Thorn of Plimouth
Catherine Hughes
Type: ARC
Genre: Historical fiction
Word count: 70,000
Sailing for Plimouth, Rachel Haverford is marked as an outsider among the passengers on board The Fortune, and it isn’t long before her natural gift for healing sparks suspicious glances and hushed whispers of witchcraft. Thorn of Plimouth is a gripping historical thriller about one woman’s fight for survival within a community motivated by righteousness and crippled by fear. Please note: this book is only available in PDF format.
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When The Fortune lays anchor in Plimouth Harbor in 1621, Rachel Haverford believes she, like her fellow passengers, will be starting life anew. But the bleak and desolate landscape bears no resemblance to what they had been promised, and the supposed thriving community there turns out to be nothing more than a handful of crooked houses inhabited by a people twisted by their own fear.
Marked as a “stranger” by the devout settlers, Rachel struggles under the weight of their suspicion, especially when her gift for healing comes into question as people around her die and accusations of witchcraft begin to swirl. Rescued from danger by a Pokanoket warrior, Rachel soon discovers the line separating friend and enemy is blurred beyond what she had ever imagined.
Thorn of Plimouth traces one woman’s fight for survival and her journey to discover the true meaning of home.
Award winning writer of historical fiction, Catherine Hughes can always be found with a book in her hands. Whether teaching in the classroom for 30+ years or reading for enjoyment, she loves to be swept away by beautiful language and faraway worlds.
When it comes to her own writing career, Hughes was named as a finalist for the 2025 International Impact Author of the Year, and her books have received top honors in Historical Fiction for the Feathered Quill, Literary Titan, BookFest, Readers Choice, and PenMasters Global awards.
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