Charlotte's Crossing

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Nothing has ever come easily to Charlotte. Her landscape design business will go belly up if she doesn't find a paying client-and soon. Since her sister's death all attempts to nurture her niece Mazie have been rebuffed. Even her engagement to the handsome Harp is taking some getting used to. But just over the horizon on an island in a river is an exquisite rustic lodge in need of a garden. Its owner Fig Bigelow is eccentric principled utterly delightful-and the keeper of a terrifying secret. Charlotte's Crossing is as much a love song to native plants and a plea for their protection as it is a story of one woman's uncommon love for an uncommon man.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This is not just a balanced well-researched discourse on the value of native plants . . . although it certainly is that. This is a real novel with human interest plots and subplots engaging dialogue and skillful character development. A great read whether or not you have ever heard of a native plant!</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>    -Doug Tallamy author of Bringing Nature Home.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. . . a cracking good story . . . Fans of field guides as well as readers on the beach will find it both engrossing and enlightening.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>    -Julie Christianson Stivers author editor On the Town Magazine</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. . . a heartfelt love story and a plea to rethink how we landscape and garden today. A very enjoyable read.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>    - Esther Durnwald Michigan Wildflower Farm</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>One woman's heroic fight to ban the sale of invasive plants -This is my fantasy. Arnold's elegant descriptions of nature's beauty will leave readers wanting to know the name of every leaf twig and flower.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>    - Jessie Schulte Kent Conservation District</span></p>