After the Forest

After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of ΓÇ£happily ever after.ΓÇ¥ Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house,Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long deadHans is deeply in debt from gamblingand the countryside lies in ruinits people starving in the aftermath of a brutal war. Greta has a secretthough: the witch’s grimoirehidden away and whispering in Greta’s ear for the past two decadesand the recipe inside that makes the best gingerbread you’ve ever tasted. As long as she can bakeGreta can keep her small family afloat. But in a village full of superstitionGreta and her mysteriously addictive gingerbreadnot to mention the rumors about her childhood misadventuresis a source of gossip and suspicion. And nowdark magic is returning to the woods and Greta’s magicΓÇömagic she is still trying to understandΓÇömay be the only thing that can save her. If it doesn’t kill her first.