The Dormant Clause
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The Dormant Clause
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Narrated by:
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Emily Jeffries
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By:
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Richard Ashcombe
After the sudden death of her husband, Eleanor Whitcombe returns to Blackthorne Manor expecting grief, uncertainty, and the quiet burdens of inheritance.
Instead, she finds something far more dangerous.
Hidden inside the estate records is a carefully constructed web of debt—layered loans, manipulated valuations, and a dormant clause that could quietly transfer the Whitcombe woodland to outside investors. What appears to be simple financial strain soon reveals itself as something far more deliberate.
As pressure mounts from private lenders, ambitious solicitors, and investors positioning themselves for a coming trade expansion, Eleanor must learn the rules of a game she was never meant to play.
Because Blackthorne Manor is not merely land.
It is leverage.
And someone intends to claim it.
To protect the estate, Eleanor will have to expose the quiet architecture of power hidden inside contracts, valuations, and timing itself—before the clause that threatens everything is activated.
©2026 Richard Ashcombe (P)2026 Richard Ashcombe