This is the second novel in the In the Garden trilogy, following Blue Dahlia. This is a romance trilogy with a touch of the supernatural concerning three women who work at a nursery on the grounds of an old mansion. The mansion is haunted by the Harper Bride. This volume concerns the mansion's owner, Roz Harper, and how she unexpectedly finds love with the man researching her ancestors in an attempt to discover information about the Harper Bride. Mitch Carnagie helps her view herself not as the victim of a failed marriage but as a black rose: long, exotic, a little haughty, and most certainly, sexy.