The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley

Ah - The Orchid House.  This book was a book that I started reading and knew immediately that I would like it.  It's the kind of read that makes me want to go out and buy all the other books that the author has written. Here's a synopsis:

As a child, Julia Forrester spent wonderfully idyllic hours in the hothouse of Wharton Park where her grandfather created exotic orchids. Years later, she returns to the estate to nurse a broken heart after her husband and son are killed in a car accident.  While there, she reunites with the heir to the estate, Kit Crawford.  When Kit and Julia discover an old diary, Julia seeks out her grandmother for the answers and truth to a love affair that destroyed the estate.  The novel spans from the 30s to present day and from England to Thailand.

Truly a great book; a page turner; mostly mystery a little romance.  The reason I didn't give it a full 5 stars was because of a little hiccup in the story - pretty late in the novel...something I didn't think made sense and was WAY too contrived.  Read it, you'll see what I'm talking about.