Malibu summer : a novel
(Book)

Ivy Bauer is a young, bright soil scientist and inventor of a game changing organic irrigation system whose husband is suddenly killed in a biking accident. Needing space to grieve, she takes a summer job as a gardener in Malibu for a wealthy Hollywood has-been who, after the death of his wife, feels overwhelmed by the care of his anxious stepson Hudson, massive cliffside estate, and deteriorating career. The bossy, opinionated Ivy isn’t making things any easier for him and sparks fly—but not the good kind. But it’s when Ivy finds the key to Hudson’s heart that Conrad’s own heart begins to melt as well—and then the sparks that fly are the ones that kindle the best kind of love affair.