A Rose in Big Sky Country
Read the storyNew Orleans soap maker, Rose LaRue, fled her abusive ex husband after he caused the accident that nearly killed her and took his life. She settled in Bozeman Montana for the open skies and peace. She still believes in love and forever. Can she admit that she let herself fall in love with Jake ‘Bear’ Cooper, the flirty, rugged rancher who’d been buying her soap since her shop opened a a year ago? She has freckles spattered across her nose and shoulders and dimples. She added rose gold pink highlights to her long, dark, curly hair as an act of independence. Her eyes are deep green. Her sister, Maggie, a tattoo artist, made the move with her and is highly loyal to her and her dreams, but wants her to take a chance at finding love. She has several tattoos, a bumblebee in flight on her right forearm. It represents resiliency. A red, blooming rose on her inside right wrist, a purple and turquoise butterfly on her ribs and her latest is a bear paw cradling a perfect rosebud on her left inside wrist, she had Maggie do it when she realized she was falling for Bear. Her shop, The Soapbox, has security cameras, with audio, that she can monitor from her phone or laptop. She is a single mother to her boy, Tommy.