num_pages: 307
description: (Librarian's note: The ISBN and other publishing details also belong to the hardcover edition of this book, published in 2004 by Jove.)Stella has a passion for planning that keeps her from taking too many risks. But when she opens her heart to a new love, she discovers that she will fight to the death to protect what's hers. — 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 KitridgeBut 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.
language: English
title: Blue Dahlia
titlecomplete: Blue Dahlia (In the Garden, #1)
characters: Logan Kitridge, Stella Rothchild
genres: Contemporary Romance, Ghosts, Paranormal Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Chick Lit, Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 72003
places: Memphis, Tennessee
series: In the Garden
publisher: Jove Books