A spellbinding historical tale of persecution, resilience and hope, brand-new for 2024 ATMOSPHERIC AND RICH TALE OF PERSECUTION AND SURVIVAL: explores the plight of Irish Catholic Caragh, desperately seeking safety after her parents are murdered in the aftermath of the English Civil War, who falls in with a coven of wild women living alone in the forest. TAPS INTO SUCCESSFUL TREND + READY-MADE FANBASE: witches continue to be popular. Title is perfect for fans of Rosie Andrews' The Leviathan, Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent, Stacey Halls' The Familiars, and Beth Underdown's The Witchfinder's Sister. Witches are also a TikTok favourite: #witchtok has 26.3 billion views and #witchbooks 10.8 million views BRAND-NEW TAKE: explores perennial topic through a little-covered point-of-view of persecuted Irish Catholics on the margins of English society AUTHOR HAS SOLID PLATFORM: with 2.9k Twitter followers and is the author of Ill Will and Walking the Invisible with HQ. Competition: The Leviathan;Essex Serpent;Familiars;Hemlock Cure;Revels; Puzzle Wood.

Rosie Andrews;Sarah Perry;Stacey Halls;Joanne Burn;Stacey Thomas; Susan Stokes Chapman; C.J. Cooke; Anna Mazzola; Liz Hyder; Laura Purcell; A.M. Shine.