by Wilburn W Sexton
Genre:
Psychological Family Drama • Literary Romance • Gothic Contemporary Fiction • Emotional Family Saga
Short Book Description
When Caelan Emberford returns home for his brother’s lavish wedding, he expects cold stares, old resentments, and the suffocating weight of the family he once escaped. What he does not expect is the quiet collapse hidden beneath the polished surface of the Emberford name.
Inside the mist-covered manor, every room is filled with beautiful lies. His father’s iron authority is beginning to crack. His mother is desperately staging perfection to hide the family’s decay. His brother Adrian—the flawless golden heir—looks more like a prisoner than a groom. And Briar, the bride, is slowly realizing that love may not survive inside a cage built from duty and expectation.
As buried sacrifices, quiet betrayals, and years of emotional silence begin to surface, Caelan is forced to confront the truth about the family he left behind—and the brother he never truly understood.
In a house draped with silk, flowers, and illusion, one wedding may finally tear everything apart.