The Heart of the Garden

by Victoria Connelly

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Huge thanks to Nicki Mattey for suggesting the fabulous name ‘Capability’ for my hero. I love it!

  Thanks also to Mark Starte and Judith Thompson at Saffron Walden’s Tourist Information Centre, and to John Bosworth – writer of Bridge End Garden Creation and Restoration.

  Thank you to Andrew Sankey who gave a talk to the Nayland Horticultural Society and mentioned mazes, which gave me the light bulb moment for this novel.

  And thanks to Sammia, Sophie, Bekah and the team at Lake Union for their enthusiasm and encouragement.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Photo © 2017 Roy Connelly

  Victoria Connelly studied English Literature at Worcester University, got married in a medieval castle in the Yorkshire Dales and now lives in rural Suffolk with her artist husband, a young Springer Spaniel and a flock of ex-battery hens.

  She is the author of two bestselling series, Austen Addicts and The Book Lovers, as well as many other novels and novellas. Her first published novel, Flights of Angels, was made into a film in 2008 by Ziegler Films in Germany. The Runaway Actress was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Associations Romantic Comedy Novel award.

  Ms Connelly loves books, films, walking, historic buildings and animals. If she isn’t at her keyboard writing, she can usually be found in her garden either with a trowel in her hand or a hen on her lap.

  Her website is www.victoriaconnelly.com and readers can follow her on Twitter @VictoriaDarcy and on Instagram @VictoriaConnellyAuthor.