SIGNED #77 Beyond the Roses Monica James Exclusive HC Limited Edition 🌹❤️

by Monica James

$44 · Offered by eBay

Signed

Beyond the Roses Monica James Exclusive Edition. 2023. Hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Hand-numbered #77 (possibly out of 100 numbered copies from an offer directly from the author). Signed, inscribed, and personalized by the author in black marker on the tipped-in half-title page: “To Morgan, / In the end, she / saved me… / Monica James,” with a small red heart drawn beneath the signature. Numbered by hand “#77” in black marker on the bottom outer corner of the front flyleaf. viii + 274 pages. No illustrations. 9.25" × 6.25". Gilt lettering and decoration on the cover and spine remain bright. Self-published by the author; no ISBN. This was possibly from the very first Monica James Book Box exclusive—announced in November 2023 as a one-time limited run of 100 signed and numbered hardcovers with foil stamping and gold edges (although this copy does not have gold edges). Or possibly from some other direct-from-author offering. Whatever the source, there are no other copies of this Exclusive Edition currently appearing on the major internet used book sites. The inscription itself feels like a quiet echo of the novel’s heartbeat. Lola Van Allen is young, rich, beautiful—and dying. She volunteers at Strawberry Fields, a summer camp for terminally ill children, determined to make her remaining days matter. There she collides with Dr. Roman Archibald, a man who refuses to let her surrender. What follows is a raw, dual-perspective story of love that arrives too late and somehow

• Publisher: Self Published
• Year: 2023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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