When the Rose Briar Blooms

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>When the Rose Briar Blooms</em> is a love triangle that readers will be eager to debate.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Since the first day of sixth grade Kay and Anna have been inseparable. With fierce and fearless Anna Kay navigates the middle and high school years of their coastal New Hampshire town unscathed. In return Anna is enveloped by the warmth of Kay's home and family.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Twenty years later Kay's life is upended on a rainy Friday evening when her husband Matthew announces he is leaving her...for Anna. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As she struggles to understand her best friend's betrayal Kay explores the evolution of her friendship with Anna as well as the involvement of Matthew in each of their lives. The journey reveals a </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>why</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>how</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> that much like real life generates authentic debate over who is the hero and who is the villain. </span></p><p></p>