Sometimes you stumble across a treasure when you re looking for something else entirely.#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs brings readers to the lush abundance of Soma County in a vel of sisters, friendship, and how memories are woven like a spell around us. Tess Delaney makes a living restoring stolen treasures to their rightful owners. People like Annelise Winther, who refuses to sell her long-gone mother s beloved necklace despite Tess s advice. To Annelise, the jewel s value is in its memories. But Tess s own history is filled with gaps: a father she never met, a mother who spent more time traveling than with her daughter. So Tess is shocked when she discovers the grandfather she never knew is in a coma. And that she has been named in his will to inherit half of Bella Vista, a hundred-acre apple orchard in the magical Soma town called Archangel. The rest is willed to Isabel Johansen. A half sister she s never heard of. Against the rich landscape of Bella Vista, Tess begins to discover a world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family, of the warm earth beneath her bare feet. A world where family comes first and the roots of history run deep. A place where falling in love is t only possible, but inevitable. And in a season filled with new experiences, Tess begins to see the truth in something Annelise once told her: if you don t believe memories are worth more than money, then perhaps you ve t made the right kind of memories. From one of America s most beloved writers, The Apple Orchard is a story of family ties both old and new and of the moments that connect our hearts.