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Emma
Porter is forty, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her
longtime lover dumps her for a younger woman, Emma escapes the cloying
sympathy of family and friends by setting out on a summer-long driving
tour of
England
's glorious gardens. A Dimity-contrived coincidence brings her to Penford
Hall, a sprawling Gothic mansion in
Cornwall
, where the Duke of Penford is awaiting a miracle. An ancient artifact
known as the Lady's lantern must light of its own accord or the Penford
line will come to an end--but the lantern is missing.
Convinced
there's more than one mystery to solve at Penford Hall, Emma accepts the
Duke's invitation to stay on and restore the once-glorious chapel garden
to its former beauty. The dark rumors surrounding the death of rock star
Lex Rex, who drowned five years ago in the Duke's yacht, and the
suspicious near-death of the Duke's beautiful, supercilious cousin, set
Emma--with Aunt Dimity's ghostly guidance--on the path to Penford Hall's
secrets and the discovery of unexpected love. |
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