The Limestone Rose

Some promises are carved in stone. Others are rebuilt by hand.

When architectural historian Iris Calloway arrives in the Texas Panhandle to document a crumbling limestone house, she expects dust, deadlines, and distance from the mistake that nearly ended her career.

She doesn't expect Dalton Cross.

Dalton is a master stonemason-and a widower-determined to save the Kessler House before time, weather, and developers erase it for good. The house matters to him in ways he doesn't fully explain. Neither does the grief he carries.

As restoration turns into rescue, Iris uncovers the forgotten story behind the house: a nineteenth-century woman who finished what her fiancé never could-and refused to let loss define her life.

Working side by side through cold mornings, dangerous storms, and unforgiving stone, Iris and Dalton are forced to confront what they've both been running from. Trust. Failure. Love after loss.

The Limestone Rose is a quiet, emotionally rich contemporary romance about second chances, meaningful work, and the courage it takes to rebuild-stone by stone, heart by heart.

Standalone novella. Closed-door romance. Part of the Ridge Road series.