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<p><strong>Tess Williams had a simple plan: come home plant gardens avoid drama.</strong></p><p>After law school didn't work out (who needs lawsuits when you have lawns?) Tess found her calling in making beautiful things grow - even if those things occasionally fight back.</p><p><em>More a cozy blanket than a cozy mystery - and that's a good thing</em>.<br>- Editorial review</p><p>The Hawthorne estate should be a straightforward job: ten acres of neglected gardens one fountain that's forgotten how to fountain and a greenhouse with opinions about geometry. The new owner just wants everything perfect by his thirtieth birthday - a reasonable request until the estate starts revealing things that were meant to stay hidden.</p><p>Now Tess is juggling aggressive greenery a client who treats planting like there'll be a quiz later a local reporter convinced alliteration sells papers and a stone artist who believes close enough is a personal insult. Add in the town's entire population of gossips (so... basically everyone) and Tess is beginning to think she should have read the fine print.</p><p>In a small Connecticut town where everybody knows everybody's business the real mystery is how anyone thought secrets this big would never surface.</p><p><strong>Landscaping. Detective work. Small-town gossip. All billable hours.</strong></p><p><em>A light character-driven cozy mystery for readers who prefer warmth wit and small-town charm over high-stakes drama.</em></p><p><br> </p>