Schon bald merkt sie, dass in Mullaby ungewöhnliche Dinge vor sich gehen: Nachts huschen Irrlichter durch die Wälder, die Tapete in Emilys Zimmer verändert von allein das Muster, und die Nachbarin Julia Winterson backt Kuchen, die geliebte Menschen anlocken können. Als Emily den jungen Win Coffey kennenlernt, funkt es sofort zwischen den beiden. Aber die Familie Coffey hütet ein sonderbares Geheimnis …

Über einer idyllischen Kleinstadt liegt ein Hauch von Magie in der Luft. In einer idyllischen Kleinstadt in North Carolina führt Willa Jackson einen gemütlichen Laden, der mit herrlichem Gebäck und Kaffee lockt. Dann allerdings gerät ihr Leben ziemlich durcheinander, als die alte Villa, die einst im Besitz der Jacksons war, renoviert wird. Plötzlich flattert ihr mit der Einladung zur Neueröffnung nicht nur ein Mann ins Haus, sondern auch die umtriebige Paxton Osgood, die den Umbau leitet. Zusammen entdecken die beiden jungen Frauen im Garten des Anwesens ein Familiengeheimnis, das allerlei wunderliche Dinge in Gang bringt …

Dvanáctiletá dívka a její mladší bratr se v lesích severního Idaha stanou svědky vraždy a dají se na útěk před čtveřicí pachatelů. Nalézt někoho, komu by se dalo věřit, je obtížné, neboť stačí jedno slůvko a jejich osud je zpečetěn. Hrdinové i padouši se objevují tam, kde byste je čekali nejméně. Na dvoře Jindřicha VIII. po popravě jeho páté manželky bují intriky a náboženský nepokoj. V Londýně se objeví sériový vrah, který čerpá inspiraci z knihy Zjevení. Právník Matthew Shardlake se zaplete do vyšetřování, při kterém mu hrozí smrt. Sedmadvacetiletá Josey Cirriniová žije osamělý život ve zlaté kleci, útěchu nachází ve sladkostech a v návštěvách listonoše Adama, do kterého je tajně zamilovaná. Po setkání s cizí ženou v šatně si uvědomuje, že ostatní skrývají závažnější tajemství než její police sušenek, a že i ona má právo na vlastní život a štěstí. Mladý šéfkuchař Max Moreton čelí dvěma pohromám: na jeho večeři dojde k otravě hostů a druhý den vybuchne bomba na hostině pro dostihovou smetánku. Max se snaží očistit jméno své restaurace a najít viníky, zatímco pátrá po stopách, které by mohly objasnit záhadu.