Half-Blown Rose

A Novel

Leesa Cross-Smith

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start over in a new city after a devastating betrayal? That's what Vincent does in Half-Blown Rose, a novel by Leesa Cross-Smith that explores the complexities of love, art, and identity.

Vincent is a forty-four-year-old woman who has a lovely life in Paris, where she teaches at the modern art museum and enjoys the company of her friends. But she is also running away from a painful secret: her husband, Cillian, has written a bestselling book that reveals intimate details about their marriage and his past, including the possibility that he fathered a child with another woman in Dublin before he left for California and never returned.

Now estranged from Cillian, Vincent agrees to see him again at their son's wedding the following summer, but in the meantime, she meets Loup, a young and charismatic man who makes her feel alive again. They embark on an intense affair that takes them to nightclubs, restaurants, and romantic walks along the Seine. Vincent feels herself loosening and blossoming in Paris, but she also faces a dilemma: what does she want for her future? And who is she really?

Half-Blown Rose is a transportive and intimate novel that traverses Paris, art, travel, liminal spaces, and the messy realities of relationships and romance. With excerpts from Cillian's novel, playlists, and journal entries woven throughout, the novel invites the reader to immerse themselves in Vincent's journey of self-discovery and passion. Leesa Cross-Smith is an award-winning author who writes with rich and vivid prose that will captivate you from the first page. Half-Blown Rose is a novel that will make you feel, think, and dream. Don't miss this irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband's betrayal.
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