The Last Witch in Edinburgh

For fans of Sarah PennerΓÇÖs The Lost Apothecary and Alix E. HarrowΓÇÖs The Once and Future Witches,this lushatmospheric novel from the author of Where Ivy Dares to Grow blends witchcraftqueer lovea vibrant Edinburgh settingand Scottish folklore for a propulsive and emotional story exploring what it means to resist the patriarchy and find your voice. ΓÇ£A lyrical and hauntingly beautiful new voice.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöHester FoxAuthor of A Lullaby for Witches In an alternate Edinburgh of 1824every woman lives in fear that she will be the next one hanged for witchcraft. All it takes is invoking the angeror the desireof the wrong person. Nellie Duncanbeautiful and unwedkeeps to herself until she encounters the Rae WomenΓÇÖs Apothecary. Therefiery Jean Rae and the other women provide cures and teach others that they too can aid the winter deitythe Cailleachembracing her characteristic independenceagencyand craftin turn becoming witches themselves. Nellie finds a place and a purpose at the shopand a blossoming romance with Jeanas she learns about nature-based craft and a witchΓÇÖs ability to return to life after death. But the Cailleach has an ancient enemy intent on stripping the power of the deity and all her witchesleaving a wake of patriarchal violence and destruction. When heart-breaking disaster strikesNellie flees and spends the next two centuries hiding from the worldΓÇöuntil love gives her the courage and the motivation to come back. NellieΓÇÖs past is waiting for her thereand hanging witches is no longer the only means of oppression. But this timeNellie refuses to runΓÇöeither from her foesor from her resolve to awaken others to the unimaginable power that can come with fighting the patriarchy in its many formsΓÇöand finding oneΓÇÖs own magical inner-strength.