One doesn't have to be human, to have humanity... In 1832 England, to fall from the peerage is the kiss of death. Yet penniless Mordecai Dureance still has a life worth living: an honest vocation and a humble cottage where he, his new bride, Lynora, and his little brother, Isaac, can be a family. But Mordecai knows he's meant for more than gardening, if only society wouldn't shun the unholy byproducts of his horticultural experiments...