Splinter Bride : They made her a bride. She made them remember.

They made her a bride. She made them remember.On the morning of her wedding, Eileen Quinn vanishes without a trace. The gown still hangs. The veil is left behind. The estate she was meant to marry into—the cold, prestigious Ashbourne house—erupts with panic and suspicion. But this is not a runaway bride story. This is a reckoning.Raised on the edge of a crumbling Irish manor after her mother disappeared and her father drank himself to death, Eileen was taken in by the Ashbournes under the guise of charity. Groomed to be obedient, grateful, and easily forgotten. But behind her silence is a girl who remembers everything. Every lie. Every bruise. Every betrayal stitched beneath satin sleeves and Sunday smiles.Her wedding was never about love. It was about power. And now, the bride is missing. But she isn’t lost. She’s waiting.Told in a split timeline—the hours after the failed wedding and the years leading up to it—Splinter Bride peels back the layers of a twisted engagement, a legacy built on buried truths, and the silent fury of a woman who refused to be erased.Why read Splinter Bride:If you loved the haunting beauty of Rebecca, the emotional devastation of Atonement, the psychological complexity of Gone Girl, or the slow-burn tension of The Fall—this is for you. Think: Normal People meets Sharp Objects with an Irish gothic twist.For readers who crave deep emotional resonance, literary prose, layered female revenge, and stories rooted in place, trauma, and survival.Set in the windswept countryside of rural Ireland, this novel pulses with atmospheric dread, rage, longing, and reclamation.Perfect for fans of:Kate Elizabeth Russell (My Dark Vanessa)Alice Feeney (Rock Paper Scissors)Sarah Waters (The Little Stranger)Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)Tana French and Sarah PerryThemes include:Abuse (emotional, physical, and generational)Coercive control and gaslightingGrief, loss, trauma memoryFeminine rage and class powerSisterhood, legacy, and justiceHandled with emotional realism and careEarly reader praise:”Devastating and brilliant. The writing cracked me open.”“This is Rebecca if the bride came back with a knife and a locket full of secrets.”“A slow-burn masterpiece—part ghost story, part love letter to every woman who refused to stay silent.”“If Jane Eyre was written today, it would be this book.”Splinter Bride is not just a story about a vanished woman. It’s about what happens when the bride refuses to play her part. When the veil is ripped. And when the orchard finally blooms in blood.