Love in the Afternoon
β Scribed by Karen Hawkins
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A woman with a legendary green thumb, a man living in an emotional desert, and a small boy unable to connect with others. Can the three of them, with a little help from the charmed town of Dove Pond (and a pesky ghost), turn a nightmare into a fairytale and forge their own happily ever after?
Young widow Sofia Rodriquez has just accepted the position of greenhouse manager for Ava Dove's booming herbal tea business. Sofia is delighted to have found a job that will make use of her gardening skills and allow her to spend time with her son, Noah, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's. Adding to her joy is the charming farmhouse she's renting on the edge of Dove Pond.
The only cloud on Sofia's horizon is her next door neighbor, Jake, whose yard is a thorny jungle worthy of Sleeping Beauty. Soon enough, Sofia discovers that Jake himself is just as thorny and unpleasant as his yard.
After his fiancΓ© left him, work-from-home IT whiz and game...
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