From Amazon.com
Mary Jo Putney is no stranger to romance readers. Her latest,
One Perfect Rose, is the first title to be selected for Ballantine's new collection of classic mass-market-sized hard covers, and it is indeed a perfect rose. Stephen Kenyon, Duke of Ashburton finds out he is dying of a rare disease. As a result he leaves his sheltered world, and does what is least expected of him. He joins a traveling theater group, falls in love, and marries an actress. Their relationship endures many heart-wrenching moments when Ashburton finds he must embrace love and death simultaneously.
From Library Journal
Stunned when his family physician tells him that he only has a few months to live, Stephen Kenyon, Duke of Ashburton, escapes Ashburton Hall and temporarily leaves his responsibilities behind to wander the countryside anonymously as he tries to sort out his feelings and reconcile himself to his apparent fate. However, when his heroic rescue of a young boy results in his becoming part of a traveling theater company, he meets the compelling Rosalind Jordan. In her superb, inimitable style, Putney (River of Fire, Signet, 1996) takes a pair of magnetic, beautifully matched protagonists, places them in a dark, impossible situation, and makes it work. This title is the first of Ballantine's new "keeper" series of paperback-sized hardcover romances and should be in demand by Putney fans and libraries. She lives in Baltimore.
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