Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour.

Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their father and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people starving in the aftermath of a brutal war.

Greta has a secret – the witch’s grimoire, secreted away and whispering in Greta’s ear for the past two decades, and the recipe inside that makes the best gingerbread you’ve ever tasted. As long as she can bake, Greta can keep her small family afloat.

But in a village full of superstition, Greta and her mysteriously addictive gingerbread, not to mention the rumours about her childhood misadventures, are a source of gossip and suspicion. And now, dark magic is returning to the woods and Greta’s magic – magic she is still trying to understand – may be the only thing that can save her. If it doesn’t kill her first.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a B-format hardback and features:

• An exclusive redesigned cover
• Full colour printing on the hardback by Chatty Nora
• Digitally printed edges
• Endpaper artwork, different front and back, by Lothenan
• Bound-in author letter

The book at a glance:

• Standalone fantasy debut
• M/F main relationship; female main character; fairy tale retelling; historical fantasy; early modern German-inspired world
• You'll love this if you like... fairytale retellings, witches, and autumn vibes

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