“ She nodded without conviction, wishing she could be so carefree, and not the sort of person for whom an unanswered letter gnawed away at the back of her mind. Nobody liked a stick-in-the-mud...but the… Rose Lerner
“ Learning that he was a professional swindler should have made her shame a hundred times worse. Instead, it took the sting out of it. The whole affair was disgusting, and she was unwise to have trusted… Rose Lerner
“ You might forget,' he said. 'You can't hold on to a person when they're gone. You can't even hold on to people who are alive sometimes. I don't remember my mother's face. Not really. But I tell myself… Rose Lerner
“ She was the kind of art that was so valuable it wasn't even for sale, and she smiled when she saw Ash. His pulse jumped. Rose Lerner
