When the Silence Breaks

High Octane Romantic Suspense in the Pacific Northwest with Secrets and Action in the Mountains

By: Elizabeth Goddard

Narrated by: Natalia Payne

A deathbed confession. A decades-old secret. A mountain that holds the answers—and danger closing in.

When intelligence analyst Sarah Ellison learns of her grandfather's deathbed confession connected to her brother's murder, she's determined to protect her remaining family. After further investigation, she discovers the disclosed information points to a decades-old government secret buried deep in the Cascade Mountains. With this knowledge, she looks for a guide who knows the terrain like the back of their hand.

After his father's death in a tragic mountain accident, former Navy SEAL Ryder Goodwin no longer guides for the family business. At first, Ryder refuses to help Sarah, but he sees the trouble chasing her and can't stand by while someone brings danger to his small-town mountain community.

Ryder and Sarah gear up to climb the mountain in a race against time and a looming storm. When the danger escalates, their search for answers shifts to a survival mission. Their only chance to make it through involves trusting each other and confronting the truth no one wants them to find.

This gripping romantic-suspense thriller set in the Pacific Northwest from USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Goddard is a series opener that will sweep you away in a rush of adrenaline.

©2026 Elizabeth Goddard (P)2026 Recorded Books

Awesome Twists!

Elizabeth Goddard is an author who writes clean romantic suspense. I enjoy it when the story flows well and doesn't need sex scenes to keep it interesting. When the Silence Breaks is a new series that brought a character from a previous book into the limelight. I fully enjoyed listening to this book and was caught off guard with the big twist at the end. Kudos to the author for pulling it off. Natalia Payne was great performing the book. I really enjoyed her character voices and how I could envision so many details. Thank you #NetGalley and #RBmedia for letting me listen to a pre-release copy, I enjoyed it so much I bought my own copy.