Only Spell Deep tells the story of Judeth Cole, a young woman descended from a long line of elemental witches. Her late grandmother, Aurelia, once cast a powerful love spell on her grandfather, a man incapable of true love, and its obsessive effects have filtered down through the generations. When the novel opens, Judeth is sixteen years old and has lost her family and their seaside estate Solidago to a fire. Tasked with rebuilding the estate and retaining her grandmother’s

Pitched as a story where Bridgerton meets Circe , Rachel Hochhauser’s Lady Tremaine far surpassed my already high expectations, easily becoming my favorite new read! Told from the breathtaking perspective of the twice-widowed Lady Etheldreda Verity Isolde Tremaine Bramley, this novel will turn your perceptions of the Cinderella story inside out while also rewriting the script of all fairy tale plots passed down through the generations. Hochhauser’s choice to filter a well-

A haunted bookshop in Scotland, a series of mysterious disappearances, and a sweet romance that unfold across the bonds of time: if these things sound intriguing to you then add Jessica Dodge’s The Messengers of Magic to the top of your TBR List! This lovely novel follows Pen Turner, a young man from the 1950’s who escapes the pain and grief of his childhood when a neighbor leaves him the deed to an old bookshop named The Feather Thorn in Scotland, and Adelaide Benson, a woma

Jess Armstrong serves up a round of murder and folklore in her latest installment of the Ruby Vaughn Mystery series The Devil in Oxford . After investigating mysterious murders and hauntings in Cornwall and Scotland in The Curse of Penryth Hall and The Secret of the Three Fates , Ruby, a disgraced American heiress and former World War I ambulance driver, accompanies her octogenarian housemate and employer Mr. Owen to Oxford for the annual meeting of his antiquarian society.

Behind the Door by M. S. Berry is a contemporary and psychological reworking of Bluebeard that will have readers on the edge of their seats! When Anna, a student finishing her PhD in folklore and fairy tales takes a house-sitting position in a sleepy English town, she finds herself thrust into a real-world fairy tale narrative. Her mysterious employer, Ryan Boswell, offers Anna a quiet space to finish her thesis in return for light work in his book shop and care of his hous

Are you a fan of swoony Gothic romance, dark fantasy, and fairy tale? If so, you can find all this and more in Amanda Linsmeier’s novel A Dance With Death . Set in The Pins, a village by the sea, and written in the first person present point of view of Corliss Bell, one of three orphaned sisters who run the town apothecary, this book beautifully blends Beauty and the Beast with Hans Christian Andersen’s The Red Shoes , adding a healthy dash of romantic spice to warm the gloo

I have long been a fan of Theodora Goss’ hauntingly beautiful writing, but her latest collection, Letters from an Imaginary Country , is one of my favorites. Goss has crafted an anthology of old and new stories designed to push readers past the defined boundaries of speculative fiction, and the characters, prose, and insight found within its pages will linger long after the book has been closed. Goss, who was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States during her chil

Fairylore: A Compendium of the Fae Folk is a beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of fairy lore that belongs on every library shelf. Collaboratively written by Dr. Sara Cleto and Dr. Brittany Warman, the professors behind the Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic, Fairylore features an incredible depth and breadth of research presented with engaging and accessible prose. The cover art and chapter paintings by Annie Stegg Gerard, and the interior drawings by Krist

Sharon Lynn Fisher, the author of Salt & Broom and Grimm Curiosities , returns readers to the lush, romantic 19th century in her latest book Tea & Alchemy . When Mina Penrose, a lonely young woman who spends her days working in a tearoom called The Magpie in 1854 Cornwall, discovers a dead body on the heath, she becomes embroiled in a mystery concerning Harker Tregarrick, the elusive aristocrat living alone on a centuries-old estate. Together, the unlikely pair must use thei

In this stand-alone sequel to Amy Quick Parish’s novella Highlands Christmas : Wishes Come True , readers are returned to Scotland to revisit Melissa, a recent divorcee who has inherited a home overseas and fallen in love with the Scottish lawyer who handled the dissolution of her marriage. In this installment, Melissa’s friend Caitlin comes to visit for Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year, and the women plan a getaway to the Isle of Skye. When a snow storm interrupts their plans