In this heartfelt and gentle anthology, Mary Howard weaves three small-town stories about healing, remembrance, and the quiet spaces where love lingers. A bookish archivist unseals her mother’s hidden letter. A widow tending her garden learns that memory can bloom anew. Two estranged sisters mend their bond inside a seaside lighthouse. For readers who crave comfort, found family, nostalgia, and the slow-paced magic of ordinary second chances, What Silence Keeps Cozy offers solace, tenderness, and the emotional assurance that we are never truly alone. Settle in with tea.
Mary Howard writes dark romance from her candlelit farmhouse in upstate New York, where six black cats serve as judgmental beta readers. A former crime journalist turned full-time purveyor of wickedness, Mary doesn't just explore the shadows—she lives there. Her stories blur obsession with devotion, control with surrender, and monstrosity with love. She believes every broken character deserves a chance to break someone else beautifully. When not typing furiously past midnight, Mary is probably plotting your next favorite morally gray antihero. Warning: her happily-ever-afters come with a body count.View all by Mary Howard
