Sowing Secrets

Sowing Secrets
Trisha Ashley

Fran March's life in the idyllic village of St Ceridwen's Well is coming up roses. Almost.If only daughter Rosie - the result of an uncharacteristic one-night stand years ago - wasn't so curious about her real father, and if only husband Mal spent less time on his hobbies, everything would be bliss.But then a face from the past turns Fran's world upside down. The handsome face of TV gardener Gabriel Weston, currently restoring the village's decrepit stately home. And when Fran's ex-boyfriend Tom appears on her doorstep, it seems that all the ghosts of Fran's romantic past are back to haunt her.Can Fran keep Rosie's paternity under wraps? Why is Mal acting so oddly? And will Fran ever learn that every rose has its thorns…?

TRISHA ASHLEY

Sowing Secrets

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First published in Great Britain as The Generous Gardner by Severn House Publishers Ltd., Surrey, 2004

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2008

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Source ISBN: 9781847560117

Ebook Edition © February 2016 ISBN: 9780007329014

Version: 2018-06-13

Dedication (#ulink_1993c1e0-7999-5437-9cfc-6188fb702acc)

For Brian and Linda Long With love

Contents

Title Page (#u32e72c5f-6139-50e0-aea6-89c58178a41f)

Copyright (#ulink_b1e5006b-0057-5d0c-9914-dd57abe658b8)

Dedication (#ulink_b0079cf5-4f7e-5d2b-8d43-e0e7063b879c)

Prologue: A Seed is Sown (#ulink_efa7d212-dfcb-59ab-aaeb-cb8f20af0c24)

Chapter 1-Altered Conceptions (#ulink_33e14edf-e023-596a-ad85-a1dece404b96)

Chapter 2-An Unconsidered Trifle (#ulink_ccb9af97-118f-5e24-89c4-41aa716c30cd)

Chapter 3-Up the Fairy Glen (#ulink_e36c2264-b466-52ef-b7a1-3467ce3edaf7)

Chapter 4-The Druid’s Rest (#ulink_d80db722-6690-566e-b60f-08c23091c29a)

Chapter 5-Sex, Lies and Videotape (#ulink_5b7b8217-31b2-5912-a406-00a84453f8d8)

Chapter 6-Cool Runnings (#ulink_784e23eb-e107-50e9-8062-b07c97ff770a)

Chapter 7-Grand Designs (#ulink_18ebb5a3-ae5d-5177-bdfd-69740594b255)

Chapter 8-Up the Garden Path (#ulink_1066ea3d-b088-53e2-8ede-ea26fb82b2a9)

Chapter 9-Thriller (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10-Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11-Cayman Blue (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12-Misconceptions (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13-Grapes of Wrath (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14-Bigger Things (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15-All Cried Out (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16-Posted (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17-Over a Barrel (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18-Stemmed (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19-Mother Makes Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20-Bedding Out (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21-Go, Lovely Rose (#litres_trial_promo)