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In the Same Boat
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It's the eve of the Texas River Odyssey, and Sadie Scofield is finally ready for the 265-mile canoe...
Big Shot (A Big Murder Mystery #1) by Kirsten Weiss
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Small Town. Big Murder. The number one secret to my success as a bodyguard? Staying under the...
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The Cowboy and the Outcast (Farthingdale Valley #3)
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Everywhere I go, I look for home. You are my home. On the run for two years from an abusive...
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The Body in the Cornfield
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Lawyer Drew Brauner's dream job with the Rose Creek historical amphitheater has devolved into...
Daughter of Chaos (Red Magic #1)
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“You must choose, child. Choose now, and choose once, for once taken, the path becomes your...
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The Jane Doe
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A memory wiped clean. A dark past. A faceless killer. They call her Jane. No one knows her real...
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Unspoken (The Dust Series #1)
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A Farm Devastated. A Dream Destroyed. A Family Scattered. And One Texas Girl Determined to Salvage...
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ClareR (6106 KP) rated The Garden in Books
Oct 14, 2025
The story starts off very gently: two elderly sisters, living in the grounds of a big house, one working tirelessly in the garden in order to provide them with enough food, the other joining in here and there, but mostly she’s preoccupied with practicing her dance routine. Outside the gardens walls lies unknown danger. One mustn’t even look beyond the wall.
And then a young boy arrives and everything changes. The outside comes inside.
I loved this. The rules the women live by, set by their mother decades ago, are there to keep them safe, but there’s no room for manoeuvre. So when they’re faced with the unexpected, they don’t know what to do. There’s a climate disaster angle too, and gives the reader a scenario of what might happen if we continue on our current trajectory. Changing seasons, drought, sandstorms.
This novel is so atmospheric. There’s an undercurrent of dread and impending doom, and the descriptions of the garden, cottage and land are quite beautiful.
Wonderful writing and a wonderful story. Highly recommended!