Thorne Chronicles Book Two - Silence & Shadows
You know the fairy tale. You’ve heard the lies of roses, enchantresses, and a monster tamed by love. This is not that story.....
After destroying the Serpent-Crown and rewriting the ancient covenant, Annabel and Lucien have become something the world has never seen before — Guardian and Vessel bound not by curse, but by choice. The kingdom blooms again beneath their rule, the castle breathes with life, and for the first time in years, hope feels possible.
But peace can be its own kind of illusion.
Beyond the borders of their restored land, the roots whisper of rot spreading beneath distant kingdoms. Entire villages fall silent overnight. Ancient magic fractures in places untouched by the Serpent-Crown. And deep beneath the earth, something older than the thorns begins to wake.
As Lucien struggles to rule without becoming the monster he once was, Annabel’s growing power pulls her toward truths the covenant may have buried for centuries. Shadows gather around the throne, secrets fester beneath devotion, and the bond between them deepens into something dangerously consuming.
Because some darkness does not arrive with war.
Some darkness waits patiently in the quiet.
And when the roots begin to scream,
Annabel and Lucien will discover the most terrifying truth of all:
Not every curse was meant to be broken.
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REVIEWS
Jax has his eye on Marie and she's more than willing to agree to his arrangement, it's a lot better than what she's been doing as it's the perfect arrangement for a lady of the night. But someone they've dubbed Jack the Ripper is killing prostitutes and the timing of the deaths is all wrong.
Where is Jax when these horrific murders are happening? Wasn't their initial meeting shady? But Jax is a wonderful man, he's sexy and attentive, and Marie is starting to develop feelings for him. Certainly, he can't be Jack the Ripper. She needs to stop these crazy thoughts, what they have is good.
Despite Marie's doubts, these two are wonderful together. They have wonderful chemistry and it's obvious that Jax really cares for her. Cecil has done a wonderful job blending fact, romance, and suspense that has you swooning in one chapter and on the edge of your seat the next. The scenes between these two are incredible and the worry you have for Marie because the killer is out there has you biting your nails. Very well done! - AMAZON REVIEWER
OMG!! What a twist to a classic murder mystery. With the crime never really solved no one knows why Jack the Ripper did what he did to all those women. Amy Cecil gives a look at another take on this mystery and I have to say that it had me in knots trying to figure out who it might have been waiting in the room Marie. It wasnt until I was fast asleep and I guess I was dreaming about the book and all of a sudden I am sitting straight up in bed yelling "I know who it is! I know who was waiting for Marie!" My husband had thought I had lost my flippin mind...lol I want MORE!!! - AMAZON REVIEWER
I started this book 4 hours ago. I absolutely couldn't put it down. I loved how Amy wrote about Jack the Ripper. This book is mind blowing, spell binding and leave you saying what just happened. It's a marvelous suspenseful story leaving you begging more more.
Marie works the streets turning tricks. Then one night she meets a stranger in a alley after a gruesome murder. This stranger comes into her life and opens her eyes to a whole other side of things. Who is Jack the Ripper? - AMAZON REVIEWER