Which is more difficult: writing a novel or selling it?

Writing

It's a helluva lot easier to write a book than it is to sell it. To be honest, it's even harder giving one away than writing it. I should know. I've done both. Well, again, to be honest, I haven't really sold that many.

Click to see the new synopsis

Even the cover art can be a real Herculean task. Look at it? What does it look like to you? A romance novel? Maybe. But, what is Che doing floating ghost-like above the lovers? 

Then there's the title. The working title was Rumba. That was the first edit. Rebels on the Mountain is better, but not by much.

I suppose it's time to repackage it. I doubt if the publisher will be willing to pay for it so it will have to come out of my pocket. He might be inclined to make the investment but for the fact that it hasn't sold enough copies to recoup his original outlay.

The manuscript itself doesn't seem to be holding back sales. Indeed fourteen of the sixteen reviews it has received are 5-Star. The others are 4-Star and one of those was the most effusive in praise.

At any rate, I've started with a new synopsis. Please read it (below) and let me know what you think. Thanks.

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Synopsis

Action and adventure combine in this tale about a different kind of spy in a different kind of war and a different kind of love story. 

Nick Andrews is no James Bond. He infiltrates enemy lines, enemy camps and enemy nations silently, stealthfully, to come, collect intelligence, and go without being observed. That is until he is sent to Cuba.

In Havana, he rubs elbows with the tyrant, mafioso, and American businessmen and diplomats. In the mountains he lingers among Castro and his Fidelistas. His mission is different this time. He is in Cuba to help American leaders unravel and understand the mess that has developed so close to America's southern doorstep.  

While there, a forbidden romance develops between Nick and a childhood sweetheart. This is a complication that he didn't expect.