Love and Lavender — Muriel Jensen

Love could have some very strange symptoms

Rosie Weaver and her new boarder argued over the insignificant details of day-to-day living and brazenly probed each other's deepest secrets. The McMinnville, Oregon, boarding house became a war zone that rocked with Rosie's outrage and Will's hostility.

Will Hawthorne knew that Rosie didn't stand a chance. Sweet, naive Rosie, who dried herbs and baked her own bread, would never break down the formidable barriers of his lonely isolation. But Will didn't know how much Rosie wanted his love -- and how much he wanted to give it.