A vivid story of a private
grief, a secret painting, and one woman’s search for hope
Still mourning the loss of her family in a tragic accident,
Lillian Diamon finds herself drawn back to the Rose House, a
quiet cottage where four years earlier she had poured out
her anguish among its fragrant blossoms.
She returns to the rolling hills and lush vineyards of the
Sonoma Valley in search of something she can’t quite name.
But then Lillian stumbles onto an unexpected discovery:
displayed in the La Rosaleda Gallery is a painting that
captures every detail of her most private moment of misery,
from the sorrow etched across her face to the sandals on her
feet.
What kind of artist would dare to intrude on such a personal
scene, and how did he happen to witness Lillian’s pain? As
the mystery surrounding the portrait becomes entangled with
the accident that claimed the lives of her husband and
children, Lillian is forced to rethink her assumptions about
what really happened that day.
A captivating novel rich with detail, ROSE
HOUSE explores how the brushstrokes of pain can
illuminate the true beauty of life.