
Book guide
A Secret in the Garden
A botanist enters a decaying manor garden and finds secrets, desire and something watching from the ruins.
Genre and trope pairingsRomanceForced proximityGothic FantasyHaunted houseGothic FantasyDecaying mansionGothic FantasyFamily secretsParanormalHaunted houseMysteryFamily secrets
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About A Secret in the Garden
Botanist Eliza Arnold is desperate to save her job, so she asks the reclusive Jasper Blackwood for a donation and is given a chilling condition: restore his family's ruined conservatory alone. Inside Blackwood Manor, she uncovers grief, secrets, dangerous attraction and a presence stirring among the roots and walls.
Reading signals
- Spice
- High
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
Dark Manor Chronicles · Book 1 of 4
Content warnings
- guns
- bones
- dead bodies
- loss of a loved one
- ghosts
- blood
- mental health issues
- abandonment
- grief
- narcissistic behavior
- parental abuse
- spiders
- suicidal concerns
- heights
- violence
- sex scenes



