SOLVED. Main character is Lily who is poor and parents own a garden and rich boy. [s]

[Tori]

It was published in the 1980s or the 1990s. Is about a girl named Lily whose parents are poor and they own some type of garden shop. Lily has a knack for gardening. The other character is a rich boy who is in love with Lily despite his parents and families wishes . For some reason Lily has to go away, and when she returns she takes over her parents gardening shop. The boy who loves Lily continues The family tradition of being wrench for some job. I know that a building falls on somebody and here she dies because of architectural issues. Really tries to stay away from the boys she wants loved but after witnessing a rate from a family member in the boys family by another family member she goes to his house to warn him. That's all I remember please help

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Is it YA or Adult? What country/region/time period is the setting?

Did you mean "rape" - "a rate from a family member"?

[Tori]

Yes sorry meant rape. And it's adult set in a contemporary time period.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Any idea what country/region?

[Tori]

No

[Ann aka Iftcan]

What is 'family tradition of being wrench"? Does this mean that he hates his job or is that a title or what?

[Tori]

It's a book written in the 1980's. The main character is named Lila or lily. Her parents worked for a wealthy family in the garden area. When growing up lily had a friend who was a boy from the wealthy family her parents worked for.Later in life Lily's parents die and she lives with another family. She returns later married to an architect. The boy ends up taking over the wealthy family business. Then the architect is designing a new building for the wealthy family. After the building collapses it kills a member of the wealthy family and Lily's husband. After his death she opens a greenhouse and tries to keep to herself. Unfortunately she witnesses a younger memeber of the wealthy family being molested by the babysitter. Lily returns to the wealthy family to tell her childhood friend the news.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Tori is still looking for this and writes:

"Main character is a poor girl whose father works with plants. Her name is Lilly or another flower name. She grows up with a boy who is from old money. They slowly fall in love with each other, but she has to leave when they are kids. She eventually moved back. Her young crush is now the head of his rich family. The main girl character returns with her husband who is an architect. She takes over her father' job. There is an architectural problem, and the main characters husband dies from the building collapse. There is an uncle from the rich boys family that is either raping people or molesting kids.

I read it a while ago. It is pretty old. Hopefully someone can make some guesses."

[Keith]

"parents own a garden and rich boy"

Her parents own a rich boy? :-P

[Tori]

The book is white with blue or purple flowers on it.

[Ronnie~]

I thought for a second that she's referring to Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us because:

A) book cover has purple/pink flowers
B) The heroine's name being Lily

[Tori]

No not that. It was published too late. Thanks though

[Tori]

I pretty sure the title had the word "white" in it. Also I remembered that I bought the book The Hidden Years by Penny Jordan the same year, I bought this. It was published closer to 1990.

[Ayshe]

Blue Willow by Deborah Smith seems to fit?

[Tori]

THIS IS IT. You found it . Thank you so much!!!!!