num_pages: 336
description: Since moving to Cedar Cove Jo Marie Rose has truly started to feel at home and her neighbors have become her closest friends. Now its springtime and Jo Marie is eager to finish the most recent addition to her inn. In memory of her late husband Paul she has designed a beautiful rose garden for the property and enlisted handyman Mark Taylor to help realize it. She and Mark dont always see eye-to-eyeand at times he seems far removedyet deep down Jo Marie finds great comfort in his company. And while she still seeks a sense of closure she welcomes her latest guests who are on their own healing journeys. Annie Newton arrives in town to orchestrate her grandparents fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration. While Annie is excited for the festivities shes struggling to move on from her broken engagement and her grandparents themselves seem to be having trouble getting along. Worse Annie is forced to see Oliver Sutton with whom she grew up and who has always mercilessly teased her. But the best parties end with a surprise and Annie is in for the biggest one of all. High-powered businesswoman Mary Smith another Rose Harbor Inn guest has achieved incredible success in her field yet serious illness has led her to face her sole lingering regret. Almost nineteen years ago she ended her relationship with her true love George Hudson and now shes returned to Cedar Cove to make amends. Compassion and joy await Jo Marie Annie and Mary as they make peace with their pasts and look boldly toward their futures.
language: English
title: Rose Harbor in Bloom
publisher: Ballantine Books