and "I've always been a few dykes short of a feminist movement, but playing host to my own fictional characters after they called round for afternoon tea really was taking things to a whole new level. and "After a solitary life and string of failures with women, world-famous author and eccentric, Erica, decides she can no longer handle life's disappointments.However, after a failed suicide attempt, events take a strange turn when she receives a strange, perplexing visitor with unknown motivations.This beautiful, intelligent and worldly lady caller couldn't possibly be the fictional character who Erica had always placed on a pedestal, who was created out of her own image of perfection - Could she?Erica's life quickly transforms when she falls in love - But what happens next when she receives a second mystery caller?A Petal And A Thorn is a lesbian romance novel by Sally Bryan and takes place in the beautiful English city of York.