the constant gardener novel

Rowan sees beauty in death. The Order he has sworn to obey only sees defilement. As the reviled Caretaker of the Order, Rowan has accepted his role as a dutiful outcast because he believes it is the only way to prove his worth to the man who holds his sisters’ souls as collateral. With his magic and his voice, Rowan can absorb death and transform it, but only in ways the Order deems acceptable to maintain the stability of the reality it claims to protect Order must subdue Disorder. Reality must triumph over illusion. He is tainted and always will be. Rowan has never questioned those lessons, but that changes the night he harvests a crimson soul that is more than human and chooses to keep it a secret. When Rowan’s song transforms that soul into a beautiful and mysterious man he names Wren, he is forced to accept that sometimes duty is a lie and illusion is the only thing you can trust. As the fabric of the Order begins to unwind and a new kind of Disorder takes hold, Rowan will need to choose again, stand with the Order that held him down, or forge a new path with Wren at his side. He may be the only one who can restore balance to the worlds, but only if he can find balance within himself first. ************************************* Updates 3-4 times per week. Note: This story focuses on relationships. I promise an epic romance, lots of swoon-worthy moments, and a healthy amount of fluff. When it does get steamy…you might get burned. Fair warning for explicit content. I don’t shy away from my spice. There are lots of side characters and couples to fall in love with, in addition to the main couple. If you love the idea of found family, you will be happy. This book is set in a non-heteronormative world, so you will see various gender identities/expressions and types of love. ************************************* Excerpt (if you want the full steamy version, you will have to read the book!): Still reeling from the new magic that coursed under his skin and unsure of how to react to the desire that threatened to take control of him, Rowan froze. Wren's hot breath against his mouth sent a jolt of pleasure through his body, and he choked back a groan. A different kind of panic flared in Rowan's chest, burning him as if he were the one on fire. This was what he wanted, what he'd thought about every night since Wren left. But wanting more was one thing. Acting on it was another. He'd spent so much of his life hiding, he didn't know how to do anything else. One corner of Wren's mouth twitched as Rowan pulled away. When he attempted to free himself from Wren's grasp, Wren just hauled him closer. Rowan liked that he didn't have to think about what to do next. His bare chest thudded against Wren's torso, and the heat from Wren's body merged with Rowan's skin, melting him from the inside out. "What did you just do to me?" Wren's deep voice vibrated against Rowan's chest. "The Disorder of your illusion was holding you captive. I…I absorbed it." "Oh? Where did you learn to do that? Have I been gone that long?" Wren's grip loosened slightly on Rowan's wrists as if he was satisfied now that Rowan was practically sitting on top him. Rowan stared at Wren's lips. He opened his mouth to protest, but immediately closed it again. "I know you aren't going to say that I shouldn't touch you." Wren's free hand splayed over the small of Rowan's back. "Not when you started it." Rowan's breath hitched. "No. I'm not going to say that anymore. Not to you." "I thought you were afraid to be touched." Wren's fingers traced a circle over the curve of Rowan's spine as if testing for a reaction. "I know that I'm not afraid of you." Rowan waited for the panic to set in, but all he felt was desire. "With you, I want…" "You want what?" "I want more." Triumph flared in Wren's gaze before he narrowed his eyes. "Really? Then why are you still trying to get away from me?"

A warm-hearted rich man's son, Richard Gardener needs to overcome three obstacles: find a way the family business can run without him, help his mother cope with grief, and stop butting heads -- and other parts of his anatomy -- with the gardener.<br><br>Ethan Fields has worked for the Gardener family for many years. He’s struggling with debt and the desire to leave, and has loved Richard far longer than the man would believe. Ethan can cope with most things, but his anger with Richard’s mother won’t fade. Until that and his feelings for Richard are resolved, he feels trapped and, alas, the idea that sex will get Richard out of his system isn’t working.<br><br>To make the situation worse, both men assume too much and don’t say the right words, and Ethan’s offer of ‘just sex’ grows more complicated by the day. Can Richard and Ethan stop getting their wires crossed before their paths diverge?

At Haul Academy, an elite coastal boarding school where moonlit gardens hide deadly secrets, the most dangerous lessons are learned after dark. When restless senior Rossie Carter trespasses into the school’s forbidden garden, she discovers Eli, an enigmatic man bound by a centuries-old curse. Their bond awakens a latent power within Rossie, making her the new Moonlight Bearer—the reluctant guardian of a sentient garden that blossoms with the truths and fears of all who enter. But a shadowy occult group is on the hunt, seeking ancient relics to unleash a mind-controlling entity upon the world. Led by the ruthless Mia and Tom, their campaign of terror escalates from ritual attacks to brazen kidnappings, shattering the school's illusion of safety. As the war spills from haunted woods into the town, the battle becomes terrifyingly personal. Rossie’s old crush, Michael, is consumed by a cursed artifact, turning him into a rampaging monster. Her friend Angela is caught in a web of family betrayal, targeted by the very cult her own mother secretly supports. With her circle of friends fractured by suspicion and possession, Rossie must master the garden’s power to fight a war on two fronts: against the occultists threatening her world, and against the darkness consuming the people she loves. To break the curse and save them all, she may have to sacrifice everything. At Haul Academy, every secret is a weapon, every friendship is a liability, and the battle for its soul has just begun.

