In The Apothecary’s Garden, published by Harper Collins, Jeanette Lynes transports readers back in time to 1860 and the exotic locale of Eastern Ontario’s Belleville on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. While the locale may be somewhat prosaic, Lynes has created something magical in this normally staid part …
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