This isn't my favourite of Kearsley's books...that's still a toss-up between The Shadowy Horses and Mariana...but she has yet to write something that I don't like. If I had to make a comparison, The Rose Garden is a little like a cross between the Outlander series and The Time Traveler's Wife, but told with Kearsley's gentle voice. Her style hearkens back to classic writers like Mary Stewart and Daphne DuMaurier with her own flair for character and setting. Kearsley's books always have an element of truth in them for me, in that I feel like I can relate to the characters and situations because they are plausible, despite the element of otherworldliness that is always present in her books. Well worth a read. :)