Our Lady of the Serpents — Petrie Harbouri

Robert has come to work in Chloe's Greek garden, ignoring the curious rumors that circulate about her past. Chloe has been a widow for twenty-four years, but her husband's death is still a subject of speculation, along with her relationship with the young scientist who used to appear in her garden every spring.

Robert is on leave in Greece from his life in England--from his lover Annie who will come to visit him. He is to learn the mysteries of the garden where Greek divinities are always expected, and where a woman's heart and mind once flourished and flowered. As Robert too flourishes and grows, he enables Chloe to awaken from a long and lonely hibernation. This is a lush and haunting world.