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 is beginning to crack.

Five years in, the one thing they’ve prayed for — a child — 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.

What should be love starts to feel like pressure.
What should be safe starts to feel… fragile.

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.

“If forgiveness had a fragrance, Thorns & Roses bottled it.”
— C. Rivers

Readers of the Wellington Series may recognize a familiar face…