Roberts picks up where BLUE DAHLIA stops, with Rosalind Harper gardener extraordinaire continuing her investigation into the Harper Bride, who haunts the house and seems to protect its inhabitants. But the ghost becomes more violent as Rosalind falls in love with Dr. Mitchell Carnegie, a historian who uncovers more of the family past. The RED LILY is the exciting conclusion to the trilogy.

In this 13th mystery in the Brother Cadfel series, a beautiful widow rents part of her estate to the brothers of Shrewsbury Abbey for the modest sum of one rose from a certain bush, per year, and all are happy with this arrangement. That is until a young lovesick monk dies while tending the roses.

Empousai family roses have bloomed for centuries, thanks to the drops of blood their women sacrifice for their gardens. But Mikki would rather forget this family quirk and lead a normal life. Until she unwittingly performs a ritual, ending up in the strangely familiar Realm of the Rose. As its goddess Hecate reveals, Mikki is a priestess—and the Realm's been waiting for her...

Roses link four novellas by four romance writers. All four entries have the vaguely mystical feel of the fairy tale and the connecting conceit of the rose.

When Rose's mother dies, her only comfort is the exquisite rose garden her mother left behind. The purple blossoms serve as an assurance of her mother's love. But Rose is dealt a second blow when her father dies and his greedy widow, Ombrine, tears out the garden. Rose nearly gives up all hope -- until a chance meeting with the king gives her the courage to love.

In New Chapel, Indiana, flower shop owner Abby Knight worries about her business failing. She needs new customers and knows that flowers and funerals go together like bacon and eggs. Thus she decides to open up a -tasteful- floral booth at the Funeral Director Society-s annual convention.

A pretty woman in her late forties, Katie Turner’s life falls apart when her husband, Greg, suddenly dies soon after planting a beautiful rose garden for her. Her four loving, adult children decide she needs a new man in her life, but things don’t work out quite as they expected.

When someone orders a black rose for Abby's old law school nemesis, Professor "Snapdragon" Puffer, her plans for a speedy delivery are foiled when he catches her putting the bloom on his desk and sends it straight into the trash. So she heads back in to retrieve her dignity and her flower-only to find the rose now decorating a dead professor, and herself the prime suspect.

89 year old Grandma Rose loves tending roses and living on her family farm. When her granddaughter Kate and her husband Ben come to put her in a nursing home, current and past memories, health and financial debts all come to a head. Grandma Rose is determined to show everyone via her Willow Journal what is truly important in life.

Posing as an expert rose gardener, Diana Reed arrives at the Nicholson estate determined to find her missing brother, who had worked there as a caretaker. Distracted by eerie visions and the scent of roses wafting through empty rooms, Diana must confront family secrets that hide the deadly truth.

While gardeners often start out with hybrid tea roses, they most often end up growing the healthier and supremely fragrant old roses. Who can resist their crumpled petals in soft watercolor shades and their penetrating fragrance of baby powder and cold cream, let alone their lengthy and flamboyant histories? Here are a hundred of the best, with stunning color photographs and cultural information.

Gift box of 20 cards and envelopes.

The beauty and symbolism of the rose through history, exquisitely illustrated with historical plates and engravings.

Tabori brings us another wonderful book filled with rose myth and lore.

This is great for birthdays, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, anytime you want to leave someone a treat. Place a single rose next to it to celebrate.

Instead of using scotch tape, use these rose stickers when you gift wrap - forty-five lovely illustrations of full-blown blossoms, delicate buds, bouquets, much more. Enhance stationery, gift packages.

With vivid accounts of the colorful figures who inspired the names of the roses and with lyrical descriptions of the flowers themselves, Pink Ladies & Crimson Gents is a valentine to the rose, a feast for the eyes, and a delightful gift for any romantic soul.

This gorgeous, two volume set includes The Art of the Rose (history, lore and gardening tips) and The Most Beautiful Roses - showcasing 88 of the world's best.

A fascinating old reference book filled with rose receipts from the 16th-19th centuries.

This represents the first book written on growing English roses in this country. Martin selects reliable cultivars for Americans and covers all the basics of planting and maintenance. Color photos of the roses in bloom accompany growth charts, histories, and clear explanations.