The Realm: the Bugger and the Rose

The Bugger and the RoseFive years after the events of Mirage…Being a bugger and poor in the late 17th century, Rob Boyle thinks his life couldn’t get any more complicated. Especially that he has two of them…One in reality where he is a barkeep in a shitty area of Dublin and another one in the mysterious Realm which he only enters in dreams. But his life turns upside down when he meets a weirdo girl, Caoimhe, the sister of Rob’s sweetheart, Caden. Moreover, in both worlds!And fate doesn’t go easy on him either.Rob is still reeling from the breakup with Caden, who chooses conventions over him, when Caden turns up at his doorstep, begging him to save Caoimhe from a terrible fate by marrying her.Soon Rob finds himself on the run across 17th century England to Scotland, with a wife he barely knows and never wanted, fleeing from one danger into the other to save her. On their journey they meet an unexpected new friend and some old ones too, and soon something strange happens: Rob begins to fall for his wife! Their feelings are also fuelled by the experiences they share in the Realm.It is now up to them to choose this unexpected love or sacrifice it for the happiness and expectations of others… In case they manage to escape from certain death.