Making the perfect match is like arranging the perfect bouquetâand no one is better at it than Delphinium Hayes.
Except when it comes to making a match for herself.
As far as hidden talents go, she is blessed with one of the more unique ones. With the slightest passing whiff, she knows someoneâs most admirable or weediest characteristic. This peculiar perception never fails to give her an advantage in understanding peopleâexcept for one man, whose scent doesnât seem to match his demeanor.
Prim and proper Elliot Sturgis, director of Moonberry Lakeâs Gardens Assisted Living and Senior Care Facility, carries the scent of violetsâmeaning love and loyaltyâyet is strict and unwavering in his determination to stop a group of his wily residents from sneaking over to Delphiniumâs shop to play cards in the flower cooler. But the more glimpses Delphinium gets of the soft side beyond Elliotâs harsh exterior, the more she understands his scentâand her intrigue deepens as sparks fly.
The crowd in her cooler isnât Delphiniumâs only problem. Behind on the mortgage payments and on the verge of losing her shop to foreclosure, Delphinium isnât sure where to turn for help. But God has a funny way of putting the right people in the right place at the right time âŠ