Withered Rose is an empowering poetry collection that dives into themes of love, sadness, helplessness, loss, healing, growth, personal transformation, hope and happiness. It also focuses hugely on nature and her many treasured gifts. Liesel powerfully captures the Australian landscape and its prized possessions in this collection of poems. Withered Rose also explores journeys of personal transformation, overcoming obstacles, finding strength again, and moving on confidently. Growth and positive changes add richness to this collection, and this inspiring book serves as a beautiful reminder that personal transformation is always a choice and is always possible. Liesel encourages us to make a difference, to add quality to life and to make a positive impact on life. These life-changing poems nourish the hearts and minds of readers both young and old. The poems in Withered Rose are beautifully exciting and descriptive, with imagery that is powerful and descriptions that are vivid. Pictures beautifully illustrate and capture the essence of nature, while Liesel gives us a glimpse of life itself in her poems. Liesel also shares her love for writing with her readers and provides free verse and traditional rhyme in her collection. Liesel powerfully focuses on the hidden beauty within nature and our relationship with nature. She shares her passion for life through her poems.

Rosa De Luca has finally escaped the Italian mafia. She wants nothing more than to live a life free of crime, violence, and lawlessness. When she takes up shelter with a Christian family just outside New York City, she finds God and she finds peace. But her peace is shattered when her father dies, and her brother hunts her down.All at once, Rosa is forced back into the life she only just escaped. As punishment, she is married to the German underboss, Amory Jäger. But her will has not been broken. Nothing says Rosa can't escape again and this time, God is on her side. But when she gets the chance to escape, Rosa hesitates. She knows she wants to leave the mafia, but after getting to know Amory, she isn't sure she wants to leave him.Meanwhile, Amory is looking forward to having a new bride. He doesn't want to get married, but he's willing to do whatever it takes to keep the family business afloat. It also doesn't hurt that Rosa is absolutely beautiful. But Amory is a mafia underboss and Rosa is a Christian woman. Her faith is standing right between them, and he hates that. The sting of her refusal to marry him runs deep. But something in Amory feels drawn to Rosa despite their differences.

**A USA Today Recommended Series!** Beauty is cursed, and only the Beast can save her... Don't miss WITHERING ROSE, a fantasy romance from bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis that reimagines the classic fairy tale of Beauty & The Beast. "As the heat finally disappeared, I felt the bloom blossom in the very core of my soul, a rose just like my name--a ticking clock hidden behind a façade of beauty. From that moment on, my life would become a countdown, and all I could do was wait and watch as the petals of time slowly started to fall." Omorose Bouchene has a secret--magic. There's only one problem. At the age of seven, an earthquake struck, catapulting her into a new world. A land made of skyscrapers and cell phones. Fast cars and fluorescent lights. A land where magic isn't supposed to exist and anyone who wields it is the enemy. But after ten years of hiding, she's desperate to find a place where she can be free. Because all magic comes with a curse, and her curse is time--every ounce of power she uses strips days off of her life. The clock is winding down, and the only option left is to escape to the realm of the Beast. But the king of monsters isn't what he seems. And the more Omorose opens her heart, the more she comes to realize that the only person she may need to fear is herself. *This is the second book in Once Upon A Curse, a series of interconnected stand-alone novels all set in the same fantasy universe. Keywords: Teen & Young Adult, Fairytale, Fairy Tale, Retelling, Adaptation, Fairy Tale Adaptation, Beauty and the Beast, Romance, Dystopian, Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Love, Action & Adventure, Magic, Fantasy, Beast, Beauty, Shapeshifter, Werewolf, Werewolves