Rose Clarity

About the book

At forty-two, Simone Bellamy has mastered the art of holding everything together. As a senior partner at an elite Atlanta architecture firm, she is the load-bearing pillar in every room—and the woman everyone assumes will never break. Then she is invited to design a fifty-million-dollar wellness sanctuary in Savannah. It should be her crowning achievement. Instead, the project places her under the control of Marcus Vance, the former lover who stole her portfolio and built his reputation on her brilliance. Cornered by a contract designed to silence her, Simone finds an unexpected ally in Elias Thorne, the quiet Italian master woodworker restoring the estate’s historic millwork. He sees the strength beneath her polish—and the exhaustion no one else notices. To claim the life she has earned, Simone must stop reinforcing everyone else’s empire and finally build a sanctuary of her own. *Rose Clarity* is the first book in *The Bella Musa Stories*—a sophisticated contemporary Black romance rooted in love, architecture, healing, and luxury with a soul.