When Texas veteran musician, Luke Stone, finds himself behind bars with a seventy-five-year sentence, he is filled with hate, anger, and rebelliousness. He’s lost everything that he treasures, including the woman who holds his heart.
How has it come down to this? He’s spent his entire life writing songs and making music, filling dance halls and bars from Texas to California. But, when he refuses to tell the FBI what he knows about certain bank robberies that he possesses knowledge of, they make sure he pays dearly.
Broken and alone, in a prison of her own, Darlina Flowers struggles to find a way to live without the man she loves so completely.
Over the next sixteen years, Luke and Darlina each search for ways to somehow survive the fate life has hurled them into.
In an effort to dull the pain of living with only half a heart, Darlina gets involved in drugs, then follows a guru and tries different relationships, but nothing fills the void.
Several years pass before Luke makes up his mind that prison will not break him. He crawls up from the bottom one tiny step at a time, determined to be and do something worthwhile and discovers artistic talents he never realized he had.
The Convict and the Rose inspires hope and shows how anyone can turn a negative dark situation into a positive one. But more importantly, the story portrays a love that goes beyond earthly confines and proves how persistence and faith come with their own sweet reward.
Join Luke and Darlina as they continue their epic journey with love as their constant North Star and freedom as the driving force.
My Review of “The Convict and the Rose”
MY REVIEW: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Some books reach in and take your soul into their keeping. This book is one of them.
I have read and reviewed Flowers and Stone and was delighted to do both. The book lingered in my memory long after I completed reading.
Some books reach in and take your soul into their keeping. Flowers and Stone was one … and The Convict and The Rose has captured me again.
This journey towards growth and a deeper understanding is one very special reading experience.
The anguished struggle of two-fallible, and all too human people as life hands out its own deranged sense of justice is at times painful to read.
This book provoked anger, sadness and a deep sense of empathy in me. It in turn delighted me, and made me cry, and then continued to invade my senses long after the ending.
There is a depth of love between these two damaged souls that defies the limitations of time.
The drug abuse is a road many of us have taken in times of the darkest despair, the struggle to overcome it and move clearly distant is an epic one, as is the final understanding of the violent reactions of Luke to his imprisonment.
Life knocked these valiant people to the ground again and again. BUT they didn’t stay down for the count.
It takes guts to do that … and to keep right on doing it …
We are permitted to glimpse inside their darkness and anguish …and grow with them as the love and faith that they share takes them from that darkness and into the warmth and the light.
A wonderful, moving and intensely memorable story of love!
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This was an amazing series and this was my favorite book out it. Great review:) Enjoy your day Jan!
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Thanks so much for stopping by, Denise. I know I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read of Jan’s.
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Hi Soooz! So nice to see Jan featured. “Broken and alone, in a prison of her own” is such an evocative description. And your intro to your review “Some books reach in and take your soul into their keeping. This book is one of them.” Wow! I need to hurry up and read this one. Hugs all around!
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Hi, Teagan! Thanks so much for stopping by. This book touched me deeply. I hope my review did it justice.
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The Convict and the Rose is a terrific book and I felt much like you after finishing it. Jan is a gifted writer. Thanks for hosting her today.
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Thanks so much for stopping by, John. It’s such a pleasure hosting work of this caliber, by an author I admire.
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I’m sure it is. Thanks, Soooz.
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I loved this book and gave it 5 stars. Thanks for hosting Jan today, Soooz. Your site and this blog are beautiful. ♥
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🦋 Thank you for the lovely compliment, Gwen. It was my pleasure to host Jan here today.
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Great feature, Jan and Suzanne! I’m looking forward to reading The Convict and the Rose. 🙂
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🦋 Thanks so much, Bette. It is an unforgettable read.
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Bumping it up on my TBR! 🙂
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Awesome job Soooz! Jan’s work sounds amazingly touching and powerful and I can’t wait to add it to my TBR list! 😀
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Hi, Kester! Some books are just such a pleasure to review. I look forward to hearing your thoughts when you have had the opportunity of reading it.🦋
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I loved Jan’s book and also rated it 5 stars. It was one of my midnight reads that kept me up all night to finish. Well worth the loss of sleep, Jan!
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🦋 Hello, Gracie. The books that cause me to lose sleep are the most memorable ones. Thanks so much for stopping by.
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Good Morning, Ladies! I am a BIG fan of Jan Sikes! In addition to writing, it seems that she’s always at a book signing, a concert pushing her talented musician friends, or on the web encouraging all of us at RRBC! Thanks Soooz ❤️ for hosting Jan!
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Good morning from Australia, Linda! Jan is such a talented author, and her support of #RRBC members is so much appreciated.Thanks for stopping by.🦋
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Lovely to talk to you, Soooz.
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😀 I love the internet! It still amazes me just how easy it is to communicate with my friends living so far away.
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It’s a blessing and a curse. For instance, I’m supposedv to be making Easter dinner right now, but I can’t help but see what’s going on on the internet. LOL!
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I hear you, my friend. I’m ADHD in hyperdrive! It gets noisy inside my brain, and the Internet is the biggest shiny thing I’ve ever been distracted by. lol …😀
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I’m reading this series out of order – as after reading the third in the series, I have to go back and find out the beginning!
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It’s well worth the time, Wendy. All these works are memorable.
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Of course, I have read this book and enjoyed it a lot! Congratulations, Jan on your #RRBC SPONSORS BLOG HOP! Thank you, Snoooz for the support! 🙂
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My absolute pleasure as always, Joy.🦋
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Thanks so much for hosting Jan Sikes today, Suzanne! I’ve blogged about Flowers and Stone, newly rereleasedand I think it would be worthwhile to read both books in this series. All the best Jan and Suzanne!
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Thanks so much for stopping by today, Maretha! I enjoyed ‘Flowers and Stone’ immensely. All Jan’s books have been memorable reads for me.
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Hi Jan and Congratulations on your 4WillsPublishing tour. And we appreciate you for being a sponsor of the 2017 Conference.
Hi Suzanne and your support is very much appreciated as well.
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😀Thanks so much, Shirley. I do love being a part of this wonderful network of talented, caring, and sharing people. Jan is one of the most supportive folks I’ve encountered, and it’s a real pleasure to focus on her work.
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With the holiday, I’m late in chiming in but had to send a huge congrats to Jan on a great review. I’ve read her entire series and loved every book. I’m still waiting for the movie 🙂
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Hi, Mae Clair! It would make a great movie, I agree! Thanks so much for stopping by.😀
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I have this book on my Kindle. 🙂 Suzanne, I love your banner! ❤
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Hi, Yvette! Thanks so much for stopping by! The banner was fun to create (I’m trying out Picmonkey for these types of things, and I love the flexibility they offer.)😀
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Jan, I have your series on my TBR list, and I’m worki g my way to them, slowly but surely. I’ve skimmed through the first parts of a couple of them, But I can’t wait to sit down and actually read them!
Sooz, thanks so much for hosting Jan’s stop. 😀
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😀It was a pleasure to host Jan. Thanks so much for stopping by, Rhani.
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Soooz!! Happy to see you in the Blog Hop! Thanks for promoting our sweet Jan!!
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Hi, Mar! I’m waving frantically from down under!🐨 It was my absolute pleasure to join in this great blog hop. Jan’s work and her constant support are both awesome. I was delighted to host her.😀
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