“I know, looking back at it now, this moment will forever be in my heart, and there will always be a part of me that will remain the girl waiting there,” writes Lucie Benton, a staff writer at a high-end lifestyle magazine in San Diego. “It was the moment when my life split into two distinct halves, though I didn’t realize that until much later.” She’s narrating her story for us, telling us about her first date with Julian, California’s wealthiest real-estate entrepreneur.Julian is a twenty-eight-year-old handsome mogul with a passion for luxury cars, so there is never a shortage of beautiful women interested in him. But, after a string of dramatic break-ups with celebrities, he plans to give his dating life an overhaul. Setting up an anonymous dating profile seems prudent, except manipulation is never a good way to hit it off with an upstanding girl.Lucie’s still healing from the events of the past year, so she’s not looking to date a liar either. Besides, her sixty-hour work weeks keep her busy enough. Amanda Hart, an icon of publishing, is a tough boss to keep content.Only snag? The intense chemistry that she feels toward him. He’s everything she’s ever wished for—but things never end well when your crush is a playa extraordinaire, or do they?No one said that true love was easy, but Julian’s Rose explores how the red thread of fate can be stronger than the danger lurking in addiction, broken childhoods, big egos, and everyday struggles. It doesn’t come without pain, though, which is why Julian’s Rose is also a story of courage and growth.
