Gardens
Belle Desjardins carries the weight of a past she desperately wants to forget. Haunted by nightmares of a life she escaped, she finds a fragile peace as a seamstress in the quiet English village of Ashwood. But when the arrival of a handsome, kind stranger stirs unexpected feelings and challenges her deeply ingrained fears, Belle must confront whether she can ever truly feel safe and build a future on her own terms.
The wind howls, vicious and unyielding, mirroring a storm from a past you desperately try to forget. Rain pelts the earth, soaking the dirt beneath your bare feet as you trek through the fields in the dead of night.
Faster. Faster. Be faster.
You push yourself, your rapid heartbeat rivalling the sounds of thunder above. This is it, your chance to escape a life worse than death.
A loud clap of thunder startles you awake. You are not in Saint-Martin; you are in England, in the quiet village of Ashwood. The thunder is from a summer storm, and it has dragged you back to memories you long to bury.
