This is the story of Rose. Follow her life, through her teenage years which are marred and tarnished with a tragedy that should not befall one so young. When Rose falls pregnant at just fifteen, it seems her whole future is mapped out for her. However a shotgun wedding to the charming but cruel Henry results in many sad and miserable years of marriage for Rose as she is subjected to cruel and violent abuse. Despite the pain and suffering inflicted on her, Roses love for Henry endures for some time, until the promise of a kinder love beckons. Can Rose ever find true love, and if so, at what cost? Read one girls heart rending tale of a tragedy that can either make or break you.

With the death of her beloved father, Rose Sorvino's life was about to change in ways she could never have believed possible. Leaving her childhood home in Colorado Springs, Rose and her dog Snow headed for Solana Beach in San Diego to begin a new life. In a local antique shop Rose purchases an ancient ankh pendant with a ruby rose in the center. She later learns that the pendant grants the owner immortality. Unaware that another is searching for the pendant, Rose soon finds herself in great danger. The pendant, having the unknown power of protecting its owner, transports Rose and Snow back into the past to Colorado Springs in the eighteen hundreds. This is where she meets Doctor Elijah Hamilton.

Rose Warren and Simon Trumbull may have been betrothed since birth, but that doesn't mean they have to like each other. Rose is certain the notoriously rakish Simon will never willingly settle down. And Simon certainly agrees. After all, some gentlemen prefer to choose their own destinies—like drinking and gambling with their mates...and not settling down with their bookish, bespectacled betrothed. But rumors of intrigue are circulating among the ton—including whispers of a murder through poisoning. Suddenly Rose and Simon find themselves working together to uncover a mystery. And Simon is discovering that Rose is not only a brilliant sleuth, but her flowing skirts disguise a body that’s unexpectedly sinful and delectable. For the first time, Simon sees Rose for who she truly is. Now he just has to convince his English Rose that this romance might be forever... Each book in the Lady Lancaster Garden Society series is STANDALONE: * Taming Her Forbidden Earl * Romancing His English Rose * Tempting Her Reluctant Viscount * Enticing Her Unexpected Bridegroom * A Rogue For Emily

Siddique has a problem. He's fallen for his best friend, but she has enough troubles. He loves her daughter too, secretly wishing he were the little girl's daddy. He’s no longer the shy, immigrant boy with the funny name whom Melly befriended. But if he opens his heart, will she take her daughter and run? Melly has several problems. At long last, she's putting her life back together. She isn't surprised at how good Siddique was with her daughter, but when did he become smoking hot? If she falls for her best friend, she just might scare away the only person still speaking to her. But undeniable sparks fly, and they have to decide - - play it safe and settle for friendship? Or take a chance on love?

A Providence Journal Best Book of the Year A Seattle Times Best Book of the Year John Casey follows up his National Book Award-winning novel Spartina with an extraordinary return to the marshes of Rhode Island’s South County. Elsie Buttrick, the prodigal daughter of Sawtooth Point, has just given birth to Rose, the child conceived during her passionate affair with Dick Pierce. At first she is wary of the discomfort her presence poses to Dick’s wife, May, and other inhabitants of their gossipy, insular community. But as Rose slowly becomes the unofficially adopted daughter and little sister of half the town, she magnetically steers everyone in her orbit toward unexpected—and unbreakable—relationships.

From the internationally bestselling author of Lessons in Laughing Out Loud comes a moving and heartwarming novel about a woman who escapes an abusive relationship and flees with her young daughter in search of a kind stranger she met many years earlier. FIRST YOU LOSE YOUR WAY. THEN YOU FIND YOURSELF. When Rose Pritchard flees her abusive husband in the middle of the night, there’s only one place she can think of going. Millthwaite is a remote village deep in the Lake District, hundreds of miles from her unhappy home. It’s also Rose’s only link to Frasier McCleod. They met just once, long ago, but his kindness sparked a connection that has sustained her ever since. Rose checks in to a local B&B with her young daughter, earning the scrutiny of the nosy landlady and the attention of her charming musician son. After the tumult of Rose’s marriage, the beauty of the surrounding countryside restores her hope. Here she will seize a chance to reconnect with her estranged father, to watch her anxious daughter grow in confidence, and to discover whether she’s been chasing a foolish fantasy in loving a man she hardly knows or following her heart’s call. Candid, moving, and unflinchingly honest, this is a powerful story of heartache and new beginnings, friendship and family. Rowan Coleman’s touching and ultimately triumphant novel is a reminder that it’s not what you leave behind that defines you but what you’re running toward.