The Thorn of the Rose

For The Love of Rose #2

by Augustina Van Hoven

Ashley Halliday, a newly elected state senator, is over her failed engagement and ready to help make Idaho a better place to live and work. She has no time for romance…until she and Richard take their friendship to a new level. But then there’s John, an aide to the governor of Idaho. Both hold power…but only one is a good man. The other is on a mission to destroy lives. Will she learn the truth in time to save lives and keep her friends safe from dark influences? Richard Fowler, a sports bar owner and elected state representative, is happy for his best friend Stephen and his bride, Rose. He knows their secret—Rose came back from the dead to save Stephen from his lofty ambitions. Richard himself has no time for any supernatural goings-on or for romance, not with his all-out push to save state education funding. That is, he doesn’t until he sees the vibrant Ashley through new eyes. But to win Ashley, he must keep her safe from a rival who wants her for darker reasons. FROM A DARK PAST A villain has returned from the dead, summoned by a demon, and given another chance to do what he failed at the first time. He’ll gladly take down anyone else who gets in his way. And his new post in the halls of state government? A devilish chance to play corrupt lobbyist, and foil the plans of those with loftier goals.

216 pages, Paperback

Published July 14, 2016

Reviews

[Jane Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story just gets deeper and darker! Demons are in the mix now, and one by the name of Abaddon has brought a dark dangerous human back from death to aide in his nefarious plans against the human race and his nemisis...Gabriel!
Stephen and Rose are married now and he is about to announce he is running against Bartlett for Governor.
During all their political dealings, Ashley and Richard have found each other, but between her family and the evil forces at work, they may not make it!
The stories are very well written. Augustina Van Hoven has an extremely detailed and descriptive writing style, with so many twists you can't ever be sure of the outcome!

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the demons get more inventive in winning the battle friends and family stick together to keep them in check. This series just keeps getting better and better I have no idea how but this writer has done a great job on a political thriller using good and evil as the battle behind the scenes. I love the way she has put it to paper.