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The Thornless Rose

The Thornless Rose, January 2015
by Morgan O'Neill

Entangled
Featuring: Anne Howard; Dr. Jonathan Brandon; Queen Elizabeth I
577 pages
ISBN: 9781633751
EAN: 9781633751767
Kindle: B00QRW3OH6
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"Thrust back to the 1500s, can love find a way through the intrigues of Elizabethan England"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Thornless Rose
Morgan O'Neill

Reviewed by Linda Green
Posted January 4, 2015

Romance | Romance Paranormal | Romance Historical

In London, in 1945, Dr. Jonathan Brandon who is a flight surgeon for the RAF, disappears without a trace, leaving behind his fiancee Catherine. This is not a straight forward case, as it is claimed by witnesses that he simply faded before their eyes. It is now 2014 and Anne Howard has come to London to visit with her grandmother, Catherine. A history teacher, Anne loves mysteries from the past, and when she finds old love letters from her grandmother's first love, Jonathan, she is fascinated by his disappearance. Even if she doesn't believe that he somehow disappeared into the past. But when her grandmother shows her a message that Jonathan has written in a book from 1560, and Anne begins to experience strange scenes from the past herself, Catherine tries to prepare her for the possibility that Anne may well be transported back in time. When Anne is thrust back into Elizabethan England, she is attacked, kidnapped and makes a powerful enemy of the Duke of Norfolk. Finding Jonathan, he offers her the only protection he can by marrying her, but Norfolk is hell bent on capturing Anne. As Anne adjusts to her strange situation, she makes many friends along the way, including the Queen herself, but none are as important as her husband, Jonathan, whom Anne has fallen deeply in love with. As they explore their feelings for each other, Norfolk hatches a devious plan of murder and treason, and frames Jonathan for the deed. When an opportunity arises for Anne to return to the present, will she be able to leave behind Jonathan, so that she can protect herself and her unborn child? Or if she stays to be with the man she loves, will they be able to escape the penalty for treason - death? THE THORNLESS ROSE by Morgan O'Neill is an enjoyable historical romance that flows easily from beginning to end. I am normally sceptical of time travel novels, but this story is so much more. Rich in detail, I found myself immersed in the 1500s and the historical characters that resided there. Anne and Jonathan's relationship was beautiful and endearing and I desperately wanted them to find a way to be together. THE THORNLESS ROSE by Morgan O'Neill is a wonderfully descriptive tale of life in Elizabethan England, full of love, danger and intrigue, to grip your imagination.

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SUMMARY

No one ever knew what really happened to Dr. Jonathan Brandon back in 1945. He simply disappeared from a London pub, leaving behind an unsolved mystery and his fiancée— Anne Howard’s grandmother. Seventy years later, Anne herself is haunted by the strange tale, along with inexplicable hallucinations straight out of Elizabethan England. Including a scarred, handsome man whose deep blue eyes seem to touch her very soul…. Anne wonders if there isn’t something more to the story. Is it even possible that Jonathan disappeared into England’s dark past? And why does Anne keep hearing him whisper her name? Because now she too feels the inexorable pull of the past, not to mention an undeniable attraction for a man she doesn’t even know. It’s just a matter of time before Anne will step back into history, and face a destiny?and a love?beyond imagining…


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