Summary
One rose changes a young woman's solitary life forever. After setting out on her own, Marion Warren is overcome with drab routine. Her solution: buy a season ticket to the symphony. But to Marion's surprise, each night she finds a mysterious crimson rose--and no sign of who left it. Then wealthy Jefferson Lyman whisks into Marion's already up-turned world, bringing with him socialite Isabel Cresson. Jefferson sets out to win Marion's heart...but Isabel's dangerous envy may thwart his chances altogether.
Grace Livingston Hill was born on April 16, 1865 in Wellsville, New York. In 1886, she moved with her family to Winter Park, Florida, where she got a job teaching gymnastics at a local college. She wrote her first book there, in an effort to raise money for a family vacation to Chautauqua Lake. The book was called Chatauqua Idyl and was published in 1887. She eventually married and began a family, but lost her husband to appendicitis. At this point in her life, her writing was the only way she could support her family.
During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 novels and numerous short stories of religious and Christian fiction including Blue Ruin and Mary Arden. She died in 1947 at the age of 82.
(Bowker Author Biography)
