Learning to let go of the past, to heal. Mary – Anne shares her story. It’s so powerful. She’s learning to trust again and it’s beautiful to see.
Raphael gives Mary – Anne the sweetest gift. The Sloth Necklace symbolises not rushing. He makes her feel comfortable. She trusts him and feels safe with him. Though she is still coming to terms with her past. This story shows how one man can help her heal and she might just heal him too.
“The rarest things are never possessed. Love them and they become Luminous.” Rafael works with Emeralds and this statement could not be truer.
What I love is that Mollie writes the truth about how relationships don’t always last. She does not feed Fairytales. Characters have hard pasts that shape how they see love. The challenges they face to love again are real, will they get their second chance?
The character’s backstories are heartbreaking and will resonate with some readers. Divorce is such a hard topic and how it affects people is written beautifully within these pages. “Love never given leaves a deep mark on hearts born to love.” It’s actually hard to read in parts is it’s so emotional and truthful.
Secrets. This scene is so filled with tension, how the weather, the thunder, reflects the weight of the truth or half truth Rafael gives her to protect her. The truth is harrowing, will it be the end for them?
“Older – sunlight sliding across pale stone, balconies tangled with bougainvillea, the air humming with salt, traffic and jasmine. Even the humidity felt intentional here, is if the city wanted to slow her down, force her to feel.” Panama sounds like such a beautiful place. It’s pictured in such a way I feel like I am there in the midst of it all the salty Jasmine air really appreciating the message to slow down.
A fight to save what’s left of Legacy and deep down Love. The outcome is to be seen but the ride along the way is filled with rebuilding her Grandmother’s home, Italian Poems and Christmas.
“A rainbow arched over the house” This along with the Blue Rose and Hummingbird is a beautiful memory of Mary – Anne’s grandmother. The house welcomes her granddaughter home. This scene really hit me. So emotional, powerful and symbolic.
The details within this book are so detailed I feel every emotion, every piece of Panama and every pane within Mary – Ann’s grandmother’s house. Even down to her car. I can picture it all. So much time and thought has gone into this book and I feel it. The passion and love for these characters that grow into who they are mean’t to be once more. This one is well worth the read.
“That love should expand you, not dim you; awaken you, not tuck you in.”
Can Mary – Anne and Rafael work together to save the land that threatens to be taken away from them, no matter what is thrown at them? Does love conquer all in this case?
The Character development for Mary – Anne is evident. I’ve loved seeing her be able to move on and really grow from her past. She has a bright future as an illustrator and product developer and taking care of her Grandmother’s Land, and has learned to stand up for what she believes in, maybe even love.
Another person tries to take what they have built. Will they succeed? One thing is for sure no solid ending is guaranteed in this book. Some people will really surprise you.
What does love look like when it’s real?
Not performative. Not perfect.
But chosen—again and again—after loss, betrayal, and courage?
This is the heart of The Color of Love, my newest contemporary romance and a new novel in the True Love series. You may enjoy other true love, clean romance books in the series>>
I’ve always been drawn to stories of second chances. Not the glossy, fairytale kind—but the ones that come after life has cracked you open.
The kind of love that doesn’t rescue you…
but meets you where you are.
Set against the lush, sensory backdrop of Panama, this novel is steeped in color, texture, and feeling—coffee plantations at dawn, tropical rainstorms that arrive with thunder and leave the world rinsed clean, emerald greens that seem to hold memory and promise all at once.
This is a love story for women (and men) who have lived.
Who know that true love isn’t about possession or safety alone—but about truth, respect, and choice.
Yes, it’s a sensual contemporary romance.
Yes, it’s deeply emotional and immersive.
But at its core, The Color of Love is about:
This is mature love. Grounded love.
The kind that grows slowly, like roots finding water.
Readers often ask me what defines a True Love story.
For me, it’s simple:
True love is not the absence of fear or pain.
It’s the willingness to stay open anyway.
The Color of Love sits perfectly within this series because it carries that same promise—while exploring it through a new emotional lens: color, creativity, land, and belonging.
If you loved my earlier True Love novels, this story will feel familiar in its soul… and fresh in its expression.
I believe love stories matter.
Not because they distract us from real life—but because they remind us what is possible within it.
I write romance for readers who want beauty and depth.
Hope and honesty.
Stories that linger long after the final page.
If you’ve ever:
This book was written for you.
You can now purchase The Color of Love directly from my website, where buying direct helps support my work as an independent author and artist. Purchase and enjoy here>>https://www.molliemathews.com/product/the-color-of-love/
Thank you—for reading, for supporting my stories, and for believing, as I do, that love has many colors… and each one matters.
With gratitude and love,
Mollie
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p.s. I can’t wait to hear how Mary-Anne and Rafael’s love story touches your heart….I already have his brother’s story drafted! All inspired by my travels in Panama.
DISCOVER THE BEAUTIFUL SETTING WHICH INSPIRED THIS LOVE STORY!
Here, where emerald jungle meets misty rivers and the air hums with life, love stories don’t just unfold… they transform. This is the Panama you feel in every page—humid, sensual, alive with possibility.
Picture a heroine arriving with a guarded heart… sketchbook in hand by a jungle-fringed pool… believing she’s escaped her past. Until she meets him—the enigmatic, powerful hotel owner who changes everything.
From the slow rhythm of the rainforest to the electric tension of unexpected love, this setting captures the essence of:
Billionaire romance
Second chance love
Emotional healing journeys
Tropical escape fiction
If you love immersive romance novels set in exotic destinations, this is where the magic begins.
✨ Discover the story behind the setting:
Love in Panama (Prequel) & The Colour of Love
Let yourself be transported… and feel what it means to fall in love in Panama.