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The Lullaby of Pressed Petals
Paperback
Publisher: Ansley Johnson
Published: Nov 1 2025
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
New Orleans, 1884 - Lillian earns her living among roses and violets, binding bouquets in the Quarter with the same care her mother once taught her. To her, every blossom speaks: daisies for hope, violets for faithfulness, roses for love.
When Julien Mercier, a steady young merchant, steps into her world, she dares to believe those meanings might shape her life as well. But dreams are fragile things. Whispers travel faster than truth, choices press like thorns, and Lillian soon learns how easily petals can bruise.
In the silence that follows, only faith holds her upright - and faith is the one bloom she fears she cannot keep alive. Still, the memory of Julien's kindness lingers like the scent of violets, leaving her to wonder: can love, once lost, ever truly fade? Or can God's hand restore what seemed beyond repair?
The Lullaby of Pressed Petals is a tender gothic romance of ruin and renewal, where regret meets grace and broken hearts are given the chance to bloom again.
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