Black rose
Record details
- ISBN: 1101146702 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781101146705 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780786556144 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0786556145 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (370 p.)
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electronic resource - Edition: Jove mass-market ed.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Jove Books, 2005.
Content descriptions
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Widows Tennessee Fiction Nurseries (Horticulture) Tennessee Fiction Ghost stories Genealogists Fiction Love stories |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | DIGITAL (Text) | 62391-1001 | Alaska Digital Library E-Book | Available | - |
Electronic resources
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Publishers Weekly Review
Black Rose
Publishers Weekly
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Book two of Roberts's In the Garden trilogy (following Blue Dahlia) ably showcases the author's many strengths, from her creation of appealing characters to her melding of the eerily paranormal with the delightfully down-to-earth. Rosalind Harper is the owner of a historic Tennessee mansion and the force behind the thriving garden business on its grounds. Widowed young and then scarred by an unwise second marriage, Roz has sworn off dating, instead inviting a collection of family, friends and their children to share her home. Unfortunately, the house is also inhabited by a mysterious ghost, known as the Harper Bride. Roz hires genealogist Dr. Mitchell Carnagie to track the Bride's identity, but the unpredictable and passionate relationship that develops between the two sets off still more malignant displays from the ghost. Roberts postpones the ghost story's resolution for the trilogy's end, but brings Roz and Mitch to a satisfying commitment complete with realistic power struggles and peace treaties among their various children. Roz's inherited privilege is off-putting at times, and her calm in the face of ghostly attacks seems far-fetched. Yet she remains a warmly appealing heroine, resolutely finding her path through a midlife romance that is more complex and hard-fought than 20-something love. Agent, Amy Berkower. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Library Journal Review
Black Rose
Library Journal
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Rosalind "Roz" Harper, nursery owner and independent woman, finds herself embroiled in another ghostly case and working with a particularly fascinating genealogist. Simultaneous Jove mass market original. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
BookList Review
Black Rose
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Roz Harper has a thriving gardening business and family and friends she dearly loves, but every so often she misses having a man in her life. Roz loved her first husband and the father of her children, but her second husband turned out to be a cheating, thieving scoundrel who left her wary of romance. When Roz hires a genealogist to investigate her family's past, and hopefully discover the identity of the Harper Bride ghost who haunts Harper House, the chance for romance unexpectedly reenters Roz's life. But once Roz begins dating Mitchell, the Harper Bride's visits turn increasing violent as the ghost does her worst to prove to Roz that all men are untrustworthy. Roberts takes a smart, stubborn, and refreshingly older heroine, pairs her up with a hero who appreciates her strengths, and, writing with her usual sharp wit, works her reliable brand of literary magic in the second title in her Garden trilogy, an irresistible and occasionally quite-eerie tale of romance, family, and friendship. --John Charles Copyright 2005 Booklist