Catherine Hughes' In Silence Cries the Heart charmed readers across genres, achieving finalist status in the American Writing Awards' Fiction-Romance category and earning honorable mentions in both Historical-Romance and General Fiction from other prestigious contests. In Silence Cries the Heart is a captivating historical romance where the schoolteacher Caitlyn Hegarty's Scottish adventure takes an unexpected turn. Drawn into the tragic love story of 17th-century star-crossed lovers, Donal Donn and Mary McElroy, Caitlyn finds herself determined to unravel the mysteries of their forbidden passion. Catherine Hughes, inspired by a visit to Scotland's Urquhart Castle, breathes life into the forbidden love story of Mary Grant and Domhnull Donn in her historical romance.