The Rocking Stone

Review

‘I absolutely love this. It’s original with a strong theme and lots of social history’ Margaret Kaine, award wining author

From the author of best-selling memoir, Cherry Blossoms, Sushi and Takarazuka, Seven Years in Japan and the Secret Samurai Trilogy voted as one of the 7 must-read Japan related books … comes a new novel based in Wales.

Book Description

The Rocking Stone is a romantic suspense set in the turmoil of the Welsh mining valleys in the early 20th century. Kate is an ordinary woman in extraordinary times forced to keep a secret that would destroy her and her family. A story of dramatic twists and original plot.

From the Back Cover

‘It’s not going to happen to us, is it? We’ll be different.’

But how long can love last against the social unrest of the South Wales mining valleys? It is the early 20th century, when gruelling poverty and the cruelty of mine owners takes its toll on families and the love within them.

And for a horrified Kate, there is the burden of a shameful secret.

Can she find the deep inner strength she needs or lose everything?

Then she discovers the rocking stone.

About the Author

Born into the Welsh Mining Valleys, Jill Rutherford now lives on the South Coast of England. She lived in Japan for seven years and began writing ten years ago. This is her first novel which is not set in Japan. She writes full-time and when she’s not writing you’ll find her walking her dog (great), gardening (gets harder every year), visiting coffee shops for flat whites (gets easier every year), and generally enjoying life with all its challenges and joys.