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Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable...
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2023.
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Saffron embarks on her first research study alongside the insufferably charming Dr. Michael Lee, traveling the countryside with him in response to reports of poisonings. But when Detective Inspector Green is given a case with a set of unusual clues, he asks for Saffron's assistance. The victims, all women, received bouquets filled with poisonous flowers. Digging deeper, Saffron discovers that the bouquets may be more than just unpleasant flowers--there...
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Hope and glory volume 1
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"Gray Delacroix has dedicated his life to building his very successful global spice empire, but it has come at a cost. Resolved to salvage his family before it spirals out of control, he returns to his ancestral home to save his brother and sister before it's too late. As a junior botanist for the Smithsonian, Annabelle Larkin has been charged with the impossible task of gaining access to the notoriously private Delacroix plant collection. If she...
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[2018]
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Kaylee Bleu loves flowers and has been a part of her whole life. She heads back to the village of Turtle Cove, WA to her grandmothers house. Her grandmother wants to sell her flower shop and cottage to Kaylee. She visits Orcas Island and finds that the death of her grandfather 5 yrs. before was murder and no accident.
5) Ghost hunter
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Ghost-hunter Cooper Boone is everything botanist Elly St. Clair could ask for, until his secrets force Elly to call off their marriage and leave small-town life behind. When a mystery brings him back into her life, Cooper makes it clear he intends to stick around-- and this time he's holding nothing back.
6) The weeds
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2023.
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"Two women botanists, connected across time, confront desire, ambition, and the seeming inevitability of violence"--
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The Company volume 5
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c2004
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This is the story of Alec Checkerfield: Seventh Earl of Finsbury, pirate, renegade, hero, anomaly, Mendoza's once and future love.
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