Nothing ever changes much in the village of Marten-de-Provence...until Rafaella Marten decides she has lived alone in the Chateau des Roses Sauvages for too long, and that the time has come at last to bring youth and energy, love and laughter back to the old house. Franny Marten, hard-working California veterinary surgeon, accepts the invitation from a relative she has never heard of at a moment when her life is at rock bottom. Jake Bronson can't resist - he is still a tiny bit in love with the charming woman who was once his father's glamorous lover. And two more unexpected guests arrive: Rafaella's long lost son, and a terrified little girl from Shanghai with the Marten blue eyes. Soon the sleepy French village is alive with more romance and danger than Rafaella ever dreamed of.