The Forbidden Garden

By Samuel E Garrido

Sophia Kent had it all: millions of followers, instant fame, and a digital world that revolved around her. Until a scandal changed everything.

To escape public scrutiny, she's sent to Blackwood Manor, a mysterious Victorian mansion in New Hampshire where writer Nicholas Thomson lives with his family. In this house of secrets and silences, Sophia must learn to live without likes, without comments, without the constant social media validation that defined her existence.

But when she discovers an abandoned garden-forbidden to everyone in the mansion-she finds something no screen had ever given her: a real purpose. Alongside Shawn, a local gardener who challenges her to be authentic, Sophia will undertake the secret restoration of this lost space. In the meantime, events will unfold that change her life and the lives of those around her forever.

A story about growing up, loving without filters, and discovering that sometimes you have to get lost to find who you truly are.

Inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden," this contemporary young adult romance reimagines the transformative power of nature, friendship, and unconditional love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FKTNMB42
• ISBN13: 9798294563745
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"