This powerful new cozy mystery series from critically acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling author Krista Lockheart will have you smiling as it challenges your mind and warms your heart! WARNING: super cute animals will leave you utterly charmed! If you love animals, THIS book is for YOU! Ant, the irresistible Chihuahua, is more than a main character. Read how he steals the show, just as he steals your heart! And what about the PURRFECT PURRSIAN PUSSYCAT, Pansy? Once Pansy sets eyes on William, she doesn't let go . . . literally! Laugh as you read how William has to go through the days doing everything while holding a cat in one arm. There's something growing in the garden . . . and it's not a flower. A mystery is growing in the garden! Greenhouse expert and horticulture Professor Heather Moore gets a new lease on life when she inherits her grandparents' estate in New England. But the garden she loved as a child has seen better days. Determined to restore her grandfather's garden to its former beauty, she's accompanied by Ant, her charming chihuahua, and Pansy, her grandfather's cat. But wait, what? Heather suddenly digs up an even bigger challenge when she finds some human remains in an old potting shed. As she discovers clues and follows the evidence, a few suspects cross her mind, but ultimately they point to one wily and clever killer. Suddenly in danger herself, can Heather solve this puzzling mystery, restore her family's legacy, and bring about justice? Meanwhile, her chance meeting with fellow flower enthusiast, Lars Oslo, turns her world upside down as she falls in love with that handsome and kind man. Their dates are off the charts romantic, & Heather feels like she won the lottery as their relationship progresses. Read how her fresh clean romance bursts into bloom in an unforgettable way. April Showers Bring Dead Flowers is the first novel in the Murder on the Vine series. Join Heather and Ant as they explore the seedy underworld of gardens, greenhouses, and flower shops in this 'unputdownable' murder mystery!