1924, New York. Jenny Ball is one of a dozen burgeoning artist invited to Louis Comfort Tiffany's distinguished artist colony. She has always dreamed about becoming a painter and now together with a close friend the dream is starting to become real. Jenny wants to travel to Paris and study art there, and this stay at the art colony is a start. Little does she know that her past will rear its ugly head. That the past she has tried to leave behind will turn staying at Laurelton Hall to not a dream come true, rather a nightmare.

I have eagerly awaited TIFFANY BLUES by M.J. Rose. I have read and loved the three books in the Daughters of La Lune series and was curious about this stand-alone book. The Daughters of La Lune books all have art in common and this book has art influences as well. The main character Jenny is lucky to have moved on from her tragic past. Or has she? As the story progresses we learn more about what happened to her after her mother remarried when Jenny was very young. Jenny is always worried that her past will be revealed so she tries to not show much about herself. However, at Laurelton Hall, everything that she has tried to keep secret seems to come to light.

TIFFANY BLUES is a book that is perfect for readers who like both romance and mystery. Personally, I find the last part lacked any true surprises. I would have loved to be truly astonished. However, Rose is a top-notch writer, as always. I loved getting to know more about Louis Comfort Tiffany, a man that I knew next to nothing. But, who hasn't heard about Tiffany lamps? That Laurelton Hall had burned down in 1957 was also nothing that I knew and I loved how the book started with that, before going back in time to 1924. One thing this book gave me and that is a new-found interest in Louis Comfort Tiffany.