Half Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith

A forty-something woman decamps to Paris after her husband’s secret-laden book fractures their marriage, immersing herself in art, music, and the city’s pleasures while beginning a passionate affair with a much younger man. Torn between the freedom of reinvention and the complicated love she left behind, she confronts questions of desire, honesty, and whether forgiveness can coexist with self-preservation.

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