Lotte Warren has wanted all her life to study horticulture and become a gardener, and when her husband walks out on her, she does just that, even though she's in her 40s. She gets a job restoring historic Maddon Park, a Renaissance manor house now owned by Brody Keegan, a dashing Irishman who has made his money in the dot-com boom. Then there's Peter, the nice dependable Oxford librarian. As Lotte sorts out the various aspects of her new life, the reader is treated in passing to some fascinating British gardening lore. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.