Blackthorne Inn

Blackthorne Inn has always been alive. Ivy Blackthorne grew up hearing its creaks, its sighs, its quiet warnings. But after her parents’ sudden death, the house feels different—colder, watchful, almost grieving.

When Ivy returns to run the inn alone, she expects dust, silence, and the ache of memory. She doesn’t expect a stranger who walks its halls like he’s been here before. She doesn’t expect a second guest who flinches at every shadow. And she definitely doesn’t expect the hidden ledger tucked behind her father’s books—one that reveals a decades‑old cover‑up buried deep within the servants’ wing.

As the inn grows restless, Ivy realizes the house isn’t the only thing keeping secrets. Her guests are lying. The past is stirring. And someone is desperate to keep the truth locked behind a door her father warned her never to open.

Blackthorne Inn remembers. And it’s done staying quiet.