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A Mother's Silence
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Staten House
Published: Sep 10 2026
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Every year on her son's birthday, Camille Bennett celebrates the greatest gift of her life-and remembers the darkest secret of her past.
At fifty-two, Camille appears to have everything under control. She is a successful businesswoman, a devoted mother, and a proud grandmother who has built a beautiful life for her family. Her thirty-eight-year-old son, Jordan, is the center of that life. He is a loving husband, an attentive father, and the child Camille has protected since she was only fourteen years old.
But Camille's success hides a painful truth.
For decades, she has remained silent about the childhood trauma that changed her forever. She convinced herself that keeping the truth buried was the only way to protect Jordan from the circumstances surrounding his birth. While the rest of the family praised Camille for her strength, no one understood the fear she continued to carry-or why she became tense whenever Raymond Bennett entered the room.
To everyone else, Raymond is a respected and generous member of the Bennett family. To Camille, he is the man who taught her to fear the truth.
During Jordan's thirty-eighth birthday celebration, a relative surprises him with a home DNA-testing kit. Jordan sees it as an opportunity to finally discover the identity of his biological father. Camille sees it as the beginning of everything she has spent a lifetime trying to prevent.
As questions multiply and long-held family loyalties begin to fracture, Camille's silence becomes impossible to maintain. The closer Jordan gets to the truth, the more dangerous Raymond becomes. Threats soon escalate into violence, forcing Camille to confront the past and decide how far she is willing to go to protect her son and grandchildren.
But the truth will not remain buried forever.
Camille must find the courage to break the silence that has controlled her life, expose the person her family has trusted for decades, and fight for justice-not only for herself, but for everyone who was harmed by the secrets others chose to protect.
A Mother's Silence by Sylve is a powerful story of family secrets, betrayal, survival, maternal love, and one woman's journey from fear to freedom. Emotional, suspenseful, and deeply moving, this novel explores what happens when silence no longer offers protection-and a mother finally finds the strength to reclaim her voice.
Some families protect their children.
Others protect their secrets.
Content Warning: This novel contains mature themes involving childhood sexual abuse, incest, emotional trauma, coercion, threats, kidnapping, gun violence, and arson. Recommended for adult readers.
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