Blue Dahlia
2004 • 402 pages

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Average rating3.6

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A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries- old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night...

Trying to escape the ghosts of the past, young widow Stella Rothchild, along with her two energetic little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee--and into her new life at Harper House and In the Garden nursery. She isn't intimidated by the house--nor its mistress, local legend Roz Harper. Despite a reputation for being difficult, Roz has been nothing but kind to Stella, offering her a comfortable new place to live and a challenging new job as manager of the flourishing nursery. As Stella settles comfortably into her new life, she finds a nurturing friendship with Roz and with expectant mother Hayley. And she discovers a fierce attraction with ruggedly handsome landscaper Logan Kitridge.

But someone isn't happy about the budding romance...the Harper Bride. As the women dig into the history of Harper House, they discover that grief and rage have kept the Bride's spirit alive long past her death. And now, she will do anything to destroy the passion that Logan and Stella share...


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3 primary books

#1 in In the Garden

In the Garden is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Nora Roberts.

#1
Blue Dahlia
#2
Black Rose
#3
Red Lily

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I can't handle Nora Roberts anymore. Every single book is exactly the same. Strong woman moves to a new(country) place, meets an asshole guy (portrayed as “sexy” and “strong willed”) and is essentially bullied into a romance. These books just terrible.

November 23, 2017

I can't handle Nora Roberts anymore. Every single book is exactly the same. Strong woman moves to a new(country) place, meets an asshole guy (portrayed as “sexy” and “strong willed”) and is essentially bullied into a romance. These books just terrible.

November 23, 2017

I actually read the first book in a trilogy before the others. I loved this book and gave it to a friend to read. This book had some scary parts, some funny parts, some history, and some romance. I would recommend especially to anyone who loves to garden.

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