A Dark and Secret Magic

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A warm,spellbinding tale about a witch and the secrets her coven has been keeping from herwith echoes of the classic Hades and Persephone storyin the tradition of Practical Magic and Witch of Wild Things. Hecate GoodwinKate to her friendshas curated the perfect life as a hedge witchliving in a secluded cottage with only a black cat for company. She spends her days foraging herbs from the Ipswich forestgardeningand creating tinctures to sell at the apothecary she owns. Most evenings pass without her speaking to another human beingan arrangement she quite prefers. KateΓÇÖs solitude is thrown into disarray when her older sisterMirandareaches out and asks her to host their covenΓÇÖs annual Halloween gathering. The day marks the beginning of the new year for witches and is also KateΓÇÖs birthday. The pressure from her coven to make the evening memorable mounts as the event draws near. To complicate things furthera handsome man from KateΓÇÖs past turns up at her cottageasking for sanctuary. It is KateΓÇÖs duty as a hedge witch to honor this requestmuch to her dismay. Matthew Cypher is no ordinary lost soulΓÇôheΓÇÖs a practitioner of forbidden magic whoΓÇÖs tricked Kate once beforeand her guard is up. As she juggles MatthewΓÇÖs arrival and the preparations for HalloweenKate comes across an old tome shrouded in dark magic. She is horrified when she realizes the blood-red inscription is written in familiar handwriting: her recently deceased motherΓÇÖs. Afraid to even touch the dark magic her mother secretly studiedKate can turn only to Matthew for help. Her idealized memory of her mother begins to distortand as she and Matthew grow closerKate has to reevaluate whom she can really trust. A Dark and Secret Magic is a celebration of the Halloween season and a love letter to anyone who drinks pumpkin spice in August and carries the spirit of a witch inside their heart all year long.