All lovers have a special place to meet. A Greek restaurant, a diner, or maybe a cafe. It might be a special booth or a corner table. Perhaps a train station or maybe a walk on the beach. Lovers steal away to express the love they feel so deep. Go ahead run away to that secret place. He will meet you there. There is something so special about spending time with the Lord in the early morning hours before we attempt to meet the demands of our busy lives. This book calls us back into the presence of God with true intimacy, a time when there is still dew on the roses...

“A Shakespearean comedy of misaligned lovers” set in the modern English countryside by a Man Booker Prize winner (Publishers Weekly). Hugh Peronett’s life is tinged with regret: the regret of never following his passions and losing the one woman he loved. Twenty-five years ago, he ended an affair with Emma Sands, a detective novelist who had stolen his heart, to be with his wife, Fanny. Now, Fanny is gone, and both Hugh and his grown son, Randall, find themselves at a crossroads of passion and righteousness. As Hugh, Emma, Randall, Randall’s wife, Randall’s mistress, and several others are caught in a dance of romance and rejection in bucolic rural England, they will discover the true meanings of love, companionship, and desire. From the acclaimed author of The Sea, The Sea, An Unofficial Rose is a novel of wit, sorrow and an unparalleled psychological insight.