by Sarah Addison Allen
When a car accident leaves teenager Emily Shelby orphaned, she is sent to her mother’s hometown where she has never been before – to live with her grandfather, whom she has never met. While Grandpa Vance at first seems strange and unfamiliar the town of Mullaby, North Carolina is even more peculiar. Emily can’t figure out why the town is so mysterious or why people treat her with near disdain when they realize whose daughter she is.
Julia, who is in her early thirties, wants nothing more than to escape Mullaby for good. It is full of too many painful memories. But when her father died he left her his barbecue restaurant and a pile of debts that she has to pay off before she can disappear again. In the meantime, she bakes cakes for the restaurant and tries her hardest to avoid Sawyer. Yes he’s incredibly handsome and yes he has that irresistible "southern gentleman" air about him. But he is also one of her most painful memories.
Little by little the mysteries and secrets of Mullaby are untangled and both Julia and Emily are surprised by where they end up.
Sarah Addison Allen writes with a great skill for storytelling using vibrant characters and a sprinkling of magic.
Other delightful titles by this author:
* Garden Spells
* Sugar Queen
~ Rebecca and Hilary
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