Beautiful Novel

This was a lovely book - painted throughout with vivid colors and characters in sharp contrast to the black and white world that the main character lived in during the first part of the book. It's my first book by MJ Rose and certainly won't be my last.

Jenny Bell is 24 and a struggling artist in NYC. Her room-mate Minx, a talented sculptor, fills out applications for both of them to go to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s prestigious artists’ colony for several weeks to paint in a quiet beautiful estate. When Jenny first goes to the retreat, she only paints in black and white and uses no colors despite the suggestions of Louis Tiffany. It is apparent that she's hiding some big secrets from her past from everyone. As the summer progresses and she begins to relax, it begins to appear that someone knows about her past and wants to expose it. Jenny tries to start seeing the color in the world but this new threat causes her great concern that she will lose her friendships and her love due to her past.

This is a beautiful well written novel with an interesting story line and great characters. I enjoyed reading it and highly recommend it.

Thanks to the publisher for a copy of this book to read and review. All opinions are my own.