The Tower was a dark gray exclamation point planted in the earth and rising above the field of blood-red roses.

She nurtured that spark, held it, fanned it, felt it blossom like a blood-red rose.

Flowers were different, Laheran thought, as he bent to sniff the rich fragrance of a blood-red rose.

The manner in which the young Ema fingers the blossom of a blood-red rose suggests that nothing good is going to come of her.

"Bring the blood-red roses to thy cheeks, Jonas," one of his shipmates cackled.

A tomato-red deep-pile carpet covers the floor, and three dozen blood-red roses fill a vase.

Then, 80 guests sat on elegant bamboo chairs, the aisle adorned with hundreds of blood-red roses.

The note was on a mahogany desk next to an arrangement of blood-red roses.

And in his mind loose ends were coming together, and understanding bloomed like a blood-red rose.

On the coffee table in the living room lay a mound of splendid, blood-red roses -the last of the year, someone said.