Bringing Her Wildflowers

Marble City Series: Book 1

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Genres

Comedy Romance, He Falls First, Steamy Romance, Cozy Romance, Contemporary, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Sex and Profanity

Type of Ending

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Publication Date

Nov 2, 2026

Page Length

356 pages

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Bringing Her Wildflowers

Marble City Series: Book 1

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

Kissing Calvin is a bad idea.

Nora James is fed up. Sure, her trivia team almost always places better than fifth, and she’s got a cozy apartment in the heart of downtown. But her love life? A raging dumpster fire. At this point, she’d settle for a guy with a small package and daddy issues, even if he drives a jacked-up truck to compensate for both. But she can’t even find that.

That is, until Calvin Banks graces the city lines of Knoxville, Tennessee, challenging her new spinster status. He’s newly single, tattooed, and hotter than Nora likes her coffee. Problem is, he’s got two months until he’s expected back at the Canadian border, and Nora doesn’t believe in long-distance relationships. Or relationships at all anymore.

Even though Calvin is a walking green flag, and their chemistry is off the charts, they shouldn’t entertain the idea of hooking up when there’s an expiration date.

Right?

NOTE: Calvin's chapters use Canadian slang and spelling.

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Genres

Comedy Romance, He Falls First, Steamy Romance, Cozy Romance, Contemporary, Novels, and Debut

Trigger Warnings

Sex and Profanity

Type of Ending

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Series

Marble City Series — Book 1

Author Prefers A Review On

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Publication Date

Nov 2, 2026

Page Length

356 pages

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Author

Rosalie Layne lives with her two daughters and two cats in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has a Bachelor’s in French (that she doesn’t need) and juggles several hobbies, including crocheting and baking.

During high school, Rosalie attempted NaNoWriMo three times but couldn’t get past the 10,000-word mark. While she worked on getting her unused French degree, she took a creative writing course, where she realized she already had the skills and talent to maybe write an entire book someday. Ten years later, when her youngest daughter was almost a year old, a book idea slammed into her head, and she never looked back.

Rosalie’s debut romance novel, Bringing Her Wildflowers, has been forged over two years of late-nights, squeezing in writing sessions between her day job and dinner prep, and scribbling down book ideas while pumping gas into her minivan. She wouldn’t change the journey for anything and hopes it encourages her daughters to achieve their own dreams, no matter how unobtainable they may seem.