Sarah Mountlow, a pretty young widow, can't help but fall for Ben Haythorn. He is good, kind, thoughtful - everything her late husband wasn't. Ben took her in when she had nowhere else to turn. She wishes she could help him with his own problems, but he's reluctant to tell her what they are.

Successful market gardener Ben Haythorn accepted an exemption from active service during the war in order to care for his sick mother. He's often called "yellow as hay Haythorn" by people in the village, but when there's a crisis involving his family from the manor house, Ben might just have it in him to surprise everyone.

The Gardener is a sweet romance set in 1950s rural England and published in UK English.