[Bay of Dreams Series 01] • The Brevity of Roses

Spanning ten years, The Brevity of Roses explores the interwoven lives of

three damaged people who are each offered a chance to heal--if they can banish

the ghosts of their pasts.

Meredith Dahlberg-Lang hides behind a façade. In public, she's a wealthy

socialite. In private, she's a lonely woman with a heart imprisoned by guilt

after her husband's death. But she can't deny the longing she feels when a

younger man seeks her attention.

Jalal Vaziri, after years of trying in vain to win his father's approval,

defies him by pursuing a new career. When he meets the woman of his dreams,

his satisfaction is complete, but fate challenges his plan for a blissful

future.

Renee Marshall, matured beyond her years by a hard life, heads for a fresh

start in Los Angeles. But when car trouble detours her to a village on the

central coast, she enters the life of a man whose fierce denial of the need to

be loved matches her own.