Anna temple is about to start a new life - it’s just not the one she had in mind. After the sudden death of her mother, Anna realises that she must live for the moment. Swapping hedge funds for herbareous borders, she leaves the security of her job in London’s financial district to fulfil her dream of becoming a garden designer. But on the eve of her sparkling new future she meets the gorgeous Xan. Their chance encounter changes Anna’s world in more ways than she could ever have imagined - enter baby Milly nine months later. Juggling her fledgling business with new motherhood is a struggle, especially alone. Meanwhile Anna’s widowed father is behaving very strangely - neither Anna nor her wayward sister, Cassie, can figure out what he’s up to. Then Anna stumbles upon a dark family secret and disturbing news about the new man in her life. Skeletons tumble from the closet and suddenly nothing is as it seems, past or present…. The re-issued seventh novel from the internationally best-selling author of ‘A Vintage Affair’.