Hedgewitch

From New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Knightley, the queen of slow burn, comes an enemies-to-lovers romantasy about a witch who goes under cover as a governess in the house of a witch-hunter.

To be invisible is to be safe. After centuries of persecution and witch-hunts, the Hedgewitch Order has learned to hide its existence, reducing witches to things of legend. Threats to the Order’s secrecy are punished by death. So, when Lord Breoch, a warlord in the Highlands, puts up a bounty for information leading to the capture of a Hedgewitch, he marks himself for assassination.

Thalline, a prickly, quick-tempered Hedgewitch, is tasked with entering Breoch’s fort, glamoured as a mild-mannered governess. Her mission is twofold: find out why he is hunting witches—and then kill him.

She soon discovers a strange pull of power surrounding Breoch, akin to walking the edge of an abyss. As a Hedgewitch, Thalline likes edges and gaps and dark places you’re a bit scared to put your hand into, lest it be bitten. But Breoch’s darkness… Breoch’s darkness fills her with dread.

In crumbling Fort Brechan, Thalline may not be the only monster under the bed.