Laural Merlington

Susannah's Garden / Back on Blossom Street Laural Merlington

SUSANNAH'S GARDEN: When Susannah Nelson turned eighteen, her parents sent her to school abroad. She said goodbye to her boyfriend, Jake--and never saw him again. Now, at fifty, she finds herself regretting the paths not taken. Especially the chance to be with Jake.... In returning to her hometown of Colville, Washington, to her parents' house, her girlhood friends and the garden she's always loved, she also returns to the past--and the choices she made back then.

BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET: There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom Street--a flower store called Susannah's Garden, right next door to A Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the owner, has just hired a young widow named Colette Blake. A couple of months earlier, Colette had abruptly quit her previous job--after a brief affair with her boss. To her dismay, he's suddenly begun placing weekly orders for flower arrangements!