Summer of Roses
by Luanne Rice
Bantam
Contemporary Romance, Literature and Fiction: Women's Fiction
June 21, 2005
ISBN-13: 0553804103
Available in: Hardcover
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Summer of Roses
by Luanne Rice
Few novelists today write with the power to move our hearts, quicken our souls, and enrich our lives like Luanne Rice. In New York Times bestsellers such as Dance with Me, Beach Girls, and The Secret Hour, she vividly captures the dramas that make all the difference in love and families. Now, revisiting the remarkable characters introduced in her bestselling Summer's Child, she brings full circle one of her most compelling explorations of the human heart...all the many ways it can be broken...and the magic that can make it whole again. Their lives were a tapestry woven together by love and loss, tragedy and hope. On the windswept coast of Nova Scotia, Lily and her eight-year-old daughter, Rose, are struggling to embrace a new life even as Lily tries to let go of painful memories of the past. Among the lives that will touch theirs are those of Liam Neill, a dedicated teacher living in self-imposed isolation; Maeve Jameson, mourning the loss of a granddaughter she devoted her life to protecting; and Mark Murphy, a dogged police detective obsessed with a woman who vanished years ago--who may or may not have found what he seeks in a tiny, out-of-the-way maritime village. During this eventful summer of roses, the paths--and fates--of these unforgettable characters will intersect in ways that none of them could ever expect--and shape a future none of them could possibly foresee. For each of them it will be a time of renewal and transformation that will circle inevitably to a past left behind, a mystery unsolved, and a love reclaimed. Summer of Roses is vintage Luanne Rice--a novel that celebrates the ties of family, the passion of lovers, and the deep, unbreakable bonds that hold us together through all the seasons of our lives.
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Luanne Rice's Bio
Luanne Rice is the author of twenty novels, most recently SUMMER OF ROSES, SUMMER'S CHILD, SILVER BELLS, BEACH GIRLS, DANCE WITH ME, and THE PERFECT SUMMER. She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut. BEACH GIRLS was the basis for the Lifetime television network miniseries, and SILVER BELLS was a recent Hallmark Hall of Fame feature presentation.