A Rose Among Thorns: A Forbidden Love Medieval Romance (Below the Salt Book 2)

Desire is seeded and attraction blooms where it is strictly forbidden. Sir Rook Blake has sworn never to follow his twin sister’s mistake of falling for someone from below the salt. As the heir to Lord Corbett Blake, he is betrothed to a noblewoman he’s never met—an arrangement meant to secure his future and preserve his bloodline. But when his crumbling estate demands a new garden in time for his wedding, Rook is forced to accept the help of a gardener’s daughter. Primrose Ashdown has worked beside her father for years, creating the famed labyrinths and flower gardens of the nobility. When her father is injured, she takes his place, determined to prove herself to the arrogant lord who doubts her skill. But every clash of wit, every stolen glance, turns their battle of wills into dangerous foreplay. Drawn together by desire, divided by class, Rook and Primrose are caught between duty and passion. Love may have no bounds, but marriage has rules—and to break them could cost everything. From bestselling author Elizabeth Rose comes the second book in the Below the Salt series, where passion dares to bloom in forbidden soil. Read more