How could Joshua have turned so cold overrnight. Malena distraught and fearful for her life and that of her unborn child. She runs to the forest where she feels safe. Meeting up with Alarine in the forest, the old witch agrees to help her. What would happen when the baby was born, Malena did not know. Almost eighteen years have passed, what magic is possessed in the blood red rosebush, and who is Madeleine? Meeting Father Time and the old witch, Madeleine seeks the lies that have been told, and the truth she must uncover. A novel filled with mystery, intrigue, deception and romance.