The dungeons appeared twenty years ago. The rankings followed. The world learned to measure people from E to SSS rank and Ethan Donaldtus measured as nothing. Then the system activated. Not a combat suite nor as a cultivation path. But as something older, a tool left behind by a civilization that once rewrote the laws of reality, embedded in him by design, waiting for the right mind. Ethan doesn't fight the dungeon. He studies it. He builds things the ranking system has no category for. And somewhere above the planet, something vast and patient has been watching since the day his system turned on. The world was built to produce warriors. He is becoming something it has no word for yet. Note: This story is currently on a planned hiatus while the author revises the outline for future volumes. The published chapters remain available to read. New chapters will resume when the revision is complete. Thank you for your patience.

Ellie Jefferson is among the youngest businesswoman even if she is only 25 years-old. Unable to maintain a lasting romantic relationship and accumulates suitors after suitors, what happened when she found out that her gardener crushed on her ? In addition of his love for his boss, Nathaniel Carter, the gardener, has to deal with his long, heavy and mysterious past. He is in search of his biologic father and want to know more about his origins. She, in the other hand, has some family issues especially towards her father and has to deal with her selfish and extremely jealous sides. Can these two overcome their problems, their difference and the obstacles that will stand in their way and be able to live their romance ?

Note: Before you read the synopsis, please read my announcement on my reviews^~^ I don't want to disappoint you^~^ Also, every time I can't update, I will update twice the next day!!! Also, please write in the comments if there's mistakes in editing! Someone offer editing for free^~^ What will happen if a human from earth pick up a hoe that could allow him to travel to another world? Lucas was fond of farming since he was young. When he left his work, he decided to make a living out of farming. He was about to start when he tumbles into the Gods' Hoe and decided to leave his world for a world that will satisfy his pleasure. But he did not expect that it will be more than pleasure. "Treetans, Planteros, Plantons, and Thumy. I already decided I want to conquer this world!"

Hello, everyone, my name is Mercury Van Anguish, and to make things short I am reincarnated person yea... that right you heard me correctly jealous right hahah of course, you are who wouldn't. After all, I am a summoned hero destined to fight the demon lord, save the world, get the girl, and have a happy ending. Or that is what I would love to say you see my reincarnation was very special and very dangerous to me in more ways than one hahah... as a matter of fact please send help or maybe an SOS. You see I got the opportunity to reincarnate under the condition of being entertainment for Multiple ROBS In a way, this would have been good I might have gone to a different world with the proper and cliche setting but nope these ROB want a change of pace so what did they do. Well, it's simple they reincarnated me into a world as an offering to the strongest Evil Goddess of Mayhem Lilith an entity that is by no means good at all and has committed so many horrible crimes within this world just because she enjoys it and sees it as fun, in short, she sadistic and fuck up in the head. Well, this is my job make Lilith mine at all cost and complete all 100 hundred romantic tasks given to me by the Robs, and let me tell you this would have been easy if my wife isn't trying to kill me, discipline me, torture me and assassinate me. All because that is her nature and she enjoys doing it, my suffering is her enjoyment, and If I fail and let her leave the seal before a year is finished, she will destroy the world. So, yea this is a story of how I met your mother or die trying to meet her. "Merrrrrrrcury darling where are you?" "Shit she is coming and my leg isn't healed yet well later guys I got to think of a way out of this or be killed right here and now by my wife." "Awww... darling there you are it is time to say hello to Angel-Chan early today". "Shit, shit, shit, shit Shiiiiiiit!"

This book will be about what I hypothesize the spirit world is like. mixed with what will be my life and fantasy

When the System descended upon Earth, humanity awakened countless powerful classes. Sword Saints. Elemental Mages. Dragon Tamers. Shadow Assassins. Sora Aoki awakened none of them. He received the World Tree Farmer System. A useless class. At least, that’s what everyone believed. While others hunted monsters and conquered dungeons, Sora planted seeds. A Peashooter that could blast monsters apart. A Sunflower that generated pure energy. A Wall Nut tougher than steel. Starting from a single rooftop garden in Tokyo, Sora slowly discovers that his plants are anything but ordinary. As his garden expands, so does the mystery behind the World Tree, the apocalypse, and the true purpose of the system that chose him. After all, if monsters can evolve… Why can’t plants?

Bai Su, who transmigrated into a book set in the interstellar Beast World, has only one interest: making delicious food at the orphanage, raising children, and enjoying her hard-won new life. Future's great villains? The cubs are all super well-behaved in front of her! The Federation Leader comes to freeload a meal, and his disability is cured! The business emperor comes to freeload a meal, and his infertility is solved! The obese little female gets thinner the more she eats, gradually growing into the number one beauty of the Beast World. She also attracts the number one genius doctor of the interstellar era and the interstellar great captain. The villainous cubs, driving warships and controlling ten thousand beasts: "If you want to get close to our Mom, you'll have to withstand our cannon fire first!" The Federation Leader laughs in anger: "You dare to bomb my armory? Courting death!" The gloomy and bloodthirsty emperor: "A bunch of little trash! You think I'm afraid of you?" The doctor's face turns ashen: "Either give back my research results, or die!" The interstellar great captain dangerously shoulders a Barrett: "I see you're all dying to get locked up." Bai Su smiles and peeks her head out, holding a gleaming kitchen knife: "Time to eat! What are you all doing?" The big shots and the little villains, harmoniously putting their arms around each other's shoulders in a picture of fatherly love and filial piety: "Coming~~"