Slowly Dies the Rose Author:Al Craven Jenny Thompson, adopted as a toddler, is the first woman President of the United States. She's beautiful and intelligent. Her ideals have captured the imagination of people everywhere, but in one corner of the world there are some who would rather see her dead. She's just getting to know one of her twin brothers who were given up at birth, but h... more »e has a dark secret that could lead to her assassination. She's never met the other twin. Meanwhile, a tall stranger follows the events of her life and the lives of both her brothers. He remembers the woman he loved, then left behind years ago to serve his country, and he longs for the life that might have been. Love, like a rose, dies slowly. Sometimes it doesn't die at all. Romance and intrigue collide as Roger Anderson works to save the life of the woman who might just as well have been his daughter. Stories left untold over the course of decades come to life, and for three people born in a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania, nothing will ever be the same again.« less