The Emerald Rose

By R.J. Ella

The Emerald Rose

She lives in a cage of silk. He is building a revolution.

Dublin, 1840s. Emma Hawthorne is the perfect daughter: obedient, elegant, and silent. Her life on Merrion Square is scheduled by the hour, and her future is already decided-marriage to a wealthy, indifferent aristocrat. But Emma hides a secret: beneath the false bottom of her writing desk, she conceals not love letters, but forbidden pamphlets about Irish freedom.

Michael O'Sullivan is a dockworker with calloused hands and the look of a man with nothing to lose. By day, he hauls crates on the quay; by night, he ferries encrypted messages for the Young Ireland rebels. He is exactly the kind of man Emma's father, the powerful Lord Alistair, is determined to destroy.

A chance encounter in a dark pub changes everything. A passion ignites between the lady and the rebel, threatening to shatter their worlds. As Lord Hawthorne tightens the noose of surveillance around Michael, Emma faces the hardest choice of her life: remain a beautiful portrait in a gilt frame, or risk everything for a love that is considered treason.

A captivating historical drama about the boundaries of permission, the cost of freedom, and the architecture of desire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GP5CMLYN
• ISBN13: 9798248857234
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"