Thorns & Roses by Sonja Tanette Smith

From the outside, Lavender and Jaxon Rose have built a life most would envy: a beautiful home, successful careers, and a marriage that appears unshakable.

But behind closed doors, their picture-perfect life has never been what it seems.

Five years in, the one thing they’ve prayed for — a baby — continues to slip through their fingers. And with every passing month, the weight of unanswered prayers, silent blame, and unspoken pain begins to take its toll.

And the deeper Lavender sinks into quiet heartbreak, the harder it becomes to pretend everything is fine.

Until one moment changes everything.

A moment of vulnerability.
A confession that should’ve never been spoken.
A connection that was never supposed to cross the line.

And in the aftermath…a consequence neither of them saw coming.

Now Lavender stands at the intersection of truth, betrayal, and the possibility of something she thought she may never have.

But at what cost?

Because sometimes the very thing you’ve been praying for…
arrives wrapped in a decision that could change everything.

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“I know this level of brokeness...”

I picked this up because of the infertility storyline, and I’ll be honest, I was a little nervous. It’s such a sensitive topic, and not every story handles it with care, but this felt real.

The quiet grief. The way hope and disappointment can exist in the same space. The strain it puts on a marriage ... it was all there.

What meant the most to me was that it didn’t feel hopeless. It acknowledged the pain without rushing past it, and in that, I found something I didn’t realize I needed. I didn’t feel alone reading this.

And that matters more than anything.— K. Rivers

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“Ms. Smith… do you know my husband??”

Because I swear Jaxon felt way too familiar... the kind of man who slowly makes you question yourself while everything still looks “fine” on the outside.

That quiet, passive way of controlling the tone of a relationship: the affection in public but distance in private, the things that aren’t said but are definitely felt... Yeah… I recognized that immediately.

And that’s what made this so hard to put down. It felt like something people actually live through and don’t always have the words for.

I read it in one sitting, and am waiting for a sequel! — G. Michaels

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