One witch. One Puritan.
A curse that could damn them both.
Massachussettes, 1692
When Lorelle Wolf was a child, she was orphaned and brought to Sufferance, a secret settlement of witches hiding from the growing terror of Salem. The last living member of England’s formidable Silversun coven—and the so-called defective twin of a dead prophesied savior—Lore has spent her life under watch, trapped in her brother’s shadow and longing for freedom.
Abigail Willard, a devout Puritan, is running from a loveless engagement when she flees Salem and lies her way into Sufferance. Living among witches should terrify her, but even that feels preferable to a forced marriage.
When Sufferance is attacked, Lore and Abigail escape into the harrowing Wiled Woods—a cursed forest steeped in the blood of innocent women. Hunted by a dark witch and Salem’s most ruthless witch hunter, the two women must rely on each other to survive.
To break the curse threatening witches and Puritans alike, they rush to find Lore’s missing familiars and unite a rare, dangerous magic split between them—magic powerful enough to save both their worlds… or destroy them entirely.
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-64898-599-7
eBook ISBN: 978-1-64898-600-0
Content warnings
While this spooky story is a great addition to your autumn TBR stack, please be aware of the following elements:
Violence (on the page)
Death/murder (on the page)
Grief
Loss
Oppression
Horror elements include:
Blood
Ghosts
Dark creatures
Suspense
Spiders, rats, botanical horror
Mazes/claustrophobia
Nooses, fire
Haunting shelves October 27, 2026
Haunting shelves October 27, 2026
AI policy
No AI was used in the creation of this book. I wrote it at the height of the Covid-19 lockdown with my woefully isolated human brain. The cover was made by Ukrainian designer @miblart. The cat to your right was hand painted by Vera J. Kent, a talented artist based out of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Generative AI is enormously harmful to writers, designers, painters, musicians, our critical thinking skills, and the environment. While it holds promise in certain fields, such as medicine, it can and must first be regulated to mitigate harm.
Remember: A system is only ever as good as the motives that form it. One must question the motives of companies that train their learning models on pirated books.
People can and must be prioritized over profit. That is the only way the world gets better.
— Revey