The incident brings to vivid light Tom and Laura's deeper problems - she is horrified by intimacy and her passionless response has frustrated and alienated her husband. In a desperate attempt to reconcile their marriage, Laura insists Tom come to Victoria, British Columbia with her as she researches a novel.

Second honeymooning in the fascinating city, staying at the historic Empress Hotel and studying the roses in the Crystal Garden provides Laura with excellent material for her work, but does Little to remedy her marital crisis. She soons seeks the counsel of a professional marriage therapist. The sessions slowly unearth several eye-opening discoveries about God's intent for marriage, Laura's self image and her troubled history.

Roses in Autumn is a captivating combination of Laura and Tom's fervent desire to repair their marriage and the gentle reaching out of God the Father to two individuals who must find Him to find each other.