Matilda's Retreat

The house kept its secrets – until someone disturbed it

Alone and isolated on a windswept moor, the centuries’ old building had seen its fair share of owners and more than its quota of dark legends when Lynn Schofield and her husband visited their friends there. From the moment they cross the threshold, it’s clear there is something very wrong here. Behind the walls is a house unlike any other and the horrors it has witnessed are embedded in its very fabric, ready and waiting for the next victim.

Decades later, another couple own the now ruinous house. For Diana, her initial reluctance to move in soon takes a leap forward when she sees something that shouldn’t be there. But as major renovations proceed – and the library starts to reveal its secrets – her mounting fears prove to be only the beginning of her nightmare.

Soon, she will discover the legends of Matilda’s Retreat are not consigned to the annals of history, as her life changes forever.

‘Matilda’s Retreat is an enjoyable dose of the gothic horrors and supernatural dreads that Cavendish has made her career from.’ – Daniel Robichaud – Considering Stories

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publishing in ebook and paperback February 10th 2026