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Why the Rose Grew Thorns

Author
Orion Rose
Series
Garden Tales · 1
Language
English
Length
40 pages
ISBN
9781836105718
Published
16 October 2026
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • botanical fable
  • rooftop garden
  • quince tree
  • rosemary beetle
  • plant folklore
  • magical realism
  • cozy fantasy
  • urban nature
  • garden allegory

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Description

Five floors above a London street, a secret roof garden keeps its own kingdoms, manners and gossip. Chrysolina, a jewel-striped rosemary beetle, overhears the ancient Rose Queen confess how a mother's heartache grew her thorns. Nearby, a wounded young quince prince, nursed back to health in silk by a gentle Gardener, longs for the Queen's love. When his bitter fruit secretly blushes rose pink, one whisper sets the whole terrace talking in this tender fairy tale for grown-ups.

Author

Orion Rose writes fairy tales for grown-ups about gardens, stars, bumblebees and the quiet things that happen when no one is looking. The stories grow in an enchanted roof garden above the London chimney pots, where the author takes advice from magnolias, grapevines and goldfinches and keeps a quiet eye on one particular star. Why the Rose Grew Thorns is the first of the Garden Tales.

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