What He Keeps Hidden: Blackwater House, Book One

By Claire Dunne

Art conservator Mara Ellis accepts a six-week commission at Blackwater House, the private island estate of the family that ruined her father. Julian Vale needs the collection authenticated before he sells it. She needs the archives. Beneath the varnish of a painting she finds a message: if they say it was an accident, find the original.

Someone in the house knows how her father died. And Julian knew who she was before he hired her.

What He Keeps Hidden is a gothic romantic suspense about expertise, family secrets, and a slow-burning trust that has to survive the truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMG31BP2
• ISBN13: 9798160431772
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"