Review: Rose is the story to pick you up when you need a lovely, touching romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2013
Written by Tash MOriginally posted on confessionsfromromaholics dot comARC provided kindly by publicist for reviewing purposesRose is the beautiful, breathtaking story of two couples connected by a diary that was written in 1947 telling the story of Rose and a young man named Jacob and their relationship a faithful summer in Cape Elizabeth. What happened after summer ended was kept a secret until the present time when a determined young woman named Mac arrives for the summer.Mac, wanting to get away for the summer from her city life, arrives at Rose Cottage with her nephew Lucas who is staying with her for a few short weeks. Mac is at a crossroad, she's not completely happy with life in the city and she's determined to make things better and considering a move to Cape Elizabeth permanently as she loves the area. But that is the not the story you want to hear, it is only the secondary plot that ties in with the main one.The main story follows the diary, which Mac finds as she unpacks her car after receiving keys to the cottage from Thomas, its owner. Immediately, she's intrigued and as soon as she gets the time, she starts reading the book and discovers after reading half of it that the diary has a tie to the cottage and Thomas. She has meanwhile formed a close relationship with Thomas, as the eighty year old has no family and she feels a connection to him as he likes her nephew, which is always a good sign in her book.She also feels a connection to Rose and wants to find Jacob. However, she does not want to reveal her suspicions because Thomas denied knowing about the diary and Mac believes he knows something and decides to find Jacob on her own.  She believes that she has found him and leaves a message with his housekeeper, setting off her own romance in the process.Dean, the grandson of Jacob, overhears the conversations between the housekeeper and Mac are having on the phone and decides he needs to investigate, as he believes that Mac is after his family's money. So he goes to investigate with the excuse to his mother that he is concerned because he doesn't want his grandfather to be taken advantage of. Secretly, he wants to get away from his mother's matchmaking plans.Once there, he starts falling for Mac but he has given her a fake last name and Mac has grown to trust him and now he is torn over his duplicity. As she has told Dean the story of the diary, he helps her find the answers. Mac, Thomas and Lucas have all gotten under his skin and he feels a connection to Mac like Jacob did to Rose and Deans wants the happily-ever-after ... but will it come at a cost?Rose is the story to pick you up when you need a lovely, touching romance. It will make you cry if you aren't prepared for the story that is waiting to be told in this book. It is a heart warming and beautiful story and I enjoyed it immensely. 5 couples.