<p>A love story about grief OCD and dirt </p><p>Tilly Silverberg is rebuilding her life with her young son Isaac one potted-up plant at a time. Since her husband’s death gardening has become her livelihood and her salvation. Hiding out in the North Carolina forest she wants only to be left alone with Isaac and her greenhouse.</p><p>New to the area successful software developer James Nealy needs a garden. On a solitary mission to reclaim his life from irrational obsessions and relentless compulsions he has a plan: to conquer his greatest fear. Dirt. One glimpse—or two—of Tilly’s garden and he knows she holds the key. But when he asks her to take him on as a client she refuses.</p><p>After a family emergency pulls Tilly and Isaac back to her native England she’s quietly happy because nothing has changed in her childhood village. Or has it? Her first love is unexpectedly single her mother is scheming and her best friend is keeping secrets. Then James appears on her doorstep.</p><p>Tenuous at first but gradually taking root James and Tilly forge an unlikely bond. As they work together to rescue a garden choked by neglect they unearth each other’s secrets each other’s fears each other’s hopes—and maybe a shared second chance.</p>