After the Rain and The Growing Season

This e-book set includes two standalone novels. From New York Times bestselling author Jane Lorenzini comes two stories—one of heartbreak and healing, the other of hope and forgiveness—both set against the backdrop of exotic southwest Florida. In After the Rain, it's January 1888 and the small town of Fort Myers is buzzing about a possible visit from famous winter residents Mina and Thomas Edison. When the local newspaper reports that the couple needs a gardener for their riverside estate, twenty-five-year-old Belle Carson decides to fight for the job and the opportunity to move from a cramped storage room to a charming cottage next door to the Edison homes and laboratory. Yet, when her dark past threatens to destroy everything she has so carefully cultivated, she must battle harder than ever for her best life—and the chance to live it. Belle's story continues in The Growing Season, when she tends the gardens of world-renowned inventor Thomas Edison on his winter estate. He and his family rarely visit, but when a friend of the Edisons' drops in, she convinces Belle to join an agricultural movement sweeping the South—tomato clubs for girls. But just as Belle is blossoming as a mentor and mother figure, her romantic relationship and the precious tomato crop wither on the vine. Can Belle prove to her girls that every challenge is an opportunity to grow? Secrets, surprises, and the search for truth keep Belle—and the local newspaper—battling for answers.