Wild Designs - by Katie Fforde (Paperback)

About the Book

The precariously balanced life of a 38-year-old divorcee is thrown off it equilibrium when she decides to turn her love of gardening into a business--and meets a wonderful--if unavailable--man. "A delicious romantic romp".--"Booklist".

Book Synopsis

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.

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.

Review Quotes

"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

"A delicious romantic romp." --Booklist (Starred Review)

"Old-fashioned romance of the best sort...funny, comforting." --Elle

About the Author

Katie Fforde is the author of four acclaimed novels, most recently Stately Pursuits, which reached #7 on the London Times bestseller list. Born in Wimbledon, she now lives in Gloucestershire, England, where she is at work on her next novel.