The Winter Witch
by Paula Brackston is out from Corsair (£7.99)
“Fledgling witch Morgana must defend her love, her home, and
her life ‘Wild places make wild people, but only some have magic blood. There
are those with frozen hearts, whose souls know only winter. They would drive me
from my home. It will not do. Really, it will not.’
In her small Welsh town, there is no one quite like Morgana.
She has not spoken a word out loud since she was a child, and her silence – as well
as the magic she can't quite control – makes her an oddity, taunted by rumour
and mystery. Concerned for her safety, her mother arranges for Morgana to marry
Cai Jenkins, the widower from the far hills who knows nothing of the nasty
things folk say about her daughter.
After a swift wedding, Cai takes his new wife to his farm.
Initially heartbroken to leave her home, Morgana soon begins to falls in love
with the place, and the rugged mountains that surround it – just as Cai slowly
begins to win her heart. But it isn't long before her strangeness begins to be
remarked upon. A dark force is at work – a person who will stop at nothing to
turn the townspeople against Morgana, even at the expense of those closest to
her. Forced to defend her home, her lover, and herself from all comers, Morgana
must learn to harness her power ... or lose everything.”
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