Book One of the Resonance Trilogy

The Sound of Stone

She can hear every heart in the room. Except his.

A romantasy of Resonants and secrets, set in a frozen citadel where every feeling can be heard, and one silence says more than all of them.

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Cover of The Sound of Stone by Francesca Twelftree: a cracked purple wax seal stamped with a crown, sitting at the centre of rippling violet light.

The Resonance Trilogy

Three books. One silence she can't read.

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Book One

The Sound of Stone

She can hear every heart in the room. Except his.

Wren has never had to wonder what anyone feels. Not once, until him.

He gives her nothing. No fear to catch, no truth to confirm, only a silence that pulls at her worse than any confession ever could. She should stay away from a man she can't read, but curiosity won't allow her to.

When the ground beneath them both begins to shift, Wren will have to learn to trust what she feels rather than what she can prove, because for the first time in her life, there's no way to be sure.

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Book Two

The Sound of Echoes

He's afraid of what his power could do. She's afraid he might be right.

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Wren has never had a reason to doubt what she feels. Not once, not until she realises Osian might have handed her this feeling without either of them knowing.

He's spent his whole life terrified of becoming his father. Now he can't be sure he hasn't, and that his power hasn't quietly shaped the one feeling he needed, more than any other, to be real.

Neither of them knows how to prove what's real and what isn't. Together, they're walking straight back into the place that nearly ended them, carrying a trust that one unanswered question could shatter for good.

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Book Three

The Sound of Wings

He already made her choice for her once. A kingdom wants him to make it for everyone.

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A kingdom in pieces wants one thing: someone with the power to hold it together. Everyone is looking at Osian.

Wren already knows exactly what that could cost. He's already decided for her once, and she's not ready to forgive that yet.

She won't watch him become the answer everyone wants if it means that people lose their freedom and autonomy. There has to be another way. She just has to find it.

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The World

Feelings have a sound.

Resonants

Some people can hear the emotions underneath every word. They're called Resonants, and it's as natural to them as breathing. The best of them are trained at the Cradle.

The Hush

A rarer, more dangerous power. Some people don't just hear feelings. They can change them. Nothing stays yours forever.

A Delicate Balance

In a world where emotions can be heard, and sometimes shaped, the line between truth and influence, choice and control, is never as clear as it seems.

Power doesn't always shout. Sometimes it listens.

Meet the Characters

The person who hears every feeling, or the one who hides them all?

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Francesca Twelftree

About the Author

Francesca Twelftree

Francesca Twelftree writes romantasy for readers who like their slow burns tangled up with power, politics and secrets. Her stories ask what happens when a feeling can be heard, shaped or hidden, and whether you can ever be sure the one you're feeling is your own.

The Sound of Stone is her debut novel and the first book in the Resonance Trilogy. She's currently writing book two, The Sound of Echoes.

Readers, reviewers and book bloggers can reach her at francesca@twelftreeinkworks.com.

Some stories aren't just read. They resonate.

The Imprint

Twelftree Inkworks is an independent publisher, founded to bring the Resonance Trilogy to readers with real care over every cover, edit and edition.

What's Next

Book one is with ARC readers now and book two is being written. Release dates and buying links will appear here first, and newsletter readers will hear about them before anyone else.

Contact

For rights, press, review copies and general enquiries, email francesca@twelftreeinkworks.com.