{"product_id":"roses-in-red-wax-signed-paperback-2","title":"Roses in Red Wax (Signed Paperback)","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(126, 14, 14);\"\u003eAmidst the smoke-choked alleys of Glasgow and the untamed beauty of the Highlands, a spellbinding tale of love and rebellion unfolds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJane Stuart has lost everything. Her betrothed, her ancestral castle, and her cherished orchard—her life’s work—have all been ripped away. Now, exiled and adrift in the cold fog of Glasgow, she's numb to the weight of her grief, resigned to a desolate future shrouded in loneliness and grey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut fate has a different plan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePercy Sommerbell is a musician, a free spirit who holds nothing but disdain for his industrialist father. But when familial duty forces Percy to travel to Scotland, he’s confronted with a painful truth—a truth that threatens to unravel the very fabric of his carefree existence. His family’s money, the fortune that funds his hedonistic enjoyment of all life’s pleasures, is generated by the suffering of children in his father's mills.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the midst of Glasgow's smoke and shadows, Percy encounters Jane, a mysterious Highland beauty whose sad eyes and luscious curves promise both distraction from his guilt and inspiration for his music. Against all reason, Jane falls under Percy's spell. But when the mills become the first spark in a violent radical insurgency, their budding connection faces a perilous trial beyond anything they could have imagined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9282c264-7fff-f31f-634a-4b31e30e0a00\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-7f8e82d2-7fff-5122-8803-8efcb1059c96\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A compelling story full of love, secrets, pain and hope that is as riveting as it is heart wrenchingly full of historic truths. I couldn’t put it down.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Holly, website reviewer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ~An Excerpt from 'Roses in Red Wax'~\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe’d made it halfway up the spiral staircase when footsteps sounded below.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Miss Stuart?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf course. It was him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe said nothing, but she heard him begin to climb, the dull thud of his footfalls breaking the golden silence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe rounded a corner, and she could just make him out—a silhouette hidden in shadow. The disheveled black hair. The angled planes of his face. The arch of his brow . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf there \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a princess imprisoned in this tower, this was not the chaste prince come to rescue her and carry her away on a white horse. No, this man had arrived on a black stallion. He was the wickedly gorgeous villain who had come, not to rescue, but to ravish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9282c264-7fff-f31f-634a-4b31e30e0a00\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-7f8e82d2-7fff-5122-8803-8efcb1059c96\"\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #4e4b4b;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4e4b4b;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"A truly beautiful book.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":14851,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"4\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":16777215},\"12\":0,\"14\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":1972501},\"15\":\"\\\"Proxima Nova\\\", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif\",\"16\":12}'\u003eA truly beautiful book\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #4e4b4b;\"\u003e- Gloria, BookBub reviewer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9282c264-7fff-f31f-634a-4b31e30e0a00\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-7f8e82d2-7fff-5122-8803-8efcb1059c96\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA one-of-a-kind book, hand-signed by Louise. Be sure to make a note in the comments field at checkout if you'd like a specific dedication!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished on March 3, 2023. 282 pages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Louise Mayberry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52632360747330,"sku":"9798987637814","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/3699\/6930\/files\/ProductImagesNEW-9.jpg?v=1729612866","url":"https:\/\/louisemayberry.com\/products\/roses-in-red-wax-signed-paperback-2","provider":"Louise Mayberry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}