White Pine Island Stories, book 6

When love is in bloom…

Charlotte Nielson, the recently hired head gardener at the Grand Hotel, has labored to bring the resort’s already beautiful gardens in line with her artistic vision. She’s uprooted plants, re-routed paths, and even ripped out an established garden to make room for a model of the Grand Hotel, complete with its own fairy garden. All risks she hopes will pay off with the grand prize during White Pine Island’s Garden Weekend.

Jay Archer, the Dolphin Inn’s gardener, is Charlotte’s only competition. He’s dark, handsome, and harbors an obvious dislike for her. Jay wanted the position at the Grand Hotel so much he imagined the placement of every flower and shrub in the extensive gardens. As consolation, he’s thrown himself into projects at the Dolphin Inn with the goal of besting the Grand Hotel’s new gardener. When Charlotte and Jay get coerced into revitalizing another garden on the island together, they discover a passion for each other that neither expected to take root and bloom.

They’d loved each other once…

Two years ago, Gigi said goodbye to Richard when she believed she was second in Richard’s heart. His professional golf career was just taking off leaving him little time for love. Gigi didn’t know yet what she wanted from life, but she knew she wanted a man who valued her more than his job. In the two years since, her design career has taken off with a popular line of purses and bags. On the verge of having it all, there’s just one thing missing from her life.

The professional golf tournament life is a brutal one of travel and competition, but Richard and his colleagues stay in the finest hotels. When the tour goes to White Pine Island for a tournament at the Grand Hotel’s golf course, Richard discovers Gigi working in the hotel’s boutique but on the cusp of achieving her professional dreams. He’s never forgotten her, and not even accolades and trophies on the golf course have filled the empty hole in his heart. With only a four-day weekend to reconnect, can they show each other they’ve both changed enough to give their love another chance?