A Red, Red Rose: A Collection of Dark Poetry and Prose

by R.B. O’Brien

It is often in the dark that we can see...

And sometimes, you must look at what isn't said, as much as what is, to see it.

R.B. O'Brien's latest collection of dark poetry and prose isn't your Robert Burns song about "luve." No. It's not that kind of a red, red rose. It's the kind that makes you think of a darker shade of red, perhaps the color of blood coursing just below the surface of your skin or through your veins, struggling to pump that blood to your heart. A rose littered with thorns to prick and cut into your darker psyche. The kind of rose to escape the pretty gardens and butterflies and yellow suns filling a canvas with only light. No. This red, red rose is the stuff only twisted fairy tales are made of.

As nuanced and textured as you may be used to from O'Brien, you've never seen her quite like this before. From bright-lit graves to black crosses on white churches, from mortal skulls to immortal ghosts, from sweet revenge to soured greed, and from love worth dying for (literally) to death most lively, turn off the lights and read only by candlelight. Who knows what you may see...

You might just see yourself.

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About The Author

“Emotive. Romantic. Introspective. And everything in between. Poetry is what my soul bleeds when I'm not looking...”

R.B. O’Brien is the founding member of The Nu Romantics and a multi-genre author. She is best known for her romance novels, including erotic and new adult, but poetry is her first love. She has several romance novel series and poetry collections published and has no plans to stop penning the many voices that demand to be heard from inside the intricate compartments of her mind.

O'Brien holds a degree in English literature and teaches for a living. She is a professor, a logophile, a reader, a health fanatic, an animal and nature lover, a dancer, a hopeful romantic, has a profound affection for Shakespeare, and creates—EVERY CHANCE SHE GETS.

She finds beauty in the darkest of things. Loves wry humor. And her heart beats too fast. 


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