The Winter Witch

Two sisters set sail on a bride ship from Normandy hoping to leave a curse behind them and find better lives in the wilds of 17th-century Quebec,only to meet a mysterious witch who forces them to confront the truth about magic—and their past. For fans of Emilia HartSarah PennerAlix E. HarrowAmi McKayand Roberta Rich. Élisabeth Jossard boards a bride ship to New France with her sister Martheforced to start a new life after a scandal in her village in Normandy. She’s harbouring a dark secret and hopes that by coming to Montreal—the holiest place in the worldshe’s been told—the saints will hear her pleas and lift the curse that plagues her. When Élisabeth’s prayers go unanswered and she is unable to banish the spirit she believes is tormenting herMarthe encourages her to turn to a powerful witch for helpthe enigmatic stowaway Jeanne Roy. But Jeanne has secrets of her ownand when she refuses to helpÉlisabeth’s resentment kindles a dangerous fire. Inspired by the tales of Canada’s Filles du RoiThe Winter Witch examines how liesarroganceand ignorance can lead to witch hunts in any society.