A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge

Saffron Everleigh Mysteries, Book 4

De: Kate Khavari

Narrado por: Jodie Harris

Brilliant botanist Saffron Everleigh faces her hardest challenge yet when she returns to her childhood home in the fourth book in the charming Saffron Everleigh mystery series.

“A cleverly plotted puzzle” (Ashley Weaver) in the vein of Opium and Absinthe, this is perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Sujata Massey.

Saffron Everleigh returns to Ellington Manor after her grandfather suffers a heart attack. Back in her childhood home for the first time in years, Saffron faces tense family relationships made worse by the presence of the enigmatic Bill Wyatt, hired on as a doctor to the ailing Lord Easting. But the man is no doctor—in reality, he is a mysterious figure involved in the trafficking of dangerous government secrets, and his presence at Ellington can only mean trouble.

When their neighbors—the Hales—invite a spiritual medium into the village who starts angling for Saffron’s mother’s attention, Saffron realizes that there is more afoot in her hometown than she originally thought. Not to mention inviting Alexander to Ellington has put their budding relationship under her family’s microscope.

As tensions rise at Ellington, Bill demands that Saffron hand over old research documents belonging to her late father. With her relatives under his power as their ‘doctor,’ Saffron fears she may be forced to surrender the files along with her hopes of ever understanding her father’s obscure legacy. Nothing and no one is as they seem at Ellington. It’s through the perfumed haze of the séance’s smoke that Saffron must search for the truth before it’s too late.

©2025 Kate Khavari (P)2025 Dreamscape Media

Love the characters, plants and setting

Loved the clean romantic development of the characters. The plant inclusion was interesting and engaging. Always love a story in this time period and setting.

I love this series so much

I don't pre-order books. However, I do with this series. Saffron is an excellent protagonist. She is smart and willing to do what is needed, but she isn't perfect. It is wonderful to read about a woman who isn't some sort of super woman. I love her realism. And Alexander! Oh, Alexander...bless him. ❤️

Wonderful book!!

Absolutely awesome book by Khavari!! I loved the suspense and story just as I have all her other books in this series.

Good series

I feel like the goal of this book was to wrap up all the loose ends. Not the most exciting mysteries, but still an enjoyable read.

A Nice Easy Read

I took a minute to get reoriented to the world and story. The main character confuses me because for someone so smart sometimes she does some very stupid things. I enjoy the murder mystery historical fiction aspect of the story. The little romance is cute. They’re certainly part of it that I enjoy and it’s a bit fluffy. It tries to be deeper with its discussions around posttraumatic stress disorder in the wake of World War I and grief, but I don’t know if I would say it’s good at that or even if that’s a big feature of the book.

It’s a nice soft fun read with drama and a murder mystery. Rather not as much murder in this one has been previous.