The Cruellest Month — Janet Mary Tomson

When Grace Harrison's elderly mother dies, she finds the freedom she has dreamed of for so long - but what will this freedom bring? Before long, a young man with a link to Grace's past discovers something rather unsettling in her back garden. Then, an old flame tries to rekindle the past when he turns up on her doorstep. Finally, the alluring archaeologist Austin Morris arrives to discover the truth about what is buried in the garden, and Grace's life tips over into chaos. Caught between three very different men and the mysterious secret in the garden, Grace realizes that she has some very tough choices to make.