Three women bond while sharing their passion for
gardening. Hope Walker is a thirty-year-old breast cancer
survivor with hideous scars and a fear of dating. She
owns a successful florist and has a beautiful younger
sister, Bobbi, who works part time for Hope. Jason Wells
comes into Changing Seasons to buy a floral arrangement for
his mother, and Hope believes he is the handsomest man she
has ever seen. They exchange some light banter, and the
next day he comes back to order flowers for his sister.
Unfortunately Bobbi waits on him and Jason is blindsided by
her beauty. Hope would never say anything to Bobbi, and
watches as their relationship blooms.
Millie Baldwin has moved to Heart Lake and lives with her
daughter and her two grandchildren. Millie misses her
home and her friends, but most of all misses a place to
garden. When she reads an article saying the Parks and
Recreation Department was reserving plots for interested
gardeners at the community garden at Grandview Park, Millie
can hardly wait to claim her little piece of land.
Amber Howell, her husband, Ty, and their four-year-old son
Seth are newcomers to Heart Lake, and Ty is unable to find
a job. They are living on a pittance Amber makes at a
bakery. Ty is severely depressed and ready to move on,
but Amber likes the town and refuses to budge. She and
Millie share neighboring plots at the park, which is a good
thing since Amber knows nothing about gardening and Millie
is a pro. Hope also has a little piece of land near them,
and it isn't long before these women are as close as family.
LOVE IN BLOOM is a wonderful story with characters so real
and defined I feel like I am personally acquainted with
them. Each of these women has a tale to tell, and when
they can't talk to their families, they talk to each
other. There is humor and emotion in large quantities in
this fantastic book that is next to impossible to put
down. Kudos and a large bouquet of flowers to Sheila
Roberts for giving us one of the best books of the year.
Hope Walker survived early breast cancer at just
thirty-years-old, but a mastectomy left her with a lot of
scarring—and some serious fears about dating. Hope
owns Changing Seasons, Heart Lake’s most popular flower
shop. When it comes to love and relationships, she’s
able to work magic through her expert flower arranging…for
everyone but herself. Then one day a handsome
contractor starts coming into her shop, but Hope knows he’d
rather have a whole woman than someone like
her.
When Hope stakes a plot of ground at Heart Lake’s community
garden, she finds that a woman can grow all sorts of things
there: flowers, herbs, vegetables and even friendship.
As she gets to know the two women who share neighboring
plots, they discover that they can learn a lot from each
other—not just about gardening, but about life. And
Hope realizes that in order to live life to the fullest,
sometimes you have to take a chance on love.
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