Thorns and Roses

<p>In post‑World Cup South Africa seventeen‑year‑old Emma van Zyl sketches the garden boy she's forbidden to notice. Pontsho Rantsho tends roses with reverence hiding dreams too fragile for his reality-and a brother entangled in dangerous schemes. Across township and suburb walls their connection blooms perilous and undeniable. As love collides with crime family loyalty and the fractures of a divided nation Emma and Pontsho must choose between silence and survival or risk everything for hope.</p>