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JENNIFER’S GARDEN Jennifer Hamilton, a skilled cardiologist, is engaged to Aurelio, the perfect man: successful, handsome and rich. Gnawing in the back of her mind is the niggling question: what is missing? Her dying mother, eager for a garden wedding to set off the start of her daughter’s perfect life, motivates Jennifer to continue with her plans. Her best friend, Sam, seems to know what she needs, but has the good sense to let her make her own discoveries. Jennifer’s world is turned upside down when Jax, the gardener, comes into her life to create the perfect outdoor venue for the wedding, one she is starting to question. Jackson “Jax” Montgomery is a charming, hardworking self-made landscape architect who moonlights as a bartender for his good friend, Michael, Jennifer’s medical associate. Although there is friction at first, Jennifer learns to trust Jax’s vision of her garden. It becomes a colorful and extraordinary well-described haven for her wedding and her lifestyle. Although Jax is attracted to his client, he reins in his libido and acts the professional. Jennifer and Jax work well together on the garden, but the sexual tension and underlying class issue haunts and separates them. Aurelio is such an appropriate satellite to her over-planned life. She proceeds with her schedule to have the garden finished in time for her mother to see her married in it. Her mother, Beatrice, also a doctor and a gardener, at first, doesn’t realize her daughter’s misgivings. But being the loving mother she is, begins to sense her uncertainty. This is a rich, patiently written romance. For those who like to wallow in color, detail and emotion, it will be fulfilling. For readers who leap to conclusions, see twists and subplots beneath each foreshadowing, it will disappoint. For instance, the gratuitous selection of Gambia in Senegal, Africa, seems out of place to simply paint Aurelio as a self-centered art mogul. Ms. Venetta has used her vast knowledge of nature and people to describe them and keep the reader guessing. John Jakes said authors should “Make them laugh, make them cry, and make them wait. But most important is to make them wait.” In Jennifer’s garden, the reader will have to wait. Maggie
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