Do you ever save a book by a favorite author for just the right moment? When I bought this, I was toiling miserably at a law firm and reading in short bursts on the subway. The Rose Garden deserved uninterrupted attention and I finally I curled up with it on a cold fall day in 2018 and was swept away to Cornwall. It starts slower than her other books, so be patient, but that made the eventual smoldering tension all the better. I also recommend The Winter Sea, which was one of my favorite books of 2010. Kearsley is the closest thing to Mary Stewart I have found.
