The Apothecary’s Garden by Jeanette Lynes

If you’re looking for romance and whimsy and magic, look no further than Jeanette Lyne’s newest novel. The Apothecary’s Garden offers readers a blossoming escape where magic is real and human interactions are oh, so civil.

Set in 1860 Ontario, this Victorian romp marries the magical with the sensorial. As a gardener who knows the healing properties of flowers and plants, the protagonist ekes out a living for herself and her ward by selling blooms at the local train station. Lavender’s circumstances are bleak; she is undernourished and on the brink of losing her family home, her beloved garden, and all that her mother and father built before her. Not quite a pauper, but close. How Dickensian! Winds begin to shift when a mysterious Medium, Miss Trout, and her equally mysterious attendant, Robert, come to town.

Lynes is a skillful writer, capturing the Victorian vernacular with ease and bringing her characters to life through thoughtfully researched detail. Part Phantom of the Opera, part Jane Eyre (with a dash of Whitman), if you are suffering from a case of the morbs, The Apothecary’s Garden is your balm. Enchantments abound and broken hearts become whole in this spellcasting novel.

The Apothecary’s Garden is on shelves June 28, 2022.

Thank you HarperCollins Canada for the sneak peek!

The Apothecary’s Garden by Jeanette Lynes HarperCollins Canada, 2022, p. 356 ISBN: 9781443464666