Gardening and Gargoyles

He woke up in the wrong century. Love is still right on time.

June
I can’t believe the man I’m marrying spoils me so. I’m disappointed that Daniel can’t take me with him on his month-long business trip abroad, but the way to this city girl’s heart is through wide-open spaces, and I’ve never seen a more beautiful landscape than Pine Ridge. Daniel has arranged for me to spend the summer in a secluded mountain lodge. And the best part? I have acres of land to transform into the garden paradise I’ve always wanted—complete with an authentic gargoyle statue dug up from one of his real estate restoration projects. This summer is turning into a beautiful dream.

Duncan
This summer is a nightmare, one I can’t wake up from. After over a century trapped in stone, I awake an ocean away from my time, my clan, and the ancestral home I once guarded. Now, Castle Mackintosh is owned by some human real estate developer, and he’s sent me to guard the lady of the manor, his bride-to-be. Who screams. A lot. And has nothing bigger than a wooden patio to perch on. Nothing to defend. Nothing to guard. This new world, to use one of Lady June’s phrases, “sucks a big one.”

Loyalty
My beautiful summer is falling apart. Daniel isn’t who he seems, and neither is his gift. The garden statue is a literal monster—but a strangely sweet one, under all the gruff, grumpy vibes, with an accent that would melt frozen butter. Even though Duncan’s got horns, talons, and a tail that can take down an azalea bush in one swipe, this gargoyle is the one who comforts me when I realize that the man I loved has betrayed me. Daniel and I are through, and the life I was building is about to come crashing down. Duncan says that he’ll remain with me, no matter what. I just wish I were sure that he’s choosing me for me, and not out of some old-timey sense of duty…

Love
The human beast who stole me from my home and sent me to this remote mountaintop is the worst kind of man. Not only is he destroying history, but he’s also destroying hearts. Lady June dreamed of a future with this charlatan, and now she says she’ll lose the life she built with him—all because he has strayed.
Well. She’ll not lose me. I know the true meaning of loyalty. I just never realized that it could lead me to love.

Gardening and Gargoyles is a steamy monster romance standalone in the Pine Ridge Universe.