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Hawthorne House, Book One
A gilded cage isn't safe when the door locks from the outside.
Desperate to secure a future, Emma leaves her true love for a marriage of convenience to the enigmatic Drake Hawthorne. She arrives at Hawthorne House expecting comfort, but finds a prison of stone and shadow, perched high above the stormy waters of Lake Superior.
Inside, her husband’s charm gives way to menace. His mother, Blanche, offers veiled kindness, but her eyes linger on Emma’s pregnancy with calculating obsession. Everyone has secrets, and the icy isolation of the estate is the perfect place to keep them.
Now, Emma can trust no one, not even her own mind. One violent night reveals the truth: she is not family. She is a pawn.
And they will use every tool—deceit, gaslighting, and cold-blooded manipulation—to take her child and bury her forever in the secrets of Hawthorne House.