The Sign of the Rose: Love should never be this hard

Quote from one reader: "So nice to read about positives in a world of so many negatives."

* A dramatic escape from tyranny, a romance, a rags-to-riches feel-good adventure story

* Entertaining - but ensuring we never forget Britain's treatment of the Irish in the 19th Century

* Truth, fiction and tragedy woven into a mythical and historical romantic drama - heart-warming coming of age story.

Life is hard enough for Sean - even before the English burn his house and kill his parents.

He escapes with soon-to-be sweetheart Rosalee to the Westcountry - England of all places - in search of family, and where they find fate, tragedy and fortune

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It's a time when wreckers and highwaymen still flourish, but they fight back to find reward, companionship in a surprising form - and each other.

Opportunity and adventure await pioneering spirits such as Sean, Rosalee and the new-found Sercombe family. What was it really like for an Irish Romani gypsy to live during the new age of technology and industrial revolution? Immerse yourself in this gypsy romance where traditional culture struggles with a changing world.

It's an easy-to-read yet powerful account with foundations and connections to real-life characters, events and locations, but fictionalized for an entertaining and feel-good read.

As one reader put it: So nice to read about positives in a world of so many negatives.

The Sign of the Rose is Book 1 in the 'Love should never be this hard' series by author J S Morey. A large part of Books 2 to 4 also feature rural Cornwall,Devon and Leicester and, later, Plymouth and Teignmouth.

Enjoy classic fiction embracing hope and laced with a touch of mysticism, from this new romantic novelist.