All the Pretty Roses is set in a Southern University with a popular poetic atmosphere, where everybody who so desires is allowed to pop their literary cherry and participate in the emergence of slam poetry readings in Mississippi, attend musical jam sessions, and attend special events that bring the promise of new love. You wonder if any studying takes place with all the excitement.

Mercedes, the embodiment of "Love," meets campus Romeo and hip poet, "Bitter," and their whirlwind affair leads to heartbreak as it dawns on him that he, a senior in college, is dating a mere freshman.

He takes all lengths to avoid this beauty, inadvertently opening the door for betrayal to move into his territory once he decides to give it a go. Life circumstances and a long talk with his homeboy leads to a bargain. This bargain leaves himself out of Love's life.

Betrayal, is a loyal friend who happens to have had his life saved by the egregious Bitter when they were younger. When Betrayal, the complete opposite of Bitter, finally makes his move and everything seems perfect, an unexpected event leaves both Bitter and Love feeling empty.

After Love forgoes all the glitterization of poetry and prose she once loved in college, a burst of energy to tell her story re-energizes her to write the story of a lifetime.

How is Bitter connected to her success, and will she find passion again after loss? Find out in All the Pretty Roses: A Tale of Bittersweet Love and Betrayal.

Told in simple, yet bold language, this storyline will allow you to exercise your imagination, your level of comprehension, and ability to envision it playing out in real life.