"Marcia Willett's The Garden House is a charming and heartwarming novel about family, yearning, and long-buried secrets ..."-- After Martin's death his daughter, El, moves into her father's cottage, hoping it can guide her where he no longer can. Her stepbrother, Will is there to help her through her grief, but who can help when El learns the truth Martin was hiding? Julia loved Martin, but they kept their relationship secret. All she has to comfort her are memories of time spend at the community garden and tea shop, the Garden House. As El and Julia are brought closer by a truth that is difficult to face, can they learn that moving forward is inevitable? -- adapted from jacket Provided by publisher.