{"product_id":"marguerite-by-the-lake","title":"Marguerite by the Lake","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529351019\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eMarguerite Gray is a lifestyle icon known for her garden parties, high-end business ventures, and being the muse behind the famous Serge Kuhnert painting, \u003ci\u003eMarguerite by the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e. Her presence is overpowering, her taste, legendary. For the last few years, Phoenix has been the gardener on the famed Rosecliff grounds, home of the Gray family: Marguerite and her husband Geoffrey. Phoenix came from humble beginnings, and now she works hard to craft the landscape that underpins Marguerite's brand.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a storm threatens the launch party for Marguerite's latest book, it's Phoenix who spots the danger to the guests and rushes to Geoffrey's side to save him from a falling tree. Geoffrey is grateful-perhaps too grateful. Marguerite is . . . jealous. Phoenix senses the danger of being drawn deeper into their lives but can't resist the attention, becoming embroiled in an affair that could destroy her career.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But soon after the affair begins Marguerite falls to her death, from the same high point at Rosecliff where she posed for \u003ci\u003eMarguerite by the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e. Now Phoenix has another secret, one that haunts her even as Geoffrey invites her to move into the manor with him. A secret that Detective Hanna and Marguerite's daughter-her spitting image-are circling closer and closer to. Phoenix tries to put it all behind her and find her rightful place at Rosecliff. But as every gardener knows, nothing stays buried forever.","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859707240581,"sku":"PR433476","price":31.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/marguerite-by-the-lake","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}