Wild Designs

A Cinderella story that says even if you''re 40 with three messy kids you can find happiness with a millionaire Prince Charming . . . a delightful romp. —Library Journal Althea Farraday is a thirty-eight-year-old divorced mother of three who''s got a teenage son who''s a Buddhist a hypercritical sister who knows how to push all her buttons a job on the endangered species list and a love life to match. Just as she''s settling in to a comfortable level of chaos a near-perfect man enters her life. Equipped to steal her heart and help turn her passion for designing gardens into a new career Patrick Donahugh may be too good to be true. Amid wild roses California poppies scarlet flax sweet rocket love-in-mist and of course plenty of dirt Wild Designs is a refreshingly honest and funny read that celebrates the almost-ready-to-bloom aspect of all our lives. A delight . . . Althea copes with single-mom tribulations with such grace and wit that you wish she could move in next door. —Detroit Free Press Old-fashioned romance of the best sort . . . funny comforting. —Elle [A] delicious romantic romp . . . As pretty a piece of wish fulfillment as can be imagined; enchanting withal. —Booklist (starred review) British writer Fforde returns this time exhibiting a spirited sense of humor a light touch and a real sense of how families work. —Kirkus Reviews