Rose in Bloom

Rose in Bloom is the sequel to Eight Cousins. Rose Campbell returns from travels abroad as a young woman and an heiress. She must decide how to use her fortune and how to understand the people around her, including the cousins she grew up with. Questions of suitors, duty, friendship and personal worth shape her path. The novel is a gentle story of courtship and growing up, and it asks what independence and good judgment mean for a young woman of means.