A Quiet Kind of Fire

Clara Locke is the perfect wife to a titan of industry. She manages his home with surgical precision, curates his flawless reputation, and never, ever speaks out of turn. To her husband, Preston, she is merely a decorative asset. An adorable hobbyist. A ghost in silk.

But Clara is tired of being a ghost.

When her suppressed academic intellect sparks a secret midnight writing project, Clara begins to build a new interior world—one Preston can never enter. What starts as a hidden fable about a captive dragon quickly becomes a blueprint for rebellion. With every page she writes, the heat behind her ribs grows, shifting the very foundations of her marriage.

The house is made of glass and steel, but the woman inside is made of fire. And it only takes one spark to bring a monument crashing down.

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‘A gripping, slow-burn portrait of power, control, and reclaiming one's voice, A Quiet Kind of Fire is a masterful debut about the terrifying beauty of starting over.’