Thornwood Trilogy Silence at Thornwood: The Awakening of a Rebellious Heart, Book 1, (Paperback)

<b>Silence at Thornwood</b><p><i>Cornwall, 1833.</i> <b>Thornwood Manor</b> has always been beautiful-and suffocating. <b>Charlotte Thorn's</b> inheritance, her movements, even her future marriage are controlled by her charming, calculating stepfather, <b>Sir Reginald Higgins</b>. When a final, quiet threat makes it clear he will never let her go, <b>Charlotte</b> does the unthinkable.</p><p>She runs.</p><p>Two days on the mail coach carry her from the cliffs of Cornwall to the smoke and noise of London. Anonymous, nearly penniless, she finds a room in a Southwark boarding house and a measure of warmth in the last place a gently bred woman should ever step: a fighting tavern on the river.</p><p>There, in a haze of coal smoke and blood, she sees him.</p><p><b>Sebastian Reid</b> is the kind of man other men move out of the way for-silent, scarred-knuckled, undefeated in every bout he takes. He doesn't smile. He doesn't boast. He fights with ruthless efficiency, then disappears into the fog and a derelict warehouse he calls home.</p><p><b>Charlotte</b> knows better than to draw the attention of dangerous men.</p><p>But <b>Sebastian</b> sees what no one else has ever truly seen: the fear <b>Charlotte</b> carries, and the steel beneath it. A forgotten coat, a watchful walk through the night streets, a single touch of his hand on hers-small kindnesses become something far more perilous when Reginald's agents begin to close in.</p><p>Because <b>Sir Reginald </b>is not finished with his ward.</p><p>He will reclaim the fortune-and the woman-he believes belong to him, no matter who stands in the way. And the man standing in his way is a fighter with nothing left to lose...until <b>Charlotte.</b></p><p>As threats tighten from all sides, <b>Charlotte </b>must choose: return to the gilded prison of Thornwood to save the man who protected her, or stake everything on the one ally as dangerous as the enemies hunting her.</p><p>Haunting, slow-burn, and deeply romantic, <i>Silence at Thornwood</i> is a gothic historical novel of a woman learning what it costs-and what it's worth-to be truly free. Perfect for readers of darkly atmospheric manor fiction, protective bruiser heroes, and love stories born in the shadows.</p>

• Thornwood Trilogy Silence at Thornwood: The Awakening of a Rebellious Heart, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798249413620
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-22
• Page Count: 234