Wild Rose

Wild Rose, Jennifer Merschdorf's debut novel, will forever alter your beliefs of what happens after someone dies.

The year is 2021 when Julia, alone and grieving, purchases an abandoned hotel named Wild Rose. After an unspeakable tragedy, Julia throws her soul into renovating the hotel and uncovers its mysterious secrets.

Over 175 years, three women perish within the luxurious Wild Rose hotel. Each finding their ghosts trapped within its walls by their own secrets. Through the decades they watch the living and witness their sins, never seen or heard. Until Julia steps through the doors.

As Julia brings light into the deserted hotel, she learns that she is the only person that can see the trapped spirits. For the first time a living person can see these three women born a century apart from each other, together.

Can Julia free these three tortured souls from eternal imprisonment? Time may tell.