Basking in Bloom: A Novella

Not many of us pay attention to the still beauties in front of us until it’s too late. This description fits twenty-five-year-old Bloom to the fullest. She’s the complete opposite of a flower in its greatest beauty, freshness, and vigor. The bloom effect. At age thirteen, Bloom was met with the short end of life’s stick. Being thrown into an unfamiliar setting caused her to harden herself and become a weed. 
No one could actually see the beauty within her under all the dirty, extra-large clothing she wore. Living on the streets wasn’t her ideal living arrangement, but neither was taking the blame for something she didn’t do.

Three years of foster living was enough, so at age sixteen, she ran away and never looked back. She had a pretty good routine going on, until angels and demons from the past resurfaced.


Flower shop owner, Lennix Street, takes to her and lends a helping hand. To Bloom, his help is considered charity, and to others, it’s viewed as something much more. When adversaries see her for the radiant bud she’s growing into, the plan of her demise is set. Will Bloom get the chance to blossom into a concrete rose, or will she allow the enemy to make her shrivel up and die like an old plant?