A warm-hearted rich man's son, Richard Gardener needs to overcome three obstacles: find a way the family business can run without him, help his mother cope with grief, and stop butting heads -- and other parts of his anatomy -- with the gardener.<br><br>Ethan Fields has worked for the Gardener family for many years. He’s struggling with debt and the desire to leave, and has loved Richard far longer than the man would believe. Ethan can cope with most things, but his anger with Richard’s mother won’t fade. Until that and his feelings for Richard are resolved, he feels trapped and, alas, the idea that sex will get Richard out of his system isn’t working.<br><br>To make the situation worse, both men assume too much and don’t say the right words, and Ethan’s offer of ‘just sex’ grows more complicated by the day. Can Richard and Ethan stop getting their wires crossed before their paths diverge?

Flowers for the Gardener

“Sorry if showing you this seems pretentious.” Impossible to keep the grin from his lips as he handed the booklet over. Though Ethan didn’t appear to share the same level of enthusiasm at least he started to flick through.


“Basically, an Eco house is a dwelling which uses materials to reduce energy needs and environmental impact. This doesn’t mean simply solar panels. We’re talking making a home healthy to live in, carbonneutral, the design…we want to make as little impact on the area in which it’s built as is realistic. It’s why my house appears to have two levels on one side, three on the other. It kept the roof level lowand flowed with the natural slope of the ground, creating a large house which blends with its surroundings rather than stand out as an eyesore.”


Ethan was nodding. “From what I recall, I can see that.”


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