Inheriting a dilapidated Yorkshire mansion called Gilbert's Tower brings both trouble and triumph to the impoverished Diana Neville as she starts a business that leads to public prosperity, private misery, and deadly threats.
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From Publishers Weekly
The author of Alexa's Vineyard turns out a satisfying if somewhat formulaic romance with this tale of an English woman's struggles after her wealthy husband is sent to jail for white-collar crimes. Alone and almost penniless, Diana Neville discovers previously unknown inner resources when she retreats to the small Yorkshire village where an aunt has conveniently bequeathed to her a unique house called Gilbert's Tower. Inspired by its almost magical walled garden, Diana starts an upscale business in organic fruits and vegetables. Although her progress is not always smooth, she eventually prospers, at the same time establishing a rewarding relationship with her daughter Yolanda. The congenial atmosphere includes a kindly couple that helps tend the house, a fiance for Yolanda and the fiance's handsome, wealthy father. But when her husband--selfish and undeserving--is released from prison, Diana's misguided loyalty threatens to destroy everything she has so effortfully created. Genre fans can count on a happily-ever-after ending in which love and goodness conquer all.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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When Diana Neville's husband, Michael, is sentenced to prison for fraud, she moves to Gilbert's Tower, a legacy from her great-aunt in Yorkshire, England, and begins an organic-produce business to support herself and her teenaged daughter. She hires young Alisdair Strang-Steele as the chief horticulturist. When Michael is released after several years, Diana's fledgling company has grown, and she is in love with Alisdair's father, a large commercial grower with whom her English Gardens is in minor competition. Ever the ethical wife, Diana tries to revive her failing marriage and involve Michael in the business, but he has his own ideas. The reader is treated to a potpourri of appealing characters who flourish in a hothouse of British business practices and produce. All is not peace, quiet, and growing things, but neither is real life. A pleasure to read; from the author of Alexa's Vineyard (Ballantine, 1988).
- Andrea Lee Shuey, Dallas P.L.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Andrea Lee Shuey, Dallas P.L.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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