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Accomplished novelist, satirist, and garden writer Des Kennedy describes his life journey from a childhood of strict Irish Catholicism in England to a charmed existence amid the gardens of his Gulf Island home in British Columbia. From his First Holy Communion to his days as a young seminarian, through the Beat poetry scene in New York and the social upheavals of the 1960s, this monk-turned-pilgrim pursues a quest for meaning and purpose. After leaving monastic life and moving west, Kennedy takes up a new vocation in what has been called the Church of the Earth. On a rural acreage, he and his partner build their home from recycled and hand-hewn materials and create gardens that provide food as well as a symbiosis with the Earth that is as profoundly spiritual as past religious rituals. Spiced with irreverence and an eye for the absurd, The Way of a Gardener ranges over environmental activism, aboriginal rights, writing for a living, amateur wood butchery, the protocols of small community living, and the devilish obscenity of a billy goat at stud.

One is the gardener, the other is the Vizier. The capricious will of the Great Sultan reduces them one by one, and they begin a deadly race for survival. Who of them is a hunter, and who is a victim, will decide Fate. All this happens under the unflinching gaze of the Lord of the Osman and thousands of secret spectators. Who will win? The result of the duel you will learn, after reading my new book «The Gardener», which is based on real historical events.

Blossoming under his expert touch…Kira Banks far prefers plants to people. After a heartbreaking affair, she lives alone in the beautiful Bella Terra Valley. But when restless billionaire Stefano Albani helicopters into the estate, Kira’s peaceful existence is shattered for ever… Notoriously charming but guarded, Stefano is fascinated by cautious, hidden Kira: this seduction will be unforgettable!But his polished routine goes awry – could it be that the tycoon who can have anything he wants might need someone for the very first time…?

Marriage. Infatuation. SeductionIrresistible Hot ItaliansThe manipulations of the great Manzini family have locked Elena Blake into marriage with Italy’s most infamous womaniser, Count Angelo Manzini. In society’s spotlight Angelo bestows dutiful kisses on his shy new countess. But, behind closed doors, his biddable bride is defiant!Rocco D’Angelo doesn’t do commitment. But the spark notorious playboy Rocco feels with his beloved grandmother’s nurse Emma Marchant seems to be more than his usual thrill-of-the-chase adrenalin!Kira Banks far prefers plants to people and lives alone in the beautiful Bella Terra Valley. But then restless billionaire Stefano Albani arrives – notoriously charming but guarded, Stefano is fascinated by cautious, hidden Kira: this seduction will be unforgettable!!