Blue Dahlia( Series - In The Garden )

A New York Times Bestseller

#1 bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the first novel of her "In the Garden" trilogy.

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 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 . . .

Publishing simultaneously with Large Print hardcover.

About the author: Nora Roberts is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than one hundred novels, including eighteen books in the #1 New York Times bestselling "In Death" series, written under the pen name J. D. Robb. Roberts' work has been optioned and made into films, excerpted in national magazines and translated in overtwenty-five different countries. Book Two of the "In The Garden "trilogy, "Black Rose," will be available July 2005. Book Three of the "In The Garden" trilogy, "Red Lily," will be available January 2006. Nora Roberts now lives in Keedysville, Maryland.