Young Man in the Garden

In the quiet aftermath of loss, one overgrown garden becomes the place where a woman’s life takes root again…

Evelyn Hart has spent years wandering the echoing halls of Thorne Manor, living among shadows, memories, and the haunting silence left behind by the love of her life. The gardens—once her husband Arthur’s pride and joy—have fallen into wild disarray, reflecting the grief she can no longer outrun.

But a single, fragile decision changes everything.

When Evelyn places an ad for a horticulturist to help restore the estate’s forgotten beauty, she expects a professional with pruning shears and polite detachment. Instead, she meets Lucas Reyes—a man whose hands carry the earth’s truth, whose quiet intensity unsettles the stillness she’s lived in for far too long, and whose presence awakens a longing she thought had been buried with Arthur.

As Lucas breathes life back into the grounds, Evelyn begins to feel her own spirit stir—petal by petal, season by season. But healing is never simple, and the heart has a way of blooming in the most unexpected soil.

Richly atmospheric and achingly tender, Young Man in the Garden is a story of second chances, unexpected connection, and the resilient beauty of a life that refuses to stay dormant. Wanda Miller delivers a deeply emotional, slow-burn journey of rediscovery that will linger like the faint perfume of roses long after the final page.