I love gardens, particularly cottage ones. I’ve been reading about the formalisation of suburban gardens, which has people putting in hedges and trees and shrubs but not flowers that take more effort. This is causing a crisis for bees who need a good variety of flowers to collect pollen from. I have help in the garden these days - how did I do all that and write and raise my boys and support my busy surgeon husband?! Superwoman had nothing on me!
My lovely friend and gardener, Grace does a wonderful job of making sure my roses are healthy and both annual and perennial flowers are planted according to season.
She even rescued my numerous pots of orchids and repotted and fed them.
I really do stop and smell the roses and I’ve taught my grandchildren to do the same. We make flower bowls and pick blooms for the table.
Plants are like a story- there’s a seed of an idea that germinates and then grows.
It might wither if not given enough attention or time but then with the right conditions it can grow into a beautiful bloom that gives joy not just to me but my neighbours and anyone else who walks by.
Melanie Milburne writes modern romance stories for Harlequin Mills and Boon. Her love affair with romance novels began when she read her first romance at the age of seventeen and it inspired a dream to one day become a romance author. But even as a child she knew she wanted to of be a writer and enjoyed writing stories from the age of five. With nearly 100 novels in print and several industry awards and nominations for her work, Melanie enjoys crafting contemporary romance stories from her home in Hobart in beautiful Tasmania, where she lives with her husband and fur family of two cheeky toy poodles.
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Melanie Milburne's latest book...
She’s off-limits…
And the Italian is unraveling!
When her baby niece needs her, Addison Featherstone has no choice but to turn to Ludovic Jacobetti for help. Not only is he the infant’s godfather; his private jet can take them to Italy. There’s just one complication: playboy Vic has long been the object of innocent Addie’s deepest desires…
As his friend’s sister, Addie is entirely forbidden to Vic. Yet when they're alone in Lake Como, he’s forced to acknowledge she’s more alluring than he’s ever allowed himself to notice… And once the sun sets, their chemistry doesn’t simply become intoxicating—it’s irresistible!
And the Italian is unraveling!
When her baby niece needs her, Addison Featherstone has no choice but to turn to Ludovic Jacobetti for help. Not only is he the infant’s godfather; his private jet can take them to Italy. There’s just one complication: playboy Vic has long been the object of innocent Addie’s deepest desires…
As his friend’s sister, Addie is entirely forbidden to Vic. Yet when they're alone in Lake Como, he’s forced to acknowledge she’s more alluring than he’s ever allowed himself to notice… And once the sun sets, their chemistry doesn’t simply become intoxicating—it’s irresistible!
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