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<p style="font-weight: 600">ONE OF <em>GRAZIA</em>'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021</p>
<p><strong>'[A] powerful story of forbidden love ... a tense and atmospheric ride'</strong> <em>Daily Mail</em></p>
<p><strong>'With a painfully unexpected ending, this is a story about loneliness, connection and female rage that</strong> <strong>fans of intensely atmospheric historical fiction will love</strong>.' <em>Stylist</em></p>
<p><strong>'Witches and the dread they inspired are captured here with chilling deftness.'</strong> <em>Woman and Home</em></p>
<p><strong>'Timely in its depiction of hysteria and persecution, and beautifully evokes a historical period poised between dark ignorance and long-overdue enlightenment.'</strong> <em>Observer</em></p>
<p>'<strong>A thrilling read. But, beyond the thrill, is the beauty of the language . . . A pleasure to read - with an undercurrent of genuine fear'</strong> Annie Garthwaite, author of <em>Cecily</em><br><strong>__________________</strong><br><strong>When it is no longer safe to be a witch, they call themselves cunning.</strong></p>
<p>Seventeenth-century Lancashire is a dark and mistrustful place. Ten years after the notorious Pendle witch trials saw ten accused witches hanged, young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts in a ruined hamlet. The inhabitants of the nearby village despise 'cunning folk' like them, but their services - healing balms, herbal remedies - will always be in demand, and they have a way of coming to know all the village's secrets.</p>
<p>A chance meeting sees Sarah become acquainted with Daniel, a young man from the village. In him, she sees a clever, caring man; in her, he sees not the strange, dirty outcast he knows he should, but rather the strong young woman coming into her own.</p>
<p>As they are drawn closer together, a new magistrate arrives in the area to investigate a spate of strange deaths befalling the villagers. Inevitably, his eye falls on Sarah's family, and his hand carries a burning torch. In the face of persecution, something as fragile as love seems impossible...<br><br><strong>'Wonderfully original . . . devastating . . . and fabulously atmospheric'</strong> Elodie Harper, author of <em>The Wolf Den</em></p>
<p><strong>'A haunting tale with a brutal twist'</strong> Emily Brand, author of <em>The Fall of the House of Byron</em></p>
<p><strong>'An impressive debut . . . beautifully relevant'</strong> Kate Mascarenhas</p>
<p><strong>'Beautiful, tense (at points breathless!)'</strong> Kate Sawyer, author of <em>The Stranding</em></p>
<p><strong>'I'm delighted that there's already been a lot of buzz about this debut'</strong> Marian Keyes</p></div>]]></description>
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