In the final book of the Sweet Seasons series, Candace’s time in high school and at The Zone is coming to a closeand what to do next is looming in her mind. Stay close to home and with her boyfriend Kurt, or take a chance and see what the adventure brings?Candace used to be the one to take the easy waybut after three seasons working at a crazy amusement park, challenge seems to be her middle name. Then why does the idea of leaving her hometown to attend college on the other side of the country scare her so much? It doesn’t help that her boyfriend, Kurt, and her friend Tamara are both encouraging her to attend the local college and just relax. Or that the more she dreams about her future, the less she sees Kurt being a part of it.Hoping it will lessen her stress, Candace focuses on her job making candied apples at The Zone. But life has other plans: as things with Kurt cool, a strange romantic tension grows between her and her friend Josh that leads to even more confusion. And when Candace is named a finalist for a scholarship to the same faraway school she’s been contemplatingone that is also near another Zone locationthe time to decide her future grows too close to ignore.The Spring of Candy Apples:is a YA contemporary novel with a fun, rom-com feelis written by New York Times bestselling author Debbie Viguiefeatures an empowered protagonist looking to take control of her lifeis a coming-of-age story that mixes humor with real-life strugglesis a clean read for young adult fans of any age