Sorcery of Thorns

In 2023, Margaret Rogerson published a sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns entitled Mysteries of Thorn Manor. In the sequel’s acknowledgments, the author explains that she was inspired to write this second volume by her readers’ “requests for an extended epilogue” and their “continued love for this world and its characters” (185). Rather than introducing a new antagonist for Elisabeth Scrivener and Nathaniel Thorn to fight, the novella has significantly lower stakes and focuses on their love story and domestic life at the titular magical mansion. Mysteries of Thorn Manor picks up a few months after the events of the novel’s climax. A spell cast by one of Nathaniel’s ancestors traps Thorn Manor’s occupants inside mere days before they’re meant to host the Midwinter Ball. To break the spell, Nathaniel must woo Elisabeth by completing three impossible tasks. The novella ends with Elisabeth and Nathaniel announcing their engagement at the Midwinter Ball.

Mysteries of Thorn Manor continues the novel’s exploration of The Complexities of Trust and Betrayal in Relationships. Following his summoning in the novel’s Epilogue, Silas resumes his duties at Thorn Manor, albeit slightly weakened, but refuses to discuss the time he spent as a fugitive in the Otherworld after betraying his kind to save the mortal realm.