Half-Open Rose

"A completely intoxicating story about love, betrayal, and loyalty." — Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of "Daisy Jones & The Six" Vincent, raised in a family of renowned artists, has a generally wonderful life. At forty-four, she enjoys strolling the streets... of Paris, teaching at a modern art museum, and even attracts the attention of a young charismatic man named Lou. But not everything is as smooth as it seems... Vincent fled to Paris to recover from a painful betrayal: her husband Killian published a bestseller revealing the secrets of their marriage and his own past. While Killian does everything possible to win her back, Vincent and Lou embark on a tumultuous romance, and now she must decide what she wants and who she will be. "Certainly the most thrilling and sexy tale of an American in Paris I have ever read. "Half-Open Rose" by Lisa Cross-Smith is a smart, intriguing, and simply delightful book." — Lily King, bestselling author of "Writers & Lovers"