Finding Rose: 'Love should never be this hard' - Book 4

by John Morey

There's a lot of truth in how this all started...* The love of your life found, then lost...then found again? How - and when - does it all end?* The same story from another side - 'Finding Rose' is a journey into places not yet visited.* The happy ending to a saga with its roots reaching back a century, with 'The Sign of the Rose'.One reader "Are Rose and John made for each other and, if so, will their destinies bring them together again?"Finding Rose is a thoroughly enjoyable romantic novel that leaves you wanting to know more about the characters lives.John is a village lad who meets Rose, a beautiful gypsy girl. How do they overcome all odds to finally fulfill their common destinies?Discover how two people embark on a journey of Romani gypsy life and love in 1960's, without knowing how, where, or with whom it will end. Will they survive as one? or apart? And what did happen in Rose's life in the seven 'missing years'? (Answers to that are in ' The Missing Years', Book 3.)Perhaps you will discover parts of your own story in theirs? There are no real answers here on how to deal with what life has thrown at you, including undying love, just as no-one could really help John and Rose. Nobody knows the answers to all the questions concerning love and life, otherwise novels like this would never be written.The author's romance novels have been called 'an easy read' where historical, location and fact entertain as well as to inform. This reality enriches and breathes life into the plot. Characters are believable, but you are left to explore the mysteries of the unknown that stretch your imagination. This must rank highly among those stories about Devon, Cornwall - and Leicester, with events set in Teignmouth, Plymouth, and St Ives.The author "Even after several edits and rewrites prior to publication, I found that certain sections even moved me to tears - but in a good way. With that in mind I feel confident in recommending 'Finding Rose' and the whole 'Love should never be this hard' to all lovers of romantic fiction."

199 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 29, 2020

Reviews

[John Morey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is embarrassing because this is my own book... and I just hope I am not contravening the rules of this very CONFUSING social media site.
More about Finding Rose can be found here.
Finding Rose is my first book, after which I wrote a follow up (Rose: The Missing Years) which should ideally be read first. But no matter, each book works as a stand alone title, with the same basic storyline seen from two separate perspectives.
The spark for this romance was based on a true-life experience, but from that point onwards the 'coming of age' journey is purely fiction - so it is not a memoir, albeit drawn from life.
The novel explores emotions surrounding joy, loss and hope featuring three main characters - Rose and two suitors, John and Sean.
Finding Rose chronicles the story through John's eyes; Rose: The Missing Years is mainly centred around Rose, a beautiful gypsy girl resourceful enough to meet the challenges of a changing cultural, economic and social era in the '60's and '70's.