The Tethering Light: Book One - The Guardian's Thread

Love is not a flaw in the system. It's the architecture of the world.

For Penelope Lowell, a razor-sharp London lawyer, emotions are statistical noise, and love is a critical flaw. Her world is defined by the unyielding architecture of law and the clean burn of ambition.

But when she inherits her great-aunt's derelict manor, Sunlit Grove, she is pulled into a quiet English village that defies her logic. There, she is confronted by Rhys Penrose, a brooding bookseller who serves as the estate's...