The garden hides more than love letters.When Rowan Cranwell and Imogen Vale retreat to the countryside in search of peace, they imagine the crumbling beauty of Blackthorn Manor will give them freedom no city has ever allowed. But the gardens are restless, blooming with lilacs long before the season, and the soil remembers too much.At night, whispers rise through the floorboards, echoes of forbidden vows and lovers buried in silence. Then bones surface beneath the blossoms, each death eerily mirroring the women's own lives. As desire deepens between Rowan and Imogen, so too does the garden's hunger. What once promised refuge begins to demand sacrifice.Beneath the Lilacs is a Gothic horror-thriller that threads together history's silenced queer loves with present-day survival. Sacrifice, secrecy, and the ache to be seen ignite in a tale where devotion is both weapon and wound.For readers of dark romance and Gothic suspense, Prasanth N.M.'s debut novel offers a chilling reminder: love may bloom defiantly, but in Blackthorn's grounds, it is never without a grave.