Happy Birthday To Me...and a new release!

It seems Wild Rose Press has released by American Rose Rosette, Treasured, to celebrate by birthday!


Marianne Phillips lost so much in the war – her brother, father, mother. the family plantation, and with it her way of life. Even with so much ripped from her, her pride and self-respect remain firmly in tact. When a man who claims to have admired her from afar proposed marriage, can Marianne trust his intentions, or will her pride get in the way?

This is a sweet short story set after the American civil War. -- Red Roses For Authors

EXCERPT ::

Robert Hannigan was not supposed to propose today,
not the third time she’d seen him, the first time her sister
allowed him to escort her anywhere. Even with her sister
and brother-in-law a few feet away at the town picnic
after church, Miss Marianne Phillips felt as if she and
Robert were the only people in the world. Until he up and
proposed.

“Miss Phillips, did you hear me?” he asked, his dark
eyes peering up at her from where he lounged on his
elbow. His head tilted so his light brown hair curled over
the collar of his shirt.

“Well, of course I heard you, Mr. Hannigan. But I
don’t believe I heard you correctly. The sun must be
getting to me.” Marianne blinked, fanning herself with
her hand and reaching for her cup of lemonade.

Robert grinned, a sly dimple taunting her from his
left cheek. “Surely you can’t be shocked.”