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The Bitter Rose and the Thorn

ISBN: 978-0-244-69575-0

Published: June 2024

Pages 300

Language: English

If you want to read a book with a nasty smarmy womanizing villain who could have easily been played by a villainous James Mason in his heyday—then this is the novel!

Lara Everett is a sensitive, childless widow of twenty years. She is settled, has buried her childhood dreams, is financially solvent and addicted to being alone. She would not call herself depressed, just unhappy. However, fate allows William (Bill) Lee, a shrewd and resourceful man, a man entirely unsuitable for any woman, to cross her threshold and take hold of her heart.

Hypnotized by his physical appearance, Lara finally has no choice but to take the hardest path and realize that it is not that which is important as she searches for something far more  satisfying.

Set in 1969 and with memories going back to World War Two, The Bitter Rose and the Thorn is a narrative account of a woman choosing to abandon her catastrophic past and move towards a more self-fulfilling life.