Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
A love born in war. A family rooted in courage. A song that will echo through generations.Edinburgh, 1940. As Europe descends into war, nurse Mary Fraser meets Dr. James MacDonald only days before he is deployed to North Africa. Their courtship is brief, but their certainty is absolute. When Mary joins the military nursing service and follows him into the burning sands of Egypt, their love is tested by separation, enemy fire, devastating loss, and the relentless demands of healing wounded men.From the battlefields of Operation Compass to the siege of Tobruk, Mary and James discover that hope can bloom in the harshest soil. The roses they tend amid the ruins become a living symbol of everything war cannot destroy.When peace finally comes, they build a home in the Scottish Borders, raise a family, heal the unseen wounds carried by returning veterans, and pass their love of roses, music, and Highland tradition to their children. Through decades of joy and sorrow, their lives become inseparable from the haunting ballad that tells their story.Inspired by the beloved Scottish song, The Rose of Allendale is a sweeping historical romance about courage under fire, the healing power of love, and the legacy created when one extraordinary devotion is carried from one generation to the next.
