Black Rose: In the Garden, Book 2

after the first this reader knows how to give u the charaters feelings you start feeling a part of it

Rosalind is the type of woman you seldom if ever get to meet. Who takes in 2 strangers based on nothing but a gut feeling!

What confidence she has. She's had it hard but her life is now falling into place and she deserves to be happy.

The Harper bride almost keeps you up and makes you thankful she isn't with you!

Nora again - your research and insite you offer make these a have to read not a want to read!

These books just get better and better. I immediately dug into Black Rose upon the completion of Nora Roberts' 1st in this series, Blue Dahlia. Black Rose focuses on Roz Harper, the matriarch of the Harper extended family and owner/gardener extraordinaire of In The Garden Nursery - a business about which I might have fantasized had I known it might ever exist. A sprawling garden shop, offering all aspects of floral cultivation on the ancestral homestead (besides the huge and elegant home and warm, cozy cottage where her grown son Harper lives).

Didn't really get enough about Roz in the first book, so I was delighted the second locked in on her trials, tribulations and triumphs - A very feisty, generous and caring women with a green thumb that knows no bounds.

A gardener's delight, an inspiration for those who have never gotten dirt under their nails, a lovely glimpse into Southern culture and a gripping mystery, with a surprising amount of humor thrown in.

A very fun romp of a listen indeed.

I loved the comedy in the first book and missed it in this book. However the ghost story definitely holds interest and the continuing development of the characters has the usual Nora Roberts quality and the narration is great. I cannot think about not reading the third book. I must know the truth about the Harper Bride

Roz the business owner and home owner where everyone lives in book one really develops here. You see here really embrace trying to find out who this mysterious ancestor that is haunting her home and business so to speak.

I love the usage of the garden theme in the story because the author works different flowers in to represent each character who is developing in the three books of the trilogy series.

In this book, you learn more about Roz and realize she's not as "hard" as you originally thought in book one. You learn about what makes her tick and a romance develops between her and the "investigator" who is an absolute hoot - messy and terribly unlike Roz.

The author was great in letting us here some more about how Logan and Stella are doing. You still hear about the boys and Hailey and Roz's son. You meet Roz's ex husband who is a scum bag and you finally realize his true nature.

This story helps you learn more about the characters and lets real life play out at a natural pace without hurrying the zenith of the story.

At the end of this book, book 2 in the series, you are sad that you have only one last book to read or listen to....it is a beautifully written life story with a mix of mystery and you love ancestry you'll love this series.

I enjoyed this book as much as or maybe even more than the first (Blue Dahlia). This is a very interesting series with a good narrator. If you like any of Nora’s other series I’m sure you will like this one also. It is typical Nora (which is not a bad thing at all).

2nd in the series. Excellent!!! A must to listen to.

I'm a sucker for intrigue, gardens, ghost and romance. This book has them all. Nice listen.

I have read most of Nora Roberts books. The In the Garden Trilogy is my favorite and Black Rose is my favorite of the three. It was fun to revisit the books in audio format - hearing the characters accents make them even more real.

One of my favorite Nora Robert's series.

Interaction / conversations between the characters.

It's gotta be a tie between Roz, Stella and Hailey!

This book, and the entire series, is worth every penny!