The Honey Witch

by Sydney J. Shields

Niall Grant (Illustrator) and Blanca Montiel (Illustrator)

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'Reading The Honey Witch is like dreaming in a fragrant sunlit garden while bees sing around you. It's a gorgeous book, with a lovely cottagecore ambience and a heart-warming sapphic romance intertwined with unique magic that enchants the imagination' India Holton, internationally bestselling author

The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young woman who doesn't believe in magic arrives on her island, sparks fly in this deliciously sweet debut novel of magic, hope, and love overcoming all.

Twenty-one-year-old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors who've tried to woo her. So when her grandmother whisks her away to the family cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately. But her newfound magic and independence come with a price: No one can fall in love with the Honey Witch.

When Lottie Burke, a notoriously grumpy skeptic who doesn't believe in magic, shows up on her doorstep, Marigold can't resist the challenge to prove to her that magic is real. But soon, Marigold begins to care for Lottie in ways she never expected. And when darker magic awakens and threatens to destroy her home, she must fight for much more than her new home-at the risk of losing her magic and her heart..

A delicious debut that combines the swoon-worthy romance of Bridgerton and the whimsical sorcery of Practical Magic, with a dash of The Secret Life of Bees thrown in for good fun.

FairyLoot pick for May 2024: CottageCore. Featuring:

  • An exclusive cover
  • A reversible dust jacket designed by @niallcgrant
  • Foil on the hardcover by @blanca.design
  • Character art on the endpapers with foil designed by @niallcgrant
  • Digitally sprayed edge with a solid sprayed top and bottom edge
  • Bonus content
  • An author letter, with a digital signature bound into the book
  • ISBN13 9780356523132
  • Publish Date 16 May 2024 (first published 14 May 2024)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Orbit