Margaret Braithwaite was an up and coming Regency scholar, as
well as a published author. All that changed for her when she married Gavin, a
college professor almost thirty years her senior. After her marriage, Margaret’s
talents were overshadowed by her famous husband until over the years, they were
virtually non existent. As the years go past, Margaret becomes a shadow of her
former self, just floating along in Gavin’s wake.
Asheville landscape architect, Wyck Fitzsimmons, is hired by
Gavin to restore his neglected gardens to their once pristine condition. Wyck is
more at home with plants and animals than with people. They are much safer than
women anyway.
Gavin’s gardens are once again blooming due to Wyck’s
expertise. The gardens aren’t the only thing to be blooming, Margaret is feeling
the bloom of love for the first time in over thirty years. The feelings scare
her more than being alone forever after Gavin’s impending death.
Gavin can see the attraction and love between his wife and
Wyck sparking. With this knowledge, he takes steps to ensure that Margaret will
remain forever tied to him and the university where they both work after his
death.
Faced with the choice of love or destitution, Margaret runs
away to England to immerse herself in Jane Austen and Wordsworth country, two of
her all time favorite writers and to distance herself from her inner turmoil.
She has to forget all about love and Wyck. Even though Gavin is dead, she’s
still his wife, isn’t she?
Wyck is alone in North Carolina. She has her own demons from
the past to overcome. They say lightening never strikes twice in the same place.
But it has for her and she’s devastated. How could she have let this
happen?
Will Margaret and Wyck look to the love growing within their
hearts and find the courage to overcome all odds to be together? Or will a
dying, bitter old man and his awful legacy after his death, forever tear them
apart?
Another masterpiece from Master Storyteller Caren J Werlinger.
Each of her books is so vastly different from the last. I never know what to
expect. But the one thing I’ve come to expect and have never been disappointed
in is, her writing is consistently good, her stories diverse and they are page
turners from start to finish.
There are some authors I’d buy without reading any synopsis or
knowing anything about the story. This is one such author. An author I trust
will entertain me with a book I can’t put down.
This story is emotionally charged and a page turner from the
outset. The fact that the fully developed, multi-faceted main characters are so
vastly different on the outside, yet on the inside, not so different, adds fuel
to the slow burn throughout, until it’s final combustion at the
end.
The story is full of twists and turns all the way through.
There is angst and tears followed by laughter and mirth. It’s not all doom and
gloom. The path the reader is taken on is one I eagerly followed and was very
sorry to see end.
Added in to the turmoil of love, are the feelings Margaret
suffers of inadequacy due to the eighteen year age difference between her and
Wyck. But, does age matter when you meet your soul mate? After all, it’s only a
number.
I’m not going to add in any spoilers, but suffice it to say,
that this is a story that will stay with me for a long time. There are people
like Margaret and Wyck. People who try so hard to please others that it is at
the expense of their own happiness. People who are simply too nice for their own
self preservation.This story takes us on the long winding journey down the path
to real love and to accept that it is deserved.
Will Margaret choose to leave her comfort zone and give up
everything to be with Wyck? Will Wyck even want Margaret after everything that’s
happened? Read this book and find out. You won’t be disappointed.
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