Path to Silverthorn Grange

Some legends are planted to grow stronger than truth itself.

Norfolk, 1875. Silverthorn Grange has been Seraphina Silverthorn's home her entire life - its towers a familiar silhouette against the sky, its gardens a place of comfort and discovery. But since her mother's death a year ago, the estate has begun to feel like a stranger to her, holding secrets she never knew existed.

While clearing out her mother's locked study, Seraphina stumbles upon a leather journal bound with silverthorn branches - and clues to a myth that has guarded her family's legacy for centuries. The crimson crown, a rare plant said to bloom only where loyalty and land are one, was once sought by kings. Even Henry VIII sent his men to hunt for it, driven by greed and the promise of eternal life. But the plant vanished, hidden by an alliance between the Silverthorn and Blackwood families - an alliance that now rests in Seraphina's hands.

Teaming with William Blackwood, heir to the neighboring estate she's known since childhood, Seraphina follows a trail of symbols carved into the Grange's walls, maps tucked behind tapestries, and stories passed down through generations of servants. As they dig deeper into their shared history, they uncover more than just a lost plant: a web of ambition, betrayal, and men from London who will stop at nothing to claim the crimson crown for themselves.

From the grand halls of Silverthorn Grange to the shadowed corners of Blackwood Park, Seraphina must decide whether to uphold the legend that has bound her community together for centuries - or expose the truth that her ancestors died to protect.
A sweeping historical mystery set against the breathtaking backdrop of Victorian England, where myth and legacy are as powerful as any magic.