Dear Mr. Boyd: A Thistle Grove Gothic Horror Story | Book One: Johnny Arthur Lee (The Thistle Grove Series 1)

Blackrush, Pennsylvania | 1883

Sybil Foxglove is a quiet woman. As a girl, she fled the drunken rages of her father; as a wife, she endures the stifling cruelty of railway investor Johnny Arthur Lee, who lured her into marriage with public charm only to terrorize her behind closed doors.

In the confines of Johnny’s home, Thistle Grove, Sybil’s tortured silence morphs into something darker. Is it true madness, or a living nightmare? She can no longer determine. As she spirals deeper and deeper into her undoing, one thing is abundantly clear: as long as her husband controls the trajectory of her existence, she is doomed to a life of misery and cruelty.

In letters to her lawyer, Mr. Boyd—the man chosen to defend her in her murder trial—Sybil reveals what she endured, what she destroyed—and why she will never, ever say the words “I’m sorry” again.

Dear Mr. Boyd is a haunting confessional of rage, resilience, and what happens when a woman breaks her silence.