Her newest commission work was coming on leaps and bounds, despite the shift in her relationship and the effects it was having on her mental state, already the first new illustrations had been passed off to her new contract and she only had five more to do for this book.

The book’s author was ecstatic with the work so far and her agent had yet another contract already in the works! In the last few years, Rose had become a highly sought-after artist in the field of children’s illustration. There was talk with her agent to move into prints for general sale of some of her most popular images in...