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Rose Finley has spent her adult life in the small Alabama town of Sweetbranch, feeling as though she has been waiting for change for an unspoken length of time. One ordinary day at her hair salon, a man—Ben McKenzie—enters her world with his adolescent daughter in tow, and the quiet routine of her life suddenly feels charged with possibility.
At 40, Rose is jaded but not defeated; she recognizes that life may still hold surprises. Belle, the teenage daughter, and Ben’s presence stir a longing in Rose to seek a partner and perhaps a new family of her own. She faces the doubts and hopes that come with deciding whether to open herself to a sudden romance.
The story follows Rose’s contemplation of love, family, and life’s untaken roads as she evaluates whether a fresh connection could be the late bloom she has been waiting for.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Peg Sutherland
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